MIAA 2019 Season

fishercats · August 21, 2019, 01:31:48 PM

Hello all...new to the Board.

The MIAA pre-season poll was released today: https://www.miaa.org/sports/msoc/2019-20/releases/2019PreseasonPoll

Note: The preseason poll for MIAA men's soccer awards one point for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, et cetera. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own programs.

Rank - Team - Points - First Place Votes
1.   Calvin - 7 points - 7
2.   Hope   - 17 points
3.   Adrian- 20 points - 1
4.   Trine   - 23 points
5.   Kalamazoo   - 31 points
6.   Albion - 36 points
7.   Alma   - 42 points
8.   Olivet - 48 points

Dark Knight · August 26, 2019, 03:25:04 PM

Quote from: fishercats on August 21, 2019, 01:31:48 PM
Hello all...new to the Board.

The MIAA pre-season poll was released today: https://www.miaa.org/sports/msoc/2019-20/releases/2019PreseasonPoll

Note: The preseason poll for MIAA men's soccer awards one point for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, et cetera. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own programs.

Rank - Team - Points - First Place Votes
1.   Calvin - 7 points - 7
2.   Hope   - 17 points
3.   Adrian- 20 points - 1
4.   Trine   - 23 points
5.   Kalamazoo   - 31 points
6.   Albion - 36 points
7.   Alma   - 42 points
8.   Olivet - 48 points

With Calvin losing three of their top four scorers to graduation, including two All Americans, comprising more than half of the goals scored last year, it will be interesting to see how their offense shakes out this year.

Calvin also loses the d3 defender of the year, a guy who is pretty much irreplaceable. Defensive question marks as well.

With Hope surging and Adrian and Trine playing well, it could be an interesting season!

Gregory Sager · October 03, 2019, 10:56:45 AM

You mean conference season, fishercats. Regular season (i.e., games that count) started back in August.

And neither Adrian nor Alma played North Park this season. The three MIAA teams NPU has played have been Hope (NPU over Dutchmen in Holland, 4-0), Kalamazoo (Hornets over NPU in Kalamazoo, 1-0) and Albion (NPU over Britons in Albion, 8-0).

Christan Shirk · October 30, 2019, 03:01:52 PM

CENTRAL REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 30, 2019

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Calvin	16-1-0	0.582	4-1-0	17-1-0	1
2.	Chicago	8-1-5	0.661	4-1-3	8-1-5	2
3.	North Park	12-4-0	0.611	2-3-0	12-4-0	3
4.	Kalamazoo	8-3-2	0.594	3-2-0	9-3-2	4
5.	North Central (Ill.)	10-5-1	0.591	2-2-0	10-5-1	7
6.	Wheaton (Ill.)	10-4-2	0.590	1-3-1	10-4-2	5
7.	Hope	12-5-0	0.573	1-4-0	12-5-0	6

fishercats · October 31, 2019, 08:51:33 AM

Conference tournament has been set, with a few positions settled last night.

One key question - how good is Kalamazoo? They sit at #4 in the Central Region rankings. They have only given up 8 goals on the season, and have given up more than one goal just once (2-1 loss to IL. Wesleyan). But they have only scored 25 goals, and were not able to beat the other top teams in the division. It is hard to depend upon 1-0 wins all the time.

Standings
Team MIAA Points Overall
Calvin 7-0 21 18-1
Hope 6-1 18 13-5
Kalamazoo 4-2-1 13 10-3-2
Adrian 3-3-1 10 11-6-1
Trine 2-5 6 6-9
Albion 2-5 6 7-9-1
Alma 2-5 6 5-11
Olivet 1-6 3 4-12-1

Trine played their way into the conference tournament with a 3-0 win over Alma...or maybe Alma played their way out of the tournament. The three-way tie for the final two spots, and seeding, came down to goal differential - Trine, -6; Albion, -7; Alma, -9

#1 Calvin
#2 Hope
#3 Kalamazoo
#4 Adrian
#5 Trine
#6 Albion

Saturday's Games:
#6 Albion at #3 Kalamazoo
#5 Trine at #4 Adrian

Wednesday's Games
Albion/Kzoo winner at #2 Hope
Trine/Adrian winner at #1 Calvin

fishercats · November 01, 2019, 02:23:16 PM

Something changed after the original bracket posting

Trine is #6 and plays at #3 Kalamazoo
Albion is #5 and plays at #4 Adrian

Christan Shirk · November 06, 2019, 02:17:47 PM

CENTRAL REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 06, 2019

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Calvin	17-1-0	0.574	4-1-0	18-1-0	1
2.	Chicago	10-1-5	0.638	5-1-3	10-1-5	2
3.	North Park	13-4-1	0.607	3-3-1	13-4-1	3
4.	Kalamazoo	10-3-2	0.569	3-2-0	11-3-2	4
5.	North Central (Ill.)	11-5-2	0.580	2-2-0	11-5-2	5
6.	Wheaton (Ill.)	10-4-4	0.597	1-3-2	10-4-4	6
7.	Hope	13-5-0	0.573	1-4-0	13-5-0	7

fishercats · November 06, 2019, 09:38:18 PM

Hope over Kalamazoo 2-0.
Calvin over Albion 5-1.

Live feeds showed cold weather with a touch of snow.

Kalamazoo had an interesting season with 3 solid ranked wins (Ohio Wes, North Park and North Central, all 1-0 scorelines)). They only gave up 11 goals, but only scored 28 goals and couldn't solve Calvin or Hope. Looks like they had a game vs Chicago cancelled earlier in the season.

Hope screwed themselves with losses against all their ranked opponents (save Kalamazoo), including North Park, Ohio Northern, Chicago and Calvin. Tough part is that they were less than a minute away from beating Chicago...ouch. So, unless they can upset Calvin, their season will be over on Saturday.

Calvin is playing very well and obviously a top team. But among the top teams, their strength of schedule is on the lower side. Their best wins are vs Chicago and Ohio Northern.

If the chalk holds, the MIAA will once again feature only one team advancing to the tournament.

fishercats · November 12, 2019, 09:38:43 AM

Looks like 2019 will be the first time the MIAA has had 3 teams enter the tournament.

Kalamazoo Announcement - https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/msoc/2019-20/releases/20191111o1m59x
Hope Announcement - https://athletics.hope.edu/general/2019-20/releases/20191111ny1286
Calvin Announcement - ...

https://www.miaa.org/sports/msoc/2019-20/releases/NCAAAnnounce

MIAA Sends Three Teams to NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship

Posted: Nov 11, 2019
For the first time in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association history, three teams will represent the MIAA at the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship. MIAA regular season and tournament champion Calvin, along with at-large selections Hope and Kalamazoo, will compete for the 2019 NCAA title. Both Hope and Calvin will serve as First/Second Round host sites.

Calvin (19-1-1) will face UW-Whitewater (15-4-2) in the first round at Zuidema Field Friday, Nov. 15, with the winner of Ohio Northern (13-6-2) and St. Norbert (16-4-2) awaiting the winner of Calvin/UW-Whitewater in the Second Round.

Hope (14-5-1) will take on Ohio Wesleyan (13-5-3) in the first round at Van Andel Soccer Stadium Friday, Nov. 15. University of Chicago (11-1-5) and Dominican (Ill.) (16-2-3) fill out the First/Second Round pod in Holland, Mich.

Kalamazoo (11-4-2) will challenge Centre (16-3-1) in a neutral site contest at John Carroll Saturday, Nov. 16 in Kalamazoo's first NCAA appearance since 2001. John Carroll (17-2-2) and Washington and Jefferson (12-7-2) make up the First/Second Round pod.

The 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship sectional rounds will be contested Nov. 22-24, with the final four teams facing off in Greensboro, N.C. Dec. 6-7.