New England Soccer Discussion

[ECSUalum]

ECSU picked to win the LEC again and return a potent offensive team:

## Name                  GP-GS  Min     G  A  Pts Sh   Shot%
21 Matt Furman          21-19 1140   9   4  22  42   .214 
9  Cory Tobler            21-18 1254   5   6  16  21   .238 
13 Mitch Power          22-7   863    6   2  14   19   .316   
30 Carl Stensland       20-19 1228   5   3  13  12    .417   
22 Tom Vear              20-6   893    4   5  13   19   .211

However, Keeper Carl Appel has graduated.   He had excellent stats:

Sr, Jordan Munsell will have a shot this year to fill those shoes


                                     |---GOAL AVERAGE---| |--SAVES--| |----RECORD----| Shots
## Name                 GP-GS  Minutes   GA    Avg Saves   Pct   W   L   T  Sho Faced
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  Jordan Munsell         5-2    206:39    0    0.00    10 1.000     2   0   0    1    18
12 Carl Appel           21-20   1804:31   14   0.70    82  .854    13   6   1   10   195

The Warriors' 2012 season gets under way Saturday against  perennial powerhouse, Western New England University in Springfield MA.  Their schedule  also includes tough opponents such as Trinity College, Springfield College, Wesleyan Univ., and Babson College.

[ECSUalum]

Eastern Connecticut wins the Soccer City Shootout @ Western New England College:
http://www.wnegoldenbears.com/news/2012/9/2/MSOC_0902122702.aspx?path=msoc

Next up, the Warriors look to defeat the Trinity College Bantams after 3 straight losses!!!

[ECSUalum]

Eastern gets votes in preseason poll, then goes 2-0 to start the season, then drops out of first NSCAA/Continental Tire Poll 

NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men's - National - Poll 1 - September 4, 2012
Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Trinity (Texas)  4 2-0-0
2 York (Pa.)  NR 2-0-0
3 Loras  15 2-0-0
4 Ohio Northern  12 2-0-0
5 Amherst  6 0-0-0
6 University of Rochester  NR 2-0-0
7 Wheaton (Ill.)  NR 2-0-0
8 Franklin & Marshall  NR 2-0-0
9 St. Lawrence  2 2-0-0
10 Babson  18 2-0-0
11 Muhlenberg  NR 2-0-0
12 Salisbury  NR 2-0-0
13 Carnegie Mellon  NR 2-0-0
14 St. Olaf  16 1-0-0
15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  NR 1-0-0
16 Dominican (Ill.)  17 1-0-1
17 Messiah  3 1-0-1
18 Stevens Institute Of Technology  7 1-1-0
18 Calvin  13 1-0-0
18 DePauw  NR 2-0-0
21 Wisconsin-Whitewater  NR 2-0-0
22 William Paterson  NR 2-0-0
23 Brandeis  NR 2-0-0
24 Whitworth  NR 1-0-1
24 Rutgers-Camden  4 1-0-0

Records are as submitted by the regional rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Sept. 2

Also receiving votes: Montclair State, Ohio Wesleyan, Washington (Mo.), Wesleyan, Nazareth, Dickinson

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[ECSUalum]

ECSU Warriors improve to 3-0 as they defeat Ramapo College of New Jersey 1-0, yesterday, in Mahwah NJ.  Only goal scored was an own goal on a misheader by a Roadrunner player at the 66th minute, 12 minutes after Ramapo went down a man on a second yellow card incident. Eastern defense shuts out Ramapo's all time leading scorer, Senior Ron Santaniello, (21 goals in 2010, 55 career goals), for the second year in a row
Eastern defeated Ramapo last year in Willimantic 5-0.
ECSU's game vs Trinity College on Wed. was postponed due to bad weather, (no reschedule as of today).  The Warriors entertain Mitchell College on Wed Sept. 12th, then play their first LEConference match vs RIC on Sat. Sept 15th

Shots by period           1  2  Tot                         Saves by period       1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
Eastern Connecticut. 10  8 - 18                         Eastern Connecticut.  2  2 -  4
Ramapo..................  6  6 - 12                         Ramapo..................  6  2 -  8

Corner kicks               1  2  Tot                         Fouls                      1  2  Tot
-------------------------------                         -------------------------------
Eastern Connecticut.  5  3 -  8                         Eastern Connecticut.  4  8 - 12
Ramapo..................  3  2 -  5                         Ramapo..................  8  5 - 13

[amh63]

ECSUAlum.....how are you on this bright cool Sunday here in MD.  See you are busy on this board supporting soccer.
Amherst opened its season yesterday in New Hampshire against Colby-Sawyer.  Amherst won 6-0...a huge spread in soccer. 
The first three goals were scored by Spencer Noon, a senior from "just up the street" from you...Farmington H.S..  Have been following him since his FY when I watched him at York, PA when Amherst lost to York in the NCAA. Noon was selected NESCAC player of the year last year and if he continues to score at this rate, he will hold all the school records.
Amherst's rating this year is based on their fine season of last year and the fact that they returned all their top attackers this year....49 out of 50 point producers.  Coach wants the team to be more efficient this year and to improve the defensive side this year.  Though Colby-Sawyer is not a strong team...they lost to Brandeis 7-0...and only had 2 shots vs. 20 plus for Amherst.  Still, maybe Amherst's defense will improve this year.
Awaiting for a 3PM game against Bridgewater State today....it will be on video broadcast....so you can catch some of the game, if interested.
Did want to see the came against Trinity vs ECSU...but the storms caused the reschedule.  Hope to post and chat with you again soon.

[ECSUalum]

Hello Professor amh63!!

Hope you had a great Spring and Summer!!  Well, when you speak of Amherst athletics, really no matter which sport, mens, womens, they are the class of D-3 sports nationally and of course in New England and the NESCAC.  I will be wonderful if Spencer can lead the Lord Jeffs to the National Championship this year.  With Heo, Sucre, and MacNamera also adding offensive punch, the scoring this year will be phenominal! Additionally, if Learner, Aoyama, Wie and Wirtz can stick it to opponents top scorers and keep a low goals allowed total, they will beat teams like Stevens and move to the D-III championships. 
I also see Amherst will put another great BB team on the court this year!!  Eastern will be rebuilding after losing Kohn, Nedwick and Levy, but I am hoping Garrow and Salzillo back fill the team this year.

Good luck to Amherst mens and womens teams in 2012/13, and I will be rooting for the boys to take the D-III soccer walnut and bronze, (except if they play Eastern of course) .  It should be another exciting year of NCAA D-III competition this year.

[ECSUalum]

For those who might have missed the first 2012 D3 poll:
September 11, 2012
D3soccer.com Men's Top 25, Week 2
Through games of Sunday, Sept. 9

# School (1st votes) Rec Pts Prev.
1 Trinity (Texas) (18) 5-0 613 -
2 St. Lawrence (7) 4-0 560 -
3 Loras 4-0-1 508 -
4 Amherst 2-0 475 -
5 Messiah 3-0-1 460 -
6 Franklin and Marshall 4-0 373 -
7 Ohio Northern 4-1 367 -
8 Rutgers-Camden 4-0 320 -
9 York (Pa.) 3-1 318   
10 Montclair State 4-0 317   
11 Babson 4-0-1 283 -
12 Brandeis 5-0 262 -
13 Rochester 3-1 255 -
14 Susquehanna 5-0 212 -
15 Carnegie Mellon 3-1 210 -
16 DePauw 4-0-1 208 -
17 New York University 4-0 178 -
18 Whitworth 3-0-1 173 -
19 Salisbury 4-1 170 -
20 UW-Whitewater 3-0 163 -
21 Ohio Wesleyan 2-1-1 160 -
22 Wheaton (Ill.) 3-1 140 -
23 Hope 3-1 120 -
24 Christopher Newport 2-1-1 117 -
25 Washington U. 3-0-1 113 -



Others Receiving Votes: Swarthmore 107, Dominican 105, Calvin 102, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  75, Medaille 67, Wesleyan (CT) 65, Plattsburgh State 63, Nazareth 48, Williams 48, Dickinson 43, Allegheny 42, Luther 42, Texas-Tyler 27, Augsburg 25, Castleton State 20, Frostburg State 18, Whitman 17, Eastern Conn. State 16, Carleton 13, Chicago 12, St. Olaf 10, Lebanon Valley 10, Alvernia 8, Gustavus Adolphus 7, Stevens 7, Illinois Wesleyan 5, Wisconsin-Plattville 5, Misericordia 5, Methodist 3, Hiram 2, Drew 2, Greenville 2

[ECSUalum]

For lack of a better place to discuss this,  Eastern has put together a student run weekly sports talk show, Eastern Athletics Weekly ,which will discuss all ECSU athletics teams, mens and womens, conduct interviews with student athletes and coaches and also cover hot topics in MLB, the NFL and the NBA. The next edition of Eastern Athletics Weekly can be seen live on LECTV  this Friday Sept 14th @ 11:00 am.
Nice job on the first show hosted by Nicholas Aconfora, Nicholas Minutelli and Sean Harrison. The inaugural and future presentations can be found @ "Recent Archives" on LittleEast.tv immediately upon completion of its live airing. see below for more details
 
http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/mt-static/athletics/2012/09/sports-talk-comes-to-eastern.html

[ECSUalum]

DANBURY, Conn. -  One of the top defensive teams in the Little East Conference over the last six years,  Eastern Connecticut State University's offense is keeping pace in 2012.
Saturday, active career scoring leaders Matt Furman (Montville) and Cory Tobler (Portland), both seniors, scored second-half goals and the defense posted its sixth straight  shutout of Western Connecticut State University in as many seasons under head coach Greg DeVito in a 2-0 Little East Conference triumph Saturday night at the Westside Athletic Conference.

Ranked fourth in New England, Eastern (9-0-0, 3-0 LEC) remains one of two unbeatens in the conference, along with UMass Dartmouth. The Corsairs pounded Rhode Island College, 4-1, Saturday. Keene fell from the ranks of the conference unbeatens with a 1-0 home loss to Plymouth State College.

[ECSUalum]

D3soccer.com Men's Top 25, Week 5
Through games of Sunday, September 30, 2012

# School (1st Pl. Votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1 Trinity (Texas) (18) 10-0-1 613 1
2 Messiah (2) 9-0-1 597 2
3 Amherst (4) 7-0-0 553 3
4 St. Lawrence 9-1-0 514 4
5 Carnegie Mellon 8-1-0 499 6
6 Loras 11-1-1 489 7
7 New York Univ. (1) 9-0-0 466 8
8 Brandeis 9-0-1 442 5 9 Montclair State 10-1-0 438 9
10 Ohio Northern 10-2-0 324 13
11 Whitworth 8-0-2 308 12
12 York (Pa.) 8-2-1 306 11
13 Susquehanna 9-1-0 290 14
14 Rutgers-Camden 8-2-0 269 10
15 Ohio Wesleyan 6-1-3 199 15
16 Williams 6-0-1 188 18
17 Olivet 10-0-1 164 24
18 Swarthmore 7-1-1 164 19
19 Dominican 7-1-1 146 21
20 Hiram 9-0-1 146 —
21 Plattsburgh State 11-1-0 143 17
22 UW-Platteville 10-1-1 120 25
23 Salisbury 7-2-1 119 16
24 Eastern Connecticut 9-0-0 75 —
25 Babson 8-2-1 66 —
Dropped out: No. 20 Franklin and Marshall, No. 22 Wheaton (Ill.), No. 23 Chicago

Receiving Votes: Carleton 64, Stevens 62, Frostburg State 45, Medaille 41, Christopher Newport 40, DePauw 30, Dickinson 30, Franklin and Marshall 19, Allegheny 17, Illinois Wesleyan 17, Scranton 17, Wheaton (Ill.) 17, Oberlin 14, Lasell 10, Carthage 8, Gustavus Adolphus 8, Mississippi College 7, North Carolina Wesleyan 7, Bowdoin 6, Chicago 5, MIT 5, Albertus Magnus 4, Puget Sound 4, Transylvania 3, Calvin 2, Centre 2, Colorado College 1, Penn State-Behrend 1

[ECSUalum]

ECSU goes to 10-0 this evening with 2-1 win over Worcester St.  Now the tough part of the schedule with Keene St, Wesleyan, Trinity, Babson and UMAss Dart.

NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Men's - National - Poll 5 - October 2, 2012
Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Trinity (Texas)  1 10-0-1
2 Amherst  2 7-0-0
3 Messiah  3 9-0-1
4 Carnegie Mellon  4 8-1-0
5 Loras  5 11-1-1
6 New York University  6 9-0-0
7 Olivet  8 10-0-1
8 Montclair State  17 10-1-0
9 Brandeis  10 9-0-1
10 St. Lawrence  9 9-1-0
11 Whitworth  11 8-0-2
12 Dominican (Ill.)  13 7-1-1
13 Ohio Wesleyan  14 6-1-3
14 York (Pa.)  14 8-2-1
15 Susquehanna  16 9-1-0
16 Carleton  22 9-1-0
17 Williams  19 6-0-1
18 Rutgers-Camden  6 8-2-0
19 Wisconsin-Platteville  25 10-1-1
20 Dickinson  20 8-1-1
21 Hiram  RV 9-0-1
22 Stevens Institute Of Technology  RV 8-2-0
23 Carthage  NR 8-2-0
24 Eastern Connecticut State  NR 9-0-0
25 Ohio Northern  18 10-2-0
25 Colorado College  NR 8-3-0

Records are as submitted by the regional rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Sept. 30

Also receiving votes: Swarthmore, Salisbury, Puget Sound, University of Rochester

[ECSUalum]

A very interesting article, on Keene State's 15th anniversary in the Little East. Well written and informative re how a D-II school transitioned to D-III.

http://keeneowls.com/news/2012-13/20120913LECStory

[LaPaz]

Moat interesting part of article is how negative soccer coach Ron Butcher was/is to going to D3. Think it has anything to do with him not being as successful? I think it was a great move for the school and an interesting article. Buthcher comes off as negative, cynical and pushing himself out the door at Keene. He needs to retire.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU Warriors hold on to defeat the Wesleyan Cardinals 1-0 on a Matt Furman goal, (assist Cory Tobler) at the 7 min mark.     whew!!!  Wesleyan has some outstanding players and really pressured the ECSU defense all game!!!!

Goals by Period     1 2  Total
Wesleyan University   0 0 -   0
Eastern Connecticut  1 0 -   1

Shots by Period    1  2  Total
Wesleyan University  13 13 - 26
Eastern Connecticut  3    0 - 3

Saves by Period    1 2  Total
Wesleyan University  1 0 - 1
Eastern Connecticut  3 2 - 5

Fouls by Period    1 2  Total
Wesleyan University  4 3 - 7
Eastern Connecticut  3 6 - 9

Corners by Period  1 2  Total
Wesleyan University   1 7 - 8
Eastern Connecticut  0 2 - 2

Offsides by Period  1 2  Total
Wesleyan University   1 0 - 1
Eastern Connecticut  1 2 - 3

[Jump4Joy]

ECSUA, congrats on the 1-0 win. Who are the players to watch on Wesleyan? The ones who pressured the ECSU backs?