MIAA chat

[Trailer Dog]

The ball has no pace on it.  Hence the chance to get your head on it with any pace to get past the keeper. 

All right.....good point.

[Cowman]

Big day for both Dutch soccer squads.

WOMEN: Hope 1, Saint Mary's 0
MEN: Hope 2, Albion 1 in overtime

[WLCALUM83]

MIAA Women's score:  Calvin 7, Alma 0--final.

[hawk'ster]

Oct 18 rankings --

NSCAA/adidas®  National Rankings Division III
01-   Messiah (PA)      
02-   Trinity (TX)    
03-   (SUNY) Oneonta    
04-   College of New Jersey      
05-   Calvin (MI)        
06-   Western Connecticut State            
07-   (W) Eau Claire   
08-   UC Santa Cruz   
09-   Denison (OH)       
10-   University of Rochester (NY)    

D3kicks.com Week 7 Poll
Week 7 Poll: (Women)
01.   Messiah College
02.   Trinity University-TX
03.   Calvin College                                         
04.   Western Connecticut State University       
05.   SUNY-Oneonta
06.   Wheaton College-MA 
07.   Johns Hopkins University
08.   The College of New Jersey     
09.   Rowan University     
10.   Wheaton College-IL     

[Jim Matson]

The first NCAA regional rankings are out and posted in the Great Lakes Rankings area.  This poll is the only one to use when wondering about Pool B and Pool C candidates.

[WLCALUM83]

U of Chicago vs. Calvin--just underway.

[WLCALUM83]

Calvin women 1, Chicago 0. 7 minutes left in 1st half.

[WLCALUM83]

Calvin 1, Chicago 0. Final.

[Jim Matson]

As a comparison, Wheaton defeated Chicago 4-1.

[Oval]

As a comparison, Wheaton defeated Chicago 4-1.

Seems like a down year for the Maroons.  Too bad for the Knights, I think they were hoping for a battle.

[WLCALUM83]

Hope vs. Albion, on deck.

[Dark Knight]

I was surprised to discover that there are computer ratings for DIII women's soccer -- Massey Ratings


      Team               W   L   T  Rating       Power     
  1 Wheaton IL          14   2   0   1.116    3.76 (  1) CCIW
  2 SUNY Oneonta        17   1   0   0.952    2.95 (  4) SUNY
  3 Trinity TX          13   0   1   0.942    2.85 (  6) SCAC
  4 Calvin              16   0   0   0.924    2.80 (  7) MIAA
  5 Messiah             12   1   0   0.896    3.13 (  2) Mid Atl
  6 Washington MO       12   2   0   0.845    2.87 (  5) UAA
  7 College of NJ       11   1   2   0.829    2.97 (  3) NJAC
  8 WI Eau Claire       17   2   0   0.778    2.52 (  9) WIAC
  9 UC Santa Cruz       13   0   3   0.773    2.47 ( 11) D3 Ind
10 Macalester          11   0   5   0.770    2.59 ( 8 ) MIAC

.....

127 Albion               4   2   0  -0.177   -0.88 (143) MIAA
148 Hope                 6   6   2  -0.262   -0.94 (146) MIAA
193 Alma                 3   4   1  -0.530   -1.86 (196) MIAA
217 Adrian               4   9   0  -0.692   -2.32 (213) MIAA
259 Olivet MI            2   6   0  -0.990   -3.37 (253) MIAA
330 Tri-State IN         0  15   0  -1.861   -6.26 (327) MIAA


Some games appear to be missing for lower-ranked teams, so the numbers may be less accurate than if all games were represented. Some teams are missing from the ratings too, e.g. Kalamazoo, St. Mary's (IN).

I was pleased to see that Calvin really deserves their high ranking, according to Massey. Wheaton (IL) appears to be underranked. No doubt Hope is now playing better than their season average rating would indicate; I doubt they are really a 3.7 goal underdog to Calvin any longer.

Chicago is #21 and Calvin is an 0.8-goal favorite over Chi on neutral turf. Wheaton (IL) is about a 1.8-goal favorite over Chi on a neutral field. The home field advantage is 0.4 goals, and the standard deviation is almost 2 goals, so results can be expected to vary.

[WLCALUM83]

Albion 1, Hope 0. late 1st half.

[WLCALUM83]

Hope 1, Albion 1  10 minutes into the 2nd half.

[WLCALUM83]

Hope 2, Albion 1, 30 minutes left in regulation.