MIAA

Flying Dutch Fan · September 12, 2011, 03:56:44 PM

Quote from: d3fan1 on September 12, 2011, 10:37:04 AM
Well, I didn't do so well in my predictions about Hope and Calvin. $:-\$ I only missed the 2 games by a combined 8 goals, so anything I say should probably be taken with a grain of salt.

No worries - if you were any good at prognostication, you'd be living the high life in Vegas and not posting here.

Dark Knight · September 14, 2011, 03:06:18 PM

Massey's ratings for MIAA teams, based on games through September 11:

Calvin #49
Hope #73
Olivet #74
Trine #84
Kalamazoo #98
Albion #130
Adrian #176
Alma #200

These rankings are still affected by last year's results.

Looks like it could be a very competitive conference season.

Flying Dutch Fan · September 15, 2011, 11:56:51 AM

Hope soccer is going to honor former player Justin Bailey on Friday night. Justin (a 2010 graduate) was killed this summer in a car accident. Here is a wonderful story about his impact on this years team and the way they will honor him:

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/topstories/x848575126/Hope-mens-soccer-to-honor-its-late-teammate-Justin-Bailey

d3fan1 · September 16, 2011, 06:48:38 PM

Nice win for Calvin over Wheaton today 2-1. Good luck to Hope tonight.

Civic Minded · September 17, 2011, 10:13:32 PM

Hope defeats Wheaton, 4-0. I really like the improvement I'm seeing in this Hope team from game to game; they're really playing well together. Looking forward to an exciting (as always) game on Wednesday!

hope1 · September 18, 2011, 10:04:17 AM

yes they played good last night a big croed there saw the calvin coaches there

Dark Knight · September 19, 2011, 08:46:05 AM

New Massey ratings based on up to 7 games through 9/18:

Calvin #26 (+23)
Hope #30 (+43)
Trine #55 (+29)
Olivet #83 (-9)
Kalamazoo #148 (-50)
Albion #178 (-48)
Adrian #199 (-23)
Alma #247 (-47)

Wheaton dropped from #11 to #59.

Flying Dutch Fan · September 20, 2011, 03:49:14 PM

Great weekend for Hope - great ball movement and spacing, and the team seems to have found its identity (adjusting for the losses of last years seniors). I like the overall speed of the team, and the contributions from some 1st year starters (like FR Tarwo Konbloa & Justin Reamon, and SO Grant Neil, Cole Whitaker, and Matt VanZytveld) as well as from the veterans (JR Jeff Ekdom and Luke Dishnow, SR Logan Neil, Shaun Groetsma, David Whitaker, and Andrew Abe).

Goes without saying that the winner of the RIVALRY game tomorrow will give someone a big boost! Go HOPE!!

Dark Knight · September 21, 2011, 05:59:34 PM

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on September 20, 2011, 03:49:14 PM
Goes without saying that the winner of the RIVALRY game tomorrow will give someone a big boost!

I'd have to agree with you on that.

d3fan1 · September 21, 2011, 06:14:50 PM

Huge win for Calvin over Hope 2-0!!!!!! Sounds like it was a great game!!

Flying Dutch Fan · September 22, 2011, 08:38:09 AM

Quote from: d3fan1 on September 21, 2011, 06:14:50 PM
Huge win for Calvin over Hope 2-0!!!!!! Sounds like it was a great game!!

It was indeed. Scoreless first half - thanks to Hope hitting every piece of metal surrounding the goal and Logan Neil making a couple of saves (including a 3 on 1 breakaway) that showed why he is the reigning MVP of the league. Second half was fierce - and ultimately Hope's defense got beat twice by the speed of Calvin, while the Hope offense missed several opportunities including a wide open shot.

Calvin's goalie appeared to have hurt his back/knee? quite severely with about 9 minutes to go in the game. He was simply punting the ball and his plant leg seemed to give way (or the turf did). Anyone have an update on his condition?

Can't wait for the rematch!

walawala · September 22, 2011, 02:54:27 PM

Yeah, it was a great game. After being a life long knights basketball fan, i decided this year to try to get out to more soccer games...and i'm glad i did. I thought the Vegter brothers look a dangerous combination...in fact that whole second wave of 4 offensive substitutions seems almost as dangerous if not more dangerous than the starters.

According to some of the Calvin faithful around the stands, the injury the keeper went down with was a back injury that he'd been struggling for a little while. Who know what that means going forward.

The other concerning thing was when Lawrence Murray went down with a groin injury halfway through the second half...it didn't seem to hurt us a lot, but i really like Murray's hustle/positioning from what i've seen so far.

After that showdown, i'm almost tempted to make the trip down to hope for the rematch.

Dark Knight · September 26, 2011, 12:49:40 PM

New Massey rankings based on games through 9/25.

Calvin #13 (+13)
Trine #38 (+17)
Hope #47 (-17)
Olivet #82 (+1)
Kalamazoo #140 (+8)
Albion #175 (+3)
Adrian #236 (-37)
Alma #253 (-8)

Trine takes over second place in the MIAA.

I was surprised to see Calvin increase 13 spots, all the way up to #13.

Some interesting matchups Tuesday:

#1 Calvin at #2 Trine (Massey predicts 0-0)
#3 Hope at #4 Olivet (Massey predicts 1-1)

Dark Knight · September 28, 2011, 12:53:07 PM

Impressive wins for Trine and Olivet.

Olivet and Trine are now in first and second place in the MIAA, and Trine has given up zero goals in MIAA games and only one all season! Olivet has given up only three goals this season.

Flying Dutch Fan · September 28, 2011, 01:28:30 PM

Tough loss for Hope - Olivet scored with 77 seconds left to tie the game 1-1, then won it 8 minutes into OT.