MIAA

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Both Calvin and Hope are ranked in the preseason NSCAA poll.  Calvin at 13, and Hope at 20.

http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/1045/NCAADivisionIII/men/National/PreseasonPoll?preview=5ebeb6065f64f2346dbb00ab789cf001

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Rosters have been posted for several teams (will add to this as more are posted):

Alma Roster: http://goalmascots.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

Kalamazoo Roster: http://www.kzoo.edu/sports/ms/ms12/msrstr12.html

Olivet Roster: http://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

[sflzman]

Rosters have been posted for several teams (will add to this as more are posted):

Alma Roster: http://goalmascots.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

Kalamazoo Roster: http://www.kzoo.edu/sports/ms/ms12/msrstr12.html

Olivet Roster: http://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

Zach Vandevere is a great pickup for Alma.  Watched that kid play in the state regionals last year.  Heck of a talent...that's probably the best flip throw I've ever seen too.

They stole him away from Hope...

[Flying Dutch Fan]

COMPLETE Rosters have been posted:

Adrian Roster: http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m-soccer/2012-13/roster

Alma Roster: http://goalmascots.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

Albion Roster: http://www.albion.edu/sports/mens-sports/soccer/roster

Calvin Roster: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mens/soccer/roster.htm

Hope Roster: http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/mso/msorost.html

Kalamazoo Roster: http://www.kzoo.edu/sports/ms/ms12/msrstr12.html

Olivet Roster: http://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/roster

Trine Roster: http://www.trine.edu/athletics/mens_sports/soccer/roster/

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Zach Vandevere is a great pickup for Alma.  Watched that kid play in the state regionals last year.  Heck of a talent...that's probably the best flip throw I've ever seen too.

They stole him away from Hope...

Interesting - with a Dutch name like that he would have fit in well at Hope.  Never seen his throw, but Hope fans know well the power of the throw-in.  Grant Neil had 7 assists on throw-ins last year.  His throw-ins are (in some ways) just a more accurate version of a corner kick.  He routinely throws to the far post.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

MIAA Coaches poll.  First place votes in parenthesis followed by total points:

1. Hope (6) 8
2. Calvin (1) 16
3. Olivet (1) 17
4. Trine 28
5. Adrian 33
6. Albion 34
7. Alma 43
8. Kalamazoo 45.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

New NSCAA poll is out - Hope @ #8.  3-1 record after two wins this past weekend including a big 2-1 win over Dominican, and their only loss to #25 DePauw.

[sflzman]

Now I know they haven't exactly played a tough non con schedule, but can we agree that Alma should have been picked higher than 7 in the pre season poll?

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Now I know they haven't exactly played a tough non con schedule, but can we agree that Alma should have been picked higher than 7 in the pre season poll?

IMHO - they haven't done anything so far to make me think they are any better than a 7th place team.  The 3 teams they have beaten (Benedictine, Defiance, and Andrews) have a combined 1-12 record and have been outscored 9-50 in those 13 games.   Andrews has the only win and they typically play most of their athletics against CC or JV teams.

No doubt we will have a better idea after the first league games tonight when the Scots face the Brits (sounds like a football match if ever there was one).  I'm also very interested to see how Calvin does at Olivet - given the Comets won 2 out of 3 meetings last year.

[Dutch Touch]

Can anyone tell me what on earth is going on in Olivet right now? The stats are blowing my mind.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Had someone told me yesterday that Olivet beat Calvin by a single goal, no real surprise.  To know that Calvin was up 4-0 40 minutes in, only to give up 6 straight goals (4 of them in a 10 minute span), I would have been shocked.  Would love to know what the heck happened there from any eyewitnesses.  Calvin defense fall asleep or what??

This game even made the front page of D3soccer.com:

http://www.d3soccer.com/notables/2012/09/Olivet_comeback


Hope had a bit of a frustrating game for quite a while.  2-2 at the break, and then Hope possess the ball for roughly 90% of the second half, and it's still 2-2 with 5 minutes to play.  I did a quick check of the live stats only to see at that point Hope had 32 shots to Adrian's 5.  One of those days with many great scoring chances that were all just wide, or high, or...   Fortunately for Hope, shots 33 and 34 both found the net as Hope scored twice in a 31 second span to put the game away.  The second of those goals an absolute rocket from Jason Muller about 25 yards out.

[casualfan]

If anyone finds any highlights for the game, please post. Would love to see this crazy outcome on film!

[sflzman]

1-0 shut out win for the Scots at Albion last night. First step to proving theydeserve higher than that 7th place ranking.

[neddy]

Actually, I think Albion is probably the 8 team. Maybe Adrian is. It looks like Alma is better than 7 or 8. Perhaps 6 would be a good fit. Good luck

[sflzman]

Very competitive game here today.  Hope is obviously the better team and that was expected.  They had more chances, but Alma had their chances.  This is the first team since I've been following Alma sports (5th year) that the men's soccer team has had threats up top.  Sovis is one of the fastest players I've seen, combined with a couple additional guys that can find net in Vandeveer, Brown, and Kovach they could be pretty dangerous.  Not to mention that flip throw from Vandeveer is straight up incredible.

I see the Scots finishing 4/5 this year