NESCAC

[BendIt007]

Middlebury  scores with a penalty kick 1:10 into the game against Tufts!  1-0 Middlebury.

[Mr.Right]

Midd scores early to go up 1-0 over Tufts about 2 minutes in. Tufts CB Biagio Paoletta who is back in the lineup today fouls a Midd player in the box with his back turned toward Midd's Goal. Midd player was not going anywhere and it was a bit of a soft call but still a stupid foul by Paoletta and O'Grady makes up for the missed PK last week at Colby and hits it at the same corner but sneaks it under Mieth...Big Goal...1-0 Midd very early

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Williams stud Frosh Jules Oberg scores off a corner to give Williams an early 1-0 lead over Curry. I am expecting a pissed off Williams team after a tough loss at Skidmore a couple days ago. This could be a blowout. Noteworthy changes by Sullivan in the starting lineup as he looks to be resting guys. GK Schein is given the day off for the backup George Taylor and CB Bardong and LB Andrew Mathew are also out. Veteran Eric Hirsch replaces the Frosh up top.

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Tufts ties it up 1-1 off a set piece about 40 yards from net. Looks like a well hit ball by Rojas that slid thru the box and Weatherbie makes a cagey run and is in the right place at the right time and knocks it into the net. GK Hyer was on his heels and looked frozen. He should have reacted faster and gone after the ball but it was not all his fault as that ball HAS to be cleared out. The ball just skipped its way right thru the box and whoever was marking Weatherbie was ball watching as was most of Midd's players. Midd cannot make careless mistakes like that against Tufts and expect to Win this match...1-1 about 20 left.

[Mr.Right]

1-1 Midd v Tufts at Halftime...Pretty competitive game with both teams getting somewhat soft goals. Midd gets a questionable PK Goal by O'Grady and Tufts gets a Goal off a set piece which was weak defending and GK'ing that allowed it in. Midd is right in this game and match up well with Tufts starting 11(except in net) but Tufts shows the depth they have with key players off the bench that are causing Midd some problems on the defensive end. Midd has used 3 subs and Shaikh being the only real threat.

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Colby scores on a PK with about a minute left in the 1st Half to take a 1-0 lead over Wesleyan at the Half. Have not watched the game but as predicted the stats tell a story of a game played between the 18's with both teams combining for 2 SOG all Half.

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Great opportunity by Midd's Ben Potter as he picks off a horrible giveaway by Tufts CB Najjar but rips it just high over the net...Najjar MUST clean up those giveaways as he did that same pass in last years Nescac Championship and was lucky Midd did not convert.

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Midd and Tufts still 1-1 with about 18 minutes left...2nd Half has been a very tedious affair with few chances by either team. The most entertainment has been by Tufts GK Mieth and Midd striker Reid who have had about 2 scuffles and then they both went up for a long ball and Reid absolutely slammed into Mieth...Nice show of guts by Mieth as he knew he was going to get hit on the play. I am guessing Reid new full well that he would be challenging Mieth and went in extra hard....

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Amherst gets a goal late in the 1st Half to take a 1-0 lead over Hamilton. The Goal was a beauty off a Johnson flip throw and a sick flick/redirect header by #4 Nguyen to beat Hamilton's Frosh GK Benson. Hamilton has had some chances from what I have seen but it looks like Amherst has found a GK as Frosh Bernie White has made a couple key saves to keep Hamilton off the board.

[BendIt007]

Camels break dead-lock in 76th minute with a great ground crossing ball that gets driven in.  1-0 Camels.  Bates has been playing hard, and definitely won't be giving up. 

[Mr.Right]

Conn goes up 1-0 with about 10 minutes left at Bates...Conn's RB Stokes looked to foul Bates Opoku but no call was made and he passed it down the wing to Conn's Christian Murphy who serves a beauty across the box that Bates defenders could not clear and finds the feet of a charging Conn midfielder Ben Manoogian who slots it home. Nice goal and again Conn's wide players are making the difference this year as Murphy and Dieng are playing some fantastic futbol. Manoogian finally gets his 1st Goal of the year.

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Conn finishes off Bates with a Goal by Conn's Liam Noonan...2-0 Conn about 5 minutes left

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Midd and Tufts heading to 2OT tied up 1-1...Amazing 41 FOULS in this game...Nescac at its finest....I do not see a winner in this one but a solid Draw for Midd against a ranked opponent will help in November

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Midd and Tufts end the game tied 1-1......

Last game of the day Amherst nursing a 1-0 lead over Hamilton but Hamilton is really putting some heat on Amherst defense...Aidan Wood all over the field as Hamilton has been trying to spring him all day but Wood shows his skill and great speed by absolutely burning Amherst defender Fitzgerald as he left him in the dust and turned the corner coming in alone on Amherst GK White with White saving his shot but maybe Wood should have passed it.

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Amherst defeats Hamilton 1-0...I did not see much of the 1st Half except for Nguyen's Goal but the final 20 minutes was all Hamilton as Amherst was content to sit deep and compact and protect their 1-0 lead. Hamilton had numerous looks but either the final pass was a bit off or the final hit was off...Hamilton has been having issues scoring all year and I thought they might get a couple today against Amherst but they just could not finish. Still a fantastic effort by Hamilton and they will make some noise the rest of the way if they can get some goals...