NESCAC

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 04:36:54 PM

HANDBALL in the Bowdoin box...PK! Let's see if the Jumbos can break their Bowdoin duck...

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 04:38:54 PM

Just kidding...it goes AGAINST Tufts after a long discussion with both coaches...I would have expected Shapiro to be angry but he seemed relatively like "it is what it is."

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 04:39:53 PM

Didn't have to wait long, Weatherbie buries it off the corner and Tufts has its first win over Bowdoin since 2013.

PaulNewman · October 23, 2018, 04:40:43 PM

Quote from: blooter442 on October 23, 2018, 04:38:54 PM
Just kidding...it goes AGAINST Tufts after a long discussion with both coaches...I would have expected Shapiro to be angry but he seemed relatively like "it is what it is."

Lol....he wasn't mad because he knew Weatherbie would score off a corner 20 secs later!

oldonionbag · October 23, 2018, 04:40:59 PM

NESCAC game of the year for me so far!

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 04:42:00 PM

Quote from: oldonionbag on October 23, 2018, 04:40:59 PM
NESCAC game of the year for me so far!

To be fair there haven't been many great ones, but yes, absolutely.

PaulNewman · October 23, 2018, 04:42:34 PM

Credit to Tufts. Tough, tough team to beat, even with some mistakes. Heartbreaking for Bowdoin who was less than 2 minutes away from an almost certain NCAA bid.

Mr.Right · October 23, 2018, 04:44:12 PM

All I gotta say is THERE IS NOTHING LIKE MAINE OFFICIATING.....Maine schools usually use Maine refs(even Bowdoin) and in years past Maine refs sometimes have given Maine teams some HOMER calls....THAT WAS A HANDBALL even if he did get pushed which I think it happened after the handball...bang bang play though....and Tufts gets winner anyway....Yea Bowdoin still has work to do

Mr.Right · October 23, 2018, 04:48:31 PM

Midd goes up 2-0 Williams in Williamstown as Williams was pushing #'s all 2nd Half to get equalizer and finally got burned...I still do not get starting 5 Frosh in a must win game...I will say Williams had no effort today and did not deserve a result...Williams will drop to 8-5-2 and LIKELY WILL TRAVEL TO Amherst Saturday for a BATTLE....Can Sullivan defeat Amherst 2 times in 1 season to advance to his first Nescac Semi? Tough ask for sure but I love Williams/Amherst matches..

SCRATCH all that bluster....Midd will be 3rd and Williams 6th so Williams will travel right back up to Midd on Saturday which I think is a good thing as it is hard to beat the same team twice in 5 days....Should be interesting

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 04:51:01 PM

Interestingly enough that was the third less-than-stellar Tufts goalkeeper performance in its last three trips to Bowdoin...Greenwood got beat near post a free kick by Goitia in 2014 and then by a long one by then-freshman Ely Spencer (what happened to him?) beat him in 2016 (Spencer scored both goals in a 2-1 Bowdoin win)...both years Tufts went on to win the whole thing...perhaps Mieth's performance today is an omen? (Mostly kidding.) Must be something about that field (or team?).

Mr.Right · October 23, 2018, 04:54:55 PM

That loss REALLY hurt Bowdoin as now they will have to travel to Amherst Saturday for a 4/5 matchup.....Their season could be finished Saturday after all that??

Bucket · October 23, 2018, 04:56:07 PM

Quote from: Mr.Right on October 23, 2018, 04:54:55 PM
That loss REALLY hurt Bowdoin as now they will have to travel to Amherst Saturday for a 4/5 matchup.....Their season could be finished Saturday after all that??

Futbal can be a cruel sport...

PaulNewman · October 23, 2018, 05:01:52 PM

I'm sure that Bowdoin is very bit as good as Emory, Carnegie Mellon, etc but they won't have the SoS, and they really could have used that ranked win today.

Mr.Right · October 23, 2018, 05:04:04 PM

Quote from: blooter442 on October 23, 2018, 04:51:01 PM
Interestingly enough that was the third less-than-stellar Tufts goalkeeper performance in its last three trips to Bowdoin...Greenwood got beat near post a free kick by Goitia in 2014 and then by a long one by then-freshman Ely Spencer (what happened to him?) beat him in 2016 (Spencer scored both goals in a 2-1 Bowdoin win)...both years Tufts went on to win the whole thing...perhaps Mieth's performance today is an omen? (Mostly kidding.) Must be something about that field (or team?).

I can honestly say I do not even remember an Ely Spencer...I remember Goitia as he was their Captain in 2014. No clue who Ely Spencer even is and you say he scored both goals??

blooter442 · October 23, 2018, 05:08:18 PM

Quote from: Mr.Right on October 23, 2018, 05:04:04 PM
I can honestly say I do not even remember an Ely Spencer...I remember Goitia as he was their Captain in 2014. No clue who Ely Spencer even is and you say he scored both goals??

2016 game recap: http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20161025qzquvh

Yeah Goitia was a solid presence back there, definitely the Bowdoin leader on defense with Odulate. That 2014 side wasn't the most highly-regarded but could play a bit, with guys like Henshall, Dias-Costa, and Sam White. And that was van Siclen's first year as well when he came out of nowhere to win two PK shootouts for Bowdoin.

Deserved win for Tufts. Bowdoin had its chances and took them but Tufts controlled the play, and has controlled most of the play when I've seen the two sides meet.