NESCAC

[Mr.Right]

Colby and Williams still scoreless heading to OT now....Colby looks a bit gassed as they are holding on a bit right now but still a pretty even match....0-0

[Mr.Right]

Williams has been heavily pressuring Colby's net in the 2nd OT but cannot find a game winner and the game is officially a Draw after 110 minutes of scoreless soccer...PK's we go...

Colby has already beat Tufts in PK's last weekend so do we get the same kickers and same GK change? Certainly Williams has scouted that....

[Bobcat1]

PK's. Let's see if Seabrook brings Johnson in for Pks again. I think he will.

[Mr.Right]

Against Tufts:

Colby went with:

1. Clouse
2. Howarth
3. Pereira
4. Seaman (Frosh who had not played in the game and he nervously hit it wide)

[Mr.Right]

Whoever Wins the shootout gets the AQ plus Nescac will have Amherst, Conn and Tufts...I do not see how Nescac gets a 5th team so Midd is probably finished....

[Bobcat1]

 Unbelievable! Congratulations to Colby!!

[Mr.Right]

Congrats to Colby....2018 Nescac Champions....Pre-season I picked them to finish 5th but by late September they were really struggling BUT they have turned it around big time and who would have thought that they would be Nescac Champions and get their FIRST EVER MENS SOCCER NCAA BID....WOW.....Their guys played their ass off the past 2 weekends and it will now be interesting to see how they fare in the NCAA's and frankly who they will play and where they will get sent....The committee will not match up 2 Nescac schools in the 1st Round so they will see someone completely different and probably for the first time.

[Bobcat1]

Going to be a nervous 23 hours for Midd and Williams. I really hope NESCAC gets 5 teams, some tough decisions ahead for the committee.

[PaulNewman]

Maybe St Joe's.....

[Mr.Right]

Going to be a nervous 23 hours for Midd and Williams. I really hope NESCAC gets 5 teams, some tough decisions ahead for the committee.

After getting 5 teams last year I am not sure they will again. I will say there have not been to many upsets around the country BUT the big question is did Williams do enough this weekend to pass Midd in the New England Region standings? I am not sure just yet because they went 1-0-1 against teams that are barely above .500 and the whole body of work is looked at. I will say Williams with 5 ranked Wins will be very hard to ignore.....Honestly IDK.....With Hamilton's arrival in the rankings that really bumped up teams like Amherst/Williams and Midd giving them extra ranked Wins. I am not sure how many teams around the country have 5 ranked Wins that are hovering around the bubble? Not many.....Still Williams with 8 blemishes might be to much and an SOS under .600....It all depends on if the committee is looking at RvR more than Winning % or what they are considering. I think Babson deserves a bid even though Williams defeated them but I do not see them dropping. Who knows.....

The one kid I thought had the composure to nail a PK was Williams Frosh Jules Oberg and he telegraphed it...The GK saw it before he hit it...I was disappointed in Senior Scatt Macdonald's PK also...that was weak sauce....Colby had 2 Frosh bang them home and Clouse hit one right at Schein...IDK about Clouse as a PK taker....where is Rosenberg? he is a coll customer and he should be taking one...At least Seabrook did not make the same mistake and go back to the Frosh Seaman...

That is going to be one fun bus ride back to Waterville and actually Colbhy had a TON of fans today...I guess a bus left Waterville at 7am this morning but I am not sure how many got up to go.....

[Mr.Right]

Maybe St Joe's.....

Doubt it because of Colby's record they might find themselves in one of those play-in games with the winner taking on the BYE team although I do not see a New England team getting a bye.

[Mr.Right]

Nescac got 5 teams in last year and to say they under performed is an under statement...I am a big Nescac fan but you cannot get past 5 Nescac teams in 2017 going 1-4-4. So based on that I am thinking Nescac will only get 4 teams even though last year has nothing to do with this year. I will say historically the team that loses in the Nescac Final has gotten to the NCAA's in most years...It is a complete toss-up...

[ECSUalum]

Congrats to Colby on their Cinderella success in the NESCAC tourney!  Nice to see some other teams have some success in what is one of the best, (if not the
best historically), conferences in the country IMHO!

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Maybe St Joe's.....

Doubt it because of Colby's record they might find themselves in one of those play-in games with the winner taking on the BYE team although I do not see a New England team getting a bye.

MR, were you at the game today?  If you were, sorry I missed you. Colby ran out of gas somewhat in the second half, and Seabrook played four of five subs the entire OT to get some fresher legs in.

Colby now with two signature runs in different sports in the past year (Hockey Frozen Four and NESCAC soccer champs) after decades of nothing.  Athletics has become somewhat of a point of emphasis under the new president, so we will have to see if other sports can build off this momentum.

Yes, a bus left the Colby campus at 7:00 a.m., and there was definitely a strong Colby contingent.  If Colby stays in New England next weekend, I expect another large turnout, including many soccer alums.

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Nescac got 5 teams in last year and to say they under performed is an under statement...I am a big Nescac fan but you cannot get past 5 Nescac teams in 2017 going 1-4-4. So based on that I am thinking Nescac will only get 4 teams even though last year has nothing to do with this year. I will say historically the team that loses in the Nescac Final has gotten to the NCAA's in most years...It is a complete toss-up...

FWIW, Williams was definitely better than Amherst this weekend.

I was also surprised that the game today was played on the grass.  The field was horrible, and if Amherst gets in, it should not be a host site.  I spoke to a couple of penalty takers, who said that the penalty spot was a mess, which may have contributed to some of the less than stellar efforts.