NESCAC

[blooter442]

Oof Conn almost gets another one at the end of the half but Thomas hangs on...Conn absolutely bossing this game...

[Mr.Right]

I think I heard announcer at Conn game say Ken Murphy not there as his daughter is getting married today.

Nice...makes sense...thanks

[blooter442]

Thomas #13 gets a nice powerful shot off from the 18 but straight at the keeper. Conn has to get another one soon because the longer Thomas hangs around they have the individual talent -- Labrie, Nicholas, etc. -- to make something happen.

Noonan plays a nice one-two and the ball goes out for a corner. He is quite a player.

[Mr.Right]

Thomas #13 gets a nice powerful shot off from the 18 but straight at the keeper. Conn has to get another one soon because the longer Thomas hangs around they have the individual talent -- Labrie, Nicholas, etc. -- to make something happen.

Noonan plays a nice one-two and the ball goes out for a corner. He is quite a player.

Agreed...Why does than name Labrie sound familiar? Owen Labrie?

[blooter442]

Agreed...Why does than name Labrie sound familiar? Owen Labrie?

Adam Labrie. Came from the same Yarmouth HS program that produced Murphy/Pierce/Chandler Smith/Max Watson/Groothoff bros. I believe he still has their single-season goalscoring record. Good enough to have gone and started at most NESCACs IMHO but has done well up at Thomas.

[Mr.Right]

Yes that's right I thought that sounded familiar....

[Ommadawn]

Conn College goes up 2-0 on an absolute rocket of a shot!

[blooter442]

Conn College goes up 2-0 on an absolute rocket of a shot!

Seemed pretty central so one might ask questions of the goalkeeper but great pace on it.

[Mr.Right]

Conn 2nd Goal was a rocket but Thomas GK has to make that save...After that Thomas collapsed and Conn now up 4-0 and will finish Thomas off.

Amherst nursing a 1-0 lead with a minute left and will move on.

[Mr.Right]

Midd and St.Joe's should be getting underway in about 10 minutes in what could be one of the tighter matches today. I will be interested to see how St.Joe's and for that matter Midd play this game. Midd's lineup is unchanged from 2 weeks ago when they last played. I would have thought 2 weeks would be enough time for Midd's Captain O'Grady to get healthy but he is not starting. I thought he played against Williams off the bench 2 weeks ago but maybe I am wrong. Still that is a big loss for Midd to not have him starting and healthy. Maybe he will come of the bench?

[Mr.Right]

Midd has had the better of play so far in the 1st Half but that has not really led to that many dangerous chances. I will say the shots that Midd has had are being taken low on St.Joe's GK which is what you have to do to beat him. Midd looks well rested so far and must try to keep shooting and attack any rebounds as one Midd chance was low and St.Joe's GK Mullen coughed up a juicy rebound after he got down on the carpet but no Midd players were there following it up. Midd's on field general #4 Barovick who holds is pumping his guys up....

It does look like Midd has the wind at their backs though so that is helping them this Half as well.


Midd gets its second best chance of the game off another set piece. Long ball sent into the box was flicked on into space and Midd's defender Peter Davis just gets his toe to it but cannot get all of it and he should have finished it because......

St.Joe's gets the first Goal of the game off a long throw then a Midd defender flicked it back into his own box to a wide open St.Joe's player and Midd's GK had no chance...Midd defenders caught flat footed as St.Joe's capitalizes. 1-0 St.Joe's about 10 minutes to the Half. Now will St.Joe's pull a Wiercinski and start wasting time a bit or do they keep going at them? They have a solid chance to advance now BUT they must stop giving Midd set pieces.

[Mr.Right]

St.Joe's with a 1-0 lead over Midd at the Half....St.Joe's was opportunistic as they scored on their only SOG...The good news for them is it looks like the wind will be at their backs 2nd Half. Midd is going to have to find a goal anyway they can as I see they have subbed in their leader and Captain O'Grady up top and he is a gamer so maybe he can fin them one or it will be the end of his fine career.

[Mr.Right]

Midd a tough loss to St,JOe's with 5 minutes left...It is almost like Midd let their guard down after tying the match 1-1 with 12 minutes left as they were really dominating play for much of the 2nd Half but could not finish. Finally they finished and then gave up a set piece goal to end their season. Actually, the Red Card stopped the match and made the ref blow his whistle so not sure if that was intended but the GK would have run out the game if the whistle was not blown. Midd will lose 4 key seniors defenders Davis and Moffat who should be replacable but their leader and holding midfielder Barovick graduates also should be able to replace him BUT they do lose their Captain O'Grady and he will be a big loss. Still I would expect Elias to have some solid recruits coming in for 2019.

Props to St.Joe's for getting it done but surely Midd wore them down a bit and Amherst will most likely benefit as that game will be interesting as well. Amherst will be pounding balls forward into the box, more set pieces and long throws than even Midd. If St.Joe's survives tomorrow they will have certainly earned it.

[Mr.Right]

Colby at MSU about to get underway....Colby have the same lineup as they have had for most of the season...They will certainly be in their 4-2-3-1...

[Mr.Right]

Colby's Jeff Rosenberg continues his hot play with a nice run down the flank and rips a shot into the corner of the net to give Colby a 1-0 lead at MSU. Colby had been outplaying MSU from the get go but MSU has picked it uo since the Colby Goal. The game is getting very stretched and there should be more goals in this game.