NESCAC

[Dustin_Patrón]

When the defensive stats are this even, is it fair to consider offensive production?

D3Boards legend, Mr.Right, once said "offense is the best defensive"-and I tend to agree.

Madden posted 2G 2A (1G 1A in Nescac play) compared to Clivio's 0G 2A (0G 2A in Nescac play).

If Amherst (Nuhu) is running away with MVP and Midd (Harder) with ROTY, would voters give Clivio the edge so the Jumbos get some recognition in the awards?

I think both guys are deserving, just curious how the voters will go about differentiating the two.

p.s. @Mr.Right, if you're out there, we need you back. Long live the King. And no disrespect to PN who, at this point, has cemented himself as the undisputed champ and a god of the game.

[camosfan]

No one is mentioning Finberg of the Jumbos, has two goals and is the other dominant CB in the team, Bargagna the RB should also pick up some award this season.

[Dustin_Patrón]

**Lorcan Mitchell has an argument to make as well for ROTY. Apologies, I wasn't aware of his in-conference goal count. Looks like he'd have the edge purely from a stats pov.

Do voters care that 4 of Mitchell's 5 goal contributions came against the bottom 3 teams? Meanwhile Harder, playing on a stronger annd deeper offensive team, scored goals against better opponents including a big one to seal the game against Williams and Mitchell?

[PaulNewman]

Mr. Tequilaman, thanks for the sort-of-backhanded-shoutout.

Mr.Right is the 🐐....a once in a generation anomaly.

Most under the radar and underappreciated poster? blooter442...and the greatest thing about him is his total absence of anger and grievance. A little surprised he hasn't been pulled in by Brandeis having a relatively strong season after a dubious start.

Another great...and partly great because he/she picked his/her spots so well...was Ommadawn.

Always nervous about who we might have lost during the pandemic.

[PaulNewman]

Wesleyan imo is absolutely dominating Williams...could easily be up 3-1 now...and yet I fully expect Williams to get through.  1-1 late in 1st OT.  Diffley standing on his head.  Wesleyan will be tough to knock out in the first weekend of NCAA tourney assuming they are in it.

[paclassic89]

And Williams advances on a Wesleyan GK blunder.  Good thing Wesleyan should be safe for a pool C.  Imagine your season ending on that...

[PaulNewman]

What a brutally cruel sport....no wonder so many of us are chronically miserable... and yet letting go seems pretty catastrophic as well.

Also was clueless that they would not play out both OT periods to the end.

[Dustin_Patrón]

Shane Farrell with a banger half volley from no angle in the 4th minute to put Midd up 1-0. The ball rattled in the triangle for quite literally 3 seconds - never seen anything like it in a practice or game.

17 mins to go in the second half and Midd now leads 3-1. This one is a wrap.

[deiscanton]

What a brutally cruel sport....no wonder so many of us are chronically miserable... and yet letting go seems pretty catastrophic as well.

Also was clueless that they would not play out both OT periods to the end.

NCAA reinstituted the sudden victory overtime rule for postseason tournament games this season.  It is Rule 7.2.1 of the 2024-2025 NCAA Soccer Rule Book.  "Sudden victory" is what used to be known as "golden goal" before FIFA got rid of the golden goal rule.  In postseason conference tournaments in the NCAA as well as the NCAA tournament, if the game is tied at the end of regulation, up to 2 sudden victory 10 minute overtime periods will be played with the first team to score winning the game.  If it is still tied at the end of the 2 sudden victory overtime periods, then we go to penalty kicks to determine who advances.

[Dustin_Patrón]

Yikes 3-2. Cap tipped to Hamilton for putting up a fight.

[Dustin_Patrón]

DPOY Luke Madden nets Midd's 4th goal with 5 to go. That should do it.

[PaulNewman]

I'm gonna guess that there is not a bigger team in college soccer (ALL DIVISIONS) than Amherst.  And that's basically been the case for the past 12-15 years.  Serpone certainly knows what he's looking for...and especially in D3 just an enormous advantage.

Btw, thank goodness for the incomparable DePauw graduate, Brad Stevens.  #Banner18

[PaulNewman]

Conn vs Amherst almost a carbon copy of Wes vs Williams.  Conn with 6-7 point blank or nearly point blank chances.  And so.....

[Newenglander]

Standard Conn postseason formula - get it to PK's and Peter Silvester is the difference maker......

[eaglesoccerdad]

Tufts/Bowdoin in OT?