NESCAC

[PaulNewman]

Let's at least admit that notwithstanding the meltdown of our NESCAC friend he very often was on the money.

Williams is back (if they ever left), and on the odd chance that we get one more Amherst-Williams Elite 8 game I got Williams.

Hoppenot and now Santos are both starting for Tufts and the Jumbos are looking like what we thought they could be.  Shapiro may win COY simply by smartening up and letting the best players play.  And who scored for Tufts today?  Yep, Santos and Hoppenot.

And with all the hype about Conn and its bevy of POY candidates the Camels will be fortunate just to grab the 7th or 8th playoff spot.

[Bucket]

Let's at least admit that notwithstanding the meltdown of our NESCAC friend he very often was on the money.

Williams is back (if they ever left), and on the odd chance that we get one more Amherst-Williams Elite 8 game I got Williams.

Hoppenot and now Santos are both starting for Tufts and the Jumbos are looking like what we thought they could be.  Shapiro may win COY simply by smartening up and letting the best players play.  And who scored for Tufts today?  Yep, Santos and Hoppenot.

And with all the hype about Conn and its bevy of POY candidates the Camels will be fortunate just to grab the 7th or 8th playoff spot.

On the money he might have been, but that guy was a lunatic. Good riddance, as far as I'm concerned. This board is far better off with him gone.

[blooter442]

Hoppenot and now Santos are both starting for Tufts and the Jumbos are looking like what we thought they could be.  Shapiro may win COY simply by smartening up and letting the best players play.  And who scored for Tufts today?  Yep, Santos and Hoppenot.

My thoughts exactly. Tufts are a different team when Santos is on the field.

[FourMoreYears]

1.  20pts  8gp  6-0-2  Amherst            (at Wesleyan, home Trinity)
2.  17pts  7gp  5-0-2  Tufts                 (home Williams, home Hamilton, at Bowdoin)
3.  15pts  7gp  5-2-0  Williams            (at Tufts, at Bates, at Hamilton))
4.  12pts  6gp  4-2-0  Wesleyan         (home Amherst, home Trinity, at Middlebury, home Conn College)
5.  12pts  8gp  3-2-3  Middlebury        (home Bates, home Wesleyan)
6.    9pts  7gp  3-4-0  Bowdoin           (home Conn College, at Colby, home Tufts)
7.    7pts  7gp  2-4-1  Conn College    (at Bowdoin, at Trinity, at Wesleyan)
8.    6pts  7gp  2-5-0  Bates                (at Middlebury, home Williams, home Colby)

9.    5pts  7gp  1-4-2  Trinity                (at Wesleyan, home Conn College, at Amherst)
10.  4pts  7gp  1-5-1  Colby                 (home Hamilton, home Bowdoin, at Bates)
10.  4pts. 7gp  1-5-1  Hamilton            (at Colby, at Tufts, home Williams)

[MENESCACFAN]

Hey all

Work took over this weekend, but what a weekend.  I understand the point of throwing names around being pointless.  If we want to be finicky these boards ar pointless no?  We all watch limited samples and throw around what we see.

Let's keep doing the same and not trying to convince others they are missing something we can see.  I watch one to two games per weekend, as do we all.  So the truth lies somewhere in the mire of all these posts.

As for our "meltdown" friend.  I truly hope he is OK away from these boards, I am not sure how D3 soccer can induce such spiteful outbursts.

[All NESCAC]

Let's at least admit that notwithstanding the meltdown of our NESCAC friend he very often was on the money.

Williams is back (if they ever left), and on the odd chance that we get one more Amherst-Williams Elite 8 game I got Williams.

Hoppenot and now Santos are both starting for Tufts and the Jumbos are looking like what we thought they could be.  Shapiro may win COY simply by smartening up and letting the best players play.  And who scored for Tufts today?  Yep, Santos and Hoppenot.

And with all the hype about Conn and its bevy of POY candidates the Camels will be fortunate just to grab the 7th or 8th playoff spot.

Report on Tufts vs Conn from Saturday.  Another typical first half performance from Conn, they outplayed Tufts and were losing 3 to 1 at the half.  Tufts first two goals were on MAJOR goalie errors.  Tufts 3rd goal was a very pretty counter attack.  Conn actually opened the scoring on a nice O'Brien goal. Conn changed keepers with 5 minutes to goal in the first half. Second half was a different story as Conn had to chase the game and Conn's coach refused to substitute (with a game the next day which could be a win it was a huge coaching blunder).  Tufts played keep away and Conn chased and completely ran out of steam with 20 minutes left when their best defender Punt was seriously injured in a freak collision into the goal netting.  yes, Tufts won, but I was not overly impressed with them.  Tufts offense was held in check other than the counter attack goal.  Conn out shot them and had many more threating scoring chances, but in typical Conn form could not score.  Amherst is still the most impressive team I've seen in person this year, certainly much more than Tufts as I was not impressed with their back line, although I do like their keeper and he played a very good game.  Tufts coach did a great job utilizing his bench to keep his players fresh.  It does appear Tufts has some quality depth to their roster and their coach is not afraid to use it.

Sunday Colby came to New London and in a must game for both teams neither team could muster a goal.  Colby had some shots but none were threatening at all.  Conn again had a number of great scoring chances (crosses, free kicks and corner kicks) to score but again came up empty.  Conn looked exhausted in the OT, yet they still threatened.  Had Conn's coach perhaps used his bench vs Tufts perhaps they might have had something left in the tank vs Colby to get a much needed win.  Hats off to Colby who competed well.

[Brother Flounder]

Let's at least admit that notwithstanding the meltdown of our NESCAC friend he very often was on the money.

Williams is back (if they ever left), and on the odd chance that we get one more Amherst-Williams Elite 8 game I got Williams.

Hoppenot and now Santos are both starting for Tufts and the Jumbos are looking like what we thought they could be.  Shapiro may win COY simply by smartening up and letting the best players play.  And who scored for Tufts today?  Yep, Santos and Hoppenot.

And with all the hype about Conn and its bevy of POY candidates the Camels will be fortunate just to grab the 7th or 8th playoff spot.

Report on Tufts vs Conn from Saturday.  Another typical first half performance from Conn, they outplayed Tufts and were losing 3 to 1 at the half.  Tufts first two goals were on MAJOR goalie errors.  Tufts 3rd goal was a very pretty counter attack.  Conn actually opened the scoring on a nice O'Brien goal. Conn changed keepers with 5 minutes to goal in the first half. Second half was a different story as Conn had to chase the game and Conn's coach refused to substitute (with a game the next day which could be a win it was a huge coaching blunder).  Tufts played keep away and Conn chased and completely ran out of steam with 20 minutes left when their best defender Punt was seriously injured in a freak collision into the goal netting.  yes, Tufts won, but I was not overly impressed with them.  Tufts offense was held in check other than the counter attack goal.  Conn out shot them and had many more threating scoring chances, but in typical Conn form could not score.  Amherst is still the most impressive team I've seen in person this year, certainly much more than Tufts as I was not impressed with their back line, although I do like their keeper and he played a very good game.  Tufts coach did a great job utilizing his bench to keep his players fresh.  It does appear Tufts has some quality depth to their roster and their coach is not afraid to use it.

Sunday Colby came to New London and in a must game for both teams neither team could muster a goal.  Colby had some shots but none were threatening at all.  Conn again had a number of great scoring chances (crosses, free kicks and corner kicks) to score but again came up empty.  Conn looked exhausted in the OT, yet they still threatened.  Had Conn's coach perhaps used his bench vs Tufts perhaps they might have had something left in the tank vs Colby to get a much needed win.  Hats off to Colby who competed well.

Funny, Tufts controlled the games they tied.  Probably felt good for them, even they did seem to dominate the second half.

[Corazon]

Bates 4 Curry 0.

Bates has won 4 of the last 5, with the only loss being at Amherst 1-0. Nice recovery by the young Bobcats who are currently in line for a trip to the NESCAC playoffs.

[Nutmeg]

Bates 4 Curry 0.

Bates has won 4 of the last 5, with the only loss being at Amherst 1-0. Nice recovery by the young Bobcats who are currently in line for a trip to the NESCAC playoffs.

An impressive turnaround.  Some people on this board said they were left for dead....

[All NESCAC]

Bates 4 Curry 0.

Bates has won 4 of the last 5, with the only loss being at Amherst 1-0. Nice recovery by the young Bobcats who are currently in line for a trip to the NESCAC playoffs.

Congratulations Bates Bobcats!  Good work.

[blooter442]

I see that they Tufts is the top team in the RV category in D3Soccer.com's rankings, but I am surprised that they haven't yet made the NSCAA Top 25. The home tie against MIT nonwithstanding, the only "bad" result they've had was losing at Brandeis—drawing at Middlebury and home to Amherst are, in my mind, acceptable results. Personally, I would have the Jumbos ahead of No. 23 Coast Guard, albeit just behind Wheaton (who are in the RV category) despite the fact that Tufts has beaten Trinity and Wesleyan—two teams that Wheaton failed to beat. Just my opinion, of course.

Could this weekend change that? Being at home, I'm picking the Jumbos to eke it 2-1. Maybe at that point they'll break into the NSCAA rankings? They're certainly knocking on the door.

[All NESCAC]

I see that they Tufts is the top team in the RV category in D3Soccer.com's rankings, but I am surprised that they haven't yet made the NSCAA Top 25. The home tie against MIT nonwithstanding, the only "bad" result they've had was losing at Brandeis—drawing at Middlebury and home to Amherst are, in my mind, acceptable results. Personally, I would have the Jumbos ahead of No. 23 Coast Guard, albeit just behind Wheaton (who are in the RV category) despite the fact that Tufts has beaten Trinity and Wesleyan—two teams that Wheaton failed to beat. Just my opinion, of course.

Could this weekend change that? Being at home, I'm picking the Jumbos to eke it 2-1. Maybe at that point they'll break into the NSCAA rankings? They're certainly knocking on the door.
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While I wasn't impressed with Tufts performance vs Conn on Saturday they are a superior team to Coast Guard having seen both play Conn.  They should be ranked ahead of Coast Guard.  Coast Guard puts 11 behind the ball and waits for a counter attack or set piece. They play a completely defensively game. I am amazed at Coast Guards record.  They are however the fittest team you will see this year.  I am very interested to see the Williams vs Tufts game coming up.

[amh63]

Amherst wins mid- week game at Drew...1-0, the same score at halftime.  Next game in Middletown this Saturday.  Nescac game and for the "little three" title .

[Flying Weasel]

I see that they Tufts is the top team in the RV category in D3Soccer.com's rankings, but I am surprised that they haven't yet made the NSCAA Top 25.  . . . . .  Personally, I would have the Jumbos ahead of No. 23 Coast Guard, . . .

I agree.  Thought Tufts, Wartburg, and Cortland St. (and some others, but especially these three) had much better cases than Coast Guard and Wabash whose weak schedules are not befitting a Top 25 team, IMHO.

[Off Pitch]

The NSCAA New England rankings have Tufts #5 and Coast Guard #3.

Other NESCACs:  Amherst #2, Williams #8 and Middlebury #9 giving the conference 4 teams in the regions top 9.  Of note is that NEWMAC has four teams in the top 7.

Brandeis is the only non NESCAC/NEWMAC in the top 9.  Nichols is #10.