NESCAC

[Corazon]

I remember White being phenomenal in High School.  His freshman year I watched him play right wing and forward, and now he is back in mid but yes a bit of a "looks like Tarzan plays like Jane" as one Football movie once quoted.

He also had a good younger brother named JP White who was extremely good, I thought he would go NESCAC.  Anyone know where he is and how he is playing?

Here you go:  http://www.hwsathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4314

[MENESCACFAN]

Thanks

Played in all 20 games as a freshman, seems he is doing fine.  Surprised he did not end up at Bowdoin to be honest.

[blooter442]

Thanks

Played in all 20 games as a freshman, seems he is doing fine.  Surprised he did not end up at Bowdoin to be honest.

I agree. Sam is obviously two years older, but JP was an All-American his senior year and was named Maine Sunday Telegram MVP—I figured he would go to a NESCAC as well. Regardless, it seems that he is playing well for a good Hobart side.

[Off Pitch]

Babson 1 - Bowdoin 0

Strange game.  Babson had the slight edge in a pretty evenly matched first half.  Bowdoin then totally outplayed Babson and dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half but could only generate a couple of good scoring opportunities.  The pendulum then swung back to Babson who controlled play the rest of the way including the overtimes.  Babson knocked on the door multiple times before cashing in early in the 2nd overtime.

Observations:
- Bowdoin is a much smaller team than in the past few years. 
- First-class soccer facility and field at Babson and a nice crowd.
- NESCAC is now 1-3-2 vs. the NEWMAC this season

[MENESCACFAN]

SUNDAY REVIEW

Bowdoin 0 Babson 1 (2OT)

Only managed to catch half hour of this, found the previously discussed Laurenzo pretty quiet on the day.  This was always going to be a tough ask for Bowdoin schedule wise, and it appears many starters were playing most of the game.

Babson grab what seems a deserved win in OT on a goal from Logan Ventura.  A yellow listed at the time of the goal suggest some pretty demonstrative celebrations?  Anyone see it?

Quality win for a good Babson team, but on the NESCAC end not sure how much this hurts Bowdoin.  A #5/6 NESCAC team was not getting an at large bid anyway, so if they win their next conference game (rivalry game @ Colby) I imagine they will still enter the NESCAC tourney in a good mindset.

[MENESCACFAN]

Echo the thoughts of Off Pitch on the facilities at Babson.  Must be a huge recruiting edge.

[Off Pitch]

Ventura was booked for removing his shirt.

[MENESCACFAN]

That it?  Always seemed a lame rule to me.

[Off Pitch]

Just for kicks, I checked the Massey Rankings simulator to see how Coast Guard would do if they were to become the 12th member of the NESCAC. They came in 7th ahead of only Conn, Trinity, Colby, Hamilton, and Bates. A 7th place team will not make the NCAAs.

Just for kicks, I checked the Massey Rankings to see how Babson would do if they were to become the 12th member of the NESCAC.  They came in 7th behind Williams and Bowdoin.  The kicker is that Babson has defeated both.  I wouldn't put too much faith in the Massey Rankings.

Massey also has the UAA as the best D3 conference in the land, NESCAC #2, and NEWMAC #5.

[arkman]

Caught Babson-Bowdoin, close contest, great shot to win it for Babson. A number of good chances for both sides but Babson probably overall better. Bowdoin definitely was resting some players though, with notably Odulate, Henshall, keefe, and Jones seeing no minutes. For large portions of the game 3/4 or 4/4 of Bowdoins attackers were freshmen. Agreed though that this game probably won't affect Bears season that much except for momentum.

Also, Mr. Right, I would describe their formation as a 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 before a 4-4-2 due the holding nature of two of the center midfielders and the fact that Dias Costa usually plays under the striker, occasionally trying to get in behind but usually receiving to feet and playing with the midfield. It's all semantics though.

[Corazon]

Sounds like it was a good game.  Both teams must have been exhausted as each played the day before. The box score description says freshman Ventura went past 3 defenders and scored unassisted (signaling he may be an attacking mid) but he is listed as a defender on the Babson web site.  Dribbling past 3 Bowdoin defenders is not easy to do.  Was the goal as nice as it sounds?

[Off Pitch]

Ventura was playing right back.  It was certainly a nice opportunistic shot, but two of the Bowdoin defenders made feeble stabs at the ball with no real effort to contain.

[Mr.Right]

Bowdoin v Babson was a tedious affair between two teams that have minimal scoring options. It deserved to be a draw for both teams. Diaz-Costa was the best player on the field and had 2 or 3 golden scoring chances. Babson has a knack for scheduling these Nescac contests the day after playing minimal competition. I think Babson played Lesley before Williams. This game probably knocks Bowdoin out of the top 11 in the regional rankings as they just do not have a legit win on their schedule. Babson will most likely get the #7 seed and if they win out and reach the Newmac final they will get in. Personally the Liberty League is more impressive to me than the Newmac. Better top to bottom. Emerson and Clark are two of the worst teams in New England.

[Mr.Right]

Arkman- after watching Diaz Costa a couple of games this season he really is one of the more technical players in the league. You are correct a 4-2-3-1 makes sense to me. Where is Keefe? They really miss him up top.

[Off Pitch]

Bowdoin v Babson was a tedious affair between two teams that have minimal scoring options. It deserved to be a draw for both teams. Diaz-Costa was the best player on the field and had 2 or 3 golden scoring chances. Babson has a knack for scheduling these Nescac contests the day after playing minimal competition. I think Babson played Lesley before Williams. This game probably knocks Bowdoin out of the top 11 in the regional rankings as they just do not have a legit win on their schedule. Babson will most likely get the #7 seed and if they win out and reach the Newmac final they will get in. Personally the Liberty League is more impressive to me than the Newmac. Better top to bottom. Emerson and Clark are two of the worst teams in New England.

Mr. Right, how is it that the NEWMAC is so bad and yet the NESCAC only won 1 of the 6 contests with the NEWMAC this season?  Is it just that the NEWMAC ADs are more clever at scheduling than their NESCAC counterparts?