NESCAC

[Brother Flounder]

BF, no contest on SAT scores.  NESCAC and UAA far and away have the highest average scores.  Other conferences like the Centennial (on par at the top end) are weighted down by some less elite schools.  And as NESCAC1 suggested, in some ways this helps the NESCAC as the NESCAC schools do attract very good athletes who are high academic achievers and especially on the East Coast soccer is a sport that jives very nicely with that demographic.

FWIW, my favorite NESCACs are Colby and Wesleyan.  And I personally would prefer Midd or Bowdoin to Williams or Amherst.

For what reasons?

[NEPitch62]

Well, for what its worth, Tufts is my favorite NESCAC school for obvious reasons.  The team landed safely and have really cool NCAA embossed hotel room keys.  Let the bling offerings begin!!  GO JUMBOS!!

[Nutmeg]

Well, for what its worth, Tufts is my favorite NESCAC school for obvious reasons.  The team landed safely and have really cool NCAA embossed hotel room keys.  Let the bling offerings begin!!  GO JUMBOS!!

Pitch, forget da bling, and score some golassos! Go NESCAC!  And go Jumbos!

[oldonionbag]

Let's go BOs!

[KnightFalcon]

They are off to their winning strategy of scoring early ... Great start for Tufts

Maxime should have buried that

[KnightFalcon]

I think I got my answer about whether Tufts would bring the same effort to this game as they did against Messiah - they look very sharp. Could easily be 3-0 by now... this may get ugly

[Nutmeg]

I think I got my answer about whether Tufts would bring the same effort to this game as they did against Messiah - they look very sharp. Could easily be 3-0 by now... this may get ugly

Falcon, the Tufts midfield looked great today, pressuring and distributing. Hope they can keep that intensity up tomorrow. They did get to rest some legs which may help. Should be a great game. Go NESCAC...Go Tufts!

[KnightFalcon]

Agree - I thought Tufts looked fantastic today in all phases. A very dominant performance. They are clearly playing at the top of their game right now and Wheaton is going to be in for a very tough game Saturday

[All NESCAC]

Good luck Tufts Men and Lady EPHS. GO NESCAC!

[Nutmeg]

Good luck Tufts Men and Lady EPHS. GO NESCAC!

Ditto!  Go Get Em NESCAC!

[Jump4Joy]

I'll echo that sentiment by modifying to Ephs "women." That "lady" stuff is for sissies, and the Williams team is anything but.

[KnightFalcon]

anybody want to wake Tufts back up ... they've still got 30 minutes to play

[Jump4Joy]

NESCAC!

[amh63]

Congrats to Tufts!  Wins the Title!

[nescac1]

Congrats to Tufts!  I really, REALLY want to dig up the conversation from a month or so back when folks were claiming that NESCAC was not a power conference, and pointing to Williams' loss in the Final Four last year as "evidence."  I guess we can, once and for all, put that to rest.  Messiah is the best soccer program in Division 3.  But NESCAC is clearly the deepest conference ... now boasting THREE different national title teams from three different schools over the past 20 years, and that excludes Amherst, which has been the dominant team in the conference over the past five regular seasons.  Incredible, unexpected run for the Jumbos, and they won in very, very convincing fashion in the Final Four -- no fluke whatsoever, that team.