NESCAC

[blooter442]

Bowdoin looks really good on MIT's turf in these first 10 minutes. Looking solid in possession and getting forward well.

[Mr.Right]

Seems like the plan is get the wind and get forward and get the 1st goal. Good plan especially against a surprised MIT side.

[SoccerTroll]

Not sure what you are talking about. Tufts looked plenty creative and dynamic yesterday. Bowdoin not as much but they also played a nice game. I thought Diaz-Costa played well as he has been under the radar all season. If he somehow finds his game they can get it done today.

Can't dominate the offensive half that much and come away with only two goals. need to take more shots or create better chances. Majumder back today with fresh legs, that should add something.

[Mr.Right]

Keefe draws a questionable PK that I could not tell whether it was or was not a PK. Keefe stepped up to take it and clanged it off the post. Bowdoin could not afford to miss that opportunity because MIT will have the wind 2nd Half. IMO Bowdoin subs to much. To many avergae players replacing each other. Levi Morant up top is fast I guess but balls are bouncing off him. Charlier and Ellsworth same thing. Why not give Stenquist a run in midfield. He will be a good player in Nescac. I understand giving players a blow 1st Half but not too many players. Trinity does the same thing. To many line up changes. That being said Bowdoin dominated possession for the 1st 20 minutes but the game has gotten clogged in midfield since.

[Mr.Right]

MIT looking much better 2nd Hlaf. Van Siclien almost gifted them a goal off a badly taken set piece that he misjudged and it went right thru his hands. He is very lucky that did not end up in the back of the net.

[Mr.Right]

Bowdoin's Sam Ward really switching fields nicely today. Pin point precision passing.

[Brother Flounder]

Not sure what you are talking about. Tufts looked plenty creative and dynamic yesterday. Bowdoin not as much but they also played a nice game. I thought Diaz-Costa played well as he has been under the radar all season. If he somehow finds his game they can get it done today.

Can't dominate the offensive half that much and come away with only two goals. need to take more shots or create better chances. Majumder back today with fresh legs, that should add something.

Two goals often win games, especially for good defensive and possession teams. Tufts controlled that game. They will have to really show up today.

[Mr.Right]

Bowdoin and MIT heading to OT

[blooter442]

Bowdoin against the wind in the 2nd half, and now against the wind in the first OT. They'll get the wind if they last until 2OT, and then have to like their chances with Van Siclen in goal if it goes to PKs.

[Mr.Right]

Bowdoin wasting corners as they keep going short. You have the size just let Ward or Miller serve it in the mixer.

[Mr.Right]

MIT wins it in OT off a Bingham header. Wide open off the cross and caught Van Sicklein going the wrong way.

[blooter442]

Great header from Bingham. MIT was better in the second half, but Bowdoin looked more compact in OT. Just one lapse of concentration. I'll say that I think MIT deserved to move on, they shut me up and proved me wrong by beating a good, solid side in Bowdoin, but they'll come up against Oneonta next week, and that will be a completely different task.

[Mr.Right]

Tufts with a great comeback yesterday and looked dangerous on the turf. Back to the grass at Kenyon.

I also just found out this Seton Hall Prep Stud committed to Tufts this summer. More Jersey roots / connections for Shapiro. This kid is going to be a good one in Nescac.

http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=55813&org=fccopa.com

[Brother Flounder]

Let's go Amherst and Tufts!

[All NESCAC]

Let's go Amherst and Tufts!

Agree...let's go NESCAC!