NESCAC

[letsGOswans!]

Let's go Camels! I believe this is Murphy's first time beating Middlebury ever?

[Mr.Right]

Wow....Conn gets a nice W at Midd 2-1.I wasn't able to catch the game but sounds like Conn deserved the W..The loss of Glaser, Conrad and especially Sydor might mean Midd struggles early until they can get a set line-up and some confidence.

Bates up 2-1 on Hamilton to start 2nd half...Have just caught a bit but again Hamilton is playing on turf and not the grass...That game surely has some more goals in it and Hamilton looks to be on the attack to start the 2nd Half.

Amherst v Bowdoin just underway and Van Siclien has already made a nice save or 2. Niang back in the line-up but so far Bowdoin looks a bit flat. Will be following this game until Williams at Trinity get underway at 3pm.

[Mr.Right]

Amherst goes up 1-0 on a PK..Stupid foul in the box from Bowdoin against Hlinomaz who I will say fell pretty easily but a stupid foul in the box. Bowdoin needs to pick it up as they look very sluggish and if they continue to play like this they will be going home with a Loss.

[Ommadawn]

The 2-1 halftime score holds and Bates gets the road upset against Hamilton. 

Tufts and Colby 0-0 at the half, with Colby holding a 3-2 advantage in shots and Tufts up 5-2 in corners. 

[blooter442]

The 2-1 halftime score holds and Bates gets the road upset against Hamilton. 

Tufts and Colby 0-0 at the half, with Colby holding a 3-2 advantage in shots and Tufts up 5-2 in corners. 

Can't remember whether it was last year or the year before that they beat Hamilton on the road, but I remember thinking they had turned a corner after that result. Didn't happen that season, but maybe it will this year.

[Jump4Joy]

Tufts struggled against Colby last year, too. Sometimes match-ups are weird like that.

[Mr.Right]

Williams up 1-0 on a long ball that bounced around and a nice finish by Sean Dory in the panel. The game was delayed about 20 minutes with a serious injury to Tommy Young of Williams as he was carted off the field most likely to the local hospital. He would be a big loss if he is gone for the season. Trinity was asleep for Dory's goal and again a lack of focus on the defensive end hurts Trinity. Still a ton of time left in the game but Savonen is looking frustrated up top with a lack of service and Bednarek has played VERY Well for Trinity. He is such a composed player.

[Mr.Right]

2-0 Williams on a nice finish by Frosh Eli Petrik out of Texas right before the half. He is a highly regarded Frosh out of Texas who should be contributing for the Ephs right away this year. It is 2-0 Williams but again Trinity looked lost on defense on the play and were ole'ing runners right by them. They just have never been able to focus for 90 minutes under Pilger. They lack concentration and frankly besides Bednarek there defense looks weak. Still a half left

[Brother Flounder]

Tufts struggled against Colby last year, too. Sometimes match-ups are weird like that.

Jumbos with a tough win on the road.... OT victory 1-0

[blooter442]

Jumbos with a tough win on the road.... OT victory 1-0

You sure it was on the road, BF? Tufts schedule and box score indicated home to me...

Two 1-0 OT wins for the Jumbos. Is this indicative of a team struggling for goals, or the hallmark of champions? Given the Jumbos NCAA title last year and their slow start en route to that triumph (in fact they began 0-2-1 vs. 2-0 now) I will give them the benefit of the doubt this early in the season, and a win is a win, but I saw today that they started again without a recognized CF (Braun off the bench was the closest player to a striker I saw — Tasker started, of course, but I think of him as more of a winger.)

[Buck O.]

Jumbos with a tough win on the road.... OT victory 1-0

You sure it was on the road, BF? Tufts schedule and box score indicated home to me...

Two 1-0 OT wins for the Jumbos. Is this indicative of a team struggling for goals, or the hallmark of champions? Given the Jumbos NCAA title last year and their slow start en route to that triumph (in fact they began 0-2-1 vs. 2-0 now) I will give them the benefit of the doubt this early in the season, and a win is a win, but I saw today that they started again without a recognized CF (Braun off the bench was the closest player to a striker I saw — Tasker started, of course, but I think of him as more of a winger.)

It was at Tufts.  I was at the game, and it was Exhibit 456,923 for why we need better soccer referees.  The guy was calling incredibly soft fouls all game long, but up until the last one that gave Tufts the game-winning penalty, none of them significantly affected the game.  It would have been nice to have seen how the game would have gone if the ref hadn't gotten in the way.

Overall, I'd say the game was fairly even.  I'd say Tufts had better scoring opportunities, including a ball that bounced off the post with about five seconds remaining in regulation and another in the 70th minute that was cleared away by a header just before going into the goal, but Colby had its opportunities as well.

[Mr.Right]

Trinity gets 1 back...2-1 Williams with about 4 minutes left. Trinity has put in a much better effort 2nd Half. If only they would have done that for 90 minutes.


RE:Colby----I did not see the game but i am betting they had a great defensive game plan / probably sat in a defensive shell for 90 minutes / worked very hard and come away with 0 points...I mean at some point you have to take chances and try to score goals otherwise players will start to get really frustrated

[Brother Flounder]

Jumbos with a tough win on the road.... OT victory 1-0

You sure it was on the road, BF? Tufts schedule and box score indicated home to me...

Two 1-0 OT wins for the Jumbos. Is this indicative of a team struggling for goals, or the hallmark of champions? Given the Jumbos NCAA title last year and their slow start en route to that triumph (in fact they began 0-2-1 vs. 2-0 now) I will give them the benefit of the doubt this early in the season, and a win is a win, but I saw today that they started again without a recognized CF (Braun off the bench was the closest player to a striker I saw — Tasker started, of course, but I think of him as more of a winger.)

My bad.. typo brain cramp.... Mr . Right is correct about sitting back. Colby seems to have started better but Tufts came on and owned the OT...

[Bobcat1]

A quick shout out to the Bobcats for a quality road win at Hamilton on Saturday. I was not able to make the game, but its good to see the offense scoring early.  I did make it over to the Tufts/Colby game due to proximity. Colby was solid. They played with Tufts the first 45 minutes and generated some chances.  Second half (especially last 20 minutes) was a different story. Tufts controlled possession, had quality chances, and actually went to three in the back in the 72nd minute for the rest of the game. It's a very confident group out there and Shapiro plays 18-19 guys with no drop off coming in from the bench.

[Mr.Right]

Ok a quick really quick shout out to the Bobcats....done.....now looks like coach has put UNE on the schedule for Wednesday and Newbury for Saturday. Didn't they beat Newbury 9-1 last year? whatever .....Do not be to over confident against UNE....They will play some pretty futbol especially on the turf so do not go into that game over confident...We will know if Bates is for real in 2 weeks when they travel to Wesleyan / Williams on a back to back. If they can get 4 pts on that weekend I will be impressed.