NESCAC

[blooter442]

Elsewhere, here comes Owen for Amherst's PKs...

[blooter442]

Springfield are bottling it! Two misses -- not saves, misses. Gotta hit the target at least.

[Mr.Right]

As prepared as St.Joe's was defensively they looked very unprepared in PK's..Mieth comes up big...Shocked by Eichhorst and Coleman taking PK's but they both buried them...Tufts deserves to move on..Congrats


Jesus...I see why WPI beat Springfield in PK's.

[PaulNewman]

Where are those scholarship professional PK takers when you need 'em???

[blooter442]

Well they finally get one on target but Owen saves. Did they even practice them? I'm genuinely wondering because they don't look prepared for this at all.

[blooter442]

I'm sorry, but that was shambolic -- Springfield did not score one. Owen made one save, and Springfield missed the other three. That's it.

[blooter442]

Even with the ones that were saved, SJC at least hit the target every time. Springfield did not. I understand PKs are a lottery and are tough, but that was the worst shootout performance I've seen in a long time from the Pride.

[blooter442]

Looking to the next round, Rochester vs. Amherst should be a fun one. THAT will get chippy.

[Mr.Right]

Where are those scholarship professional PK takers when you need 'em???

lol...+k....what about the rule changes?  2 pages on possible rule changes that might have never existed

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Shocked by Eichhorst and Coleman taking PK's but they both buried them...

I believe Coleman is their regular penalty taker.

[Mr.Right]

A rematch of Hopkins and Tufts at Tufts...1994 style..Bit of a different game then but anyhow..There were like 2000 people at Kraft on a frigid Sunday in late November of 94...Bloots u remember that one right?

[blooter442]

A rematch of Hopkins and Tufts at Tufts...1994 style..Bit of a different game then but anyhow..There were like 2000 people at Kraft on a frigid Sunday in late November of 94...Bloots u remember that one right?

O ya, I was playing in the dirt in the long jump pit.

[Brother Flounder]

Looking to the next round, Rochester vs. Amherst should be a fun one. THAT will get chippy.

This one will be a hoot!

[NESCAC43]

Rochester vs. Amherst..... Great matchup of two teams from, in my opinion, the two best conferences in the country (UAA and NESCAC).

[OldNed]

24-4 shot advantage for Tufts. They deserve the win. We'll see

As many of you know, my son plays for St. Joe's so of course I was at the Tufts/St. Joe's game on Sunday.  I agree 100% with what Rudy said - Tufts did deserve to win based on how they controlled the game.  Sometimes it doesn't work out that way, but it did yesterday. I will say that losing in PKs is absolutely the worst way to lose, in my opinion.

I was really, really impressed with Tufts and I hope they win another championship this year.  Big, strong, fast, relentless, and their one touch passes were really things of beauty.  I thought for sure they were going to break through at some point in the 2nd half against St. Joe's, but the Monks were incredible in how they were able to hold off the offensive onslaught.  Keeper Blake Mullen had a fantastic game and really kept St. Joe's in it until PKs, and then it's pretty much a crap shoot.  Credit to Tufts keeper Mieth as he had a wonderful save against the only real St. Joe's chance, and he came up big in the PK round.

I'm really proud of how St. Joe's played yesterday and I hope they get another chance next year to play some of the other NESCAC teams, in regular season and also in the tournament.