NESCAC 2014

[Becks]

Thanks, nescac1. Yeah, I was going to say something about that Williams roster size. It is not unheard of for schools to have rosters that big, but it would definitely set a record for a NESCAC women's roster. Checking back on the Williams site, the roster link now shows the 2013 roster. You can see the pre-season roster only if you change the dates in the roster url to 2014-15. I can't recall if that was what I had to do yesterday to see the pre-season roster.

Does Williams have a JV? I know that Middlebury does, but I didn't think any other NESCAC's had women's JV teams anymore.

[amh63]

Keeping this among the "little three" teams for now....Amherst has 24 members listed in the pre-season roster.
I did note that between the FY players on the Wes and Williams rosters....from the "Gold Coast " section of CT and NY....that the recruits are from the same CT based Club team.   Interesting...that the players are "past teammates".  Amherst's FYs show no members from that club team.  Guess the LJ got shut-out

[Becks]

Keeping this among the "little three" teams for now....Amherst has 24 members listed in the pre-season roster.
I did note that between the FY players on the Wes and Williams rosters....from the "Gold Coast " section of CT and NY....that the recruits are from the same CT based Club team.   Interesting...that the players are "past teammates".  Amherst's FYs show no members from that club team.  Guess the LJ got shut-out

I think Amherst's and Wesleyan's pre-season rosters do not include walk-ons, but I suspect that Wiliams's (not yet intended to be public) 32-player pre-season roster does, so Amherst's and Wes's rosters might grow by a couple and Williams's might go down. I had noticed that no NESCAC women's team has ever had more than 28 players, which might be a firm cap for some reason, so I would guess that Williams's roster will drop from 32 down at least to 28.

Re CFC United players - There are a fair number of them playing at a variety of NESCAC schools (including 2 others at Wes). Although Amherst didn't pick one up this year, they do have one from a prior year - keeper Holly Burwick (who also went to the same public HS as 2 of the Wes players and 1 of the Hamilton players). This past year's CFC United ECNL U18 team had a lot of players going to top academic schools - 2 Dartmouth, 1 Yale, 2 Williams, 2 Wesleyan. And you are right that a lot of it has to do with CFC United drawing players from the "Gold Coast" section of CT and NY.

[Becks]

Top Returning Goal Scorers

Goals - Player - Grade this year - School - Shots/SOG (league only)
8 - Kiersten Turner - Jr - Bowdoin - 33/10 - 2x as many goals as next highest, but 8 goals on only 10 SOG is probably not repeatable
4 - Jamie Hofstetter - Jr - Bowdoin - 18/8
4 - Abby Lake - Jr - Trinity - 34/18
4 - Andi Nicholson - So - Trinity - 7/4 - 4 goals on only 7 shots?!?! Every SOG a goal!?!?
4 - Audrey Thomas - So - Williams - 26/12
3 - Kendall Daly - So - Hamilton - 22/4
3 - Elise Dolan - Sr - Trinity - 19/6
3 - Leah Humers - Jr - Bates - 19/7
3 - Megan Kim - Jr - Amherst - 7/5
3 - Kristi Kirsche - So - Williams - 34/15
3 - Carla Kruyff - Sr - Tufts - 23/7

Only 2 of the 11 top returning scorers are seniors; none are from Middlebury and only 1 from Amherst.

[amh63]

Yes, Holly Burwick is a very talented goalie....an all conference player.  There is a player...Hester...from my area... that I'm hoping will have a breakout season...this her second year.  She was the top player in the D.C. Region ...a Gatorade POY.   She does have the potential.

[amh63]

The Amherst men's soccer team has its preview up and roster up.  With a big incoming class, including a soph...the roster is presently 29.   
You may have something here about soccer roster size...around 28...Becks!

[Becks]

The Amherst men's soccer team has its preview up and roster up.  With a big incoming class, including a soph...the roster is presently 29.   
You may have something here about soccer roster size...around 28...Beck!

Well, if I'm right, at least one of those guys won't be on the final roster.

[Becks]

Returning Scoring


#1 Bowdoin 16/18 (goals scored last year by returning players/total goals scored last year)
(returning multi-goal scorers)
8 – Kiersten Turner – 33/19 (shots/SOG)
4 – Jamie Hofstetter – 18/8
2 – Abby Hammerl – 5/1 (not sure how you get 2 goals on 1 SOG, another example of how messed up NESCAC’s SOG stats are)

#2 Trinity 15/15
4 – Abby Lake – 34/10
4 – Andi Nicholson – 7/4
3 – Elisa Dolan – 19/6

#3 Williams 14/14
4 – Audrey Thomas – 26/12
3 – Kristi Kirshe – 34/15
2 – Crystal Lewin – 10/7
2 – Katie Wardlaw – 8/5

#4 Tufts 10/14
3 – Carla Kruyff – 23/7
2 – Robin Estus – 16/4
2 – Alex Farris – 11/6
2 – Victoria Stoj – 6/5

#5 Middlebury 7/13
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#6 Amherst 6/14
3 – Megan Kim – 19/5
2 – Maggie Belnap – 12/2

#6 Conn 6/10
2 – LibbyThomas – 10/3

#8 Wesleyan 5/7
2 – Sarah Sylla – 12/8

#8 Hamilton 5/5
3 - Kendall Daley - 22/4

#10 Bates 4/6
3 – Leah Humes – 19/7

#11 Colby 0/6
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On paper, Bowdoin, Tufts and Williams look to return the most potent offenses in the league, while Middlebury, Amherst and Colby each have to replace 6+ goals.

[Becks]

I see that Williams has 32 players on its pre-season roster.  That has to be some sort of record, wow.  I'm sure that will be culled down a bit with a few playing JV, but even still, there is going to be a big fight for playing time in Billsville this year.

Williams pre-season roster now down to 30. A rising soph back-up keeper and rising junior field player who didn't get a ton of playing time are no longer listed. Probably a few more to go. Still 9 frosh on the roster. With a 2013 roster of 27 and only 3 graduating seniors, Pinard was always going to have to choose between going with a small incoming class or cutting existing players. So far she has gone with the latter.

[amh63]

Amherst had a scrimmage against Smith College the other day.  Pics found on the Amherst website.  Pics show players with T- shirts but no numbers.  Expect it was only played without FY players.

[Becks]

Conn played Wes today in a full game scrimmage on a crappy grass field at Yale. Ended Wes 2-0 Conn, but looked pretty even. If anything, I think Conn may have played a bit better. Conn then played Univ of Bridgeport in a 45-minute scrimmage on the turf at Yale and looked good but lost 0-1. Wes then played Yale in a 45-minute scrimmage on the turf and also lost 0-1, but I didn't think they were able to play the same quality of possession soccer as Conn was, but could have been due to the difference in opponents.

[Becks]

Wesleyan final roster and team pics are up on their website: http://www.wesleyan.edu/athletics/wsoccer/roster/index.html One recruited freshmen apparently decided not to play soccer this fall, so a smallish incoming class of 5 frosh.

[Becks]

Looks like the Hamilton final roster has been posted: http://www.hamilton.edu/athletics/womens-soccer/roster . A relatively large incoming class of 8 frosh. Only 2 keepers on the roster, both frosh. The backup keeper from last year (would be a rising junior this year) is not on the roster. Also not on the roster are: a player who would be a rising junior and who got little playing time last year and 3 players who would rising sophomores (one who didn't play in a single game (quit? injured), another who played in only 2 games, and, most surprisingly, Kendall Daly, who was Hamilton's leading scorer overall and in league play last year). Perhaps to make up for KD's departure, 5 of Hamilton's frosh are forwards.

[Becks]

Incoming players. Updated for Wesleyan and Hamilton's final roster.

Amherst - So - Kim Greenberg - Wilmette, IL - FC United Select
Amherst - Fr - Hannah Guzzi - Southborough, MA - GPS-Massachusetts (formerly MPS Renegades)
Amherst - Fr -Delancey King - Braintree, MA - Scorpions SC ECNL U18 - MF
Amherst - Fr -Meredith Manley - Potttown, PA - Penn Fusion ECNL U18 - M
Amherst - Fr - Alison Neveu - Thousand Oaks, CA - Real So Cal ECNL U18 - M
Bates - Fr - Sarah McCarthy - ? - East Meadow SC Dynamite NPL U18 - GK
Bowdoin - Fr - Rachel Stout - Lakeville, MN - Shattuck-St Mary's Sabres U18 - GK
Conn - Fr - Aimee Manderlink - Ridgefield, CT - Yankee Utd U18
Conn - Fr - Michelle Medina - CT - Oakwood SC U18
Conn - Fr-  Nicole Medina - CT - Oakwood SC U18
Hamilton - Fr - Amanda Becker - Chappaqua, NY - New York Rush Patriots 96 - F
Hamilton - Fr - Rosalie Campbell - New York, NY - ISA - D
Hamilton - Fr - Rachel Cooley - Branchburg, NJ - ? - GK
Hamilton - Fr - Emily Dumont - N Andover, MA - ? - GK
Hamilton - Fr - Katja Dunlap - Arlington, MA - Fusion FC - F/M
Hamilton - Fr - Katie Kreider - Boxford, MA - Aztec - F
Hamilton - Fr - Darby Philbrick - Alexandria, VA - Alexandria SA Freedom - F
Hamilton - Fr - Kate Whiston - Rye, NY - FC Westchester Elite 96 - F
Trinity - Fr- Alexa Barbaresi - CA - West Coast FC - D
Trinity - Fr- Maddie Snyder - Montclair, NJ - Match Fit ECNL U18 - M
Tufts  - Fr- Chandler Quintin - MA - Scorpions SC ECNL U18 - MF
Tufts - Fr- Emily Wilson - GPS-Milan (formerly Milan Boston)
Wesleyan - Fr- Samantha Ashley - New Canaan, CT - Connecticut FC ECNL U18 - M
Wesleyan - Fr-  Meghan Cunningham - Washington, DC - formerly on VSA Heat Blue U17 - M
Wesleyan - Fr- Ellie Dempsey - Stamford, CT - Connecticut FC ECNL U18 - M
Wesleyan - Fr- Meghan Hanan - Sammamish, WA - ISC/Arsenal? Crossfire? - GK
Wesleyan - Fr- Elise Waller - Dallas, TX - Dallas Texans Red North '96 - M
Williams - Fr- Natasha Albaneze - Northport, NY - East Meadow SC ECNL U18 - F
Williams - Fr- Hanna Kaeser - Pelham, NY - Connecticut FC ECNL U18 - MF
Williams - Fr- Katherine Sands - Rye, NY - Connecticut FC ECNL U18 - DM
Williams - Fr- Jacqueline Simeone - Milton, MA - IMG Soccer Academy - D

[nescac1]

Williams has posted its season preview.  In addition to the two upperclass players who, as Becks noted, have apparently left the program, the preview notes that two other players (both solid contributors in the past) are out with injuries this season, and I assume then won't be on the final roster.  If one or two frosh end up not making the varsity squad, that puts the roster down to a more manageable size, although there will still be some tough battles for playing time, particularly at the attacking positions (most of the players who graduated or will not be on the roster this season are defensive players).