Liberty League

[Mr.Right]

That goal for SLU was perfect for the neutral fan as Hobart has come out of its shell late in the Half and look to be on the attack. They will certainly press forward all 2nd Half and could end up seeing some more goals in this one.

[Mr.Right]

and just like that.......Hobart gets one back before the Half 1-1......Tough angle to score on and I could not tell if the SLU GK could have done better on that one but it was a rip....I would Hobart keeps the pedal down instead of going back into a shell 2nd Half.

[TyWebb]

and just like that.......Hobart gets one back before the Half 1-1......Tough angle to score on and I could not tell if the SLU GK could have done better on that one but it was a rip....I would Hobart keeps the pedal down instead of going back into a shell 2nd Half.

Mr. Right you called it, that goal didn't take long! I rewound the feed at the end of the half and the GK looked to be in a good position slightly out from the near post. Patrick just made a nice shot to the far post. Perfect placement imho.

[Mr.Right]

Halftime in the LL:

Skidmore v Bard  4-0
Union v RIT         1-3
SLU v Hobart       1-1
Vassar v Ithaca    1-0
RPI v Clarkson     0-0     RPI does not have a shot yet. They need a Win to get the tiebreaker over Vassar unless Ithaca can come back and get a Draw.

[Mr.Right]

SLU takes a 2-1 lead with about 15 minutes left...Beautiful counter after a Hobart giveaway in SLU's Half...The counter ended up being a 3v3 but SLU attacker dragged over the CB and a cagey run by another SLU player in the box and careless defending by Hobart defender who lost his man in the box which is inexcusable and the kid slotted it home...

[Mr.Right]

Well Union and Bard threw in the towel 2nd Half as RIT is up 5-1 and Skidmore up 6-0 respectfully. Clarkson holding RPI 0-0 and they have to be kicking themselves for losing that Home match to Skidmore as they were in control of that game until Skidmore got the tying goal and then finished Clarkson off in OT. Clarkson was relying on Bard to pull an upset of Skidmore and that is like relying on NSN to have a disruption free broadcast.

[Mr.Right]

Hobart again putting pressure on SLU as soon as they fall behind...Here is an idea why not come out and play like this from the get go....

[TyWebb]

SLU takes a 2-1 lead with about 15 minutes left...Beautiful counter after a Hobart giveaway in SLU's Half...The counter ended up being a 3v3 but SLU attacker dragged over the CB and a cagey run by another SLU player in the box and careless defending by Hobart defender who lost his man in the box which is inexcusable and the kid slotted it home...

I did a quick rewind and think the SLU scorer may have had his right foot in an off-sides position, but it was very close. I tend to agree with you that it was careless defending to lose a man in that situation.

[stlawus]

After a testy start to the league, SLU really turned it on the rest of the season.  I honestly did not expect a regular season title, but they really meshed well and played as a team.  When Hobart pressed they got lots of chances, I don't know why they weren't going for maximum pressure the whole game. 

[Caz Bombers]

Vassar up 3-0 at Ithaca in the 65th minute when the roof caved in. IC draws a penalty, converts it and goes on to score 3 times in the final 10 minutes to win 4-3. The big winner of all that was RPI, which moved up to the 2 seed after its 5th straight shutout win.

6) Skidmore at 3) Ithaca
5) Vassar at 4) Hobart

HOB/VC at 1) St. Lawrence
2) RPI vs. IC/SKID

[deutschfan]

What a crazy ending in Ithaca.  On the verge of Pool C elimination and down 3 in the second half Ithaca potentially saves its dance ticket after the greatest collapse in Vassar soccer memory, if not history.  Ithaca scores 4 unanswered goals, 3 in the last 10 minutes, against a Vassar team that started league with 4 shutouts and whose goalie was the ECAC Defensive Player of the Month for September.  Can't imagine that ride back from Ithaca to Poughkeepsie.  Some other craziness.  The League's two leading point scorers, by far, are on teams that did not make the playoffs.  Both of them deserve first team recognition and player of the year consideration, although a POY from a team that doesn't make the playoffs probably never happens.  The team that perhaps is playing the best soccer right now, RPI, has 8 losses.  Hats off to the SLU seniors who get a great deal of credit for bringing the title to Canton.  Bard's collapse is now complete--1 league goal scored, 33 league goals given up.  More on Bard later.  If Ithaca can get to the playoff finals, or SLU doesn't win out, LL should get two tickets.       

[PaulNewman]

What a crazy ending in Ithaca.  On the verge of Pool C elimination and down 3 in the second half Ithaca potentially saves its dance ticket after the greatest collapse in Vassar soccer memory, if not history.  Ithaca scores 4 unanswered goals, 3 in the last 10 minutes, against a Vassar team that started league with 4 shutouts and whose goalie was the ECAC Defensive Player of the Month for September.  Can't imagine that ride back from Ithaca to Poughkeepsie.  Some other craziness.  The League's two leading point scorers, by far, are on teams that did not make the playoffs.  Both of them deserve first team recognition and player of the year consideration, although a POY from a team that doesn't make the playoffs probably never happens.  The team that perhaps is playing the best soccer right now, RPI, has 8 losses.  Hats off to the SLU seniors who get a great deal of credit for bringing the title to Canton.  Bard's collapse is now complete--1 league goal scored, 33 league goals given up.  More on Bard later.  If Ithaca can get to the playoff finals, or SLU doesn't win out, LL should get two tickets.     

Yes, that must be a horrible ride back.  Amazing comeback.  Amazing collapse.

[Saint of Old]

Brilliant season overall in the league.
I think that most would agree that the best 6 teams got in.


I think that there will be a few more surprises before its all said and done.

SLU needs another win I think to guarantee dancing this season.

No one wants to play surprise #2 seed RPI.
They are experts at beating good teams and can count SLU, Oneonta, Vassar, Hobart and Ithaca among thehir 2018 scalps so far.


Ithaca coming into post season both hot and on an emotional high after a crazy comeback win.

Hobart will be dissapointed in how the league season finished up but will still think they can dance and confident of winning the tourney.
Skidmore will be happy to make the post season and had absolutely no mercy against an overmmatched Bard who played their best game of the league away to SLU.


Vassar will be out for vengeance, against Ithaca or whoever is in their path the rest of the way.


On the Outs

Tough one for Clarkson, but they fought till the very end

RIT left it for late and it became too late.

Union has to do better next year.

Bard goes back to the drawing board to figure out a better game plan for a very tough league.

No matter how this thing works out, I hope we have two dancers in November.

[Bartman]

Saints played extremely well today and deserved the win as they were the better side. Looking forward to the tournament....anything can happen.

[deutschfan]

My player of the week--Jon Kyriakidis of Ithaca.  Last year he scored the winning header goal for Manhattanville against Vassar in the 96th minute.  This year he has the winning header for Ithaca against Vassar in the 87th minute.  How often does that happen in D3 that a player gets winning goals against the same team in consecutive years playing for a different side?