2014 D3 Season: National Perspective

[Mr.Right]

Great win for Tufts and yet another Nescac goes to a Final 4. Tufts finishes off what Williams could not which is beating Messiah. That field helped them nicely and Santos was a beast on the wing and every Tufts player worked their ass off. hats off

[TheSoccerGod10]

Tufts deserved it. Impressive performance. Great careers for the Messiah seniors though.

[blooter442]

Well done to Tufts. They got a bit lucky with the deflection and scoring in the first minute, and certainly rode their luck at times, but every team must do that in order to beat Messiah. They defended well and worked their socks off. I've long said that objectively Tufts is the best team in the NESCAC when it is on its game, and so it proved. Congratulations Jumbos.

Also, whichever Tufts defender made that goal-line clearance in the 60th minute or so gets play of the weekend in my vote.

[Jump4Joy]

Gutsy win by Tufts

[Jump4Joy]

Feed was fine here but quality of picture wasn't great.
Was that a goalline save by a Tufts back? Did Messiah hit the crossbar and a post in the final several minutes?
Why no sound?
Good for Tufts for holding on.

[Jump4Joy]

Back-to-back final four appearances by NESCAC in both men's and women's brackets. People need to stop claiming that NESCAC is not one of the best conferences in D3 soccer. It. Just. Is.

[Mr.Right]

So much for Kenyon..All you Kenyon lovers they are getting beat in every facet by Ohio Wesleyan. For all those that compared them to storied programs and anointing their coaches legends they have not been to a Final 4 since the legendary Jack Ketchen took some great teams in the mid 90's

[Mr.Right]

Jump 4 joy it is offpitch and his "numbers" that claims that

[Off Pitch]

Complete fiction.  Go back and look as I repeatedly have stated that NESCAC is an elite soccer conference.  You will not find a post that I have made to the contrary.

[Nutmeg]

Well done to Tufts. They got a bit lucky with the deflection and scoring in the first minute, and certainly rode their luck at times, but every team must do that in order to beat Messiah. They defended well and worked their socks off. I've long said that objectively Tufts is the best team in the NESCAC when it is on its game, and so it proved. Congratulations Jumbos.

Also, whichever Tufts defender made that goal-line clearance in the 60th minute or so gets play of the weekend in my vote.

They all played great and Kayne's blast was one of the best goals of the year..

[Mr.Right]

You have said Nescac is down this year and Newmac is better all year. You are a complete joke. Stop wasting everyone's time.

[Off Pitch]

I have posted twice in the last week, yet you insist on calling me out and posting lies.  I did postulate that NESCAC was down this year, and you are on record agreeing.

[OldMCGuy]

As an old Messiah fan, I want to congratulate Tufts.  They played a terrific game.  They earned the win and they deserved the win.
Great run for the Messiah seniors.  I am proud of their soccer accomplishments and the character with which they achieved those accomplishments.  I wish them the same success in the rest of their lives. (Of course, that goes for the seniors on all the other tournament teams as well).
I think this is the first Final 4 since 2003 without a Messiah Mens or Womens team involved.  Weasel will correct me if I am wrong 

[Nutmeg]

As an old Messiah fan, I want to congratulate Tufts.  They played a terrific game.  They earned the win and they deserved the win.
Great run for the Messiah seniors.  I am proud of their soccer accomplishments and the character with which they achieved those accomplishments.  I wish them the same success in the rest of their lives. (Of course, that goes for the seniors on all the other tournament teams as well).
I think this is the first Final 4 since 2003 without a Messiah Mens or Womens team involved.  Weasel will correct me if I am wrong 

Messiah should not hang their heads. Great champions. They played well today but so did Tufts. Kudos to a great game between the 2 teams...

[Ryan Harmanis]

Saw Kenyon-OWU live. Score was fair, Kenyon could have snagged one but OWU could have had a couple more as well. Total 180 from the first two games, this one was oddly comfortable for OWU. Kenyon was dealing with some injuries, and their stud CB was clearly playing hurt. It's a shame because I think he's been great all year, but he was really hobbled, which basically let OWU do whatever they wanted in the first half offensively.

Whether it was the injuries or other things, Kenyon didn't really show up today. I've seen probably a dozen Kenyon-OWU games, and this is the first time Kenyon hasn't pressed high up the field, especially early in the game.

Should be an interesting one tomorrow, I thought Whitworth was a bit better than CNU but Newport is just so fast and good on the break.