2015 D3 Season: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

[Shooter McGavin]

Ithaca GK with the SAVE!!!

[Shooter McGavin]

And Ithaca wins it 11-10 in PK's!!! Unbelievable shootout. 

[Mr.Right]

No one has missed because those GK were average at best. Good for Ithaca as that was once a storied program that has really fallen on hard times.

[Shooter McGavin]

No one has missed because those GK were average at best. Good for Ithaca as that was once a storied program that has really fallen on hard times.

PK's for the most part were good which is surprising to see from the 6-10 slots...but yes Ithaca keeper should have saved 2 of first 10 and Elmira GK should have probably had 2 as well.

[lastguyoffthebench]

Anyone have luck with the Massey Ratings?  Maybe they will get sorted out after the conference playoffs have concluded...

[lastguyoffthebench]

Sorted the Massey Ratings out in excel, as it has all of college ranked up to 500... Removed the overall ranks and adjusted accordingly:

1) Amherst   
2) Middlebury   
3) Calvin   
4) Montclair St   
5) Haverford   
6) Frank & Marsh   
7) Kenyon   
8) SUNY Oneonta   
9) Brandeis   
10) MIT   
11) lizabethtown   
12) Tufts   
13) Lycoming   
14) Bowdoin   
15) St Lawrence   
16) Rowan   
17) CT College   
18) Williams   
19) Endicott   
20) Messiah
21) Wesleyan CT   
22) Brockport St   
23) Dickinson   
24) Trinity TX   
25) Ohio Wesleyan   
26) Hobart-Smith   
27) Thomas More   
28) MA Boston   
29) Loras   
30) Plattsburgh St   
31) Whitworth   
32) Carnegie Mellon   
33) R Stockton   
34) Stevens Tech   
35) Cortland St   
36) WI Whitewater   
37) Gordon   
38) Rensselaer   
39) Bridgewater MA   
40) Johns Hopkins   
41) Skidmore   
42) Rutgers-Camden   
43) Redlands   
44) Wheaton IL   
45) Eastern Univ   
46) E Connecticut   
47) Washington MO   
48) Macalester   
49) La Verne   
50) DePauw   
51) Case Western   
52) Gettysburg   
53) Ohio Northern   
54) Chicago   
55) Bates   
56) Occidental   
57) WI Oshkosh   
58) Colorado Col   
59) Trinity CT   
60) Rochester NY   
61) Salisbury St   
62) Kean   
63) Pac Lutheran   
64) Springfield   
65) Rutgers-Newark   
66) St Scholastica   
67) College of NJ   
68) North Park   
69) Union NY   
70) Wash & Lee   
71) Babson   
72) Geneseo St   
73) Wheaton MA   
74) Chris Newport   
75) Wentworth Tech   
76) Denison   
77) Vassar   
78) King's PA   
79) John Carroll   
80) St Thomas MN   
81) Dubuque   
82) SUNY Potsdam   
83) Oberlin   
84) Rose-Hulman   
85) Milwaukee Eng   
86) Chapman   
87) Buffalo St
88) Randolph Col   
89) Mary Washington   
90) St. John's MN   
91) Hamilton   
92) W New England   
93) RI College   
94) Thomas ME   
95) Concordia WI   
96) Frostburg St   
97) Dominican IL   
98) Drew                  
99) UT Dallas   
100) PSU-Behrend   
101) Scranton   
102) St Olaf   
103) WI Platteville   

[lastguyoffthebench]

HeroSports.com  (formerly Bennett Rankings)

BR   Team                 SOS   HEAT
1   Haverford...............15   89
2   Kenyon..................109   88
3   Calvin....................122   89
4   St. Lawrence...........30   99
5   Loras......................18   80
6   Franklin & Marshall..101   47
7   Montclair State........26   77
8   Rowan....................22   92
9   Thomas More..........155   92
10   Oneonta State.........33   91
11   Messiah..................56   86
12   Amherst.................37   53
13   Middlebury..............37   99
14   Lycoming................125   93
15   Cortland State.........109   93
16   Ohio Wesleyan.........77   73
17   UW Oshkosh............75   65
18   Wheaton (IL)..........104   99
19   Trinity (TX).............256   99
20   Tufts........................3   51
21   Bowdoin..................21   90
22   UW Whitewater........74   73
23   Plattsburgh State....104   56
24   North Park...............82   48
25   Stevens...................97   46
26   MIT.......................119   91
27   Dickinson.................31   77
28   Richard Stockton.......24   59
29   Case Western...........53   46
30   Williams....................1   66
31   Elizabethtown..........142   77
32   Whitworth...............215   83
33   Brockport State.......134   87
34   Wesleyan (CT)..........17   36
35   Brandeis..................11   70
36   RPI.........................28   57
37   MSOE....................199   100
38   Wash U....................53   78
39   Carnegie Mellon........76   71
40   Hobart.....................95   91
41   Kean......................103   8
42   Chicago....................12   60
43   Rutgers-Camden........14   51
44   Rochester   .................18   47
45   Skidmore.................108   32
46   MA-Boston...............206   60
47   Macalester................97   95
48   Occidental...............162   80
49   DePauw..................125   60
50   Vassar....................107   46

[lastguyoffthebench]

Calvin has 16 shutouts in 20 games.  Also the fun stat of the week.... they have not trailed all season long.

How will this group respond when conceding a goal first?  My guess is that they will lose in the round of 32.

[Dark Knight]

Calvin has 16 shutouts in 20 games.  Also the fun stat of the week.... they have not trailed all season long.

How will this group respond when conceding a goal first?  My guess is that they will lose in the round of 32.

You talk as though this team was immaculately conceived without stain. Sadly, not true. These guys have all played soccer before. Last year even.

[NEsoccerfan]

HeroSports.com  (formerly Bennett Rankings)

BR   Team                 SOS   HEAT
1   Haverford...............15   89
2   Kenyon..................109   88
3   Calvin....................122   89
4   St. Lawrence...........30   99
5   Loras......................18   80
6   Franklin & Marshall..101   47
7   Montclair State........26   77
8   Rowan....................22   92
9   Thomas More..........155   92
10   Oneonta State.........33   91
11   Messiah..................56   86
12   Amherst.................37   53
13   Middlebury..............37   99
14   Lycoming................125   93
15   Cortland State.........109   93
16   Ohio Wesleyan.........77   73
17   UW Oshkosh............75   65
18   Wheaton (IL)..........104   99
19   Trinity (TX).............256   99
20   Tufts........................3   51
21   Bowdoin..................21   90
22   UW Whitewater........74   73
23   Plattsburgh State....104   56
24   North Park...............82   48
25   Stevens...................97   46
26   MIT.......................119   91
27   Dickinson.................31   77
28   Richard Stockton.......24   59
29   Case Western...........53   46
30   Williams....................1   66
31   Elizabethtown..........142   77
32   Whitworth...............215   83
33   Brockport State.......134   87
34   Wesleyan (CT)..........17   36
35   Brandeis..................11   70
36   RPI.........................28   57
37   MSOE....................199   100
38   Wash U....................53   78
39   Carnegie Mellon........76   71
40   Hobart.....................95   91
41   Kean......................103   8
42   Chicago....................12   60
43   Rutgers-Camden........14   51
44   Rochester   .................18   47
45   Skidmore.................108   32
46   MA-Boston...............206   60
47   Macalester................97   95
48   Occidental...............162   80
49   DePauw..................125   60
50   Vassar....................107   46

What is the value of including these rankings? As mentioned in posts time and time again on different threads they are quite clearly flawed; enough already.

[lastguyoffthebench]

It's just data. What's the value of you feeling it necessary to comment negatively about it.  Go troll elsewhere...

[lastguyoffthebench]

Eyeball test on the herosports top 20 looks fairly spot on to me... I'd only move Rowan, Messiah, Lycoming, and Cortland St further down the list

[Mr.Right]

Agreed Hero Sports is actually not a bad Top 20 just needs a little shuffling. Williams #1 SOS and Tufts #3 SOS, just out of curiosity I do not see who was #2 as they are not in the Top 50 ?

[Dark Knight]

Agreed Hero Sports is actually not a bad Top 20 just needs a little shuffling. Williams #1 SOS and Tufts #3 SOS, just out of curiosity I do not see who was #2 as they are not in the Top 50 ?

I don't know who HeroSports has as #2 in strength of schedule, but Massey has the same #1 and #3 and Wesleyan CT as #2. In fact, 12 of the top 13 are NESCAC teams.

Strength of schedule in soccer is determined about 90% by what conference you are in. Amherst's non-conference strength of schedule is way weaker than Calvin's.

[PaulNewman]

Female announcer at Haverford is outstanding.  Very knowledgeable.  Hopkins just tied it 1-1.

Ambidextrous Corkery with great free kick.  2-1.  Hopkins never got out of won end after GK plays short and out to to his D.  Once in a while you have to relieve pressure.  Haverford looks great.  For a bunch of smart guys JHU playing really dumb and making really poor decisions.

3-1.  Game over.  See ya Hopkins.

Love Haverford (as a school).  Well-done half-time advertisement for the college and being an athlete there.