UAA 2015

[Ommadawn]

Rochester has never won at Emory and the streak will continue if the current score holds.  Emory up 2-0 early in the second half.

Brandeis leads NYU by their customary 1-0 margin early in the second half.

[Ommadawn]

Wash U races out of the gate with two quick goals and leads Chicago 2-0 late in the first half.

[Mr.Right]

Chicago battles back and it is 2-2. Even with a win U Chicago is on the wrong side of bubble. First 4 OUT.

[dontshootthegoose]

Chicago and Wash U headed to overtime. These two teams play some good soccer.

[blooter442]

Brandeis beats NYU 3-0. First time all season that the Judges have scored more than once and simultaneously shut out the opposition.  Brandeis could have had about four or five with how many chances they had, NYU keeper with some great saves, but the Judges looked much better than the last time I saw them in person against Lasell - they're spreading the play much better and are moving the ball well. The UAA title looks to have given them increased confidence, as it should.

[blooter442]

Case Western and Carnegie Mellon getting ready to kick off. CWRU senior Alex Masciopinto's parents were there for senior night, along with two sisters, and...freshman brother Zack from CMU! All six of them walked out with Alex, and I just thought it was really cool that Zack, who will be an adversary from minute 0 to 90, walked out there with his brother. A nice moment.

[swibbles]

My UAA Pick-em

Rochester 0-0 Emory
NYU 1-4 Brandeis
Wash U 2-3 Chicago
Carnegie 0-1 Case

Two of four dead on from me.  Sounds like quite the game in Chicago.

[TennesseeJed]

Oh crap!  I forgot to get my UAA picks in this week...

[blooter442]

Anyone want to take guesses at UAA POY/ROY/COY?

POY is tough, but I'd personally give it to Webb from CMU - hat-trick against Messiah, and 13 goals and 5 assists in 14 starts on the season. If not him, I'd go for Josh Ocel from Brandeis - playing for the UAA Champs, scored the winner against Carnegie and assisted the winners against Case, Emory, and Rochester. ROY is tough, but Masciopinto probably edges it, although my second choice would be Lopez from Chicago or his teammate Koh. Coven would be my pick for COY, going 6-1 in the UAA is quite impressive and wrapping up the conference title with a game to spare was impressive.

POY - Webb (CMU)
ROY - Z. Masciopinto (CMU)
COY - Coven (Brandeis)

[CovensCorner]

Blooter,

Is the voting for POY, ROY, and COY for the entire season or conference play only?

[blooter442]

Blooter,

Is the voting for POY, ROY, and COY for the entire season or conference play only?

Good question. My guess is that it's both, but significantly weighted toward conference play. If that's the case, I can see Ocel really challenging Webb, because he either scored or assisted the GW in four of Brandeis' six wins, and has been their outstanding midfield player IMHO.

[nw_ds]

Blooter,

Is the voting for POY, ROY, and COY for the entire season or conference play only?

Good question. My guess is that it's both, but significantly weighted toward conference play. If that's the case, I can see Ocel really challenging Webb, because he either scored or assisted the GW in four of Brandeis' six wins, and has been their outstanding midfield player IMHO.

Blooter, as I understand it in the UAA each coach will nominate a few players from his own team that they would like to be considered for awards. Then the rest of the coaches will vote on the nominated players. While the whole season is meant to be considered, inevitably the coaches will remember more from the in-league games/scouting reports they get from each other etc. so ultimately I think conference play is about 99% of what goes into making these selections.

[blooter442]

Blooter, as I understand it in the UAA each coach will nominate a few players from his own team that they would like to be considered for awards. Then the rest of the coaches will vote on the nominated players. While the whole season is meant to be considered, inevitably the coaches will remember more from the in-league games/scouting reports they get from each other etc. so ultimately I think conference play is about 99% of what goes into making these selections.

That would make sense. But I'm guessing that if a kid goes and scores 12 goals all season and 7 fall in conference, he might get the nod over another player who scored 7 all season with all of them coming in conference. I'd say cumulative (including non-conference games) stats come into play in a tie-breaker sort of situation, but that the main consideration would be conference play, as it should be.

I should also add that in addition to Z. Masciopinto, Lopez, and Koh, I liked Ryan Sproule of WashU for ROY, but Masciopinto's stats were very good conference-wide, let alone as a freshman.

[CovensCorner]

Winning the UAA may ultimately play a factor considering there were no clear standouts this year for POY.

POY - J. Ocel
ROY - Z. Masciopinto
COY - Brandeis Staff - More specifically Margolis

[nw_ds]

Blooter, as I understand it in the UAA each coach will nominate a few players from his own team that they would like to be considered for awards. Then the rest of the coaches will vote on the nominated players. While the whole season is meant to be considered, inevitably the coaches will remember more from the in-league games/scouting reports they get from each other etc. so ultimately I think conference play is about 99% of what goes into making these selections.

That would make sense. But I'm guessing that if a kid goes and scores 12 goals all season and 7 fall in conference, he might get the nod over another player who scored 7 all season with all of them coming in conference. I'd say cumulative (including non-conference games) stats come into play in a tie-breaker sort of situation, but that the main consideration would be conference play, as it should be.

I should also add that in addition to Z. Masciopinto, Lopez, and Koh, I liked Ryan Sproule of WashU for ROY, but Masciopinto's stats were very good conference-wide, let alone as a freshman.

Agreed, I didn't see much of Webb this year but I also think your underestimating the tendency to reward the league champion. If it's close between the two I would expect the tie to go to Brandeis which would likely mean Ocel, although in my opinion Lanahan and Lynch would be just as deserving. But these awards usually go to offensive players.