2015 NCAA Tournament Standout Performers

[NEsoccerfan]

Through the first two rounds who have been the top individual performers and that we should be on the lookout for in the upcoming rounds?

I've got a homer nomination: Josh Ocel from Brandeis. He's been the most threatening and dominant player offensively for Brandeis and has been a part of 2/4 goals so far for the Judges this tournament. In the first round he scored the game winner (4th on the season) in the 89th minute off a beautiful 25-30 yard shot. In the second round he had the assist (10th on the season) on the first goal off a wonderfully served free kick.

So far on the year Ocel has scored or assisted on 14/29 of the goals that Brandeis has scored. Their success in these last few rounds is directly dependent on his performance.

[lastguyoffthebench]

Sam Clougher, Kenyon
-Stopped two PKs vs Chicago
-Will need to come up big again vs Tufts. 

[Mr.Right]

Didn't he almost lose the game for Kenyon hitting a Chicago player in the back. Was not a fan of the chin-ups before Chicago kicked either. As we learn with Amherst GK Thomas Bull the last couple years is that this showmanship usually comes back to bite you in the ass down the road. Even to the point of getting benched last year at SLU for Will Poss. It was a good move by Serpone as Bull is a second slow reacting to the PK especially low.

[Jump4Joy]

The way I'm reading your post, Mr. R, I infer that you mean Serpone benched Bull for PK antics.
I don't have any reason to believe this was the case, so perhaps I'm misreading?
Also, wrong name for the keeper who successfully saved 3 (yes, 3) of SLU's attempts last year. Incidentally, SLU also called upon their back-up keeper for PKs. Some GKs are specialists in that regard.
Note: Bull saved an especially low Wesleyan PK this year.

[SoccerTroll]

Been following Tufts. Brown and Sullivan each with two while there leading scorer, Majumder, has been silent (yes he missed first game) but others participating in goal scoring bodes well for Tufts.

[Mr.Right]

The way I'm reading your post, Mr. R, I infer that you mean Serpone benched Bull for PK antics.
I don't have any reason to believe this was the case, so perhaps I'm misreading?
Also, wrong name for the keeper who successfully saved 3 (yes, 3) of SLU's attempts last year. Incidentally, SLU also called upon their back-up keeper for PKs. Some GKs are specialists in that regard.
Note: Bull saved an especially low Wesleyan PK this year.

HA.....Serpone benching someone for antics.....c'mon.....I should have been more clear and yes you are correct that their are PK specialists and you are correct it was the frosh who stepped in for Bull on PK's, I just assumed it was the kid that went to Andover. My point should have been only about the karma aspect of all the showmanship usually comes back to bite you in the ass.  Bull did not get benched and I should not have used that wording but because I thought the kid from Andover stepped in I assumed that after a couple of years of losing these things that he was going to give the Andover kid a shot. It was the Frosh and the coaches must have saw in practice that he was just more talented at PK's than Bull.

Also, Gruner's PK for Wesleyan was saved by Bull without much effort. Bull read Gruner's hips and eyes easily as Gruner went across his body to go for the left post. He struck it fine but he did not hit the intended target as he hit it closer to Bull. No idea why Gruner would be the first guy to take a PK for Wesleyan and for that matter why Bowdoin chose Keefe to take their PK against MIT which he flubbed off the post. I would have like Diaz-Costa or even van Siclien to have taken that PK for Bowdoin.