D3 soccer in Landmark conference

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

So here's a question.... what kind of post-season award does Waso earn this year? He's a two-time All-American, yet there are other forwards in the conference who are having much better individual seasons and their teams are much more successful.  For example, let's look at Drew.  Cserhart is 17/5 right now and one of the top forwards in the country.  Imoh (last year's Landmark ROY and a Regional All-American), is 9/6 right now.  Waso is 8/2 and E-Town is in danger of not even making the conference tournament.

Maybe he won't get any awards.  He was one of the two players who looked good.  He was shifting left to right and box to box in search of plays and opportunities.  There is another skinny blonde player on Etown who also looked good.  Other than that nothing to brag about.  Goucher was hoping to get a result or take it to OT but Wasso got a lucky chance and buried it.

Waso is a very talented player. He will be first team All-Conference in the Landmark and potentially All-Region but I doubt he will be All-American this season. Far too many other talented players in that spot this year.

[NJrexSoccer03]

So here's a question.... what kind of post-season award does Waso earn this year? He's a two-time All-American, yet there are other forwards in the conference who are having much better individual seasons and their teams are much more successful.  For example, let's look at Drew.  Cserhart is 17/5 right now and one of the top forwards in the country.  Imoh (last year's Landmark ROY and a Regional All-American), is 9/6 right now.  Waso is 8/2 and E-Town is in danger of not even making the conference tournament.

I agree with Mid Atlantic as long as Etown makes the conference tournament. Which they might have the easier schedule for the bubble teams in the Landmark with Susquehanna and Juniata left. If they make the conference tournament he is most likely making one of the All Region teams. All American is a big reach unless he puts them on his shoulders and carries them into the NCAA Tournament and wins a game.

[franklyspeaking]

Etown can win or lose any Landmark game, just as every team can do with the exception of Drew and Juniata.  They have no firepower with the exception of one player and that is if he decides to give effort which has been an issue this year.  Expect Drew, Etown, Catholic, with the 4th team being Susquehanna or Moravian.  Susquehanna's main issue is scoring, as their leading threat has NO goals this year.  I think that is a big enough sample size to determine that he is not the answer up top, but what do I know.  Assuming Catholic beats Scranton, and that is not a guarantee by any means then the Susquehanna/Moravian game is for fourth place.

[NEPAFAN]

Catholic is 1-5-1 on the Road, FWIW.

[franklyspeaking]

So Scranton controls their own destiny.  Win and they are the conference 4 seed, correct?  What about a tie?

[bricullen]

So Scranton controls their own destiny.  Win and they are the conference 4 seed, correct?  What about a tie?

I think Scranton would be the #3 seed with a win over Catholic.  If Moravian beats Susquehanna, Moravian would be the 4 seed Catholic would be out.  If Susquehanna beats Moravian and Scranton beats Catholic I'm not sure who has the tiebreaker for the 4 seed between Catholic and Susquehanna.  Scranton can only advance with a tie if the Moravian Susquehanna game ends in a tie.  In that scenerio Cahtolic would be the #3 Scranton #4.  Of course, all of this is subject to me having made a simple math error.

[sokermom]

So Scranton controls their own destiny.  Win and they are the conference 4 seed, correct?  What about a tie?

I think Scranton would be the #3 seed with a win over Catholic.  If Moravian beats Susquehanna, Moravian would be the 4 seed Catholic would be out.  If Susquehanna beats Moravian and Scranton beats Catholic I'm not sure who has the tiebreaker for the 4 seed between Catholic and Susquehanna.  Scranton can only advance with a tie if the Moravian Susquehanna game ends in a tie.  In that scenerio Cahtolic would be the #3 Scranton #4.  Of course, all of this is subject to me having made a simple math error.

I watched most of these teams play and I have to tell you that Scranton is a better team (parents are the most obnoxious fans I've seen and that is a different story) than Etown, Susquehanna.  Moravian I am not sure why they are even there...not a good team.  I pick Catholic.  I am rooting for Scranton to not make the playoffs after watching how obnoxious the players and parents are.  No respect.

[franklyspeaking]

From what I can see Susquehanna and Moravian do not control their own destiny.  If Scranton beats Catholic, Scranton is in and the Sus/Mor result will mean nothing as far as playoffs are concerned.

[bricullen]

From what I can see Susquehanna and Moravian do not control their own destiny.  If Scranton beats Catholic, Scranton is in and the Sus/Mor result will mean nothing as far as playoffs are concerned.

I see Catholic at 3-2-1 10 points Scranton 3-3 9 points and Moravian at 2-2-2 8 points.  I believe with a Catholic loss to Scranton and a Moravian win over Susquehanna.  Scranton would be 4-3 12 points Moravian would be 3-2-2 11 points and Catholic would be 3-3-1 10 points.  Etown also has 10 points but is a favorite over Juniata on Saturday.   

[NEPAFAN]

Should be a fun one in Scranton on Saturday  in what could be the last game ever at Fitzpatrick Field as Scranton moves to their new facility next year.

[franklyspeaking]

Thank God, that is a horrible field

[franklyspeaking]

As I stated earlier, Scranton was a very over rated team this year.  I still do not know why they constantly received the rankings that they did.  They played angry and sometimes they went too far with that, and did nothing but kick the ball long.  I also do not see what people see in Etown.  Yes they have a very good player, when he chooses to play, but on top of that nothing really stands out.  Catholic should win easily over Etown and Drew will have no issues with Susquehanna.

[Shooter McGavin]

As I stated earlier, Scranton was a very over rated team this year.  I still do not know why they constantly received the rankings that they did.  They played angry and sometimes they went too far with that, and did nothing but kick the ball long.  I also do not see what people see in Etown.  Yes they have a very good player, when he chooses to play, but on top of that nothing really stands out.  Catholic should win easily over Etown and Drew will have no issues with Susquehanna.

This post is laughable. Were they over rated or did they under perform? I don't think it was unusual for people to predict an Etown or Scranton champion considering they have matched up in the final the last 2 years and both have made NCAA's.

They also had a nice start to the year and faded as to where Etown did the opposite but I am sure both would agree that they under performed this year although Etown still has a chance to recover.

Stating that Catholic should "easily" win over Etown is just outrageous. Let's compare the two.

Etown: 10-6-1 (4-2-1) including a 1-0 win over Catholic. Etown is regionally ranked at #10. SOS .595 w/1-3-0 RvR. 
Catholic: 7-7-4 (4-2-1) including a 1-0 loss at Etown. SOS .538 w/0-3-2 RvR.

I am by no means an Etown fan and have been critical of them in the past, but to say Catholic should easily win on the road in a conference semifinal game to a team that has been to the final the last two years and NCAA's once and has a better record playing a stronger schedule and more wins against ranked teams and also a head to head win already vs Catholic is just silly. Need I go on?

[franklyspeaking]

Please do.  This is a forum for opinions and my opinion is that Catholic is better than Etown at this point.  I also see no difference in under performing vs overrated.  Based on what I have seen, Scranton was given too much credit for what people thought they would do rather then what they actually did. 

[NEPAFAN]

The pre-season polls are based on past success, it isn't like you can evaluate incoming class at this level.