2017 Great Lakes Region

[PaulNewman]

Domino, I think you just nailed it.  I'm not really an Ohio guy.  I'm a North Carolina (with a major nod to Kentucky and Cawood Ledford), Pittsburgh, Wash, DC and Massachusetts person (in that order).

I do appreciate the Dayton Flyers with a nod to Don Donoher.  And one of my very best friends at Davidson was a QB at Moeller in Cincy (so a nod to Gerry Faust as well).

[Domino1195]

Domino, I think you just nailed it.  I'm not really an Ohio guy.  I'm a North Carolina (with a major nod to Kentucky and Cawood Ledford), Pittsburgh, Wash, DC and Massachusetts person (in that order).

I do appreciate the Dayton Flyers with a nod to Don Donoher.  And one of my very best friends at Davidson was a QB at Moeller in Cincy (so a nod to Gerry Faust as well).

My one and only encounter with Donoher was when I got kicked off the soccer team for "insubordination" . . . let's just leave it at that! He was also the AD at that time.

[TableMax]

Wittenberg and the NCAC will be to much tonight for Wilmington.

[bestfancle]

Starting off the day right. A good test for the OAC as a whole. Marrietta vs Case and Washington & Lee vs Capital.

Then at 7PM huge games with Northern vs Oberlin, and OWU at JCU. This day has been on the calendar for weeks.

[PaulNewman]

Marietta has fallen, and W&L hangs a 4-spot on Capital with shots 25 to 7 and corners 9 to 1.

[TableMax]

Cap looked like Chuck Wepner.  WL Ali.  "Everybody takes a beating". Adds character.

[Ryan Harmanis]

JCU has to be favored tonight. We'll see. OWU is pretty banged up, which makes the ONU win even more important. OWU dominated the first half but sat a bit too deep in the second and allowed ONU to get its wing-driven game going. OWU gave up two soft/preventable goals but did well to recover and get the winner. JCU is better than ONU so it'll take the same effort and then some to get a result. A shutout wouldn't hurt either - OWU hasn't had one yet, which pains me as a defender.

Tough one for Cap. Not a bad loss in one sense because W&L is very good. On the other hand, you don't want a 0-4 result on your resume.

[Mr.Right]

Wanted to see what all the hype was for John Carroll and they look pretty good. Great goal for Lombardo? got john Carroll to go 1-0 up on OWU...Nice piece of skill to stay balanced to finish it. OWU ties it up 30 seconds later on a long throw that no one touched except the last defender and it scraped his foot and rolled in off the line...One of the oddest goal I have ever seen.

[Mr.Right]

John Carroll playing a ton of direct balls over the top of OWU with some success. They have some speed up top

[PaulNewman]

Alright, I'm done with Kenyon.  Anemic, pathetic, etc, etc, etc.  No ideas.  Just long cross after long cross for at best header attempts from 12 or yards out.  Total confusion about how to use Myers.  No apparent sense of urgency with seemingly lackadaisical effort.  Leadership, inspiration, and creativity start at the top. 

[Mr.Right]

John Carroll goes up 2-1 on a pure strike from Lombardo..I needed to finish my night seeing some goals..This kid lombardo is a out and out pure striker. Granted OWU is getting over matched but a beautiful switch by Marinaro? and a nice cross from the flank that Lombardo buried. I'm guessing Pasta night is a BIG deal with this side..

[bestfancle]

At the JCU game right now. Dispite outplaying OWU, a couple moments of terrible defending change the game from being up 3-1 to down 4-3. JCU is struggling.

[Mr.Right]

At the JCU game right now. Dispite outplaying OWU, a couple moments of terrible defending change the game from being up 3-1 to down 4-3. JCU is struggling.

Holy crap..I switched games at 3-1 figuring they were in control and I miss 3 goals. damn...My own stupidity ...

[Mr.Right]

WOW 4-4...I am here to stay for OT...I think i can go back and see the goals

[Ryan Harmanis]

Well that was interesting. John Carroll beats OWU 5-4 on a goal with 2 minutes left in double overtime. I'll give my full views tomorrow, but disappointed on the final goal with the defending and the refereeing. One JCU player outjumped 3 OWU defenders on the header. Can't let that happen. As for the ref, an OWU player picked up the ball in the corner and a JCU player very, very clearly grabbed his arm and dragged him back, took the ball, and crossed for the winning header. Considering the ref called 29 fouls, hard to believe he swallowed his whistle there.

JCU was the better side in overtime, which made the differences. JCU dominated the first half, OWU edged the second half. Goes without saying, but a lot of poor defending on both sides in a game with 9 goals.