The Big Dance

[PaulNewman]

Yeah, that a great save of a near-perfect PK.

Now my favorite D3 network! Lynchburg.  Real commercials.  Dramatic intros.  Joe Hurtzler.

And the woman sideline reporter for up close and personal insights.

[Dubuquer]

St. Thomas advances 1-0 over Loras in a tough match.

[Mr.Right]

Yes...This is unreal...What a stark contrast to our friends in Medford..I like Emory in games I have seen them

[Falconer]

Hopkins is super impressive. Possesses the ball and builds out of the back better then anyone I've seen in a long time.

That's exactly what I saw when Hopkins came to Grantham. They were, to be precise, Messiah's mirror image--which is why that game was both so fascinating and yet so frustrating, since neither team actually finished with a score until the final minutes.

Have you ever seen Messiah play live (not streaming, where you never see the whole field), luckylefty?

I have not unfortunately. Does Messiah always build out of the back though?  The games I've seen on stream they were hitting long goal kicks and punts. Hopkins hit two long goal kicks last night and Desales was trying to actively press them to refuse them the ability to play out of the back.

Messiah usually builds from the back. Under Brandt they almost never counterattacked, despite having lots of team speed. McCarty is more willing to counterattack, but under both coaches the goal is significantly to out-possess the opposition (not accomplished vs JHU, in a rare exception) and heavily to out-shoot them as well.

[PaulNewman]

Wow...that's tough...the kid who didn't play misses in round 7.

Why do coaches continually make this error...NEVER send a kid that is cold to take a PK..NEVER

But he was "fresh" as a daisy. Well rested for that one boot.

[PaulNewman]

I know I'm being a little hyperbolic but this whole Lynchburg production is well done, especially for D3.  If you have 10 minutes to waste stick with the halftime break with the commercial of Hurtzler strolling around the Lynchburg pitch at night by himself.

Falconer, I love the the rapport we've gradually developed but I'll jump in front of you and praise the Messiah television network which is also well done but not at this level.

[firstplaceloser]

this years tournament is upset city! down goes loras, oneonta, cortland, LYCOMING, rowan. and amherst getting away with another one

[Upstatesoc]

Second round teams deserve to be there. If you are 'favorite' prove it and put lower seeds away early, don't let 'em hang around. One mistake you may be done.

[firstplaceloser]

Second round teams deserve to be there. If you are 'favorite' prove it and put lower seeds away early, don't let 'em hang around. One mistake you may be done.

i'm all for it and they definitely deserve it. just saying the "favorites" all lost

[Wisco21]

North Park up 3-nil to UW Platteville inside the first 20 minutes. #40 for NPU pulling the strings with a goal and assist, very composed he is only a sophomore.

[firstplaceloser]

North Park up 3-nil to UW Platteville inside the first 20 minutes. #40 for NPU pulling the strings with a goal and assist, very composed he is only a sophomore.

oh boy did North Park show up tonight. John's Hopkins controlling the game, the most exciting part was the announcer accidentally claiming he knows how it feels to get smacked by balls in the face before after a JH player took a clearance to the face.  Sports balls of course.

anyone watching Newark?

[firstplaceloser]

Hobarts defense is holding their own against Messiah but their attack is almost nonexistent against the Falcons.

[Hopkins92]

Wow...that's tough...the kid who didn't play misses in round 7.

Why do coaches continually make this error...NEVER send a kid that is cold to take a PK..NEVER

But he was "fresh" as a daisy. Well rested for that one boot.

Just gonna chime in that it is absolutely correct that putting a guy/gal in to pretty much just take a PK is a very bad move. Unless they have ice in the veins, the pressure is like a FG kicker trying to hit a game winner... And those guys train for that their whole career. Soccer players will have that situation maybe 2 or 3 times in their lives... maybe.

[Ommadawn]

Hobarts defense is holding their own against Messiah but their attack is almost nonexistent against the Falcons.

The Statesmen managed to hit the crossbar a few minutes ago...

[firstplaceloser]

I tuned into the trinity game right in time 4 goals in 15 minutes I believe. 2-2 20 left