2018 Season - National Perspective

[lastguyoffthebench]

Ramapo's Joseph Fala brace today puts him at 25, leading the nation...

Ramapo advances to NJAC Final vs winner of MSU and Rowan.

[PaulNewman]

Note to self....limit one's number of published darkhorses.  St Thomas is done after failing in PKs versus Augsburg.

By any measure outstanding opening season for Brandt at Hope and maybe they will get a bid.  However, he's got some work to do, losing twice against Calvin this year by combined score of 10-0.  Calvin is boringly consistent....basically never lose a game they aren't supposed to lose.  Is Vegter a senior yet, or does he still have another year???

[Domino1195]

Need to look at this season's performance. Not last year. Not history. Hope - what have they done to even consider an at - large bid? Nothing.

Otterbein was #11 preseason. Not even an after thought now. I carped about preseason rankings - how worthless they were. Rankings by sites like D3 are worthless and usually based on history - not correct metrics

[PaulNewman]

Yeah, I was....Hope has been very mediocre for at least several years.  Brandt has had a very good turnaround season....compare this year's performance to recent years.  Don't know if they will get a bid or not, but they have been ranked in the rankings that matter (the regional rankings).  Didn't say anything about preseason.  I agree with you about Capital....but Capital also is ranked in the rankings that matter and is in a decent to good position to get a bid.  No need to conflate your feelings about treatment towards Capital with Hope.

[Mr.Right]

This Cortland / Oneonta SUNYAC Semi could be a battle today. I know Oneonta is down this year but they are still a formidable outfit do they have a chance of knocking off Cortland? Or does Cortland absolutely kick them when they are down and trash Oneonta at Home today? I am guessing the former.

New Paltz v Brockport will also be interesting as New Paltz has a chance for a Pool C with a Win here and at least a Draw against preferably Cortland in the Final but Cortland might just remember that New Paltz torched them earlier this season. Of Course we could see Brockport run the table as well although I have not seen them play this year.

My guess is Cortland goes down somewhere along the line in this SUNYAC Tournament whether in PK's or OT and gives the SUNYAC 2 NCAA teams.

[Christan Shirk]

NEW ENGLAND REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Tufts	13-0-3	0.596	5-0-2	13-0-3	1
2.	Connecticut College	12-2-2	0.588	3-1-2	12-2-2	2
3.	Amherst	12-3-1	0.590	3-3-1	12-3-1	4
4.	Babson	11-2-4	0.581	2-2-1	11-2-4	3
5.	Middlebury	10-3-3	0.571	2-3-1	10-3-3	5
6.	Williams	9-5-2	0.590	3-3-1	9-5-2	7
7.	Endicott	10-5-2	0.605	2-4-0	10-5-2	9
8.	Bowdoin	9-5-2	0.588	2-4-1	9-5-2	6
9.	Hamilton	9-6-1	0.589	2-5-1	9-6-1	--
10.	St. Joseph's (Maine)	18-0-0	0.498	2-0-0	18-0-0	12
11.	Gordon	10-6-1	0.583	1-5-0	10-6-1	--
12.	WPI	12-2-3	0.514	1-2-2	12-2-3	--

EAST REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Rochester	12-2-1	0.602	4-2-0	12-2-1	1
2.	Cortland State	15-1-2	0.564	3-1-1	15-1-2	2
3.	St. Lawrence	11-2-2	0.554	2-1-0	11-2-2	3
4.	New York University	11-4-1	0.564	4-4-0	11-4-1	4
5.	New Paltz State	11-5-1	0.573	2-3-0	11-5-1	6
6.	Oneonta State	10-4-4	0.600	2-3-1	10-4-4	7
7.	Ithaca	12-2-3	0.535	1-0-2	12-2-3	--
8.	Stevens	15-2-1	0.516	3-2-0	15-2-1	8

MID-ATLANTIC REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Messiah	15-0-2	0.569	4-0-2	15-0-2	1
2.	Franklin and Marshall	12-2-3	0.599	6-2-1	12-2-3	2
3.	Johns Hopkins	13-3-1	0.593	3-3-1	13-3-1	3
4.	Eastern	15-2-1	0.550	2-1-1	15-2-1	4
5.	Haverford	12-4-0	0.586	4-4-0	12-4-0	5
6.	Dickinson	10-5-2	0.593	2-4-1	10-5-2	6
7.	Lycoming	14-3-1	0.534	1-2-0	14-3-1	8
8.	Lebanon Valley	10-5-1	0.558	0-4-1	10-5-1	7
9.	Swarthmore	9-7-1	0.589	2-4-1	9-7-1	9
10.	Catholic	10-5-1	0.533	1-2-0	10-5-1	--

SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Montclair State	15-1-2	0.543	3-1-1	15-1-2	1
2.	Mary Washington	13-1-3	0.535	2-0-0	13-1-3	2
3.	Ramapo	13-2-2	0.542	3-1-1	14-2-2	--
4.	Oglethorpe	11-2-0	0.542	1-1-0	12-2-0	3
5.	Rowan	12-6-0	0.599	3-3-0	12-6-0	4
6.	William Paterson	12-6-1	0.585	4-4-0	12-6-1	8
7.	Rutgers-Camden	13-5-2	0.589	2-4-0	13-5-2	6
8.	Washington and Lee	12-3-1	0.554	1-2-0	12-3-1	--

[Christan Shirk]

GREAT LAKES REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Case Western Reserve	14-2-1	0.611	6-2-1	14-2-1	1
2.	John Carroll	12-4-1	0.592	3-3-1	12-4-1	5
3.	Carnegie Mellon	10-4-2	0.629	3-3-2	10-4-2	3
4.	Kenyon	14-1-2	0.560	1-1-2	14-1-2	2
5.	Capital	14-3-0	0.569	2-3-0	14-3-0	4
6.	Mount Union	12-3-1	0.525	3-1-0	12-3-1	7
7.	Ohio Wesleyan	12-3-2	0.542	1-2-1	12-3-2	6
8.	Ohio Northern	10-7-1	0.550	1-5-0	10-7-1	8

CENTRAL REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Chicago	14-2-1	0.642	8-2-1	14-2-1	1
2.	Calvin	14-1-0	0.560	3-1-0	15-1-0	2
3.	Hope	12-2-1	0.547	3-1-0	14-2-1	3
4.	North Park	15-2-0	0.526	2-2-0	15-2-0	5
5.	Washington U.	7-6-2	0.642	4-3-2	7-6-2	--
6.	Wheaton (Ill.)	10-6-1	0.557	3-2-0	10-6-1	7
7.	Carthage	9-8-1	0.568	1-5-1	10-8-1	6

NORTH REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Luther	14-3-1	0.557	2-2-0	14-3-1	2
2.	St. Thomas	14-3-1	0.577	2-2-1	14-3-1	4
3.	UW-Platteville	12-1-3	0.553	1-1-0	12-1-3	3
4.	Gustavus Adolphus	12-2-1	0.551	2-1-1	14-2-1	1
5.	Carleton	13-1-2	0.519	1-1-1	14-1-2	6
6.	St. Norbert	16-0-1	0.511	2-0-0	16-0-1	7
7.	Macalester	10-5-3	0.579	2-5-1	10-5-3	--

WEST REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - October 31, 2018

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	14-2-0	0.525	2-0-0	15-2-0	4
2.	Trinity (Texas)	12-1-2	0.521	1-1-1	14-1-2	1
3.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	12-3-1	0.520	2-1-0	12-3-1	3
4.	Redlands	13-3-0	0.531	0-2-0	13-4-0	2
5.	Colorado College	11-5-1	0.536	2-2-1	13-5-1	--
6.	Southwestern	10-4-1	0.537	1-3-0	10-5-2	--

[Mr.Right]

Meanwhile for these Bubble teams.....Cortland being held 0-0 by Oneonta, New Paltz lost today, Kenyon being held by Wabash 0-0, Mary Washington being held by Frostburg 0-0 nearing OT....on and on

[Mr.Right]

Oneonta scored off a nice 1-2 to go up on Cortland with about 10-15 minutes left in the game but Cortland tied it up 1-1 with about 4 minutes left in the game...Pretty good game but Oneonta's season will end if they cannot advance here. They were 5 minutes away but Cortland showed some guts getting the game tying goal. OT ready to start.

[lastguyoffthebench]

POOL C is filling up quick...

NESCAC (3):  Tufts, Conn, Wiliams/Amherst/Midd
UAA (4/5):  Rochester, Chicago/CWRU, CMU, NYU with WashU on the bubble
Centennial (2):  Definitely two with Dickinson on the outside of the bubble.
NJAC (1/2):  Finalist and a potential third on the outside looking in...
SUNYAC: two-bid league
CCIW:  two-bid league
OAC: could be a two-bid league with JC and Capital vying for AQ

[Gray Fox]

SCIAC All Conference and Playoff match ups.

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/msoc/2018-19/releases/20181030jcv2oa

[PaulNewman]

Wow.  Kenyon at the buzzer in 2nd OT.

Looked like Tufts-Colby and OWU-Denison games....shots 19-1 but Wabash held them until 109:59.

[Flying Weasel]

POOL C is filling up quick...

NESCAC (3):  Tufts, Conn, Wiliams/Amherst/Midd
UAA (4/5):  Rochester, Chicago/CWRU, CMU, NYU with WashU on the bubble
Centennial (2):  Definitely two with Dickinson on the outside of the bubble.
NJAC (1/2):  Finalist and a potential third on the outside looking in...
SUNYAC: two-bid league
CCIW:  two-bid league
OAC: could be a two-bid league with JC and Capital vying for AQ

CCIW a two-bid league?  Even if North Park wins the CCIW tournament/AQ?  I'm not seeing Carthage getting in without the AQ even with a win tonight.  Wheaton is a little tougher to call if they win tonight to reach the final because it would be another win and another win vs. a ranked opponent.  I'd have to look over the full Pool C picture to really form an opinion, but I guess a fourth win vs. ranked could be enough.

[Flying Weasel]

Wow.  Kenyon at the buzzer in 2nd OT.

Looked like Tufts-Colby and OWU-Denison games....shots 19-1 but Wabash held them until 109:59.

It's always amazing when after all the time played without a goal, one comes with 1 tick on the clock.  If Kenyon doesn't get that goal and would have lost in PK's, it's a nervous several days for them even though they probably would still have gotten selected.

[PaulNewman]

Wow.  Kenyon at the buzzer in 2nd OT.

Looked like Tufts-Colby and OWU-Denison games....shots 19-1 but Wabash held them until 109:59.

It's always amazing when after all the time played without a goal, one comes with 1 tick on the clock.  If Kenyon doesn't get that goal and would have lost in PK's, it's a nervous several days for them even though they probably would still have gotten selected.

Absolutely.  Dropped to 4th in RR today and very easily could have been out.  I was already preparing my dissertation on the evils of the selection criteria lol.  Could still be out if lose Saturday, but better obviously to sneak by today.

Now I can go home, fix a drink, pop some popcorn and enjoy the nightcaps as a neutral.