UAA soccer 2021

[Gregory Sager]

Question: Is it still so dark there for night games? We played on a rainy night, but I'll never forget how gloomy and shadowy the field was.

It looks that way on the livestream, but that can be deceptive.

Unfortunately, the one Carnegie Mellon grad I know never attended a soccer game while she was a CMU student, so I have no personal secondhand info.

[jknezek]

My sister is a CMU grad. It was dark every time I visited. She said the sun went down in September and came back up in April. The winter was just dark and cold.

[WUPHF]

Hopkins was really key to the founding of the "Nerdy 9."  The league may not have happened without them. 

[D3_Slack]

I watched a game on Carnegie Mellon's campus this year and actually feel the field and set up is very well done.  It's not a football field, it's soccer only.  It didn't seem dark and the school spirit was surprisingly strong.  I'm a Tufts grad and used to great support and found it to be pretty good at CMU (so far).  As someone posted...the sun hasn't gone down yet

[PaulNewman]

Got my Ph.D. in Pittsburgh.  It is a little dark lol....but also a fantastic and very underrated city.  A lot of excellence in a variety of ways but without a smug, elitist Northeastern/New England vibe.

[PaulNewman]

I watched a game on Carnegie Mellon's campus this year and actually feel the field and set up is very well done.  It's not a football field, it's soccer only.  It didn't seem dark and the school spirit was surprisingly strong.  I'm a Tufts grad and used to great support and found it to be pretty good at CMU (so far).  As someone posted...the sun hasn't gone down yet

I've seen games there in person and it is a nice set-up and iirc there are food trucks lined up on the street within 10-15 yards of the field. 

[Gregory Sager]

Pittsburgh is one of my favorite cities. In fact, I have a nephew who graduated from nearby Geneva College (the D3 gene is strong in my family) who now lives in Pittsburgh. How can you not love a city populated by people who invented their own solution to the English language's perennial problem of lacking a second person plural?

I don't remember the city as a whole being particularly dark in winter, but that's 'cause I was born and raised in upstate New York, where the winters are even darker, colder, and longer than they are in the Steel City.

[D3_Slack]

Got asked this question today and don't know the answer - does UAA soccer have an end of year conference tournament?  Or is the automatic qualifier the team at the top of the standings at the end of the regular season?  Thank you.

[d3commenter]

Got asked this question today and don't know the answer - does UAA soccer have an end of year conference tournament?  Or is the automatic qualifier the team at the top of the standings at the end of the regular season?  Thank you.

No end of year tournament. AQ based off of regular season standings.

[PaulNewman]

I have no idea how the UAA will finish.  Brandeis also is showing some life, so I wouldn't presume that the Judges will land in the cellar although that prediction makes sense on paper.

In no particular order, I would guess Chicago, NYU, Emory, and Rochester as 1 thru 4.  That said, would not be surprised if one among Wash U, CMU, and CWRU displaces one of the above.  I would be surprised if more than one of those latter three land top 4. 

Also important to note that finishing 5th or even 6th doesn't mean a team couldn't get a bid over a higher finishing UAA because most are in different regions for NCAA selection purposes.

[PaulNewman]

Well, OK then....NYU pummeling CWRU at CWRU and Wash U fans smiling brightly up 2-0 away at Rochester.  The latter is a big result presuming it stands.

[d3commenter]

Brandeis and Carnegie off to extra time in what has been a fairly even match so far.

[PaulNewman]

Wow.  Turned my head and Emory gets two late to heartbreak Chicago yet again.  Big win for Emory.

[deiscanton]

Emory comes from behind to pull off a shocking upset over Chicago, 2-1.  Chicago scored the first goal in the 63rd minute, and it did not seem like the Eagles were going to get an equalizer, but Emory's Charlie Scruton shocked the Maroons with a brace to win the game-- his goals came in the 84th and 90th minute.

Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon tied at 1-1 at end of regulation-- heading to extra time.  Brandeis had only 1 shot on target in regulation, but it was the equalizer that tied the match.  Andres Gonzalez scored the equalizer for the Judges in the 55th minute.  Jordi Long scored for the Tartans in the 51st minute.

After 10 minutes of extra time, Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon are still tied at 1-1.  Brandeis goalkeeper Aiden Guthro got his 3rd save of the match in the 3rd minute of extra time to preserve the tie going into the second extra time period.

Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon finish with a draw after 20 minutes of extra time.  Final score is 1-1.  Both teams' goalkeepers made a save in the second extra time period to preserve the tie. 

[WUPHF]

Smiling brightly indeed! Go Bears! Love this league.