2022 D3 Men's Soccer National Perspective

[Kuiper]

If anyone cares to learn more about the genius of @PaulNewman, check out the New Show that was hatched literally during the discussion.  It was supposed to be a segment in Around D3 but it was too good, so my production team, CMO, CSO, and CDO all agreed in starting a show.

The New Show

That was fun.  Enjoyed hearing about St. Joseph's (ME)'s 57 game winning streak in-conference, although that makes me think they should have moved conferences at some point!  Has there been a team with a more dominant streak in a conference?

[PaulNewman]

If anyone cares to learn more about the genius of @PaulNewman, check out the New Show that was hatched literally during the discussion.  It was supposed to be a segment in Around D3 but it was too good, so my production team, CMO, CSO, and CDO all agreed in starting a show.

The New Show

That was fun.  Enjoyed hearing about St. Joseph's (ME)'s 57 game winning streak in-conference, although that makes me think they should have moved conferences at some point!  Has there been a team with a more dominant streak in a conference?

Amherst had something very similar and I'm sure Messiah has as well.

[PaulNewman]

New Jersey City beat Rowan 6-0?  Anyone have intel here?

[Flying Weasel]

NJCU quietly reached 5-0-0 against a very soft schedule with a few postponed games.  Then, this past Friday, they got dominated by Montclair State even if only losing 1-0.  So it seemed like that was that and there wouldn't be any reason to pay attention to the Golden Knights moving forward.  But they beat Rowan 6-0 tonight.  And Rowan had all but maybe two starters.  NJCU scored 3 goals in 4 minutes midway thru the 1st Half to add to their early 1-0 lead, then added 2 goals in the final 3 minutes of the game.  Can they get a result against Rutgers-Camden this weekend?

[Hopkins92]

If anyone cares to learn more about the genius of @PaulNewman, check out the New Show that was hatched literally during the discussion.  It was supposed to be a segment in Around D3 but it was too good, so my production team, CMO, CSO, and CDO all agreed in starting a show.

The New Show

That was fun.  Enjoyed hearing about St. Joseph's (ME)'s 57 game winning streak in-conference, although that makes me think they should have moved conferences at some point!  Has there been a team with a more dominant streak in a conference?

Wasn't able to listen all the way through, but enjoyed the convo all the same!

[PaulNewman]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

[Hopkins92]

In case you aren't following the incredible posting over in the Mid-Atlantic thread (kidding), Carnegie put the wood to Juniata in P'burg tonight... 5-2. I know the Tartans have had some doubters, and this won't completely squash that, but Juniata was 6-3 coming in, so not exactly chopped liver. But, as I stated over there, they'd been roundly defeated by some "OK" teams so far, so... this result just builds the narrative/reality for both squads.

[Kuiper]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

Hard to imagine anyone not putting Chicago #1 next week after a 3-0 victory over North Park on a Yetishevsky hat trick.  That defense AND an in-form striker?  Sheesh.

[PaulNewman]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

Hard to imagine anyone not putting Chicago #1 next week after a 3-0 victory over North Park on a Yetishevsky hat trick.  That defense AND an in-form striker?  Sheesh.

Chicago is fantastic...I enjoy watching them.  There are two teams by themselves...the Maroons and Messiah.  If you're a neutral that's your national final dream game as of today.  And out of the next 10 teams one of the only ones I would have confidence in beating either?  Calvin.

[Gregory Sager]

It was the men against the boys tonight. Chicago is bigger and was much quicker to the ball, and the Maroons played with savvy and purpose that the Vikings clearly lacked. The Messiah people are going to protest, but from where I'm sitting the Maroons are the clear #1 in the nation at this point. I've said all along that they'll go as far as their dynamic duo at CB will take them, but I may have to reassess that after watching Ryan Yetishevsky dismantle the NPU defense tonight. He is a beast.

NPU will be fine. The Vikings played like a team of freshmen and sophomores who hadn't really been tested thus far this season, which is exactly what they were. The first goal really rattled them, and they were never the same from that point onward, while Chicago did what good teams do -- finish off an opponent once you've bloodied their mouth.

Now the Vikings can put the ranking stuff out of their minds. They've clearly seen that there's a wider gap between them and the top of the heap than they'd thought, and they're going to have to considerably up their work rate and clean up their mistakes against good opponents in order to close that gap.

[Flying Weasel]

If anyone cares to learn more about the genius of @PaulNewman, check out the New Show that was hatched literally during the discussion.  It was supposed to be a segment in Around D3 but it was too good, so my production team, CMO, CSO, and CDO all agreed in starting a show.

The New Show

That was fun.  Enjoyed hearing about St. Joseph's (ME)'s 57 game winning streak in-conference, although that makes me think they should have moved conferences at some point!  Has there been a team with a more dominant streak in a conference?

Amherst had something very similar and I'm sure Messiah has as well.

St. Scholastica (UMAC) holds the record for most consecutive conference wins:
69 (incl. conf. tournament) - Sept. 11, 2012 to Nov. 5, 2016
75 (regular season) - Oct. 1, 2011 to Oct. 11, 2017

St. Scholastica (UMAC) also holds the record for most consecutive conference games without a loss:
118 (incl. conf. tournament) - Oct. 4, 2009 to Oct. 7, 2017
102 (regular season) - Oct. 4, 2009 to Oct. 7, 2017

[Ejay]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

This kid sounds amazing.  Double major in Molecular (Bio)Engineering (B.S) and Chemistry (B.A.).  Has won 6 club state championships in 3 different states and spends his summer woodworking in Maine.

[camosfan]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

This kid sounds amazing.  Double major in Molecular (Bio)Engineering (B.S) and Chemistry (B.A.).  Has won 6 club state championships in 3 different states and spends his summer woodworking in Maine.

Damn! amazingly multitalented!

[Hopkins92]

Is he Ron Swanson's love child? Wood working in ME??

Gonna try and watch some clips of this kid this week. If I see him eating a platter of bacon pre-game, the jig is up.

[PaulNewman]

Welp...I guess Yetishevsky is healthy.

This kid sounds amazing.  Double major in Molecular (Bio)Engineering (B.S) and Chemistry (B.A.).  Has won 6 club state championships in 3 different states and spends his summer woodworking in Maine.

I love kids like this who are in a tier of their own and beyond most of us feeling any need for even a hint of envy.  Many of us think we have smart, talented kids, and we do, but as SOL likes to say, there are tiers.  He probably finished up a lab project and wrote an essay on Tolstoy's early period after the game last night.  Kids like this can pop up from a ton of schools, but they certainly seem to congregrate at places like Chicago, Hopkins, Wash U, Swat, etc.  In 20 years he'll be in the operating room quietly demanding "laser scalpel, please" and while in the middle of brain surgery someone will ask "Dr. Y, did you play any sports in college," and with genuine modesty he'll respond "I played a little soccer for a minute" while having a half-second flash to his "hatty" against North Park before instructing "OK, let's close him up."