NCAA TOURNAMENT 2024

[Kuiper]

Trinity 1 - Bowdoin 0 in the 42nd minute

Trinity got a fortunate goal on a corner kick when a Bowdoin player flicks the ball back and Luke Chandler heads it in on the back post

Sound is back too

[Kuiper]

Trinity 2 - Bowdoin 0

Adam Knutson scores on a great move and finish to the far post and Trinity doubles its lead right after the start of the second half.

UPDATE:  Trinity 3 - Bowdoin 0

Adam Knutson with a GOLAZO from way outside that beat the keeper with a nasty slice of the ball in the 53rd minute.  He gets a brace in less than three minutes. 

[NEsoccerfan]

Yikes what a third goal by Trinity's #2 to make it 3-0

[Falconer]

Trinity-Bowdoin starting to resemble Messiah-Albright. The Maine men are just standing around, watching spectacular plays.

Trinity is putting on a clinic in offensive soccer. Bowdoin is lucky not to be trailing by 6.

[NEsoccerfan]

Trinity-Bowdoin starting to resemble Messiah-Albright. The Maine men are just standing around, watching spectacular plays.

Couldn't agree more. Looking like a Varsity vs. a JV game. Even the Trinity players had their hands on their heads in awe of that third goal.

[PaulNewman]

I was just gonna post this in the Great Lakes thread but realized should be here.

OWU vs MWU....

Could be Jay Martin's last game, which is news in itself.  But also would be quite a triumph to knock off the team considered the best in the country from basically preseason to today.

[PaulNewman]

And before I forget, shoutout to Bowdoin's Tyler Huck.  What a player.  Can't imagine how many miles he runs per game.  So awkward, crafty, and skilled all at the same time.  I can't think of a good comp for him.  Very unique player.

[NEsoccerfan]

Gotta say - the video quality and unbiased announcing by the Trinitiy crew is top-notch.

[Kuiper]

Gotta say - the video quality and unbiased announcing by the Trinitiy crew is top-notch.

It's worth saying that although the Australian play-by-play guy is a professional, the color commentator is a junior at Trinity who is on the club soccer team (EDIT:  He was actually a varsity player, but got injured and now plays club).  He's a pretty high-level student commentator

[Kuiper]

FINAL:  Trinity 3 - Bowdoin 0

Dominant performance by Trinity, which outshoots Bowdoin 14-1 and 6-0 in shots on goal.

[PaulNewman]

I'm sure this has been covered but the distribution of teams in conferences varied quite a bit.  NESCAC had about as good a distribution as you could hope for with teams in all four quads.  All three of the remaining NCAC teams are in same quad, and St Olaf and GAC in the same.  I assume these decisions were mostly NPI driven and so the NESCAC makes sense given having 5-6 teams in the top 8 nationally or whatever the number is.

[Ron Boerger]

After observing Trinity-Bowdoin in person I have to believe the travel caught up with the visitors.  Trinity won the vast majority of 50-50s and the Polar Bears seemed, well, glacial at times getting to the ball.

Regardless - it was as good a performance as I've seen from the Tigers in some time.

[PaulNewman]

Another quirk in the draw is the strong possibility of last year's finalists meeting in the Sweet 16...with the difference in a rematch being some roster differences but also where the game likely would be played.

[SierraFD3soccer]

If you want to see all 3 goals for Trinity which were very good.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCdQYZpRdfq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[paclassic89]

Bowdoin got run off the field.  1 shot?