NCAA TOURNAMENT 2024

[PaulNewman]

LOL...the Kitten.

PKs....both teams looked like Kenyon.

[stlawus]

Probably the worst national championship game I've ever seen and a terrible way to advertise division III soccer, but the final result is what matters is in the end.

[kevdog]

Congratulations to Amherst but those have to be the worse pks I have seen from both teams. Congrats to Emmore Kitten for the winning PK.

[Ejay]

These cannot be the best 2 teams in the country. I guess it gets result but some of the worst style of play stuff I've seen just lumping it long to nobody. Very limited technical ability on display outside of Amherst's striker and right winger.

Precisely why I don't watch NESCAC games, especially Amherst. Such a shame too, because those teams are absolutely loaded with talented kids who can play.

Nonetheless, congrats to Amherst and especially the entire EnmoreFeline family!

[PaulNewman]

Very stressful and hard to watch, even for a relative neutral.

Amherst I think outplayed Conn, aesthetics aside.  Conn could not handle #27.  More dangerous than Nuhu today.


Corners 17-0.

[Hopkins92]

I mean, Amherst was by far the more threatening squad, but... Lumping the ball into the box 40 times with ensuing number of corner and goal kicks... Meh.

Congrats to Enmore, writ large, and the Prehistoric Elephants...

[PaulNewman]

They are tearing down the lampposts and starting bonfires in Enmore.

[SierraFD3soccer]

I agree as to the really, really bad PKs. Gk saves were fine against subpar shots.

The rest was D3 soccer. It's called D3 for a reason.

Congratulations to Amherst.

[SierraFD3soccer]

They are tearing down the lampposts and starting bonfires in Enmore.

So is Enmore the Philly or Detroit of Australia???  When is the victory parade?

[Another Mom]

So many congratulations to EnmoreCat and his son!

[SKUD]

You are all funny! No it is not pretty. However, the best athletes with the best strategy over the last 6 games just survived having to travel to Wisconsin and Las Vegas and won a natty. I don't like either team but you all sound like a bunch of snobs that would rather lose and play pretty than win.

The goal is to win a championship not entertain you with style.

[blooter442]

Apropos of nothing, I called that EnmoreKitten's penalty would be top left. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Bucket]

You are all funny! No it is not pretty. However, the best athletes with the best strategy over the last 6 games just survived having to travel to Wisconsin and Las Vegas and won a natty. I don't like either team but you all sound like a bunch of snobs that would rather lose and play pretty than win.

The goal is to win a championship not entertain you with style.

100 percent this.

Never thought I would come to Amherst's defense (and not that they need me to do so), but all this griping about a terrible game, terrible style of play, etc, is the ultimate sour grapes. (And I know sour grapes!)

Look, as many here know, I was the first to excoriate Amherst in the past when I saw what appeared to be unconscionable unsportsmanlike behavior. (FWIW: Saw none of that Thursday or today; actually, the opposite.) But to bitch about style of play when a team does what 400 other teams would die to do? That is, win a national title. Get out of here with that. Seriously.

Congrats to the Lord Mammoths. And congrats to the Camels.

It was a great championship, as far as I'm concerned.

[EnmoreCat]

There will be a delay for my final match report, there's way too much to soak in, but really appreciate the kind wishes.  I'm just working out whether I should put it in the NESCAC forum, as it was really just another NESCAC game that carried an extra belt.

[Kuiper]

Not much media coverage of the championship game today, but I did find one social media account that posted about it

https://x.com/D3SoccerWorld/status/1865543200036868301

Amherst are national champions in 2024!!

They defeat Conn College on pk's after a nail biting 0-0 final. Congrats to the Mammoths for their 2nd title in program history!

Two incredibly strong programs on display, it was always going to be hard to separate them.

Since their first title in 2015, Amherst fell at the final hurdle 3 times in recent years. Tonight they get their hands on the prize in Las Vegas👏🏆