Bard was a lot more competitive with him.  Even with their record they were never an easy out, every team regardless of standings had to bring their A game because they could punish you.  For most years that was not the case with Bard. They shot a lot of threes under Linehan and were a lot more uptempo than previous Bard teams.   He seemed to get a lot out of his players who also seemed to enjoy playing for him. 

If Top Drawer Soccer is to be believed then Lucas Fecci appears to be heading to Grand Canyon for his 5th year.

Fauth returning provides a big boost obviously, on top of what was already returning.  The league didn't do preseason predictions last year but at this point I'd be confident in saying SLU and Vassar would be picked 1st and 2nd in either order.  SLU loses some great players including Sibanda, but there's still a lot returning.  Several key players missed extended parts of the season last year due to injury as well.  2 first years were thrown into the back line last season and noticeably improved throughout the whole campaign, I think if the Saints have success this season it will be due to the back line resuming the program's old ways.  Hard to tell obviously until we see things in person, only 3 months away!

Seems to me that Vassar is finally starting to mold into the same program profile as the NESCACs/Centennials in that the school reputation is finally selling itself to the upper tier group of players.  Not that Vassar was ever a bad program, but being similar to the aforementioned schools they never really seemed to consistently attract the type of players that ended up there on a yearly basis.  Now they are truly a national program and it can only continue to improve the quality of the league.

Of course, this is all academic, who knows what program is lying in the weeds waiting to pounce on the upcoming season.   

Looks like Cortland losing the SUNYAC championship knocked Rochester out.  Given the gaudy offensive numbers this year's senior class had every year, pretty disappointing way to go out.  First round exits in the NCAA tournament followed by this season where they didn't make it.  Just shows how important pitching is. 

Good to see new faces on this board.   Clarkson has a new AD so hopefully things change a bit for the better.  The lacrosse team created a buzz this spring so maybe it will spill over in to the entire department with the change in regime. 

Looks like Vassar’s Eric Wnorowski is using his extra year to move up to division I and play at the College of Charleston. CofC soccer has been in the news of late with program alum Troy Lesesne getting appointed interim head coach for the NY Red Bulls.

Looking at Cortland's roster, I would be shocked if this team didn't win a championship in the next few years.  Most of their lineup and pitching staff are sophomores.