2013 Playoffs

Started by Ron Boerger, November 11, 2013, 01:42:30 PM

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Ron Boerger

Well, thank you so much, NCAA, for making undefeated Trinity (TX) not only travel to Illinois for the first two rounds but for also setting up a potential third-round match with #1 Montclair State should they win. 

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Ron Boerger

Quick look at the brackets using last week's Top 25:

WashU Bracket (NCAA's top seed):
#2 WashU
#8 Messiah
#13 Hardin-Simmons
#14 UW-Whitewater
#16 Aurora
#17 Calvin
#24 Puget Sound

William Smith Bracket
#3 William Smith
#9 TCNJ
#10 Ithaca
#12 Rowan

Montclair State Bracket
#1 Montclair State
#4 Trinity (TX)
#6 Wheaton
#7 Lynchburg
#11 Emory
#20 Loras
#21 Illinois Wesleyan

Johns Hopkins Bracket
#5 Johns Hopkins
#15 Misericordia
#19 Middlebury
#22 Carnegie Mellon

Yep - those are some well-balanced brackets.   Why not just give Hopkins their tickets to SA now  ???

Jim Matson

Don't overlook Middlebury Ron!
Managing Editor, D3soccer.com

Jump4Joy

Kinda funny that Amherst and Springfield, about 30 mins apart from one another in Mass., travel 7 hours to Messiah to play one another. Joining them out there will be Mass. neighbor, Lasell, who is less than two hours to the east of Amherst. Lots of bus miles for those three teams!

Christan Shirk

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 11, 2013, 04:40:12 PM
WashU Bracket (NCAA's top seed):
#2 WashU
#8 Messiah
#13 Hardin-Simmons
#14 UW-Whitewater
#16 Aurora
#17 Calvin
#24 Puget Sound

William Smith Bracket
#3 William Smith
#9 TCNJ
#10 Ithaca
#12 Rowan

Messiah is in the Wm. Smith bracket, not the Wash U. bracket.
Christan Shirk
Special Consultant and Advisor
D3soccer.com

Ron Boerger

The game between Trinity (TX) and Illinois Wesleyan University has been postponed until 10:30 AM Monday due to inclement weather at the site which knocked out power at the IWU campus.

http://www.scacsports.com/sports/wsoc/2013-14/releases/tu_postponed

hubert

Let's see.  Middlebury weather for the weekend.  30's and snow Saturday, 20's and snow Sunday.  Way to go NCAA!!  Sure to get some great playoff Soccer in those conditions.

Ron Boerger

Not a whole lot better in San Antonio with very windy, wet weather in the low-mid 40s all weekend.     It's that time of year.

Ron Boerger

Trinity (TX) gets a 2-1 upset over Montclair State.

cciwrabblerouser

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 22, 2013, 08:09:21 PM
Trinity (TX) gets a 2-1 upset over Montclair State.

But not a 'surprising' upset (see Rose-Human over Ohio Wesleyan on the men's side).  It was #1 vs. #4 In d3.com rankings.  Plus the game was at Trinity.  The gusty wind hurt both teams, of course.  I also watched the Wheaton-Emory game, and the passing and ball control by both teams was much better in that contest than what Trinity and Montclair State showed.

Thunder over the home team tonight, 2-0.

Jump4Joy

Quote from: hubert on November 22, 2013, 07:37:03 AM
Let's see.  Middlebury weather for the weekend.  30's and snow Saturday, 20's and snow Sunday.  Way to go NCAA!!  Sure to get some great playoff Soccer in those conditions.

Why isn't Hopkins hosting? Higher in nat'l rankings... Am I misreading something?

Ron Boerger

#13
Trinity (TX) finally qualifies for the Final Four they have hosted for a number of years with a 2-1 victory tonight over Wheaton.  Hannah Kuhl scored the equalizer in the first half and assisted on Kimberly Polasek's GW goal in the second.

Ron Boerger

Quote from: cciwrabblerouser on November 23, 2013, 09:11:35 AM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 22, 2013, 08:09:21 PM
Trinity (TX) gets a 2-1 upset over Montclair State.

But not a 'surprising' upset (see Rose-Human over Ohio Wesleyan on the men's side).  It was #1 vs. #4 In d3.com rankings.  Plus the game was at Trinity.  The gusty wind hurt both teams, of course.  I also watched the Wheaton-Emory game, and the passing and ball control by both teams was much better in that contest than what Trinity and Montclair State showed.

Thunder over the home team tonight, 2-0.

A bold prediction.   The wrong one, as it turns out, but bold nonetheless.   ;D