United Soccer Coaches Pre-Season Women's Top 25 Poll is up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on September 02, 2025, 09:57:07 AMUnited Soccer Coaches Pre-Season Women's Top 25 Poll is up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
This is just a reposting of last year's rankings, but the ranking is already showing its age after the first weekend of play. For example, Bridgewater beat #16 Carnegie Mellon, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps beat #17 NYU, #23 Pacific Lutheran tied #10 Trinity (TX), RV Carleton tied #5 Johns Hopkins etc
There's so little traffic on this board that I didn't want to create another topic, but they're top 25 so it fits: congrats to Messiah's women's HC Scott Frey who won the 500th game of his career (https://gomessiah.com/news/2025/9/6/womens-soccer-frey-earns-500th-win-no-8-womens-soccer-cruises-past-bears.aspx) when he led the Falcons to a 3-0 win over Ursinus. He's currently second among active women's D3 coaches (trailing Lynchburg's Todd Olsen by nine when the season started) and sixth all-time. He is the winningest active D3 women's coach by a significant margin (.909 at season's start to Loras' Matt Pucci's .845) as well as all time (Hardin-Simmons' Marcus Wood, now at Dallas Baptist, .866).
It was great to see Coach Frey get his 500th win. With winning 90% of his games I would guess 600 wins is within reach if he coaches another 4 to 5 years.
Looking forward to this Friday's game @ 4pm (on a nuetral field and no paywall) between #3 Christopher Newport (4-0-0) and the now #8 Case Western (5-0-0). Both teams undefeated and both teams have not conceded a goal yet this year. So something has to give!
Here are the results of the first coaches poll for 2025:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
National - Poll 1 - September 9, 2025
Rank School Prev W-L-T
1 Washington University (Mo.) 1 4-0-0
2 Messiah University 8 4-0-0
3 Christopher Newport University 3 4-0-0
4 Amherst College 6 3-0-0
5 Emory University 4 3-0-0
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12 4-0-0
7 Misericordia University 7 4-0-0
8 Case Western Reserve University RV 4-0-0
9 William Smith College 2 3-0-1
10 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 19 3-0-0
11 University of Chicago 11 2-0-0
12 Wesleyan University 21 2-0-0
13 Middlebury College RV 3-0-0
14 Swarthmore College NR 3-0-1
15 Washington & Lee University 13 3-1-0
16 Carleton College RV 3-0-1
17 Rowan University RV 3-0-0
18 Carnegie Mellon University 16 3-1-0
19 Brandeis University NR 3-0-1
20 Claremont-McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges NR 3-0-1
21 Tufts University 18 1-0-0
22 Johns Hopkins University 5 2-2-1
23 Vassar College NR 3-0-0
24 Illinois Institute of Technology 22 3-0-0
25 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse NR 4-0-0
Records shown are through games of September 7, 2025
Also receiving votes: New York University, California Lutheran University, Colby College, Calvin University, University of Hartford, The College of New Jersey, Williams College, Franklin & Marshall College, Trinity College, Rhodes College
Second coaches' poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
9-23-25 Coaches Top 25 Poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on September 23, 2025, 05:07:46 PM9-23-25 Coaches Top 25 Poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Polar opposite seasons for Messiah men's and Messiah women's soccer.
Christopher Newport is having a stellar season for both men and women.
Not only are the Messiah men's and women's teams having polar opposite seasons but both seasons are quite historical. The last time the men's team had only 2 wins in their first 8 games was in 1969, and the last time the women started the first 9 games with all wins (during regulation time) was 2006!
I was surprised that Christopher Newport remained 3rd in this weeks poll given they had another tie. I would have thought that Case Western would have bumped ahead of them.
Correction: I meant to say 2010 was the last season the Messiah women's team won their first 9 games (during regulation) .. so maybe not as historical. ::) In 2014 they also won their first 9 games but for two of those wins they would need the 2nd overtime period to secure the win. Those two games were against William Smith and Misericordia who they also happened to play this year as well.
Pomona-Pitzer edged out CMS on Wednesday in a classic version of the Sixth Street Rivalry before about 400 crazies at Pritzlaff Field. It was 0-0 with the teams playing fairly evenly, but CMS was getting momentum in the second half when Pomona-Pitzer's Hannah Hong scored on a counter-attack in the 87th minute to secure the win for the Saghens.
Kuiper - thanks for the Pomona-Pitzer/CMS recap. I wish their (Pomona-Pitzer) games weren't behind a paywall. Hannah Hong would be a player worth watching - a returning first team All American now a senior.
Really a competitive game going on right now between Tufts and Wesleyan. No score with 20 minutes left.
#21 Wesleyan gets a tie on the road at #6 Tufts with a 0-0 score. Fun game to watch.
There are some good NESCAC games on today (if you are so inclined).
Colby is playing at #23 Amherst at 11am, who they are currently tied with in the conference standings.
At Noon, Bowdoin is playing at #13 Williams,
and at 2pm #21 Wesleyan plays at #10 Middlebury. This is after Wesleyan earned a tie playing at #6 Tufts just 24 hours ago .. talk about a team working all weekend!
Thanks for the info CentPa. Sciac parent here just to let you know that while live events are behind paywall the sciac network does have replays available. Here is the PP vs Caltech one https://www.sciacnetwork.com/sagehens/?B=2823559
For some reason PP at CMS not up yet but that would be a better one to watch!
Consider the gauntlet that the #4 ranked and undefeated CWRU Spartans will soon face.
After Baldwin-Wallace on September 30th, this is their UAA schedule:
10/4: #15 Rochester
10/11: #5 Wash U-St. Louis
10/18: #8 Chicago
10/24: #11 Brandeis
10/26: N/R NYU
11/1: #2 Emory
11/8: #20 Carnegie-Mellon
I would say that the winner of this conference should be the odds on favorite to win it all!
All UAA teams are running the gauntlet this season...
Massey final projected strength of schedule:
No. 5 Chicago
No. 7 Brandeis
No. 9 Rochester
No. 15 Emory
No. 16 New York
No. 17 Case Western Reserve
No. 19 Washington University
No. 20 Carnegie Mellon
6 of 8 teams have yet to take a loss.
Thanks BusyBee, I didn't know archived games were available to view.
The UAA conference is always so tough and competitive year in and year out. They get so tested and end up having such a high strength of schedule just going through their conference games!
Wow - UAA just put all 8 teams in the conference into the top 25 in the National ranking - Poll 4 just released!
9 30 25 Women's USC Top 25 Poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
UAA conference teams and NESCAC conference teams account for over half of the top 25 with this recent poll (13 of 25)!
At 1:30 this afternoon, #2 Emory (10-0-0) will travel for a conference game to #16 Carnegie Mellon (9-1-1). For both teams I think this is easily their toughest opponent so far this year. Wish it wasn't behind a paywall (FloCollege).
Just saw that Christopher Newport lost their first game last night to Mary Washington 0-1 at home. That should bump them (CNU) out of #3 where they have been all year. I'm guessing Case Western and Wash U move up a slot.
Wow - read the recap of the Christopher Newport loss (https://www.cnusports.com/news/2025/10/4/womens-soccer-mary-washington-trips-up-third-ranked-captains-1-0-snapping-51-game-unbeaten-streak-at-home.aspx) That broke a 51 game unbeaten streak at home - the longest in NCAA soccer dating back to 2019!
Emory / Carnegie Mellon game just ended in a tie 0-0. Stats looked fairly even with Emory having a slight advantage in shots and SOG: 5-3 and 4-2 respectively. I am not sure this tie would be enough to bump Emory out of #2. So if I had to guess, on Tuesday the top 25 will start out: Messiah (#1), Emory (#2), Case Western (#3), and Wash U (#4).?? There is a chance Emory gets bumped but that would be tough with tying #16 on the road.
Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 01:05:31 PMAt 1:30 this afternoon, #2 Emory (10-0-0) will travel for a conference game to #16 Carnegie Mellon (9-1-1). For both teams I think this is easily their toughest opponent so far this year. Wish it wasn't behind a paywall (FloCollege).
Nick Schmieg on the play-by-play, and Kevin Zielmanski on color for that one. Game produced by the CMU (Carnegie Mellon) Sports Network, a subsidiary of the PAC (Presidents Athletic Conference) Sports Network. The commentators did not mention that FloCollege was the exclusive streaming partner of Carnegie Mellon's UAA games-- they should be saying "This game brought to you by the CMU Sports Network on FloCollege (or FloSports), rather than just saying "This game brought to you by the CMU Sports Network."
Game has just gone final, with Emory and Carnegie Mellon playing to a 0-0 draw. One of the best defensive games that you will see in the regular season this year for DIII Women's soccer. Well played on both ends.
Due to technical difficulties, the first half of the game had to be followed almost exclusively on live stats. The FloCollege video feed did not start until the match was in the 41st minute. If you do have a FloCollege subscription, you can just watch the second half of that match on replay. Otherwise, the box score will tell it all to you.
Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 03:39:39 PMEmory / Carnegie Mellon game just ended in a tie 0-0. Stats looked fairly even with Emory having a slight advantage in shots and SOG: 5-3 and 4-2 respectively. I am not sure this tie would be enough to bump Emory out of #2. So if I had to guess, on Tuesday the top 25 will start out: Messiah (#1), Emory (#2), Case Western (#3), and Wash U (#4).?? There is a chance Emory gets bumped but that would be tough with tying #16 on the road.
It will be fun to see where the teams get ranked this week in the D3 Women's National Soccer Coaches poll, but I expect that the NCAA DIII Women's Soccer Committee will release the first NCAA Power Index (NPI) Summary Report of the season tomorrow for games played through today, and if so, this will give an early NCAA DIII Women's soccer tournament picture of chances of teams getting an at-large bid to the field this season if they do not win their AQ. The first NPI Summary report of last season was released on the first Monday of October last year. Since the NPI ranks all of the D3 Women's soccer teams in the nation, I think that the NPI gives me a truer picture of where a team stands. The UAA got 6 at large bids on the women's side each season for the past 2 seasons, (in other words, every UAA women's soccer team save for Brandeis made the tournament field the past 2 seasons) and the UAA seems to be well on its way to getting 6 at large bids on the women's side again this season, although it is early.
However, because this topic is about how the soccer coaches rank the teams nationally, I will also look forward to the release of the national poll on Tuesday as well.
Thanks deiscanton for the recap. With no access to the video feed, I was thinking it was a fairly defensive battle. Was there much play inside the 18s or was it all in the middle of the field (there wasn't that many total shots for the game)?
It will definately be interesting to see where the NPI rankings start out this week. I don't know how closely the USC poll tends to follow the NPI rankings once they begin, but the more I'm thinking about it Case Western may bump ahead of Emory since their tie was to #3 Christopher Newport.??
Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 03:39:39 PMEmory / Carnegie Mellon game just ended in a tie 0-0. Stats looked fairly even with Emory having a slight advantage in shots and SOG: 5-3 and 4-2 respectively. I am not sure this tie would be enough to bump Emory out of #2. So if I had to guess, on Tuesday the top 25 will start out: Messiah (#1), Emory (#2), Case Western (#3), and Wash U (#4).?? There is a chance Emory gets bumped but that would be tough with tying #16 on the road.
I would expect Case Western Reserve and Washington University to move ahead of Emory this week.
Emory was the only one on the road, but the other two had such lopsided wins at home (and are weeks past their only blemish), I'll be surprised if the committee does not see that. The latter two play in Cleveland next week.
Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 03:59:55 PMThanks deiscanton for the recap. With no access to the video feed, I was thinking it was a fairly defensive battle. Was there much play inside the 18s or was it all in the middle of the field (there wasn't that many total shots for the game)?
It will definately be interesting to see where the NPI rankings start out this week. I don't know how closely the USC poll tends to follow the NPI rankings once they begin, but the more I'm thinking about it Case Western may bump ahead of Emory since their tie was to #3 Christopher Newport.??
According to the commentators, the first half was mostly played around the middle of the field with the defenses really active when either side tried to attack into the 18 yard box. I am going to have to rewatch the video of the second half to see where the ball was mostly played. The second half had more activity in terms of shots and corner kicks, but the defenses on both sides were up to the task. Overall, a well played 0-0 game, not really a boring game from how I see it.
Quote from: WUPHF on October 05, 2025, 05:12:37 PMQuote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 03:39:39 PMEmory / Carnegie Mellon game just ended in a tie 0-0. Stats looked fairly even with Emory having a slight advantage in shots and SOG: 5-3 and 4-2 respectively. I am not sure this tie would be enough to bump Emory out of #2. So if I had to guess, on Tuesday the top 25 will start out: Messiah (#1), Emory (#2), Case Western (#3), and Wash U (#4).?? There is a chance Emory gets bumped but that would be tough with tying #16 on the road.
I would expect Case Western Reserve and Washington University to move ahead of Emory this week.
Emory was the only one on the road, but the other two had such lopsided wins at home (and are weeks past their only blemish), I'll be surprised if the committee does not see that. The latter two play in Cleveland next week.
That game might tempt me to pay the FloCollege ransom fee! :) I see it is an early game (12:30pm) on Saturday at Case Western.
The first NPI ranking for this year just posted: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/45909
Even with their tie yesterday, Emory is showing as #1 with Messiah #2!
Quote from: CentPA on October 06, 2025, 08:34:46 AMThe first NPI ranking for this year just posted: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/45909
Even with their tie yesterday, Emory is showing as #1 with Messiah #2!
Not surprising as the NPI has no recency bias.
Quote from: CentPA on October 06, 2025, 08:34:46 AMThe first NPI ranking for this year just posted: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/45909
Even with their tie yesterday, Emory is showing as #1 with Messiah #2!
The NPI reports confirm that the UAA is the top ranked conference on the D3 Women's soccer side in terms of teams ranked in the national NPI. NESCAC is the top ranked conference on the D3 Men's soccer side in terms of NPI.
Emory already has the minimum 8 wins that they need to carry on the women's side for NPI purposes, and therefore, can now drop extra wins/partial wins that hurt their NPI Emory has already dropped their win vs William Peace (#364 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations, and the tie yesterday vs Carnegie Mellon allowed Emory to drop 1/2 of their win vs Covenant (#230 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations as well. This allows Emory to keep their current #1 NPI ranking as of right now.
Quote from: deiscanton on October 05, 2025, 03:41:43 PMNick Schmieg on the play-by-play, and Kevin Zielmanski on color for that one. Game produced by the CMU (Carnegie Mellon) Sports Network, a subsidiary of the PAC (Presidents Athletic Conference) Sports Network. The commentators did not mention that FloCollege was the exclusive streaming partner of Carnegie Mellon's UAA games-- they should be saying "This game brought to you by the CMU Sports Network on FloCollege (or FloSports), rather than just saying "This game brought to you by the CMU Sports Network."
Game has just gone final, with Emory and Carnegie Mellon playing to a 0-0 draw. One of the best defensive games that you will see in the regular season this year for DIII Women's soccer. Well played on both ends.
Due to technical difficulties, the first half of the game had to be followed almost exclusively on live stats. The FloCollege video feed did not start until the match was in the 41st minute. If you do have a FloCollege subscription, you can just watch the second half of that match on replay. Otherwise, the box score will tell it all to you.
None other than Bill Simmons (formerly of ESPN fame) called out Flo$port$ for their inferior (and infuriating) product after his experience this weekend - see the excerpt from his "BS Podcast": https://x.com/BQuillmanQcast/status/1975192844592886041
Quote from: deiscanton on October 06, 2025, 09:32:47 AMEmory already has the minimum 8 wins that they need to carry on the women's side for NPI purposes, and therefore, can now drop extra wins/partial wins that hurt their NPI Emory has already dropped their win vs William Peace (#364 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations, and the tie yesterday vs Carnegie Mellon allowed Emory to drop 1/2 of their win vs Covenant (#230 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations as well. This allows Emory to keep their current #1 NPI ranking as of right now.
Do you mind elaborating on the logistics of the drop process?
Emory has dropped a win while Washington University appears to have all games counted, though maybe they need to wait in case they lose or draw against Greenville?
Quote from: WUPHF on October 06, 2025, 01:32:49 PMQuote from: deiscanton on October 06, 2025, 09:32:47 AMEmory already has the minimum 8 wins that they need to carry on the women's side for NPI purposes, and therefore, can now drop extra wins/partial wins that hurt their NPI Emory has already dropped their win vs William Peace (#364 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations, and the tie yesterday vs Carnegie Mellon allowed Emory to drop 1/2 of their win vs Covenant (#230 in NPI currently) from their NPI calculations as well. This allows Emory to keep their current #1 NPI ranking as of right now.
Do you mind elaborating on the logistics of the drop process?
Emory has dropped a win while Washington University appears to have all games counted, though maybe they need to wait in case they lose or draw against Greenville?
The idea is that once you have counted the minimum number of wins that you need to count for purposes of your NPI calculations, you can drop extra wins that produce win values that actually hurt your NPI score. The basic idea is that a team should not be penalized for defeating an opponent that they should beat.
In the case of the WashU women, the Bears are currently ranked #4 in NPI at 64.446, and have an overall record of 10 wins and a tie. The tie cannot be dropped from the NPI calculations, but a corresponding 1/2 win of a lower ranked NPI opponent can be dropped from the calculations, since just dropping 2 wins would give the Bears 8.5 adjusted wins, when they only need to count the best 8 adjusted wins for purposes of NPI calculations.
By clicking on the NPI ranking of the team, you can get the data of what was used to calculate the team's NPI.
If you find that an opponent is showing a net NPI score of zero for a game that you played, it means that you are no longer counting that game towards your team's NPI value.
For example, WashU is ranked #4 in NPI this morning with an NPI value of 64.446. On their schedule, the lowest ranked NPI opponent that produced a win value that actually improved WashU's NPI score is Calvin at #68 in NPI with an NPI of 55.728 and a win value of 65.446. WashU's tie came against Trine, #48 in NPI with an NPI value of 57.089. The value of getting a tie vs Trine is half of Trine's win value plus half of Trine's loss value. Trine's tie value right now is 56.444, which hurts WashU's NPI score, but unfortunately, WashU cannot drop the game vs Trine in the NPI calculations, since there is a half loss in that game score. WashU can drop a half win from a lower ranked NPI opponent than Trine that the Bears defeated once WashU got the 8 actual wins.
The resume indicates that WashU has dropped the results of wins vs Westminster(MO)-- #317 in NPI with an NPI value of 44.532 and a win value of 55.626, and Millikin, #227 in NPI with an NPI of 48.816 and a current win value of 59.053. WashU still has to keep half of the win value of defeating Rose-Hulman, which is #183 in NPI with an NPI value of 50.249 and a win value of 60.199.
WashU's next opponent, Greenville, is currently ranked #218 in NPI with an NPI value of 49.126 and a win value of 59.301. If WashU defeats Greenville, Greenville would be the lowest NPI ranked opponent that WashU defeated that WashU could drop from the NPI calculations, so Greenville would not count in WashU's NPI calculations unless WashU loses or ties vs the Greenville women.
The remainder of the result vs Rose-Hulman has to be kept until WashU gets their next UAA win, which would come as early as Saturday at CWRU.
Once again, the basic principle is that a team should not be penalized in NPI for defeating an opponent that the team should beat, nor can a team improve an NPI value by losing to a higher ranked NPI team. To see if a game is counted for purposes of NPI, look at the net NPI of the opponent that your team defeated for purposes of computing your team's NPI calculations. If the net NPI for the game is zero, it means that the win has been dropped from the calculations.
Thanks for that explanation deiscanton .. I feel like I should have earned some college credits for reading that! ;D
Emory does remain at #2 in the USC poll #5. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Case Western and Wash U move up to #3 and #4.
Quote from: CentPA on October 07, 2025, 08:01:51 PMEmory does remain at #2 in the USC poll #5. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Case Western and Wash U move up to #3 and #4.
You're right.
I expected the Bears to move ahead of Emory after dominating the No. 10 team with Emory looking
good, not great in New York.
6-1-3 Brandeis moved up to No. 8 while Rochester dropped 9 spots to No. 22.
The rankings can be hard to project.
Quote from: WUPHF on October 07, 2025, 10:24:19 PMI expected the Bears to move ahead of Emory after dominating the No. 10 team with Emory looking good, not great in New York.
Just a clarification.
Emory tied Carnegie Mellon on Sunday with the game played in Pittsburgh, PA.,ie. western Pennsylvania, not at Fauver Stadium in Rochester, NY or at NYU's designated home soccer field of Lubetkin Field at NJIT in Newark, NJ.
Sometime we can get a little slipped up with the travel when we are following the games on-line and not physically travelling by plane to be there with the teams. It's alright.
I am going to attend the Emory vs Brandeis soccer doubleheader in person on Saturday, because it is Brandeis Homecoming, and WUPHF always encourages me to attend my alma's home UAA games in person when I can afford it. Unlike basketball, the UAA soccer opponents are usually scheduled only come to the Brandeis campus once every 2 years. This match is unusual since it will be the second year in a row that Brandeis is hosting Emory in soccer-- the match will be played in Atlanta, GA next season.
I will have to take a 20 mile Uber/Lyft ride from my apartment this Saturday morning, as I really don't want to have to take a 5:57 AM ET departure on the local MBTA commuter rail train from Canton Junction (MA) train station to Boston to make sure that I make it to the Brandeis campus for an 11 AM ET start time. If I am taking public transit on Saturday morning, I would have to leave by 7 AM at the latest to be on the safe side-- the Saturday public transit schedules are great if the soccer matches were going to start at noon ET or later.
Enjoy homecoming and the games this weekend deiscanton. Let us know what you thought about the game after seeing it in person. After Ron Boerger's post on Bill Simmons Flo$port$ comments, I don't think I will bother getting a one month membership despite my interest in the Wash U at Case Western game this Saturday and all the other tough UAA games the rest of this month.
Keep an eye on Messiah, they have a little bit of a gauntlet to get through over the next three days. This afternoon they get on a bus for a two and a half hour ride to Glassboro, NJ to play #17 Rowan who has only given up 2 goals all year and has the only win against #15 Swarthmore. Then less than 40 hours later, Messiah gets back on a buss for an hour and a half ride to Philadelphia to play Eastern at 2pm on Friday. Eastern, who is in second place behind them in the conference, would love to come away with a tie (or a win) against Messiah at home.
Quote from: deiscanton on October 08, 2025, 05:11:41 AMI am going to attend the Emory vs Brandeis soccer doubleheader in person on Saturday, because it is Brandeis Homecoming,
Thanks and you should definitely attend!
Quote from: CentPA on October 08, 2025, 07:16:59 AMI don't think I will bother getting a one month membership despite my interest in the Wash U at Case Western game this Saturday and all the other tough UAA games the rest of this month.
If the game lives up to it's billing, the stream will be free of charge 24 hours later. I am not sure if you have to wait that long to be honest.
10/7/25 Women's Top 25 Poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
Watched the Endicott vs #5 Tufts game yesterday. Endicott kept the game scoreless through roughly 80 minutes and then Tufts scored two goals in one minute to secure a 2-0 win!
Messiah loses to Rowan 1-2 on the road!
Messiah comes back from their loss to Rowan and takes care of business on a quick turn-a-round road game in Philadelphia by beating Eastern 5-1. They will definitely fall from #1 but may be able to stay in the top #10.??
CURSE FLO$PORT$! What a slate of games tomorrow from the UAA:
At 12:30: (#4) Wash U at (#3) Case Western
At 1:30: (#2) Emory at (#8) Brandeis .. deiscanton may be able to give us a recap of this one.?
At 1:30: (#6) Chicago at (#8) Carnegie Mellon
.. and if that is not enough ..
At 7:30: (#22) Rochester at (#25) NYU
If you are an early bird and NESCAC if more your flavor:
At 11am: (#12) Middlebury at (#26) Colby
.. staying in NESCAC ..
At 1pm: (#20) Wesleyan at (#9) Williams
again, CURSE FLO$PORT$!
edit: Carnegie Mellon is #16
I think Emory is the only team where taking over #1 in the next USC poll is entirely under their control. If they win tomorrow, they should be #1 no matter what any other team does. However, if they don't win, then the scenarios of who becomes #1 becomes much more complicated depending on the results of the other (UAA) games, and the potential for ties really makes it interesting!
Quote from: CentPA on October 10, 2025, 05:12:19 PMI think Emory is the only team where taking over #1 in the next USC poll is entirely under their control. If they win tomorrow, they should be #1 no matter what any other team does. However, if they don't win, then the scenarios of who becomes #1 becomes much more complicated depending on the results of the other (UAA) games, and the potential for ties really makes it interesting!
Respectfully disagree.
Before the game, I would have said this about Washington University, but in the first half, Bears are taking it to No. 3 Case Western Reserve. How can a 1-0-1 team bypass that? Maybe if the Spartans catch fire and turn the tables.
If the Spartans are the No. 3 team in the nation, the Bears may seriously be in a class all by themselves. Lot's of soccer to be played though.
Some quick thoughts on the Emory vs Brandeis women's soccer game.
As a reminder of how tough the UAA is in Division III, Brandeis came into today's UAA contest not having won a UAA women's soccer conference match since November 6, 2021, when the Judges defeated NYU at NYU's former home stadium of Gaelic Park on the Manhattan College campus in Riverdale, NY. Since then, including today's loss vs Emory, the Brandeis women's soccer team has a record of zero wins, 21 losses, and 2 ties in UAA conference play. In the previous 2 seasons, every other UAA team save for Brandeis made the field for the NCAA DIII women's soccer tournament in both years.
From my perspective as a Brandeis fan, I would have been more than satisfied with a tie vs Emory today. I had my hopes up that like the men, the Brandeis women could get an equalizer in the second half when the Judges only were down 1-0 at halftime, but the turning point of the match came when the Judges got a penalty kick early in the second half, but could not convert the penalty kick for the equalizer thanks to the Emory goalkeeper guessing correctly and making the save off of Caroline Alcock's penalty kick attempt to equalize. It was only the second penalty kick attempt in the run of play of Caroline Alcock's college career, and I would hate to see her remembered for the failure of that kick to tie the score. I felt a little deflated after the failed penalty kick, and Emory then capitalized just a few minutes later to make it 2-0 for the Eagles. Emory went on to win 3-0, and the Judges now have to prepare for Rochester next Saturday.
It could go either way in the national polls this week, but right now, I have Emory at #1, and WashU at #2 with the two teams playing each other in Atlanta on Sunday, October 26 for a potential #1 vs #2 showdown. However, I can't blame supporters who would rank WashU at #1 right now given the Bears getting a 2-0 lead at CWRU and making it stand for the 2-1 win today at DiSanto Field.
Case Western Reserve played well throughout the final 20 minutes and got one back, with two other dangerous opportunities.
There are 4-5 teams that have an argument for the No. 1 ranking.
The easy thing for the coaches would be to stick with the status quo.
Thanks for that recap deiscanton on what I am sure was a tough game as a fan.
I do think Emory will be #1 with Wash U #2 in Tuesday's poll. If I had to guess I would have Tufts, Chicago, and Pomona-Pitzer moving up to #3, #4, and #5 respectively. After that I don't know where teams will fall .. I don't know how far Messiah will move down or Rowan will move up.
WUPHF, there is no way I would want to argue that Wash U is not the strongest team in D3 right now! I just don't see the USC poll having #4 who beat #3 on the road jump the #2 team who beat #8 on the road. I think they will keep them in their current order but just move them up. However, with Emory, Wash U, and Chicago all yet to play each other this season I'm thinking a lot of the questioning of who is number 1 (at the end of the regular season) will hopefully be answered on the pitch and I wouldn't be surprised if that is Wash U by the end of the season.
If anybody watched any of the UAA games on Flo$port$, how was the streaming/video quality? I'm still tempted to pay for a one month subscription to see some of the UAA games remaining this season if the video feed is dependable. I'm thinking that with their typical video quality before Flo$port$, they should be ok now.??
Quote from: CentPA on October 12, 2025, 05:45:38 AMIf anybody watched any of the UAA games on Flo$port$, how was the streaming/video quality?
I have had problems with several broadcast, but they are minimal and could be related a problem with the college or university or my laptop. If you want to watch the games, subscribe!
Thanks WUPHF - I think I will. There are just too many good games left in the UAA conference (not to mention some of the other conferences on Flo$port$).
Just now, after about a 45 minute injury timeout with 5 minutes left to play, MIT (#11) beat Williams (#9) on the road 1-0.
This weeks NPI just posted this morning. Here are the top 5:
1. Emory (66.465)
2. Chicago (66.441)
3. Wash U (66.349)
4. Tufts (66.034)
5. Messiah (63.422)
Quote from: CentPA on October 13, 2025, 10:25:27 AMThis weeks NPI just posted this morning. Here are the top 5:
1. Emory (66.465)
2. Chicago (66.441)
3. Wash U (66.349)
4. Tufts (66.034)
5. Messiah (63.422)
This week's DIII Women's Soccer NPI summary report is available at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46120 (http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46120)
Does anyone know if the player from Williams that was injured yesterday (in the Williams vs. MIT game) is ok? That was one of the roughest mid-air collisions I have ever seen in D3 women's soccer. The video immediately cut from the injured players (which is what should and normally does happen) and ended up focused across the field on the Williams bench where the players were understandably a little emotional. After roughly 45 minutes, when play resumed, the announcer obviously wasn't going to give any details but you could see the ambulance with lights on leaving the field complex. The MIT player was able to walk off the field with some assistance. Hopefully they were just following precautionary measures and the injury is not too serious!
Here is the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll 6 (October 14, 2025): https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
I was surprised to see Messiah at #4 one ahead of Chicago, who doesn't have a loss (just one tie).
Tufts are hosting the Mammoths of Amherst this afternoon at 4pm so we will see if they can remain undefeated against their conference opponent.
Meantime, Messiah plays Penn State - Harrisburg for the first time in their program history tonight at 7pm. The coach of Penn State - Harrisburg is Coach Scott Frey's son-in-law! So Scott Frey's daughter (also a decorated alumni of Messiah Women's Soccer) will have something to be happy about and something to not be happy about no matter what!
Quote from: CentPA on October 14, 2025, 03:08:16 PMHere is the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll 6 (October 14, 2025): https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
I was surprised to see Messiah at #4 one ahead of Chicago, who doesn't have a loss (just one tie).
You are right and I am wrong for the second straight week.
The coaches are still quite high on 7-2-3 Brandeis which would have bolstered the case for Emory.
I agree on Chicago, they have a strong case for No. 1.
This shall be a relatively quiet week for the UAA, but Chicago and Washington University will travel to Emory the following weekend for games that may well settle the UAA Women's and Men's championships.
Amherst gets the go ahead score on a penalty kick with 4 minutes left to beat Tufts 2-1. That means the Jumbos will most surely drop down from the #3 spot next Tuesday (depending what else happens this next week).
The night for upsets .. Penn State - Harrisburg upsets Messiah 1-0 scoring the only goal on a penalty kick
with less than 2 minutes left in the first half and holds on for the win! That has a good chance of dropping Messiah out of the top 10.
So far this week the top 25 have seen three upsets all of which were home games! #3, #4, and #16 lost this week at home on Tuesday late afternoon, Tuesday night, and Wednesday night respectively:
#3 Tufts lost at home to unranked Amherst 1-2,
#4 Messiah lost at home to unranked Penn State - Harrisburg 0-1, and
#16 Misericordia lost at home to unranked York (PA) 1-2.
We'll see what happens this weekend. With the UAA back in action and having all 8 teams in the top 25 (such a tough conference), there are bound to be at least 4 more top 25 with losses (or maybe a tie or two) this weekend.
#1 Emory leading over #25 NYU 2-0 in the 14th minute on goals scored by Kaitlyn Nimmer and Sophia Asaian.
(Correction--- Emory's first goal, which was initially credited to Kaitlyn Nimmer, has now been credited to Sophia Asaian, giving her a brace on the afternoon.)
#21 Rochester leading over #13 Brandeis 1-0 in the 16th minute.
Updates--
#1 Emory now leading over #25 NYU, 3-0, in the 65th minute.
Emory's 3rd goal came in the 39th minute on a goal scored by Zia Tomlin.
#21 Rochester still leading over #13 Brandeis, 1-0, in the 67th minute.
Brandeis switched goalkeepers at halftime. Now in goal for Brandeis is Penny Alston, replacing the starting goalkeeper Amaya Logan.
Final from Rochester, NY--
#21 Rochester 1, #13 Brandeis 0.
Rochester's 9th minute goal holds up for their first UAA win of the season.
Final from Atlanta, GA--
#1 Emory 4, #25 NYU 0.
Emory's 4th goal came in the 87th minute on a goal from Kaitlyn Nimmer, assist by Jaymie Frith.
Emory women's soccer's first win against the NYU Violets since 2022.
Coming up next at the top of the hour--
#6 CWRU at #5 U.Chicago
I gave in and paid a month ransom to Flo$port$ and had the Emory vs NYU on one iPad and Brandeis vs Rochester on a second iPad streaming and had no issues with either game's video. I was impressed with both announcers who I thought did a good job calling the games.
Emory looks like they deserve their #1 ranking at this point. They were the much stronger team in the first half and give credit to NYU for looking better in the second half but still were unable to find a way to score a goal against Emory.
Brandeis vs Rochester looked like a much more even match, but like deiscanton mentioned, that early goal held up.
I watched the #3 Tufts vs #10 Middlebury game at 11am that ended in a 0-0 draw. So Tufts with a loss and a draw this week in their conference. No idea where they will end up in the national rankings this Tuesday.
#6 CWRU 1, #5 UChicago 0 in the 30th minute.
CWRU goal scored in the 28th minute by Abby Welker, assist by Jamie Goldfarb.
#6 CWRU 1, #5 UChicago 1 in the 34th minute.
Chicago has scored an equalizer. The equalizer was scored by U.Chicago's Mary Stuart Kerrigan off a corner kick in the 34th minute. Taking the corner kick and getting the assist on the equalizer was Annabel Edwards.
Halftime at Stagg Grass Field in Chicago, IL
#6 CWRU 1, #5 UChicago 1.
While I expect that the second half will be exciting to watch, I will not be able to live post the second half due to other commitments. I may comment on the final score after 7 PM ET.
I do expect that I will have time tomorrow to do some live posting on the Carnegie Mellon at WashU game.
Thanks deiscanton - I'm watching the game as well and I agree the second half should be intense.
Case Western scores a goal 5 minutes into the second half to retake the lead 2-1 on Chicago!
2 minutes later and Chicago ties it back up with a free kick just outside the 18.
In the second half of the Case Western vs Chicago game, for the first time today, I'm having streaming issues and getting a screen that scrolls "We are experiencing technical difficulties" across the top! :'(
Case Western ties Chicago 2-2. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see much of the last 25 minutes due to Flo$port$ video streaming not working.
On the Chicago women's feed earlier, I could hear the play by play person just fine when he was speaking into his microphone on the stream, but I could not hear the color commentator when he was speaking.
I checked the final score on the live stats, and it seems that the 2-2 tie is a fair result for this match.
Same thing for me deiscanton. I could hear the play by play announcer but could barely hear the color announcer with the volume all the way up. I'm wondering if the color announcer's mike wasn't working or wasn't turned up and what I could hear was coming through the play by play announcer's mike.??
Only one top 25 game today and that one is a good one. Carnegie Mellon travels to St Louis to face Washington University for a 2:30 EDT (1:30 local-CDT) start time. #1 Emory was able to handle #25 at home yesterday now we'll get to see how #2 Wash U handles #19 at home. Hopefully the streaming holds up the entire game!
It took three and half minutes for Wash U to score and take a 1-0 lead!
#2 WashU leading over #19 Carnegie Mellon, 1-0, in the 5th minute.
WashU goal came in the 4th minute on a goal from Sophie Viscovich, assist by Elia Koleno.
Just lost the feed! :'(
Video feed was down about 4-5 minutes but now back.
Halftime in St. Louis
#2 WashU 1, #19 Carnegie Mellon 0.
deiscanton, (assuming you are watching on video) did you have any issues with the streaming early in the game?
I thought Wash U dominated the first half with just that one good chance for Carnegie Mellon late in the half.
Quote from: CentPA on October 19, 2025, 03:30:57 PMdeiscanton, (assuming you are watching on video) did you have any issues with the streaming early in the game?
I thought Wash U dominated the first half with just that one good chance for Carnegie Mellon late in the half.
I noticed the technical difficulties message on the video stream for a few minutes. I am also following the game on live stats as well-- Wash U now leading over Carnegie Mellon, 2-0, in the 53rd minute.
Some occasional audio problems with the microphone when Jay Murry is speaking, but I can hear him fine just now.
WashU has scored their second goal of the match.
WashU's second goal came in the 52nd minute on a goal from Olivia Clemons at the 51:07 mark.
#2 Wash U 2, #19 Carnegie Mellon 0 in the 56th minute.
Quote from: deiscanton on October 19, 2025, 03:50:40 PMI noticed the technical difficulties message on the video stream for a few minutes.
Then I think we both saw the same thing .. I think the Flo$port$ platform has a problem probably with the volume across their platform.??
WashU has scored their 3rd goal of the match, and it looks like WashU will defeat Carnegie Mellon today.
WashU's 3rd goal came in the 72nd minute on a goal from Heidi Fesler at the 71:44 mark, assist by Elia Koleno.
#2 WashU 3, #19 Carnegie Mellon 0 in the 74th minute.
Final from St. Louis--
#2 WashU 3, #19 Carnegie Mellon 0
WashU in first place in the UAA at 9 points, 2 points clear of Emory and UChicago
WashU now has a 39 game unbeaten streak going into next weekend's matches at Rochester on Friday and at Emory next Sunday. WashU has a 21 game home unbeaten streak in games played at Francis Olympic Field in St. Louis.
Next weekend is ridiculously tough for Wash U. On Friday they travel to Rochester, NY for a 7:30pm EDT game against #21 Rochester (who just beat #13 Brandeis); then, less then 40 hours later, they travel to Atlanta to take on #2 Emory (the game of the regular season in D3 women's soccer)!
This year, out of 18 regular season games, they will have only had 7 home games.
Quote from: CentPA on October 19, 2025, 05:03:51 PMNext weekend is ridiculously tough for Wash U. On Friday they travel to Rochester, NY for a 7:30pm EDT game against #21 Rochester (who just beat #13 Brandeis); then, less then 40 hours later, they travel to Atlanta to take on #2 Emory (the game of the regular season in D3 women's soccer)!
This year, out of 18 regular season games, they will have only had 7 home games.
It is crazy, though I believe they fly to Rochester (via Atlanta) on Thursday.
Other than having to play Emory on the road, the Bears are in the driver's seat. Both Emory and Washington University have Rochester and Chicago on the schedule though the Eagles have to travel to Cleveland while the Bears get NYU at home.
WUPHF, I agree, but I do think Wash U will need at least a tie in Atlanta to try and get back to #1 (barring any other losses by either team of course). I would also say that Wash U has the tougher weekend next weekend (compared to Emory) because both their games on Friday and Sunday are on the road while Emory's games on Friday and Sunday are at home.
Quote from: CentPA on October 19, 2025, 07:52:25 PMI agree, but I do think Wash U will need at least a tie in Atlanta to try and get back to #1 (barring any other losses by either team of course). I would also say that Wash U has the tougher weekend next weekend (compared to Emory) because both their games on Friday and Sunday are on the road while Emory's games on Friday and Sunday are at home.
I meant for the UAA championship, but this is a Top 25 thread so you are correct.
Rochester is a good team, but they are not at the level of the other three so I am not sure I agree who has the tougher weekend ahead.
Here is this week's NPI ranking games thru 10/19/25: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46275
Wash U goes to #1 with Emory #2 and Chicago #3.
United Soccer Coaches women's DIII national poll is out for games through October 21, 2025--
All 8 UAA women's soccer teams are still ranked in the national Top 25.
How the UAA stacks up nationally this week--
#1-- Emory
#2-- Wash U
#3-- U.Chicago
#6-- CWRU
#16-- Rochester
#18-- Carnegie Mellon
#19-- Brandeis
#24-- NYU
Tonight, #1 Emory (#2 in NPI-- 67.669) hosts NR Maryville (TN) (#143 in NPI-- 52.494). Start time at 6 PM ET.
So Tufts, with a loss and a tie this past week, and Messiah, with a loss and win last week drop just one spot each to #4 and #5 respectively, and Chicago slots up from #5 to #3. Was a little surprised that Case Western didn't stay with Chicago and move up to #4 and put Tufts and Messiah at #5 and #6 or maybe even a little bit lower (as I'm sure Pomona-Pitzer, MIT, and Washington & Lee would argue since they all won both their games last week).
It is interesting to see how the NPI and USC national polls compare (showing top 15):
USC Poll NPI
1. Emory Wash U
2. Wash U Emory
3. Chicago Chicago
4. Tufts Tufts
5. Messiah Case Western
6. Case Western Wash & Lee
7. Pomona-Pitzer Pomona-Pitzer
8. MIT Middlebury
9. Wash & Lee Christ. Newport
10. Middlebury Carleton
11. Rowan Lake Forest
12. Christ. Newport Messiah
13. Swarthmore Rowan
14. Williams Loras
15. Loras Illinois Tech
Emory has scored the first goal of the match vs Maryville (TN).
The Emory goal comes in the 3rd minute on a goal from Michelle Davidson at the 2:06 mark, unassisted.
#1 Emory 1, Maryville (TN) 0 in the 5th minute.
Emory has scored their 2nd goal of the match vs Maryville (TN).
The Emory goal comes in the 13th minute on a goal from Sophia Asaian at the 12:39 mark, unassisted.
Emory now leading, 2-0, vs Maryville (TN) in the 16th minute.
It looks like Emory is well on their way to victory tonight.
Emory has scored their 3rd goal of the match.
Emory's third goal came in the 18th minute on a goal from Emory Bozzuti at the 17:35 mark, assist by Claudia Schmidt.
Emory leads, 3-0, vs Maryville (TN) in the 22nd minute.
Emory has scored again.
Emory's 4th goal of the match comes in the 32nd minute on a goal from Emily Woodall at the 31:08 mark, unassisted.
#1 Emory 4, Maryville (TN) 0 in the 34th minute.
Halftime in Atlanta, GA
#1 Emory leads over Maryville (TN), 4-0.
First half stats
Emory outshot Maryville (TN), 13-0, and led in shots on target, 7-0.
Each team took 2 corner kicks.
Emory was whistled for 2 fouls, while Maryville (TN) was whistled for 4 fouls.
3 of the Emory goals were unassisted.
No players were booked by the referee in the first half.
Emory was whistled for offsides twice, while Maryville (TN) was not whistled for offsides.
Final from Atlanta, GA--
#1 Emory 5, Maryville (TN) 0
Emory's 5th goal of the match came in the 61st minute on a goal from Emory Bozzuti at the 60:18 mark, assist by Emily Woodall. The goal gave Bozzuti a brace on the evening.
Final stats
Emory outshot Maryville (TN), 29-3, and in shots on target, 13-0.
Emory took 5 corner kicks for the match to Maryville (TN)'s 2.
Emory was whistled for 9 fouls, while Maryville (TN) was whistled for 5 fouls.
No bookings were given by the referee.
Emory was whistled for offsides twice, while Maryville (TN) was not whistled for offsides.
Next up for #1 Emory-- home vs #3 U.Chicago on Friday evening.
For those interested, there are 10 games involving top 25 teams today (all times are EDT):
@ 3:30: RPI (5-5-3) at #25 Vassar (11-3-0)
@ 4:00: #22 William Smith (9-2-2) at St Lawrence (7-4-3)
@ 4:00: Wheaton (MA) (7-6-0) at #8 MIT (14-2-0)
@ 6:00: Dubuque (7-1-6) at #15 Loras (13-0-1)
@ 6:00: Kean (7-5-2) at #11 Rowan (11-1-1)
@ 6:00: Randolph (6-6-1) at #9 Wash & Lee (12-2-1)
@ 7:00: #4 Tufts (10-1-2) at Bridgewater State (4-6-3)
@ 7:00: Claremont-M-S (12-2-1) at #7 Pomona-Pitzer (11-0-2) **
@ 7:30: #23 Carleton (11-1-2) at Augsburg (8-6-0)
@ 10:00: Chapman (7-5-3) at #20 Cal Lutheran (11-3-1) **
** These SCIAC conference games represent the top four teams (currently) in the conference standings so it is like a mini conference championship opening round a few weeks early.
Quote from: CentPA on October 22, 2025, 10:40:52 AMFor those interested, there are 10 games involving top 25 teams today (all times are EDT):
@ 3:30: RPI (5-5-3) at #25 Vassar (11-3-0)
@ 4:00: #22 William Smith (9-2-2) at St Lawrence (7-4-3)
@ 4:00: Wheaton (MA) (7-6-0) at #8 MIT (14-2-0)
@ 6:00: Dubuque (7-1-6) at #15 Loras (13-0-1)
@ 6:00: Kean (7-5-2) at #11 Rowan (11-1-1)
@ 6:00: Randolph (6-6-1) at #9 Wash & Lee (12-2-1)
@ 7:00: #4 Tufts (10-1-2) at Bridgewater State (4-6-3)
@ 7:00: Claremont-M-S (12-2-1) at #7 Pomona-Pitzer (11-0-2) **
@ 7:30: #23 Carleton (11-1-2) at Augsburg (8-6-0)
@ 10:00: Chapman (7-5-3) at #20 Cal Lutheran (11-3-1) **
** These SCIAC conference games represent the top four teams (currently) in the conference standings so it is like a mini conference championship opening round a few weeks early.
2 of the 10 games saw the ranked team unable to come away with the win. Dubuque beat #15 Loras 2-1 and Claremont-M-S was able to go to #7 Pomona-Pitzer and come away with a 0-0 draw.
The top of the SCIAC conference standings got a little tighter with Pomona-Pitzer and Cal Lutheran tied for first with 24pts each and Claremont-M-S in solo 2nd with 22pts.
One more day to the traditional late October BUSY weekend begins for the UAA teams (UAA schedule: https://uaasports.info/calendar.aspx?path=wsoc) with all 8 playing Friday and then all 8 playing again on Sunday! This year #24 NYU, #16 Rochester, #1 Emory, and #19 Brandeis get to remain at home all weekend and #18 Carnegie Mellon, #2 Wash U, #3 Chicago, and #6 Case Western have to each travel to two different states during the weekend.
I have four 'monitors' ready to go to stream the games so I may be responsible for crashing the Flo$port$ platform on my own. :o
Earlier this week, when I went to the NCAA D3 Women's Soccer Scores page (https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/soccer-women/d3/2025/10/24/all-conf) to see what games were being played, I saw Case Western vs Brandeis was set for 7:30am. I thought for a brief second that's crazy playing soccer at 7:30 in the morning! Then I noticed right above that La Verne vs Whittier was starting at 3 in the morning. Obviously I quickly realized they had mistakenly switched AM for PM .. nothing like playing a game under the lights at 3 in the morning!
Quote from: CentPA on October 24, 2025, 09:02:31 AMEarlier this week, when I went to the NCAA D3 Women's Soccer Scores page (https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/soccer-women/d3/2025/10/24/all-conf) to see what games were being played, I saw Case Western vs Brandeis was set for 7:30am. I thought for a brief second that's crazy playing soccer at 7:30 in the morning! Then I noticed right above that La Verne vs Whittier was starting at 3 in the morning. Obviously I quickly realized they had mistakenly switched AM for PM .. nothing like playing a game under the lights at 3 in the morning!
Interesting, I just noticed that the La Verne vs Whittier game was actually played on Wednesday (10/22) at 4pm. So wrong day and wrong time.
Eight of the top 25 teams see action today - in just four games - involving only one conference (in case you haven't heard enough about this yet :) )!
It's an all UAA Friday in the top 25 starting with #18 Carnegie Mellon at #24 NYU at 2:30pm EDT. The remaining three games all start at 7:30pm EDT tonight: #2 Wash U at #16 Rochester, #3 Chicago at #1 Emory, and #6 Case Western at #19 Brandeis.
If you are not going to the games, grab a bucket of popcorn and settle in for what should be some great soccer games!
The Carnegie Mellon vs NYU (Women's) game has not started yet (as of 3:05 EDT) because the Men's game ran a little long. Looks like it will start around 3:30.
CMU vs NYU game started at 3:15. In the first ten minutes, most of the play has been on the NYU half of the field and CMU has the only shot so far and it was on goal but directly at the GK who handled the save.
In the second ten minutes, the NYU GK (#0 Capo) has had to make 3 good saves to keep it at 0-0.
In the third ten minutes, a great save by NYU GK, Capo on a point blank shot from the corner of the six, where she used her left leg to send the ball over the end line.
CentPA--
I am going to let you live post the women's games this evening. Tonight marks the 45th anniversary of my mother's death, according to the Hebrew calendar, and I will be saying kaddish for my mother. I will be back on Sunday.
Shabbat Shalom deiscanton. Look forward to hearing from you on Sunday.
At the end of the half, it is 0-0 thanks largely to the 6 saves of NYU GK Capo.
NYU did got off one shot that was maybe 5 feet over the crossbar.
I would say possession was 80-20 in favor of CMU in the first half.
On a counter, NYU, on a great run of play, takes the 1-0 lead over CMU on a shot from the top of the 18 corner over the CMU GK O'Connor.
In the 22nd minute of the second half, the NYU Violets earned their first corner of the game and scored their second goal of the game with a shot into the upper netting of the goal! They now lead 2-0.
In a frantic moment in front of NYU goal with about 5 minutes left, the NYU GK - Capo blocked a point blank shot off the front of her face and the ball was cleared. Then there was a injury timeout as they checked on Capo but she is ok and play has resumed.
NYU beats Carnegie Mellon 2-0 for their first win in the UAA this year!
NYU GK, Capo, had a tremendous game (understatement) recording 11 saves on 11 shots on goal!
Great adjustments at half time let NYU even up the possessions stats but still I would say that Carnegie had overall the better possession .. probably 70-30 (maybe 65-35) in favor of Carnegie for the game.
Carnegie led in shots 17-4 and in shots on goal 11-2. Obviously, NYU saved all 11 and Carnegie let both shots get to the back of the net.
Ten minutes into the Wash U vs Rochester game and no shots taken yet with possession maybe 60-40 in favor of Wash U at this point.
Case Western gets the first goal of the night about 20 minutes into the game to go up 1-0 on Brandeis.
Wash U gets a goal 25 minutes into the game with a nice header assist to a breaking Koleno that gets behind the defenders for a one on one shot that goes in.
No score in the Chicago Emory game through 20 minutes. So far Chicago has had slightly the better possession and play.
Wash U had their second goal called back with an apparent foul on the Rochester GK. Replay really didn't show any contact that would have caused a foul.??
Wash U gets their second goal when Colpitts is left alone on the right side of the 18 and gets a shot off before a defender can block the shot. As I'm typing this #9 Clemons scores a goal on a quick counter run of play. Wash U now up 3-0 with 8 minutes left in the half!
Case Western leads Brandeis 1-0 at the half and Wash U leads Rochester 3-0 at the half. No score in the Chicago Emory game with 8 minutes left in the half. That game started later than the other two because they had senior night before the game.
Emory scores on a great run and cross from the right side by Tomlin to Hungness who easily put it into the back of the net from inside the six. Emory up 1-0 on Chicago. Now 3 minutes left in the half.
Wash U gets their fourth goal on Clemons 2nd goal of the night 15 minutes into the second half. Wash U now leads 4-0.
Emory defender Davidson clears a ball off the line on a corner kick from Chicago nine minutes into the second half of that game.
Case Western scores a second goal with a strong shot from just outside the corner of the 6. Now 25 minutes left in the game.
Chicago GK made a great save on a point blank shot from Emory's Teng.
Emory's bench just got carded for arguing an offsides call.
#9 Clemons of Wash U scores her third goal of the night! She would not be denied as she took on two defenders coming straight down the middle of the field and forced her way into the 18 before taking a strong shot inside the right post.
Rochester awarded a penalty kick with 11:25 left but shot is saved by the backup goalkeeper for Wash U #99 Green.
Wash U up 5-0.
Wow - goal for Chicago called back for offsides - close call for Emory. 7 minutes left in the game.
Case Western wins 2-0 over Brandeis.
Wash U wins 5-0 over Rochester.
Emory still up 1-0 with 2 minutes left in game.
Game over! Emory wins 1-0 and hands Chicago their first loss of the season.
What a Friday night. Now we wait for Sunday and the #1 vs #2 matchup.
Yesterday's games, Saturday 10/25/25, saw three teams in the top 25 not be able to come away with a win.
#8 MIT hosting Mount Holyoke, despite outshooting the Lyons 35-2, let one of the two shots find the back of the net with less than 20 minutes left in the game, and had to settle for a 1-1 draw,
#20 Cal Lutheran, in a game with implications to the top of the SCIAC standings, came away with a 0-0 draw at Claremont-M-S,
and finally, #23 Carleton goes on the road to conference opponent Bethel, and is handed a loss 1-2 and now finds themselves in 3rd place in the MIAC standings.
Today is round 2 of this weekend's UAA games.
The only top 25 teams playing today are the 8 UAA teams.
@ 1:00pm (EDT) #6 Case Western at #24 NYU
@ 1:00pm (EDT) #3 Chicago at #16 Rochester
@ 1:30pm (EDT) #18 Carnegie Mellon at #19 Brandeis
and last but not least (arguably the game of the regular season in all of D3 Women's Soccer)!
@ 1:30pm (EDT) #2 Wash U at #1 Emory
D3boards having some problems with delays .. won't be trying to post ongoing updates of the games.
Emory scores a goal 2 minutes into the second half to tie the game 1-1 with Wash U!
Rochester upsets Chicago 1-0 - handing Chicago their second loss of the weekend.
Wash U scores on a break away goal from Clemons to take a 2-1 lead. There is now 2:30 left
Wash U will deservedly be back to #1 on Tuesday in the USC National - Poll 8 after beating Emory 2-1 this afternoon. It has been seven weeks since they were bumped out of the number one spot as a result of their tie in their fifth game of the year to Trine on the road.
Not sure how much Chicago's two losses will affect them in the standings given that one of the losses was to the #1 (at the time) team on the road in Friday's loss to Emory.
I thought Rochester did well bouncing back from their 5-0 loss to Wash U on Friday to find a way to score on their only shot on goal and hold off Chicago for the win. Chicago led in shots 16-3 and shots on goal 8-1 but was unable to find an equalizer.
NYU was unable to duplicate their Friday results (beating Carnegie Mellon 2-0) and ended up loosing 0-2 to Case Western who was the only other team besides Wash U to win both their games this weekend. Although to be fair, they had the easiest path to win both their games, in as far as the rankings go, playing #19 and then #24.
Here are the results of the UAA teams from this weekend (win - loss - draw):
Emory 1 - 1 - 0
Wash U 2 - 0 - 0
Chicago 0 - 2 - 0
Case Western 2 - 0 - 0
Rochester 1 - 1 - 0
Carnegie Mellon 0 - 1 - 1
Brandeis 0 - 1 - 1
NYU 1 - 1 - 0
This weeks NPI rankings are out for games through 10/26/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46399)
Here are the top 15 and where they were ranked last week is in parentheses:
1. Wash U (1)
2. Emory (2)
3. Case Western (5)
4. Chicago (3)
5. Tufts (4)
6. Wash & Lee (6)
7. Pomona-Pitzer (7)
8. Christopher Newport (9)
9. Middlebury (8)
10. Messiah (12)
11. Lake Forest (11)
12. Swarthmore (18)
13. Rowan (13)
14. Illinois Tech (15)
15. Williams (16)
Quote from: CentPA on October 27, 2025, 10:29:34 AMThis weeks NPI rankings are out for games through 10/26/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46399)
Here are the top 15 and where they were ranked last week is in parentheses:
1. Wash U (1)
2. Emory (2)
3. Case Western (5)
4. Chicago (3)
5. Tufts (4)
6. Wash & Lee (6)
7. Pomona-Pitzer (7)
8. Christopher Newport (9)
9. Middlebury (8)
10. Messiah (12)
11. Lake Forest (11)
12. Swarthmore (18)
13. Rowan (13)
14. Illinois Tech (15)
15. Williams (16)
If you look at the prior rankings (in parentheses) above, you'll see (10) is missing. Carleton who was #10 last week lost on Saturday to Bethel who came into that game with a 2-12-2 record. That loss took Carleton from #10 in the NPI standings to #24!
One good thing this weekend, when watching so many top 25 teams using Flo$port$, is that I didn't have any significant streaming issues! I even watched some of the Pomona-Pitzer vs Occidental game on Saturday night, but the camera was so tight (zoomed in) on the players that after about ten minutes I couldn't take it anymore.
Today is the last slate of regular season games involving NESCAC teams. Ten of the eleven teams in the NESCAC conference play today. The only team in the conference that has finished their regular season is Hamilton (currently in solo 4th place in the conference with 16pts: https://nescac.com/standings.aspx?standings=390).
Later this afternoon the new USC National Poll 8 will come out, but based on the current rankings, three of the NESCAC teams are currently in the top 25 and playing today. #4 Tufts is hosting Bowdoin, and then #14 Williams is hosting #10 Middlebury. In the conference standings, Tufts and Williams are tied for 1st with 20pts and Middlebury is in solo 3rd with 18pts.
The only other team in the top 25 playing today is #15 Loras who is playing at Central (IA) this afternoon.
I just saw that the NPI ranking updated again today 10/27/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties). I thought they went to daily updates the week before the NCAA Championship selections but we are still almost two weeks out from that.??
Here is the new USC National Poll - 8 for games through 10/26/25: https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/
As suspected Wash U and Emory flip-flop and Wash U returns to #1 with Emory now #2.
Chicago's two losses over the weekend drop them from #3 down to #7 with Tufts, Messiah, Case Western, and Pomona-Pitzer all slotting up a spot to #3, #4, #5, and #6 respectively.
With the game just ending, #12 Williams (based on this afternoon's USC National - Poll 8) beat #10 Middlebury at home 1-0.
That puts Williams in first place (temporarily) in the conference with 23pts. However, #3 Tufts will host Bowdoin at 6pm EDT tonight and if they win will tie Williams for 1st place in the conference with 23 pts. With Tufts winning the head to head they will secure home field throughout the conference championships.
Tonight (10/29/25) there are six games involving top 25 teams. All of them are in-conference games:
6pm: #11 Rowan at TCNJ (NJAC)
6pm: #8 MIT at Emerson (NEWMAC)
7pm: Dickinson at #28 Johns Hopkins (Centennial)
7pm: #4 Messiah at York(PA) (MAC-Commonwealth)
7pm: #13 Swarthmore at Washington (Centennial)
7pm: Delaware Valley at #16 Misericordia (MAC-Freedom)
The two games that are the most evenly matched and with the most implications for conference standings, would be the Dickinson at Hopkins game and the Messiah at York game.
Dickinson (ranked 36 NPI) sits in second place with 19 points in the conference and Hopkins (ranked 21 NPI) sits one point back (18 points) in third place. The first two teams in the conference get a buy for the first round and then are guaranteed to host the second round game.
Messiah (ranked 9 NPI) and York (ranked 53 NPI) are both undefeated in the conference and tied for first with 15 points each.
Both the Centennial and MAC-Commonwealth conferences have their last conference games this weekend, but the weekend games should be a little more lopsided in their favor. However, when playing in your conference, certainly upsets are always a potential.
Just an FYI - it looks like the NPI rankings will be updating daily from now through selection Monday (11/10/25).
Here is a link to that page: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties