I am a Williams parent and wasn't at the Championship game, so I can't comment on the events there. I can only say this - when Messiah thoroughly beat us, we never got chippy, crass or belligerent. We faught until the final second and lost with dignity. And Messiah, knowing that they had outclassed us, could have been poor winners  but they were not. They won with class and celebrated their win without rubbing our noses in it. I am as impressed with the class of their program as I am proud of the character of ours.
Congrats to all of the seniors who had the honor of playing their final match in the NCAA Final Four. Enjoy it while you can because next year, the competition gets really tough.

can someone point me to the All-Tournament player list?

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A response to your thoughts about All-NESCAC. Field players for Williams, who should be considered for a 1st or 2nd Team look are (in order from back to front)
Pierce, Burbank-Krump, Muralles, Kastner and Rashid.
Best I've seen of our opponents are Fikke and Wirz (Amherst), McGann (Trinity), Conrad (Middlebury), Bratt (Wesleyan), Brewster and Dias Costa  (Bowdoin), Kayne and Schaible (Tufts), and Kraynak (Hamilton). ROY should probably be Glaser (Middlebury).

Cacalum. I have no argument with you as I believe you are trying to be fair about what you saw. I saw cleats up, you didn't. I saw a foul in the box, you didn't. Perhaps we can agree that looking at the totality of rough play in the game rather than at a few particular plays, Amherst pushed the envelope way too far and the Ref allowed the game to get out of his control. Unfortunately, there were two season ending injuries, both on the Williams side.  Whether tighter control by the Ref over the overt physical play would have changed the outcome is impossible to say with any degree of certainty. However, the first game at Williams was not the street fight that the Final turned into, for whatever that's worth and the score was the same. After all, Amherst is undefeated and we certainly credit them for that.
However, the Williams players can be proud that a) they didn't retaliate for every elbow or kick from behind and b) they continued to play Mike Russo possession soccer throughout. Williams needs to re-load and focus on their NCAA opponents one at a time. And if a Williams/Amherst re-match results in a few weeks, I'm sure our boys will be ready.
Good luck to your team and I sincerely hope we get another shot at them.

First, I appreciate your candor and think that many of your comments are fair, with two exceptions.
First, Williams back #3, whose leg was broken on what you describe as a clean 50/50 confrontation has multiple open cleat wounds on his broken leg which would not be there if the Amherst player had come in cleats down. The game photos confirm this. Second, you didn't comment on the fact that the Williams' striker, #20, was cut down from behind in the box while attempting to shoot. No whistle, no foul, no card, no PK.
From where you were standing, you would have had a clear view of that play.
I'm sorry but while I agree that it was a hard fought match and that some of the aggressive play was fair, the large majority of fouls by Amherst, whether called or not, were dirty.

Congrats to Amherst but does anyone else think its hard to comprehend that two Williams players suffered broken legs and one was cut down from behind, in the box, all without a whistle from the Ref?
The intent to injure was unmistakable and the Ref allowed a good soccer game to turn into a street brawl.
The NESCAC must review the tape of that game and act accordingly.