Did you watch the W&L Lynchburg game? I did, and I did not think Lynchburg looked all that good, although of course they won. (W&L didn't look great either, I should also say!). But Lynchburg really were not impressive.

I would guess by now they are playing better, as clearly W&L is as well.

Plus Mary Washington is ranked 14th? Even if not terribly accurate surely they aren't a weak team. So augurs well for W&L.

Washington and Lee 5 - 0 Mary Washington.

Glad to see the scoring come from a number of different players too.

Where's @jknezek with the live report of the W&L games??

I watched most of the Covenant game, though missed the goal in the 3rd minute. The team looked good. Improved on its first few games.

(Lack of) scoring in the run of play is W&L's weakness. They have some promising attacking players, so crossing fingers they can figure it out.

W&L dominated that game; neither team was effective in their final third.

I really don't know why Hopkins does that odd pk technique. The anmouncer said it was successful, but I've seen it used twice against W&L and both times it was a dismal failure.

Lynchburg was nothing special at their game against W&L. Don't think ranking them that high is justified. I do think until W&L starts scoring they aren't a Top 25 team.

I watched the W&L v Lynchburg game last night. W&L looked good -- for a decent amount of time they looked like the better team. However still struggled to convert their chances into a goal. End score was 0-1, Lynchburg.

Quote from: Kuiper on March 17, 2026, 10:29:07 AMTop Drawer posted a Top 10 players list for DIII Men's Soccer.  The article is paywalled, but an Instagram post gives the player names.

Do you agree with it?  Who have they left off?  For me, not including Adam Knutson or Samuel Theiss from Trinity is a miss.

1. Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das (Tufts)
2. Ryan Bechtel (St. Olaf)
3. Connor Gage (Edgewood)
4. Alex Michael (Pfeiffer)
5. Christian Hodges (Augsburg)
6. Kasdan Blattman (Macalester)
7. Matthew Torrell (Calvin)
8. Alex Depperschmidt (Mt. Union)
9. Ethan Wirtschaffter (Wash. U)
10. Brady Leitner (Hobart)

My view of lists like this is that they are of very little value. These are top players, for sure! The problem with d3 soccer is that there are so many teams, over such a wide geographic area, and now so many teams behind paywalls that it is virtually impossible for any one person let alone group of people to see all the good players out there, and then compare them to all the other kids playing.

Sure, most players don't need to be seen. But no one is watching all of the top 20%, or even top 10% of players. If a kid is on a high profile team, they get seen (though not compared to all the other players at a similar level). If not, it's very very unlikely they will make this list. Even with good teams, it's impossible to put the players in a national context with any accuracy.

I am rooting for Lynchburg.  They are a strong team, and they don't get a lot of attention on the forum. (I know probably because of the Flo Sports paywall) (which, by the way, I took great pleasure in canceling yesterday)

Washington and Lee the better team, but score is 0-0.

My take from watching the three ODAC teams: Hampden Sydney is the weakest, W&L will be ok if they can score (and hopefully have their Centerback back), and Lynchburg is one tough team. I would think they could go far.

Thanks both of you!

What does this mean for the ncaa tournament? Can W&L breathe a little easier?

W&L win 2-0. They were the better team. Ricky Sanchez scored the 2nd goal on a 1 v 1 breakaway. Impressive.