Quote from: camosfan on November 20, 2025, 10:27:09 AMLet us remember that fouls are not all senseless!

agreed - but certainly a trend in data.

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Quote from: GKForverr1 on November 19, 2025, 07:20:44 PMBeen sitting on this data since the end of last season didn't seem relevant but this discussion reminded me I compiled it....had too much time on my hands....

Using the data available on ncaa soccer stats archive plotting fouls per game and yellow cards in a season I have a list with every D1-D3 school. The data is from 2017-end of last season. The list has just over 1000 teams.

The reason it starts in 2017 is that is the first year all fouls per game and yellow cards are available on the ncaa website. To go back farther id need to manually dig up numbers for each team and I'm not that crazy....

Amherst was 35th with 45.33 yellows per season with a high of 65 in the 2023.

Amherst was 2nd with 15.69 fouls per game average with a high of 16.33 in 2022

They had 17+ in 2016 but that's outside the data set I was able to easily work with.

For the record I did go back to 2014 manually for top ranked teams in these categories....Rowan has the highest D3 fouls per game average with just over 16. Amherst is second with 15.5. Again that's 2014-end of last year

The next closest NESCAC team was Middlebury at 368th with 32.5 yellows per season with a high of 43 in 2024. Obviously they have passed that this season.

Middlebury was 18th in fouls per game with 14.53 average with a high of 16.05 in 2019

Rowan was 10th in fouls per game at 14.96 and 7th in yellow cards with an average of 51.67 per season.

The national average across the data set was 11.35 fouls per game and 30.18 yellows per season.

Fun bonus stat...The team with the lowest yellows per season of any team in the whole data set (7.67) is still in the D3 tournament

I'd be interested to know where all the NESCAC teams rank amongst D3 only particularly since Covid. Amherst has been notoriously aggressive for a while but I think Midd has really climbed the rankings more recently. Sounds like both teams have bad reputations at least amongst the NESCAC.

I can tell you NESCAC cards by year - Amherst and Middlebury have led the categories since 2021:

21 - A 39 M 37 Next 35 (Conn)
22 - A 55 M 35 Next 24 (Bates)
23 - A 67 M 36 Next 28 (Trinity)
24 - A 49 M 43 Next 38 (Conn)
25 - A 43 M 41 Next 28 (Williams)

Quote from: jumpshot on November 18, 2025, 02:27:54 PMHey Sierra, one of the best natural grass soccer fields for decades in America is at Williams College, also in a beautiful mountain setting. Adjacent natural grass field reserved for the women's team is also a gem. In extreme weather soccer games can be moved to the artificial surface of the lighted football field on rare occasions. You would enjoy the experience should you ever have the opportunity.

If we are taking a list - Trinity's (CT) dedicated grass is some of the best around and players on it have all agreed.......

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Quote from: SKUD on November 17, 2025, 12:04:28 PMhttps://www.ncaa.com/champs-pass

Scroll down for completed games.

Thanks but only see completed games from last year (unless I'm still missing something)....

https://www.ncaa.com/champs-pass

Scroll down to division three soccer 2025 and all the games should be there in recent

yessir - Thanks!

Quote from: Soccerlover on November 17, 2025, 01:49:47 PMI just wanted to come on here and give a big congratulations to Conn College. What a season for a team that has demonstrated a clear lack of grit, camaraderie, athleticism and talent. Going to be a tough weekend for them in Medford, but they should be so proud that they were able to make it this far with the team they have.

And the troll has returned......

Quote from: SKUD on November 17, 2025, 12:04:28 PMhttps://www.ncaa.com/champs-pass

Scroll down for completed games.

Thanks but only see completed games from last year (unless I'm still missing something)....

Quick question - can you rewatch any of these games? pay on demand? don't see much info (or I'm missing it) on the NCAA site....

Quote from: Camelparent on November 16, 2025, 04:51:06 PMBig weekend for the Camels with two hard-earned wins.

vs. St. Joseph's:
They gave everything they had, a hardworking side that frustrated Conn throughout the first half.Second got away from them a bit.

vs. Babson:
A very chippy team that likes to talk and goes to ground even more. This ultimately hurt them, giving away two needless penalties. The second came when their center back decided to slide into a player in the box who wasn't even going to reach the ball. The rain and some good good goalkeeping from babson made it a tight game but #7 Marco Perugini was the big separator between the two sides.

It hasn't been a great year for NESCAC teams in the playoffs, with likely only one—maybe two will be able to make a Final Four appearance. But the Messiah–Tufts–Conn–Bowdoin bracket will be a must watch.

Well – 25% of the teams left are NASCAC teams so I would still say that's pretty good. As far as the number of teams in the final four,It seems a bit set up that way with Bowdoin Tufts and Conn Fightingfor one spot

Quote from: Camel_Supporter on November 12, 2025, 10:58:11 AM

Quote from: camosfan on November 12, 2025, 10:47:52 AMThe number one defense in D3 should have more than one defender on a NESCAC team!

Agreed. As a camel fan, happy so many of our players made it. But weird to see 3 of our defenders made it over some of the other options . Cest la vie!

It is a team sport - maybe it's the sum of the parts at Tufts vs individual standouts that garner the votes.

Quote from: camosfan on November 12, 2025, 10:30:55 AMTeams are out, surprise no mention of Mateo and Ben Brown!

Whats also interesting is the real lack of seniors on the first team......

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Quote from: camosfan on November 10, 2025, 12:39:29 PMsize does not give any school an advantage, the rosters are basically the same size, in addition coaches don't go into the student body to find players!

I'm not so sure about that.  My older son played for an Ivy and had an easier time meeting their academic criteria than he would have at a NESCAC.  A larger enrollment allows for more "diversity" (I know that's a loaded word these days) choices among each entering class.  What I don't know is whether the NESCAC has clear student athlete recruiting standards that are stricter than the Ivies.  Perhaps someone on this thread knows the answer to that.

Probably not that straightforward - each school has their own average academic requirements/levels which you can find online. From there it depends where your player fits academically (I would say if you are being actively recruited at any of these schools you are a great student off the bat). I know NESCAC uses bands and assume it's similar in the Ivies: A = could be admitted without soccer B= admitted with a little help C = needs the most help. I'm sure each school/coach has varying degrees of sway to help with admissions as well.

So some of it comes down to where you land and then just as importantly how much does your coach want to use their influence on the player in the B and C - only so many bullets in the gun.

My player had offers at an ivy and 2 NESCAC schools but told not an "academic fit" at another - sometimes that's a coach's polite way of saying they don't want to use that spot on you......

Quote from: smoova on November 10, 2025, 12:13:05 PM

Quote from: Newenglander on November 10, 2025, 12:00:21 PMWell - not sure of the NESCAC Protection Index applied to the tournament organizers - seems odd - Tufts, Conn, and Bowdoin all in the same bracket region.......Middlebury and Williams in one.......Amherst alone.......and Weslyan alone.

Wes is in that last region.

apologies - corrected - Just reminds me of the travel soccer days when you spend time and money to travel only to play the same team 30 minutes away from you for the dozenth time......and yes I know there are a couple of wins along the way before that happens.....

Well - not sure of the NESCAC Protection Index applied to the tournament organizers - seems odd - Tufts, Conn, and Bowdoin all in the same bracket region.......Middlebury and Williams in one.......Amherst alone.......and one region with zero.

Quote from: Soccerlover on November 09, 2025, 03:31:59 PMConn College's season will end next weekend

Seems like a case of Conn Derangement Syndrome!

Quote from: Hotskull on November 09, 2025, 02:35:37 PMAll season long I have said it's Tufts vs everybody. Other teams see the Jumbos and they congregate, try to imitate, hate, but ultimately find their fate.

I see a team of winners, coached by a staff of winners, supported by a fan base of winners. Like soccerlover said, the NESCAC is full of small liberal arts schools (apart from Conn) and today they spent their Sunday watching Tufts lift yet another trophy... coaches will be studying the Jumbos, as they have in the past, wondering what they can pick up from the most successful program in recent history... but you just can't copy greatness. Learn to appreciate it.

Josh Shapiro built a dynasty and Dezotell has since took over the reigns. 2 NESCAC championships since the start of his tenure and it's hard to imagine he won't follow in Shapiros footsteps. His first year having a team of players only recruited by himself and look at the result... put some respect on that man's name.

I'm taking Tufts moneyline till the day I die and if you want outsized returns compared to your 401k or the S&P, I suggest you do the same.

Haram University has captured the conference trophy in the best league in D3 and best believe they are ready for the national stage.

did you actually watch the game ? The blueprint must have been to get dominated and take advantage of one defensive miscue - I have a feeling coach Dezotell and the team have a bit more humility and perspective.