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Quote from: nescac fan246 on November 04, 2025, 04:22:28 PM

Quote from: Hotskull on November 04, 2025, 10:25:18 AMThis Tufts team is on a revenge tour. The last two years, they've been hyped up, carrying a top ranking all season, only to crumble when it really mattered. That will not happen this year. This team is full of certified DAWGS.

They've got one of the strongest and deepest backlines we've seen in recent years (.455 GA average / 8 clean sheets — shoutout Antic in goal), paired with an attack that finds the back of the net when it matters most. In previous years, Tufts often needed a set piece or an unsung hero to grind out a winner... Not this team. Yanez is 4/4 from the spot in the last six games (CR7-level clutch), and the front three (Perkins, Canfin, Brown) have combined for 33 points, while Jett, Shultz, Fallone, Denby, and others have put in lights-out performances.

DeZotell seems to have finally found the right balance with this roster — major credit to him and his staff. In a year where Amherst look like your local church-league team and Middlebury's backline resembles a bunch of cones standing in the way of opposing attackers, Tufts is playing like the juggernaut we've always known them to be.

If they go into the weekend with the mentality that they end other teams' seasons, not that they are the team to beat, there will be another NESCAC trophy in the cabinet. My advice to the young lads up in Medford: do not play with the timid mindset of "only two more guaranteed games." In fact, F$#K THAT.* Play like you want to flex the strength you have over these inferior, minuscule, delicate, and outright afraid NESCAC schools. Gents, it is Tufts vs. everybody, and there can only be one at the top.

I'll be flying up to Boston this weekend to watch the destruction.

To the rest of you NESCAC fans: You may read this and think I'm too confident — maybe even delusional. But if that's how you feel, I actually sympathize with you... because you're the one who's delusional for not seeing the greatness, hard work, grit, and — as stated before — a squad of DAWGS right in front of your eyes.

– Hotskull

This is one of the funniest posts I've seen on the boards. Tufts has had great regular seasons for the past two years and it's amounted to nothing for them. A first place team on a "revenge tour" playing a subpar Bates team in the first round usually doesn't end in a dicey 1-0 win from a penalty, which seems to be Tufts' favorite way to score this year. It looks more like Dezotell has found the right balance of whining from the bench and bribes for the refs than a good roster this year.

Tufts has already shown that they're not a playoff team again this year, so you can say they're "DAWGS" going into this weekend as much as you want, but that's not gonna change what they all know- this Middlebury team has been edging greatness for years and this is the year it will all come to fruition.

Until Dezotell gains the confidence to create a real soccer team that doesn't play straight up haram ball, I will never give him credit for being a good coach. My left big toe could coach a team to play on the counter and lump in long throws. Dezotell is an old school NESCAC coach, who's stuck in the past and can't see that the game is changing around him. We've already seen Tufts' Brexit counterpart in Amherst lose this postseason. Inverting Wingbacks and Xg are here to stay and if teams can't adapt, they'll be left in the dust of innovators like Middlebury.

-NESCAC Fan 🫡

Final score: Hotskull 5, NescacFan246 0

Can't argue with the resiliency and the Natty but if the critique is on the style - "My left big toe could coach a team to play on the counter and lump in long throws" Don't think that changed at all during this run. 

Quote from: SKUD on December 11, 2025, 01:33:33 PMI do wonder how that nescac final woukd have turned out if we didnt give them a goal at the end of the game...

I know how the Conn season should have ended had it not been for 2 unnecessary blunders/PKs by their 2nd round opponent.
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Well I think you mean could have ended.....20 (9) and 9(4) shots for Conn and Babson respectively

I believe CamelSupporter was talking about a Williams/Conn game from years past.......

Great run and resolve from Tufts on the way to the Championship.....

Made me look at the success of the NESCACS since COVID - pretty impressive:


Amherst
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Quarters/Finals
22 Champ/Sweet 16
23 Champ/Finals
24 Quarters/Natty
25 Quarters/Rd of 64

Bowdoin
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Quarters/NA
22 Quarters/Elite 8
23 Quarters/NA
24 Semi/Rd of 32
25 Quarters/Elite 8

Conn
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Finals/Natty
22 Finals/NA
23 Semi/Elite 8
24 Champ/Finals
25 Final/Sweet 16

Middlebury
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Semi/Elite 8
22 Semi/ Rd of 64
23 Semi/ Elite 8
24 Finals/Final Four
25 Semi/Rd of 32

Tufts
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Champ/Elite 8
22 Quarters/Rd of 32
23 Finals/ Sweet 16
24 Quarters/Rd of 32
25 Champ/Natty

Williams
   NESCAC/NCAA
21 Quarters/NA
22 Semi/Finals
23 Quarters/NA
24 Semi/Sweet 16
25 Quarters/Sweet 16

Quote from: Coach.myers on December 07, 2025, 09:03:25 PMNESCAC soccer isn't pretty, but they have won 8 of the last 11 tournaments and have had a team in 10 of 11 semis. Last possession oriented team to win was Messiah.

May be biased but Conn plays a possession oriented style.....

Quote from: SKUD on December 04, 2025, 02:45:47 PMholding out for the Simple Coach AA list. Until then:

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/2025-united-soccer-coaches-ncaa-division-iii-mens-and-womens-all-america-teams-announced/

interesting the first NESCAC'er isn't until the third team......admittedly haven't seen them but with the amount of teams ant talent I think it's hard to comprehend any teams have two players on the first team list...let alone two

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.

Quote from: Sandon Mibut on November 20, 2025, 08:28:43 AM

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.......

Quote from: SKUD on November 18, 2025, 08:13:10 AM

Quote from: Newenglander on November 17, 2025, 02:09:31 PM

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......