I am really interested in the Scranton team- been following them from a distance all year. My son got an offer from them earlier this year but decided to go elsewhere. Great defense and scoring some goals- excited to see how far they go.

Welp...4-0 on the day, not bad. And if you throw the women's teams in, the UAA was 10-1 (NYU women lost).

Still say it's too bad WashU and Chicago play each other tomorrow. Also think Brandeis loses to Tufts. Emory wins. UAA goes 2-2 tomorrow.

Quote from: kansas hokie on November 13, 2025, 03:31:39 PMIt's hard for me to see all 4 UAA teams making it out of first round, just don't know which one gets upset.

Chicago and Wash U got the toughest matchups...then Brandeis...then Emory.

Good luck to the UAA teams!

Agreed! I don't think any of the UAA teams were dominant throughout the season, they all had ups and downs. From top to bottom, the UAA was actually very competitive. While results and overall records may not show that, the actual games were very competitive. NYU even won a couple and CWRU, while finishing at the bottom, had multiple very close 1-0 defeats and several ties.

As far as upsets go, I'm thinking maybe Chicago vs DePauw as the most likely, but then again, I already said I know nothing about the Wisconsin teams, so maybe WashU?

Some rudimentary thoughts on the UAA bracket draw...

Brandeis (NPI 26) vs Stevens (NPI 90)- Stevens is always a tough out and Brandeis hasn't exactly set the world on fire, but I'm picking Brandeis followed by a matchup vs Tufts in the 2nd round.

Chicago (8) vs DePauw (39)- this could be a tough one for Chicago...DePauw is really coming on with some strong wins late in the season, but I'm sticking with Chicago with a second round matchup vs WashU.

WashU (10) vs Wisconsin-Whitewater (27)- I know next to nothing about the Wisconsin teams other than there are a lot of them and most of them are good. WashU in this one...

Emory (5) vs Maryville (103)- all Emory in this one. Their second round opponent could be a tough ODAC team (Hampden Sydney) or Otterbein- a 23 v 53 NPI matchup. As a Virginian, I'm not sold on HS so I'm going with Otterbein in an NPI upset. Of course they will lose to Emory in the 2nd round...

So all 4 UAA teams will advance to the second round, with 2 of the 4 advancing to the sweet 16 (winner of UChicago/WashU and Emory). Unfortunately I think Brandeis loses to Tufts and the loser of UChicago/WashU is obviously out.

Really too bad that Chicago and WashU have to play in the 2nd round.

Quote from: Mr_November on November 13, 2025, 10:47:12 AMRandom question for this thread...who are the biggest programs missing out on the NCAAs this year? Or even programs who had a great season but are still missing out?

A couple of traditional teams that I've noticed missing were Johns Hopkins and Kenyon, among others.

Thanks everyone for answering regarding my ECAC/NIT question. I only knew of the ECAC as a hockey conference back when I worked at a small college in Massachusetts. I didn't know they also held invite tournaments in a variety of sports.

Kind of a strange set-up honestly...an actual conference that holds conference tournaments just like the NESCAC and others, but also an organization similar to the NCAA or NIT that hosts tournaments for any school that wants to pay to play.

Nice that teams not selected to the NCAA tournament have a chance to continue playing, but too bad it's not necessarily the "best of the rest", it's really just the ones that want to pay to play that get to participate.

Is this like the NIT of D3 soccer?

Quote from: kansas hokie on November 10, 2025, 01:58:38 PMconference standings don't matter beyond the impact wins and ties and losses have on NPI, Brandeis was in the tourney all season. Rochester and CMU were the UAA bubble teams that didn't make it.

I am aware...I was just stating of the abnormality of a team getting 7th and still getting selected. They've been ranked highly, both Soccer Coaches and NPI all season, they deserve it for sure.

Crazy that Brandeis, who finished 7th in the conference, manages to snag an at-large bid. Speaks to the strength of the conference and their scheduling for sure.

Quote from: SierraFD3soccer on November 10, 2025, 09:58:31 AMCould just use a local high school football field that have soccer markings. They are generally gated off.

Seguin High School is the only school in the area- I attended there a couple of years back in the late 80's. I'm sure a lot has changed, but back then soccer played on a grass field adjacent to the stadium. And Texas Lutheran was known as Texas Lutheran College (TLC). Looking at the high school schedule from last year, it does look like they play at "Matador Stadium"- which is the HS football stadium.

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Quote from: Futbolguy on November 04, 2025, 01:26:53 PMAnd CSO, it should be noted that Tufts scored the game winner against a very weak Bates team with, wait for it, a PK!    Not sustainable against a stout Midd defense (who is second in league in goals against, so not sure the basis of Hotskulls comments about a defense full of cones).  Midd has given up 9 goals, Tufts 7.  Should be a great matchup on Saturday. 

Middlebury themselves posted a video on instagram this week of their goalkeeper absolutely saving their behinds!! I have never seen a "top" team with a defense that exposed. It looked horrible. Certainly this is not the legacy Luke madden left behind. I'd be very upset if I were him!

Just came here to say that Madden really seems like a great guy. I didn't know him from Middlebury, but he played for our local USL2 team last summer and helped coach on my son's USL2 U23's team over the summer- Charlottesville Blues FC.

Quote from: CalJohn on November 02, 2025, 10:41:09 AMEmory vs. Case Western:  16th game for Case and senior day.  Case Western had chances they couldn't convert against a good Emory team. Emory 1, Case 0.

Case Coach shakes up defensive minutes again.  Benches Senior Back Washington for last 10 minutes of SENIOR day.  Plays new defender for 20 minutes, even though he had only seen a total of 49 minutes in 2 years.  Plays offensive minded left back Trosh spot minutes at center back at end.  Not a shock that Case Western gives up another goal on a corner kick missed defensive assignment.  Of course, if no goals are scored you cannot win.

This kind of shuffling should happen during preseason or the season's start, not in a must win game against a top conference foe. It seems as though Case coaching staff is searching for goal scoring by shuffling the defense and sitting back, which makes no sense.

Next year looks bright for Case as long as key players don't quit or leave and if they find a decent replacement of their great senior keeper Winter. I suspect many of their best players would get snatched up quickly by other teams if they wanted to leave; the talent is there. Of course, even if the good players return, they can't help if they are not played or if their psyche is destroyed by the kind of shenanigans that happened the last two years.

Interesting post...I am very interested in this as my son will be playing for Case next year as a 1st year. He definitely plays a position of need so hopefully will get some time as 2 of the top 3 in his position group are graduating. The other one will be a junior next year but had a strange season this year. Started and played about 75 minutes a game for the first 10-11 games, then moved to the bench and only played 20 minutes or so after that. 

I've wondered about that...did something happen or was the coach just trying to find some scoring so mixed it up? One of the their primary midfielders early in the season suddenly disappeared (Rossen), don't know if he was injured or if something else was going on, I'm not close enough to the program to know.

Anyone have any insights?

Quote from: Freddyfud on October 29, 2025, 01:16:06 PMBig night tonight for the ODAC to determine conference championship seeding.  And that Bridgewater W&L game is significant as both are near the at large bubble and above the QWB cutoff.  A win for either side could make a difference for an at large bid.

A Bridgewater win would be HUGE for that program...they are usually nowhere near an at-large bubble position. Only had 2 winning seasons in the ODAC since 2014.

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Quote from: VASoccerDad on October 29, 2025, 06:05:53 AM

Quote from: Kuiper on October 28, 2025, 10:39:28 PMScranton beat Drew 1-0 today to finish the regular season 12-0-5 and 7-0-2 in the Landmark

All of that is great on its own, but this one stat caught my eye.

In 17 games, the team scored 34 goals and conceded only 1 goal

That's a Teams Goals Against Average of .0588 to lead the country.  The next closest Team GAA is Cortland at .294 and third in the nation is Edgewood with .400

Holy Cow!

Isn't CWRU also at .400?

Case is in 5th at .429 as of 10/27.  That's great too, but I really was only providing a few other team numbers to show how no other team was even close to Scranton defensively this season in terms of allowing goals. 

Got it, thanks. So that doesn't account for their win on 10/28 (1-0) which does change their GAA to .400. I know it still pales in comparison to Scranton, but didn't want them left out of the convo.

Quote from: Kuiper on October 28, 2025, 10:39:28 PMScranton beat Drew 1-0 today to finish the regular season 12-0-5 and 7-0-2 in the Landmark

All of that is great on its own, but this one stat caught my eye.

In 17 games, the team scored 34 goals and conceded only 1 goal

That's a Teams Goals Against Average of .0588 to lead the country.  The next closest Team GAA is Cortland at .294 and third in the nation is Edgewood with .400

Holy Cow!

Isn't CWRU also at .400?