NESCAC Tourney time.
Midd-Amherst: Weird to see this matchup any earlier than a championship game/elite 8. Amherst somehow has enough players not on red cards to actually play this game. UFC Amherst branch is alive and well. Midd is better all across the park and has the benefit of playing at home. However, Serpone is the Panthers daddy in knockout games. If Midd rolls their shocking back-up goalkeeper out there again look for some witch magic from the Mammoths. Otherwise, I think this Midd team is simply too dominant. 2-1 Midd
Williams-Wes: Williams is rolling after a win in Vermont. Their particular brand of terrorism is working like a charm this season. Good luck to any team trying to score on the Ephs when they have 11 guys sitting on the goaline. To their credit, 15 and 7 are legit players who can make something out of nothing in every game. Wes sucks without 8 on the field- plain and simple. Also, Wesleyan are just always gonna little bro to Williams. I don't see much chance of an upset here. 2-0 Williams
Bowdoin-Hamilton: Bowdoin comes off a massive win against Tufts to secure the 3 seed. Bowdoin always just seems to go about their business in a quiet classy way. 8 on Bowdoin is a dawg who affects the game across the entire field. Hamilton on the other hand is on a sweet run of form winning 3 on the bounce and most recently ending Colby's season on Saturday (imagine having to get on an 8 hour bus ride and you end up back in Waterville Maine... ouch). The return of their playmaker 10 at Hamilton seems to have fired the boys up. It might just be the year of the Conts. 1-1 Hamilton on pens
Conn-Tufts: Definitely the toughest matchup to call. 7 on Conn does whatever he wants, video game player. The boys at Conn also don't have to waste energy doing work or going to class so that definitely helps. Tufts is obviously stacked and just seem to find a way to win. However, I think the Jumbos might have spent too much time showing off their rings to the 'cac 8s at mixers and not enough getting into a groove going into tournament play. 2-1 Conn in OT
Midd-Amherst: Weird to see this matchup any earlier than a championship game/elite 8. Amherst somehow has enough players not on red cards to actually play this game. UFC Amherst branch is alive and well. Midd is better all across the park and has the benefit of playing at home. However, Serpone is the Panthers daddy in knockout games. If Midd rolls their shocking back-up goalkeeper out there again look for some witch magic from the Mammoths. Otherwise, I think this Midd team is simply too dominant. 2-1 Midd
Williams-Wes: Williams is rolling after a win in Vermont. Their particular brand of terrorism is working like a charm this season. Good luck to any team trying to score on the Ephs when they have 11 guys sitting on the goaline. To their credit, 15 and 7 are legit players who can make something out of nothing in every game. Wes sucks without 8 on the field- plain and simple. Also, Wesleyan are just always gonna little bro to Williams. I don't see much chance of an upset here. 2-0 Williams
Bowdoin-Hamilton: Bowdoin comes off a massive win against Tufts to secure the 3 seed. Bowdoin always just seems to go about their business in a quiet classy way. 8 on Bowdoin is a dawg who affects the game across the entire field. Hamilton on the other hand is on a sweet run of form winning 3 on the bounce and most recently ending Colby's season on Saturday (imagine having to get on an 8 hour bus ride and you end up back in Waterville Maine... ouch). The return of their playmaker 10 at Hamilton seems to have fired the boys up. It might just be the year of the Conts. 1-1 Hamilton on pens
Conn-Tufts: Definitely the toughest matchup to call. 7 on Conn does whatever he wants, video game player. The boys at Conn also don't have to waste energy doing work or going to class so that definitely helps. Tufts is obviously stacked and just seem to find a way to win. However, I think the Jumbos might have spent too much time showing off their rings to the 'cac 8s at mixers and not enough getting into a groove going into tournament play. 2-1 Conn in OT