League's about where I thought it'd be for this season.  It's Vassar and everyone else.  Lots of very mid soccer today.  Their game isn't over yet but Vassar so far has been the only convincing team today as it pertains to their quality of competition.  RPI blows a lead late, Union melts down late, RIT and Clarkson both fail to score with RIT losing. SLU gets the honors of the day's biggest lemon.  Can't remember a SLU team ever looking that bad.  Very sad state of affairs, but it's been a few years in the making. Cortland just destroyed Rochester, Sunday could be quite ugly if they don't rally.

https://njacsports.com/news/2025/8/29/salisbury-tabbed-first-in-njac-football-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

2025 NJAC FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL
(first place votes in parentheses)

1. Salisbury (6)
2. Christopher Newport (1)
3. Rowan (1) (dark horse)
4. TCNJ
5. Montclair State
6. Kean
7. William Paterson
8. Vermont State-Castleton

Centennial Conf. highlights
JHU 3, Rhodes 0
Stockton 2, F&M 1
Dickinson 1, Virginia Wesleyan 1
Muhlenberg 0, Alvernia 0

Couple of halftime updates for SoCal teams

Pomona-Pitzer 2 - Cal State San Marcos (D2) 1

Interesting game.  Pomona-Pitzer, picked to finish last in the SCIAC, is beating DII Cal State San Marcos at the half.  It's not a case of some lucky bounces or calls either as far as I can tell.  Stats are fairly even.

San Marcos was tabbed to finish 9 out of 11 in its league, so this may be a case of the gap between DIII and bottom end DII being not that big, but it also could be an indication that P-P under new coach Clint Moore may be underrated. 

Redlands 1 - Rutgers-Newark 1

Always difficult on these cross-country early season trips.  I don't think this is the best Redlands team, but so far neither team has looked very sharp offensively.  Rutgers surprised Redlands with a quick goals in the 2nd minute, but Anders Beckton tied it up for Redlands in the 25th minute.  Those were the only shots for either team.

UPDATE:  Redlands just got a 2nd to go up 2-1

Completed games

Caltech 3 - Park (AZ) (NAIA) 2

Park made it closer with a late PK, but 2 goals by Matthew Luk and 1 by Ishaan Madripragada held up for the Beavers.  Surprised to see Etienne Casanova come off the bench, but he did play 43 minutes so must be OK.

Babson 2 - Occidental 1

Babson largely controlled the first half, scoring early in the 16th minute and out-shooting the Tigers 6-0.  More even game in the 2nd half with Babson getting a second in the 80th minute and Oxy getting a goal from Tyler Na-Nakornpamom in the 89th minute to make it more respectable.

Folks who live in glass houses shouldn't throw 'pits.'

Hmmm, F&M trying something different. Their very good 6'6" centerback, Thomas Kaplan, who played almost every min. last year as a freshman is playing up front. Interesting and not the first time. Cent Conf. player of the Year AJ Kopacz a back was moved to the front and scored a lot of goals. Oscar Horwitz, also a Player of the Year, was the same. Maybe F&M's Peter Crouch though only an inch shorter??

F&M keeper made a very, very good save that should have been a goal. Overall, F&M is just playing kickball right now in the last third. Some chances, but nothing serious.

Here's an initial report on the experience of watching (or attempting to watch) some events today.

First, I'm having to learn the most efficient way to access the event I want to watch. Perhaps someone with more experience watching games broadcast via Flo can give me some pointers. It's not intuitive for me yet, so I don't want to complain until I'm sure I have a legitimate reason. Having said that, it seems like there are more steps involved than the way I'm used to. For example, I wanted to watch Randolph-Macon men's soccer hosting NC Wesleyan. I went to the RMC website, found the "watch" link and clicked on it. Last year that would have taken me directly to the game. This year it first required me to login to Flo (maybe I'll just stay logged in through the end of basketball season to avoid this step), then there were a couple of additional steps (exactly what they were, I've forgotten) before I got to the game. I only caught the end of the first half, but the actual stream seemed okay, which I understand isn't really Flo's responsibility

Second, I wanted to watch Webster volleyball playing Loras and Bluffton in a tournament at Wash U. The matches were presumably available because when I got to Flo, the icon for each one (a box with the two team logos and a "Watch" link below it to click on) was there. But when I clicked the watch link it went to a screen that said the match was completed (in the case of Loras) or hadn't started (in the case of Bluffton). But both matches were definitely being played at the time I was seeking them because live stats for both were being updated constantly. I suspect this experience means that Wash U wasn't actually streaming these matches, which were likely taking place on an alternate court, rather than on the main fieldhouse court. So, this raise the question of why, if they weren't going to be streamed, they were on Flo's event list for the day.

Seems like there are some things that need to be polished up.

I'll be interested to hear the experiences others are having in finding and watching games on Flo.

Any word on how that scrimmage went? Anyone appear to have an upper hand?

the UMW Eagles are struggling a bit with the Polar Bears of Ohio Northern. Weak in the middle of field - can't retain possession. I missed the goal that ONU scored but it was in the first 5 minutes. 1-0 ONU at the half.

great FK oppy with 2 minutes left and MW brought the keeper, Kickbush, up to take it. decent effort but off the bar. 
Final ONU 1 - UMW 0

Quote from: ADL70 on August 28, 2025, 06:07:44 PMWhat are CWRU and Westminster doing that you like, Mikefln?

BTW there's only one "n" in Sewanee  and these are boards not boreds

Thanks four the garmaikal n speling irror chack!