SUNYAC 2015

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

Yeah not sure how that works. I wonder who does the reporting on it and when it exactly gets lost in translation. If I was the AU coach I would be calling every day getting that fixed! That shouldn't happen at this level.

[thebear]

New East rankings:

http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/4475

Bears losses are @RPI #1 and  in Potsdam to Hobart #4. 

They beat #2 SLU at SLU, and tied #3 Plattsburgh at Plattsburgh, but are ranked behind both. 

Guess no one believes they are legit yet.

BTW, Bears home games this year on on their older grass field due to field reconstruction.

[AUPepBand]

Alfred wouldn't be ranked. From the looks of their schedule they haven't played anybody worth noting. Maybe Geneva, which is their loss so that doesn't help their case. Geneva is RV regionally but not in the top 10 of a tough Great Lakes region. I wouldn't consider Kings a "good win." It's nice that it was on the road and that they got a shut out but other than that it's just a win against an average team. Elmira is obviously better than last year, but a 3-3 tie doesn't help their cause.

Kings was ranked 8th in the Mid-Atlantic Region with a 6-1-0 record when Alfred beat them.
As for the tie with Elmira, the Soaring Eagles also tied Stevens, FWIW.

[Mid-Atlantic Fan]

Alfred wouldn't be ranked. From the looks of their schedule they haven't played anybody worth noting. Maybe Geneva, which is their loss so that doesn't help their case. Geneva is RV regionally but not in the top 10 of a tough Great Lakes region. I wouldn't consider Kings a "good win." It's nice that it was on the road and that they got a shut out but other than that it's just a win against an average team. Elmira is obviously better than last year, but a 3-3 tie doesn't help their cause.

Kings was ranked 8th in the Mid-Atlantic Region with a 6-1-0 record when Alfred beat them.
As for the tie with Elmira, the Soaring Eagles also tied Stevens, FWIW.

Look at Kings schedule. How they were ranked is mind-boggling. If you look at past posts with predictions for regional rankings, Kings wasn't in anybody's top 10 let alone sitting at #8. I would expect Alfred to beat Kings, not the other way around. If I expected Kings to win then that would be a good win for AU...but Kings isn't good and doesn't play anyone out of conference or in conference. Take a look at their schedule compared to other teams in the region or even their conference.

Elmira was 1-14-2 last year, FWIW

[Golden_Fan]

A big weekend for SUNYAC matchups starting tomorrow!

Friday we have both (1) Oneonta vs  (6) Brockport and (T-7) Plattsburgh vs (10) Cortland.

Brockport vs. Oneonta is a match of currently the top two defenses with Brockport only allowing 3 goals in 8 games and Oneonta 6 in 9. This is a big game for both teams as Oneonta will want to keep their momentum up and Brockport is looking for this first conference win to get into the title race.

Plattsburgh vs. Cortland features the current top two offenses with Plattsburgh scoring 29 in 10 games and Cortland 24 in 8. Cortland is looking to bounce back from a rough 2 loss opening weekend and Plattsburgh looks to get started after an opening tie with Potsdam.

Other match ups for Friday are:
(T-3) Geneseo vs (T-3)New Paltz
(T-3) Oswego vs  (T-7) Potsdam

Sunday top matchups feature:

(1) Oneonta vs (T-3) Geneseo
(10) Cortland vs (T-7) Potsdam

Geneseo and Potsdam are both looking for good results if they want to be considered top teams in the SUNYAC again

and

(6) Brockport vs  (T-3)New Paltz
(T-7) Plattsburgh vs  (T-3) Oswego
(9) Fredonia vs (2) Buff State

[Mr.Right]

Cortland St I believe sit a 5-3-1 and they really need to start winning games to get into the SUNYAC tournament.

[Mr.Right]

Wow...New Paltz another conference win over Geneseo St.  I thought New Platz had a great record because of playing weak non-conference teams but I thought they would be unheard from when conference play started. I was wrong. They have 2 excellent wins in Conference..has anyone seen this team play? I am guessing they sit deep and counter when they can. However, they are scoring goals

[Mr.Right]

Cortland St and Brockport St are really under performing in SUNYAC play and are at risk of missing the SUNYAC tournament if they do not get their acts together

[Flying Weasel]

Yes, the SUNYAC standings are very interesting at present.  Even Plattsburgh St. is outside the playoff spots with draws in each of their first two conference games. Looking at non-conference performances and current (early) conference record, the only team to rule out of the playoff hunt would be Fredonia St. And while not all of the other nine teams would be considered realistic/legitimate candidates for the #1 seed, at the moment it's hard to really rule much else out in terms of who makes the cut and where they finish.  Exciting.

[Mr.Right]

Between the Liberty League, SUNYAC and Empire 8(with Stevens struggling) the East regional rankings in a few weeks will be very interesting.

[Golden_Fan]

I was going to watch New Paltz play today but for some reason they do not have a live stream of the game

[Golden_Fan]

oneonta up 1-0 19 seconds in.... could be a long game for geneseo

[Mr.Right]

Geneseo's win v SLU is doing nothing for them now. They are going to have to win the SUNYAC tournament at this point. Do they have some injuries? They are in a rut for some reason

[Golden_Fan]

Geneseo goes down 2-0 it appears that their back line can not handle high pressure

[Golden_Fan]

Make that 3 looks to be game over before half in Oneonta.  Plattsburgh up 1-0 vs oswego, Cortland up 1-0 over potsdam, and brockport tied at 0 with new paltz