Go WEST young man (and NORTH)

[Kuiper]

Here's something you don't see very often:

Texas Lutheran tied St. Thomas 1-1 on a PK in the 62nd minute.  The interesting part was that the PK was taken by the TLU keeper, Ernesto Avila.  It's his second goal of the season, with the first also coming by PK against University of Dallas on 10/30.  This is only the third time TLU has been awarded a PK, but Avila was apparently installed as their regular PK taker at some point and he blasted this one high and straight down the middle.  And when I say blast, I mean that I'm not sure if a GK had stayed in position and anticipated it, the ball might still have gotten through the keeper.

What makes it an unusual strategy is that if the PK is saved the goalkeeper is very much out of position.  Avila is - how shall I put it? - a large man.  He's not going to be sprinting down the field to get back into position in that case.  He would likely be using his ample frame to prevent any player from gathering the rebound and hoofing down field.  Just in case, however, TLU had something like 5 players back to guard against a counter. After Avila made the kick, he chest bumped his teammate.  I think the teammate is going to have a bruise after that!

[Kuiper]

Here's something you don't see very often:

Texas Lutheran tied St. Thomas 1-1 on a PK in the 62nd minute.  The interesting part was that the PK was taken by the TLU keeper, Ernesto Avila.  It's his second goal of the season, with the first also coming by PK against University of Dallas on 10/30.  This is only the third time TLU has been awarded a PK, but Avila was apparently installed as their regular PK taker at some point and he blasted this one high and straight down the middle.  And when I say blast, I mean that I'm not sure if a GK had stayed in position and anticipated it, the ball might still have gotten through the keeper.

What makes it an unusual strategy is that if the PK is saved the goalkeeper is very much out of position.  Avila is - how shall I put it? - a large man.  He's not going to be sprinting down the field to get back into position in that case.  He would likely be using his ample frame to prevent any player from gathering the rebound and hoofing down field.  Just in case, however, TLU had something like 5 players back to guard against a counter. After Avila made the kick, he chest bumped his teammate.  I think the teammate is going to have a bruise after that!

St. Thomas 2 - Texas Lutheran 1 (89th minute)

UST scores on a scramble in the box after a corner kick

[Kuiper]

Here's something you don't see very often:

Texas Lutheran tied St. Thomas 1-1 on a PK in the 62nd minute.  The interesting part was that the PK was taken by the TLU keeper, Ernesto Avila.  It's his second goal of the season, with the first also coming by PK against University of Dallas on 10/30.  This is only the third time TLU has been awarded a PK, but Avila was apparently installed as their regular PK taker at some point and he blasted this one high and straight down the middle.  And when I say blast, I mean that I'm not sure if a GK had stayed in position and anticipated it, the ball might still have gotten through the keeper.

What makes it an unusual strategy is that if the PK is saved the goalkeeper is very much out of position.  Avila is - how shall I put it? - a large man.  He's not going to be sprinting down the field to get back into position in that case.  He would likely be using his ample frame to prevent any player from gathering the rebound and hoofing down field.  Just in case, however, TLU had something like 5 players back to guard against a counter. After Avila made the kick, he chest bumped his teammate.  I think the teammate is going to have a bruise after that!

St. Thomas 2 - Texas Lutheran 1 (89th minute)

UST scores on a scramble in the box after a corner kick

FINAL:  St. Thomas 2 - Texas Lutheran 1

St. Thomas advances to the SCAC semifinals to take on Colorado College tomorrow, Friday 11/6 at 5 pm.

[Kuiper]

The SCIAC announced its All Conference Awards today

Offensive Athlete
of the Year:  Zach Darmanyan Redlands
   
Defensive Athlete
of the Year:  Bo Robertson Redlands

Newcomer
of the Year:  Samir Bouhamama, CMS

Award
of Distinction:  Diego Cavalie, Occidental

Coaching Staff
of the Year:  Alex Ortega and Redlands

 
First Team All-SCIAC

Name    Institution    Year    Position    Hometown

Jaden Nisperos     Redlands        Jr.    GK    San Diego, Calif.
Joshua McCown    La Verne    Sr.    D    Venice, Calif.
Jack Hindmarsh    Whittier    Jr.    D    Kristianstad, Sweden
Taylor Bell    Redlands    Sr.    D    Highland, Calif.
Eric Grossman-Glover    CMS    Sr.    D    Seattle, Wash.
Bo Robertson    Redlands    Sr.    D    Portland, Ore.
Aidan MacLennan    Pomona-Pitzer    Sr.    M    Bend, Ore.
Daniel Zhu     CMS    So.    M    Redmond, Wash.
Juan Manzano     La Verne    Sr.    M    Medellin, Colombia
Cooper Haley    Chapman    Jr.    M    Seattle, Wash.
Zachary Darmanyan    Redlands    Sr.    M        San Diego, Calif.
Zach Mohr    Cal Lutheran    So.    F    Mukilteo, Wash.
Elijah Edelman    Occidental    So.    F    Portland, Ore.
Matthew Luk    Caltech    Jr.    F    Bel Air, Md.
Sean Lee    CMS    So.    F    Taipei, Taiwan

Second Team All-SCIAC

Name    Institution    Year    Position    Hometown
Diego Saldivar    Whittier    Jr.    GK    Yorba Linda, Calif.
Cooper Gersch    Occidental    Sr.    D    Mercer Island, Wash.
Benjamin Evans    Redlands    Sr.    D    Bend, Ore.
Shaw Nishizawa     Cal Lutheran    So.    D    Maple Valley, Wash.
Charles Leonard     Pomona-Pitzer    Jr.    D    Chicago, Ill.
Joel Trejo     La Verne    Jr.    M    Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Nicholas Coop        Whittier    Sr.    M    La Mirada, Calif.
Landon Azavedo    Redlands    Sr.    M    Lake Oswego, Ore.
Samir Bouhamama     CMS    Fy.    M    San Francisco, Calif.
James Gomez    CMS    Sr.    F    Pasadena, Calif.
Anders Beckton    Redlands    Jr.    F    Seattle, Wash.
Diego Soto    La Verne    Sr.    F        Baldwin Park, Calif.
Thomas Lyden     Redlands    Jr.    F    Thornwood, N.Y.

[Kuiper]

A couple of upsets brewing in the SCIAC semifinals!


La Verne 3 - CMS 0 (70th minute)


Whittier 2 - Redlands 1 (77th minute)

[Kuiper]

A couple of upsets brewing in the SCIAC semifinals!


La Verne 3 - CMS 0 (70th minute)


Whittier 2 - Redlands 1 (77th minute)

La Verne 4 - CMS 0 (76th minute)

CMS has laid an absolute egg in this game.  Looks like La Verne is going to advance to the finals absent a miraculous comeback

[stlawus]

Richard Milhous Nixon (Whitter '34) would be proud.

[Kuiper]

Richard Milhous Nixon (Whitter '34) would be proud.

I put the results in the Conference Tournaments and NCAA Selection thread that was just started, but this was a stunner.  Having said that, Whittier was rock solid in this game and beat Redlands to every 50/50 ball, which is saying something for a team that played two days ago against a team that had a bye. 

[stlawus]

Richard Milhous Nixon (Whitter '34) would be proud.

I put the results in the Conference Tournaments and NCAA Selection thread that was just started, but this was a stunner.  Having said that, Whittier was rock solid in this game and beat Redlands to every 50/50 ball, which is saying something for a team that played two days ago against a team that had a bye. 

Some would say it's..... Poetic

[Ron Boerger]

SAA All-Conference awards

It's a clean sweep of the major awards for Southwestern, undefeated in conference play with only a tie at Trinity to spoil their otherwise spotless SAA record:

SAA Men's Soccer 2026 All-Conference
Coaching Staff of the Year – Southwestern University
Offensive Athlete of the Year – Grey Richards, Southwestern
Defensive Athlete of the Year – Cooper Pero, Southwestern
Rookie of the Year – Brady Faulkner, Southwestern

First Team All-SAA
GK – Cherry Cooper, Berry
D – Cooper Pero, Southwestern
D – Luke Mayfield, Trinity
D – Max Sosa, Rhodes
M – Landon Guenther, Southwestern
M – Brady Faulkner, Southwestern
M – Cade Dougan, Trinity
F – Grey Richards, Southwestern
F – Joey Captain, Berry
F – Thomas McGowan, Sewanee
At Large – Eduardo Parra, Trinity

Second Team All-SAA
GK – Sebastian Lewis, Oglethorpe
D – Chase Johnson, Southwestern
D – Daniel Urquidi, Trinity
D – Connor Gritzmacher, Southwestern
M – Brady Lloyd, Sewanee
M – Vincent Stephens, Rhodes
M – Julian Lopez, Trinity
F – Luke Grant, Rhodes
F – Brady Hammer, Maryville
F – Grayson White, Sewanee
At Large – Ethan Cowdrey, Trinity

Honorable Mention
Berry – Jaxon Champ (D), Aiden Kanclerz (D), Grady Strickland (D), Tyler Whitaker (M)
Maryville – Ben Brophy (F), Tanner Ricks (GK), Ryan Buie (M)
Millsaps – Raul Blandon (M)
Oglethorpe – Eli Beard (D), Rhys Pollard (D), Christian Watson (M), Ethan Martinez (M)
Rhodes – Matthew Sucato (D), Henry McGahey (D), Henri Kettner (GK), Brody Haraway (M),
Sewanee – Edward Kennedy (D), Jonah Cooker (D), Reid Gunzenhauser (GK), Reed Henley (M)
Southwestern – TJ Bass (GK), Danny Wasserman (M), Ross Anderson (M)
Trinity – Alex Baltov (D), Hodge MacDonald (F), Jayden Schell (GK), Finnegan Saunders (M), Thomas Kay (M)

All-Sportsmanship Team
Berry – Aiden Kanclerz
Centre – Daniel Vehovsky
Maryville – Andrew Moore
Millsaps – Alden Romano
Oglethorpe – Rhys Pollard
Rhodes – Ben Novello
Sewanee – Eli Bastiaansen
Southwestern – Quinn MacLeod
Trinity – Eduardo Parra

[pioneer27]

North Update:

Two great MIAC semifinal games.
Olaf scores twice to beat cross town rival Carleton.
Gustavous equalized in the final minute but St Johns scores the winning OT goal quickly.   

Final
St Johns(3) a at St Olaf(1) tomorrow at 1:00 pm.  Olaf won the regular season match 3-1.



WIAC Semifinals at 7:00 pm tonight. 
Stevens Point(5) at Platteville(1) and Eau Claire(3) at Whitewater (2)

[Kuiper]

Trinity 2 - Berry 0 (55th minute)

Trinity is taking care of business against Berry thus far, despite playing without Ethan Cowdrey, who went out with an apparent injury in the win over Millsaps.  Hodge MacDonald scored in the 8th minute and Eduardo Parra, who supplanted Joey Perryman as the offensive force for the team, added a second in the 53rd.

[Ron Boerger]

Rhodes 1 - Southwestern 0

Southwestern chose a poor time to take its first conference loss as Brady Janes scored the only goal of the session in the 81st minute in a game where the Pirates were held without a shot for the entire first half.  They would add eight in the second, three on goal, but were unable to put one past Lynx keeper Henri Kettner.  As Kuiper said multiple times in this thread, Southwestern's lack of offense throughout the season could someday come back to haunt them and today was that day.

[Kuiper]

This ASC finals is a game where the scoreline doesn't match the stats

Hardin-Simmons 1 - Mary Hardin-Baylor 0 (62nd minute)

UMHB is outshooting H-S 24-5 and has been dominating possession and offensive chances all game, but H-S is ahead on a goal in the 49th minute. 

Will this be a year where UMHB once again dominates in the regular season, but H-S has the upper hand in the conference tournament?

[Kuiper]

This ASC finals is a game where the scoreline doesn't match the stats

Hardin-Simmons 1 - Mary Hardin-Baylor 0 (62nd minute)

UMHB is outshooting H-S 24-5 and has been dominating possession and offensive chances all game, but H-S is ahead on a goal in the 49th minute. 

Will this be a year where UMHB once again dominates in the regular season, but H-S has the upper hand in the conference tournament?

FINAL:  Hardin-Simmons 1 - Mary Hardin-Baylor 0

UMHB just couldn't find the equalizer and H-S did enough to squeak by.  H-S wins the ASC tournament for the fourth straight year and second year in a row over UMHB in the finals.