NCAA Tournament 2025

[Kuiper]

HALF:  St. Olaf 1 - Wheaton (MA) 0

St. Olaf scored in the 4th minute on its only shot on goal and has held Wheaton to only 1 shot of its own.

[Sandon Mibut]

Congrats Bowdoin on a great game, season and they even held their chins high after the final whistle. Looked like both teams respected one another. Even saw opponents help each other up after both going to the ground in the first half.

Congrats Tufts and Coach Dezotell for his first trip to the Final 4. Pretty cool that this is the first team fully recruited by Dezotell.

[Kuiper]

UPDATE:  Trinity 3 - Augsburg 0

After a nice sequence to get the ball to striker in the box and walling off his defender, he finds Alex Baltov rushing up and he places the ball on the ground into the far post to put the game farther out of reach.

UPDATE:  Trinity 4 - Augsburg 0

Perryman scores on a counter and pass by Clayton Holmes in the 87th minute after Trinity emptied the bench.  Augsburg never was able to get a hold of this game in any respect.  Thorough and proper dismantling.

UPDATE:  Trinity 5 - Augsburg 0

Perryman gets a brace in quick order in the 88th on another counter attack and another assist from senior Holmes.  Holmes got 6 minutes in this game and two assists.  Pretty impressive for an Alamo Heights kid who only had 124 minutes and 1 assist coming into this game

FINAL:  Trinity 5 - Augsburg 0

Trinity returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2007 I think.

[Ron Boerger]

I guess Trinity got out of the bus on time this weekend.

[Hopkins92]

The sun behind the Dickinson goal makes it almost impossible to see the action. Beautiful day across the region.

[Kuiper]

HALF:  St. Olaf 1 - Wheaton (MA) 0

St. Olaf scored in the 4th minute on its only shot on goal and has held Wheaton to only 1 shot of its own.

FINAL:  St. Olaf 2 - Wheaton (MA) 0

This will be a very geographically diverse Final Four with Tufts, Trinity (TX), St. Olaf, and either Dickinson or Emory

[Hopkins92]

Dickinson seems the more dangerous of the two at the moment.

[Hopkins92]

Headed to OT down in Lynchburg.

Field feels pretty tilted in the Red Devils direction, but you can also see the quality Emory possesses.

50/50 battles going to Dickinson... There's something about their mentality... Very scrappy but they also go forward in a flash.

[Kuiper]

Headed to OT down in Lynchburg.

Field feels pretty tilted in the Red Devils direction, but you can also see the quality Emory possesses.

50/50 battles going to Dickinson... There's something about their mentality... Very scrappy but they also go forward in a flash.

The question is whether Emory bunkers or keeps pressing, because at this point of the game, with Emory using few subs, I'm not sure they can handle many counters.

[D3Navy]

UPDATE:  Trinity 1 - Augsburg 0 (16th minute)

Trinity has been controlling possession.  Adam Knutsen was fouled in the center of the field as he was pushing the ball forward.  Julian Lopez's free kick was blocked, but Knutsen got a hold of the rebound and shot it past the Augsburg goal for the 1-0 lead.

UPDATE:  Trinity 2 - Augsburg (38th minute)

Just as Augsburg was starting to grow into the game, Trinity started a counter-attack leading to a cross from the right side that was cut off by an Augsburg for an own goal.  If he hadn't intervened though, there was a Trinity attacker on the far post who would have put it in anyway.

HALF:  Trinity 2 - Augsburg 0

The first Trinity goal was a play for Knutson that worked perfectly.  Watch for about 30 seconds before the kick as Knutson sizes up the goalie and then the Augsburg line.  Knutson lines up facing the goal with the kicker directly behind him.  Ball kicked into the line goes off two Auggie players and Knutson pounces and strikes the goal. 

Next level stuff!

[Hopkins92]

The board was pretty wonky and I couldn't post for a bit.

Emory stole that game in PKs. They were exhausted and Dickinson just couldn't seal the deal. Even in Pks, they made the first save and looked like they had momentum.

I don't want to go all NESCAC-level drama here, but the final PK winner from Emory went right over to the Dickinson bench to do the CR cellie... Extremely disrespectful and unnecessary and almost turned into a brawl. Just... why?

He was interviewed after the game and said, straight up, Dickinson was the better team on the day. Take your W and Final Four berth and move on.

I will say, Dickinson's bench is VERY vocal. When my boys were getting walked off the field in the CC finals, I am old enough to find the humor in the taunting, but... I can see why their yapping might lead to what Emory did at the end.

[Ejay]

The board was pretty wonky and I couldn't post for a bit.

Emory stole that game in PKs. They were exhausted and Dickinson just couldn't seal the deal. Even in Pks, they made the first save and looked like they had momentum.

I don't want to go all NESCAC-level drama here, but the final PK winner from Emory went right over to the Dickinson bench to do the CR cellie... Extremely disrespectful and unnecessary and almost turned into a brawl. Just... why?

He was interviewed after the game and said, straight up, Dickinson was the better team on the day. Take your W and Final Four berth and move on.

I will say, Dickinson's bench is VERY vocal. When my boys were getting walked off the field in the CC finals, I am old enough to find the humor in the taunting, but... I can see why their yapping might lead to what Emory did at the end.

And where did he play prior taking a graduate year at Emory?

[kevdog]

The board was pretty wonky and I couldn't post for a bit.

Emory stole that game in PKs. They were exhausted and Dickinson just couldn't seal the deal. Even in Pks, they made the first save and looked like they had momentum.

I don't want to go all NESCAC-level drama here, but the final PK winner from Emory went right over to the Dickinson bench to do the CR cellie... Extremely disrespectful and unnecessary and almost turned into a brawl. Just... why?

He was interviewed after the game and said, straight up, Dickinson was the better team on the day. Take your W and Final Four berth and move on.

I will say, Dickinson's bench is VERY vocal. When my boys were getting walked off the field in the CC finals, I am old enough to find the humor in the taunting, but... I can see why their yapping might lead to what Emory did at the end.

I saw what the final pk taker did after he score and I just couldn't believe it so rewind it. Sure enough he did right in front of the Dickinson's bench. He is very lucky he didn't get hit. Very unsportsmanlike in my opinion.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Amherst I believe.  Plus a 6 year career.  Really made it weird though when gave Dickinson so much credit in the interview after the game. Just weird.

It is what it is. Dickinson just couldn't figure it out. So it goes.  Finished undefeated though.