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Post by ned3vball on Oct 2, 2021 6:21:32 GMT -5
Match of the Day 10/2#6 Hope at #4 Calvin 3:00pm ET video (link not working early Sat) Honorable Mention(rv)Gustavus Adolphus at #21 Bethel 7:00pm CT video (rv)Mount Union at Otterbein 2:30pm ET video Greenville vs #11 Wisc-Eau Claire 4:30pm CT video #11 Wisc-Eau Claire at North Park 2:00pm CT video Greenville at North Park 7:00pm CT video UpdateHope 3 at Calvin 2 Gustavus 3 at Bethel 0 Mount Union 0 at Otterbein 3 Greenville 2 vs Eau Claire 3 Eau Claire 3 at North Park 1 Greenville 3 at North Park 1
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Oct 2, 2021 15:52:20 GMT -5
Otterbein swept Mt Union.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 3, 2021 5:21:01 GMT -5
Match of the Day 10/3#7 Emory vs #16 NYU UAA round robin at Brandeis Honorable Mention# 7 Emory vs #23 WashU Carnegie Mellon vs #22 Chicago UpdateEmory 1 NYU 3 (big year for NYU so far) Emory 3 WashU 0 Carnegie Mellon 0 Chicago 3
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 5, 2021 7:02:41 GMT -5
Match of the Day 10/5#8 Wartburg at #15 Northwestern-MN 7:00pm CT video Honorable Mention#25 Babson at Emerson 7:00pm ET video Cal Lutheran at La Verne 7:00pm PT video Relatively slow Tuesday, the only 3 top 125 matches. UpdateWartburg 3 Northwestern-MN 2 Babson 3 Emerson 1 Cal Lu 3 La Verne 1
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Post by bigfan on Oct 5, 2021 9:00:41 GMT -5
Match of the Day 10/5#8 Wartburg at #15 Northwestern-MN 7:00pm CT video Honorable Mention#25 Babson at Emerson 7:00pm ET video Cal Lutheran at La Verne 7:00pm PT video Relatively slow Tuesday, the only 3 top 125 matches. Huge SCIAC match Friday (10/8/2021) Heavy weights Chapman against nationally ranked CMS
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 6, 2021 9:29:34 GMT -5
Match of the Day 10/6#21 Wisc-Stevens Point at #11 Wisc-Eau Claire 7:00pm CT video Honorable Mention(rv)Wisc-La Crosse at #9 Wisc-Whitewater 7:00pm CT video (rv)Susquehanna at #12 Juniata 7:00pm ET video (rv)Augsburg at (rv)Gustavus Adolphus 7:00pm CT video another WIAC Wednesday! And many other matches near you! UpdateWisc-Stevens Point 0 at Wisc-Eau Claire 3 Wisc-La Crosse 0 at Wisc-Whitewater 3 Susquehanna 0 at Juniata 3 Augsburg at Gustavus Adolphus 3
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 6, 2021 10:49:27 GMT -5
I see that MIT is undefeated, but I don't know how significant that is, other than that's better than the alternative.
It looks like they are about to play pablo's #1 D3 team.
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Post by noreaster on Oct 6, 2021 11:08:52 GMT -5
I see that MIT is undefeated, but I don't know how significant that is, other than that's better than the alternative. It looks like they are about to play pablo's #1 D3 team. Trinity (Tx) is really going after it this year. They went to LA where they beat Emory, but lost to CMS, and they won at Colorado and at home vs Northwestern. They are heading to Boston this weekend to take on 4 strong New England teams in Endicott, Babson, MIT and Tufts. We'll see how the committee weighs this at the end of the season. 4 ranked wins would seem to help Trinity's seeding but I don't know that wins against ranked NE teams mean as much as some others might. If they can run the table in the SCAC, can they get to host the West Regional (which has more to do with who else makes the field)? Or if CMS is going to host, can they get sent somewhere else? On the other hand, the 4 NE teams have a total of 1 match so far vs an out-of-region opponent who is likely to be ranked - Endicott lost to Clarkson. Babson has Susquehanna and Stevens next week but if any of these teams can knock off Trinity I would think it would certainly help their case to be seeded favorably and possibly host in November. That said, they all play each other in the coming weeks and that will probably tell us more about the post-season arrangements.
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Post by magicpanther on Oct 6, 2021 15:14:02 GMT -5
I doubt Trinity drops a set. I tend to doubt there is a West regional this year (again) which would be very interesting with CMS, Trinity and Colorado College having to travel. The West is very top heavy but not very deep.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 6, 2021 16:17:33 GMT -5
I see that MIT is undefeated, but I don't know how significant that is, other than that's better than the alternative. It looks like they are about to play pablo's #1 D3 team. It is not too significant. They have played 3 quality(top 100) opponents in 17 matches. That said, they did look good the time I saw them. Could be the best NE team. Have not seen Middlebury live yet.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 6, 2021 16:43:14 GMT -5
I doubt Trinity drops a set. I tend to doubt there is a West regional this year (again) which would be very interesting with CMS, Trinity and Colorado College having to travel. The West is very top heavy but not very deep. The key is how many pool C bids they can get, and how UC Santa Cruz does. Right now Santa Cruz is looking good for an A or C. Are they really going to be ranked in region 6??? With the other 4 conference A bids that is 5. Southwestern and Colorado College are looking good for a C. that is 7. Then the NCAA just flies in 1 more team. With the Texas island with 3 schools being the host state.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 6, 2021 16:55:53 GMT -5
I see that MIT is undefeated, but I don't know how significant that is, other than that's better than the alternative. It looks like they are about to play pablo's #1 D3 team. Trinity (Tx) is really going after it this year. They went to LA where they beat Emory, but lost to CMS, and they won at Colorado and at home vs Northwestern. They are heading to Boston this weekend to take on 4 strong New England teams in Endicott, Babson, MIT and Tufts. We'll see how the committee weighs this at the end of the season. 4 ranked wins would seem to help Trinity's seeding but I don't know that wins against ranked NE teams mean as much as some others might. If they can run the table in the SCAC, can they get to host the West Regional (which has more to do with who else makes the field)? Or if CMS is going to host, can they get sent somewhere else? On the other hand, the 4 NE teams have a total of 1 match so far vs an out-of-region opponent who is likely to be ranked - Endicott lost to Clarkson. Babson has Susquehanna and Stevens next week but if any of these teams can knock off Trinity I would think it would certainly help their case to be seeded favorably and possibly host in November. That said, they all play each other in the coming weeks and that will probably tell us more about the post-season arrangements. adding 4 ranked wins, and probably getting a SOS bump, is definitely going to help since the quality of your ranked wins has never seemed to be a consideration, the numbers are left to speak for themselves. The ranked record criteria should really be about quality wins where 4-6 in the Midwest can clearly be better than 7-4 in NE/NY. Wesleyan is still going to Juniata. NE/NY never get far out of region but with Covid in mind scheduling is more local than ever. If Trinity(TX) goes an easy 4-0, a distinct possibility, it will be very interesting to see if this is held against region I and II for C bids. Regions III and IV are already looking bleak (NYU excepted). I give MIT the best chance.
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Post by magicpanther on Oct 6, 2021 21:59:32 GMT -5
That would be a very competitive West regional. Three of the top five ranked teams in the nation plus UMHB and possibly UC- Santa Cruz.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 8, 2021 2:19:32 GMT -5
Match of the day 10/8#6 Calvin at Albion 6:30pm ET video Honorable MentionChapman at #2 CMS 7:00pm PT video (rv) Wittenberg at Muskingum 5:00pm ET video (Muskingum invitational) #12 Juniata at Muskingum 7:00pm ET video (rv)Middlebury at (rv)Wesleyan(CT) 7:30pm ET video Texas Lutheran at Austin 5:00pm CT (no video link??) #3 Trinity(TX) at #22 Babson 6:30pm ET video #20 UC Santa Cruz at Cal Lutheran 7:00pm PT video Carnegie Mellon at #1 Johns Hopkins 8:00pm ET video Elmhurst vs Wisc-Oshkosh (at Wheaton) 5:00pm CT (no video link?) Wisc-Whitewater at WashU 7:00pm CT video Wisc-Oshkosh at Wheaton(IL) 7:00pm CT video Trinity(TX) takes on 4 NE schools this weekend. Endicott, Babson, MIT, and Tufts. Will be interesting to see if anyone can give them a match. Could have significant pool C implications.
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Post by ned3vball on Oct 8, 2021 2:43:15 GMT -5
They have posted the "pools" document with the region counts and the number of teams being ranked in each region. It is the announced 20% with normal rounding. They also updated the pre champ manual with the correct A/B/C allocations: A - 44, B - 0, C - 20
Region (former region) # eligible schools # Ranked schools I (NE) 43 9 II (NE) 35 7 III (NY) 40 8 IV (NY) 36 7 V (MA) 46 9 VI (SO) 48 10 VII(GL) 49 10 VIII(MW) 52 10 IX (CE) 38 8 X (WE) 36 7
85 ranked teams from 72 teams in 2019. NE/NY with a net gain of +10. CE/GL/MW with a gain of +4. MA -2, SO +2, WE -1.
At first I thought the +10 for NE/NY would be a big advantage, and it might be as scheduling gets back to normal, but it was probably a good trade to get the +4 for CE/GL/MW (VI, VIII, IX). Only 7 just adds one more little problem to the region X list as they try to get a regional.
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