D3Soccer

Who will be the 2009 D-III Men's Soccer Champion?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:29:56 GMT

Final Four Chat

feeds@yuku.com (BlueJayFan) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:50:10 GMT

As mentioned elsewhere, the chat room will be operating during the weekend. I will be in there as well as Mrs. BlueJayFan, during the men's games only, but chat is available anytime so all of the fans of the women's teams are welcome to use it for those matches. Flying Weasel had made it easier for you to find it in another post, which I have excerpted here:

"Good reminder about the chat room as that is much better for in-game comments, dialogue, and conversation. As...

Semifinal Prediction Time: Who's Going to the Final?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:04:00 GMT

Not much explanation needed. Just vote for who think the two semifinal winners will be. If you want to give a little reasoning behind your prediction, post below.

San Antonio weather

feeds@yuku.com (BlueJayFan) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:52:20 GMT

FYI, we have been in San Antonio since yesterday, and it has been unseasoably cool, in the 40s. Friday, the high is going to be reached early, then the temperature will dip dramatically and there is a 38% chance of snow, per this evening's forecast. Dress accordingly!!!!

FINAL FOUR Video and Audio Coverage

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:09:53 GMT

OK, it's two days before the semifinals. Has anybody seen any information of the live streaming audio and video coverage that will be provided? There is nothing on the NCAA D-III men's soccer championship page, and nothing at the Final Four host San Antonio Sports' webpage for the Final Four. Heck...

Videos/Highlights

feeds@yuku.com (Mules26) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:50:41 GMT

I was curious if there were any websites that have video highlights of the Sweet 16 or Elite 8. I know Messiah posts a lot of videos, but they haven't had an update since the Brockport match. Just anxious to see some of these thrilling goals/shootouts. Thanks!

Officiating in the NCAA Tournament

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:39:16 GMT

By beenmeggedplenty's request, you can discuss the officiating here. For those who have been to games, how have you found the officiating to be? Has it been up to the standards expected for a national championship tournament? Or has it not matched the excellence of the soccer on display? Have they called games tight favoring finesse and the "beautiful game", or have they let the boys mix it up a bit and allow for a pretty physical brand of soccer? Has the officiating at...

Williams vs. Messiah

feeds@yuku.com (billbizness) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:33 GMT

Should be great game. Saw Williams play twice this year in post season. Very strong defensively solid back four (D-1 quality in size and skill) and keeper. Romero up top is talented and very strong on the ball. Any thoughts?

San Antonio Final Four attendees

feeds@yuku.com (BlueJayFan) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:07:33 GMT

I am establishing this topic for people who want it to be known that they will be in San Antonio. Also, if anyone cares to post information about sights to see, places to eat and stay, etc., this is the place.

Mrs. BlueJayFan and I will be there. Stop by the press box and introduce yourself if you get a chance!

NESCAC

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:54:54 GMT

Moved off-topic NESCAC discussion from the York thread (sorry guys!) to this thread of its own. All NESCAC-specific discussion can/should continue here.

soccernut wrote:
Apparently you don't know the power of the Ephs. As usual, Williams put the "biscuit" in the basket more than the other team, and the NESCAC proved itself once again as the top division 3 league in the country (because Williams was not even...

Thanks!

feeds@yuku.com (BlueJayFan) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:43:55 GMT

I want to thank both the York staff and the Messiah staff for their hospitality over the past two days. I made it to York both days and they were very accommodating, setting me up with prime real estate and all of the hookups I needed.

Messiah was just as helpful. Patrick and Todd introduced me to the wonder of the cheesy dog, and afterward set Princess Kate, her hubby, and myself up with hamburgers on the hill. They pulled an ethernet cable out of their hat, as I had forgotten...

General Sectional Discussion

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:17 GMT

Anyone managing to watch the Swarthmore-Transylvania game? I get nothing.

HALFTIME: Swat 0, Transy 0

PHILADELPHIA UNION OPEN TRY-OUTS

feeds@yuku.com (lastguyoffthebench) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:37 GMT

I was just looking at their homepage and saw some SPOTLIGHT write-ups on several players that will be trying out; two of them were D3 players.... Jay Breznicky, Widener '05 and Evan Day, Wesley

Does anyone have friends, teammates, or sons that have or will be trying out for the Union?

D3Soccer.net Temporary Down - Alternate (Direct) URL Link

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:31:03 GMT

Seems that the D3Soccer.net URL link is down temporarily. I imagine this is the same domain name forwarding problem that has occurred from time to time in the past.

The site is still up and running. The direct URL link to the site is http://home.comcast.net/~d3soccer/

Bracketology correction

feeds@yuku.com (BlueJayFan) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:19:23 GMT

FW pointed out that I had listed the winner of the SIT-MSU match as MSU. That resulted in a scoring error that I have corrected. Please see the corrected brackets.

Also please note that neither Princess Kate nor I are eligible to win the contest - not that either of us will be in the lead at the end.

Sectional Hosts

feeds@yuku.com (wchandy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:00:14 GMT

Well Messiah is headed to Baltimore for the sectionals . . . the women anyway. On the men's side, the sectionals will have a Pennsylvania theme this year as Messiah, York and CMU will be hosting along with Loras. CMU games will be November 20th and 21st (Friday, Saturday). The other three sites will have Saturday, Sunday games (21st/22nd). Make your plans.

JHU vs. Messiah

feeds@yuku.com (ABforever) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:08:07 GMT

I would love to see the full Weasy Workup on this matchup, but I'll start. Also, they better let somebody with video host this pod (Wesleyan or JHU).

Johns Hopkins University vs. Messiah College
2009 NCAA Tournament Sectionals

All-Time Series Record
JHU 0-1-2 Messiah

NCAA Series Record
JHU 0-1-2 Messiah

1998 NCAA Sweet 16: JHU 1 Messiah 1 (JHU advances on PKs 5-4)
2002 NCAA Round 1: JHU 0 Messiah 1
2006 NCAA Elite 8 (at...

BRACKETOLOGY DAY 4

feeds@yuku.com (lastguyoffthebench) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:14:54 GMT

15 games today...

JHU-Salisbury
York-Amherst
Stevens-Montclair
CMU-Medaille
Dominican-UWW

Just some of the games I am looking forward to on the slate...

BRACKETOLOGY DAY 3

feeds@yuku.com (lastguyoffthebench) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:30 GMT

21 GAMES ON THE BOARD TODAY!!!

Evaluation of Rankings: Which were the best? NCAA, NSCAA Coaches, or D3Soccer.com?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Weasel) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:02:02 GMT

Well, the regular season has ended and we have the final pre-NCAA tournament rankings from the NCAA, the NSCAA Coaches, and D3Soccer.com. I thought I'd ask what people thought of the three rankings.

:: NCAA Regional Rankings (the ones that feed into the at-large selections)

:: NSCAA Coaches Regional