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2019-20 D-III games / scores

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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Doesn't William Smith currently win the tiebreaker with their head to head win over Elmira from earlier this season?
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You're thinking of Nazareth. Elmira beat William Smith 7-0 on 11/16 and the rematch is this Sunday.

Elmira's blemishes are: loss to Nazareth, loss to Eau Claire (Lake Forest Thanksgiving tourney), and the two ties at the East-West
 
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Scott_TG said:
Big week coming up. Elmira @ Plattsburgh on Friday, Williams visiting Middlebury for 2 games and a home and home between St. Thomas and Hamline.
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The Williams / Middlebury is a home and home, alternating with the men's teams. This will be a very interesting series. Williams has the offensive, Middlebury has the defense. What's more interesting this is the final weekend for Williams during this season, whereas Middlebury has another set of games the next weekend against Bowdoin. And Amherst has a pair of games against Colby. So, as usual, NESCAC will come down to the last weekend to determine where the standings end up.
 
Scott_TG said:
You're thinking of Nazareth. Elmira beat William Smith 7-0 on 11/16 and the rematch is this Sunday.

Elmira's blemishes are: loss to Nazareth, loss to Eau Claire (Lake Forest Thanksgiving tourney), and the two ties at the East-West
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Thank you! You are correct. :)
 
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Elmira and Wilkes have rescheduled their postponed game from 2/7 to Monday 2/17. This puts Elmira at three different road opponents in 4 days. At Plattsburgh on Friday, at William Smith on Sunday and at Wilkes on Monday. If the Soaring Eagles hadn't beat the last two opponents by a combined score of 19-0 in their early-season games I'd be concerned for them. I think this works because of the off day after the Plattsburgh game and that they can make WS and Wilkes each a day trip due to the short distances. I don't think this will be as easy on them if they had to do something similar when they're members of the NEHC.
 
Scott_TG said:
Elmira and Wilkes have rescheduled their postponed game from 2/7 to Monday 2/17. This puts Elmira at three different road opponents in 4 days. At Plattsburgh on Friday, at William Smith on Sunday and at Wilkes on Monday. If the Soaring Eagles hadn't beat the last two opponents by a combined score of 19-0 in their early-season games I'd be concerned for them. I think this works because of the off day after the Plattsburgh game and that they can make WS and Wilkes each a day trip due to the short distances. I don't think this will be as easy on them if they had to do something similar when they're members of the NEHC.
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Yikes. It’s not like any of those are close trips either. That’s a lot of bus time.

Definitely going to be a challenging 3 game stretch for Elmira even with two of the opponents not being the same caliber as a top 10 team.
 
PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Yikes. It’s not like any of those are close trips either. That’s a lot of bus time.

Definitely going to be a challenging 3 game stretch for Elmira even with two of the opponents not being the same caliber as a top 10 team.
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It's college sports. They should be able to handle it.
 
Birdwatcher said:
It's college sports. They should be able to handle it.
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I’m not saying they can’t “handle” it but 3 road games in a span of 4 days with a 6 hour bus trip and back to Plattsburgh and a 2 hour trip to Wilkes isn’t going to be easy.

I’d assume they are leaving Thursday for the big tilt at Plattsburgh so 5 days in total basically on the road. Lot of bus time.
 
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Is the general consensus that the final 4 four host bid will go out East this year? Or is there a chance it is a committee decision based on what schools are involved. Any insight would be appreciated.
 
D3WomensHockey said:
Is the general consensus that the final 4 four host bid will go out East this year? Or is there a chance it is a committee decision based on what schools are involved. Any insight would be appreciated.
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I think it will follow past precedent and be at the top remaining seed who puts in an acceptable bid. If the seeds are based on the PWR of teams awarded bids you can kind of project out who gets first crack at it if they make the semis (assuming all teams bid).

The championship site has actually switched regions the last 4 seasons so they wouldn't necessarily say this year's has to be in one region or the other because it's been away too long. When I first started following the league they were sending it out West every four seasons for balance (for example: Adrian hosted the 2017 championship despite not being the top seed because it had been played in Plattsburgh for 3 straight years).

Edit: here's what the manual says:

The following criteria are used in the evaluation of sites for all competition in NCAA championships:

● Quality and availability of the facility and other necessary accommodations;
● Geographic location (including such factors as rotation of sites, weather, accessibility and transportation costs);
● Seeding; and
● Attendance history and revenue potential, which shall be considered necessary to assure fiscal responsibility.
 
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D3WomensHockey said:
Is the general consensus that the final 4 four host bid will go out East this year? Or is there a chance it is a committee decision based on what schools are involved. Any insight would be appreciated.
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It will go to the highest remaining seed. Right now, I'd be pretty shocked if it didn't end up at Middlebury or Plattsburgh based on the current PWR.
 
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Plattsburgh draws first blood 1-0 over Elmira
Update: 2-0 Plattsburgh 9:30 left in the first.
 
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Watching the Midd-Williams game. No score after one. But...why is the camera set up behind the annoying screening? It appears there would be many better locations in that arena.
 
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Hamline beats St. Thomas 5-4. At this point in the pairwise it seems like Gustavus might be the only MIAC team to get a pool C bid. Eau Claire and River Falls weekend will be huge.
 
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D3WomensHockey said:
Hamline beats St. Thomas 5-4. At this point in the pairwise it seems like Gustavus might be the only MIAC team to get a pool C bid. Eau Claire and River Falls weekend will be huge.
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Why do you assume Gustavus would only be a Pool C bid? Who do you believe will be the MIAC automatic Pool A bid?
 
4and20 said:
Why do you assume Gustavus would only be a Pool C bid? Who do you believe will be the MIAC automatic Pool A bid?
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Sorry, I didn’t do a good job stating what I meant. IMO, Gustavus looks like the only team in the MIAC that could not win the conference tournament and make it as an at-large.
 
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D3WomensHockey said:
Sorry, I didn’t do a good job stating what I meant. IMO, Gustavus looks like the only team in the MIAC that could not win the conference tournament and make it as an at-large.
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Right now in the PWR you are correct that GAC is the only one high enough to qualify for a Pool C if they don't win Pool A. Hamline is on the bubble though. The last Pool C is looking to be Amherst if there are no upsets for the Pool A. Depending on how teams take each other out in the last weekend and conference playoffs Hamline might be able to jump Hamilton and Amherst to that spot.
 
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