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Wow, talk about a guy hedging his bets!

You could see it coming, sorta. The women have played 5 overtime’s, lost 5 times 1 nil, had a couple nil nil draws. But a 2-1 road win on Sunday at Miami added some confidence. But tonite they hosted an undefeated in MAC play Bowling Green, 8-0-0. And the match was played for the most part in the final third in the Zips defensive end. But they held, and Erin McKinney, freshman goalie, had 11 saves on the night. And Senior Mid Shea O’Brien who subbed back in after a late breather with about 3 minutes left, bombed in a 25 yarder to the upper right corner with less than 2 minutes remaining. McKinney made her final save with less than 30 seconds left. Huge win. Biggest since they won. Quarterfinal MAC tourney match 4 seasons ago...

Cool. Not sure we can cork our bats like he did, but we should be able to wear those goggles. Trivia, only one of six to ever get caught using a corked bat.

Besides Kent. Well, are they still considered FBS?

Browns make the list?

We narrowly escaped a 1-7 Kent State team. I'd certainly hope we wouldn't take any game for granted.

I was in the Frankfurt airport this morning going through Customs in my Akron hoodie when a guy in line turned to me and said "Go Zips! Nice win on Saturday." Later on I turned to a guy in a Purdue hat in the same line and said "Nice win over the Buckeyes on Saturday. He said "Thanks! You guys won in overtime, right?" Nice, globally-recognized win by the Zips on Saturday! Always fun to rock the UA gear in airports after a big win.

Alright, who on here is this?! https://www.ohio.com/news/20181019/ua-superfans-convert-stow-basement-into-ultimate-roo-shrine

It's been a good year for the MAC against outside competition: the MAC has the 3rd best conference RPI (out of 24 conferences total), behind only the ACC (way ahead of everyone else) and the Pac-12: http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/Conference RPI Rank

We will need to win two tough matches on hostile soil just to get in the tourney. Probably at WV. There will be no at-large invite from the MAC. I am not so hopeful. We are fortunate that MAC tourney rules changed this year so that all are invited. Using last year's rules, we would have nothing left to play for this season. We would effectively be done; bench all the seniors. I could not tell who turned over because the camera work was so shoddy. But I will say these two things: 1. We pass back to the GK waaay too much. Teams are totally sitting on that pass. 2. I really miss Niko De Vera playing LB.

WE do appreciate your support Cykron!!!!