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another one from the players....

this was the final goal.......for WVA

Fill the Hill

President Nemer did a promotional instagram post for the mens soccer game on Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRSpiDwkqdo/

that was a beautiful game winning goal by Marcus Caldera. Hat trick for Caldera tonight.

Big Ten Tournament Champ UCLA goes down to automatic conference winner.....Grand Canyon Big Ten Tournament runner up Michigan.......goes down to the highest RPI non automatic conference winner Pathetic results for the Big Ten. Yet, Indiana (5-5 in that mediocre league).....gets the overall #6 seed in the tournament...... The mighty ACC is also not shining..... Number 37 RPI Syracuse controversially got a home game against number 27 RPI Hofstra Hofstra smoked the ACC team.....2-0 Western Michigan with the biggest upset of the day.... Western Michigan came into their conferencee tournament with a 5-9-3 record.... they won 2 games in regulation and one on PK's....in conf. tourney 7-9-4......coming into the NCAA's Mighty Clemson was 29 in RPI The NCAA committee gave Clemson a super favorable draw...... play 7-9-4 Western Michigan in first round..... Winner faces the highest seeded team....Number 16 Furman by the placement in the draw....NCAA committee said that Clemson was one of the 4 best non seeded teams Western Michigan beats the over rated ACC team 1-0 Number 50 RPI North Florida is about ready to go to 2nd overtime with #28 RPI North Carolina Go, North Florida !!!!

The Beacon Journal is doing a nice job of promoting Zips mens soccer this week. Malone Pioneer posted an excellent article from the Beacon(about zips seeding and possible opponents) .....under the ratings and RPI topic. This morning, The Beacon did a very good article on Stefan Dobrijevic. (attached below) I greatly admire Stefan for his tremendous improvement as a soccer player over the past 4 years. After reading this article, I also greatly admire Stefan as he is true definition of a "Student-Athlete". Congratulations to Stefan on his success on the soccer field and also for his succcesses in the class room. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/19/stefan-dobrijevic-akron-zips-soccer-ncaa-tournament/87320211007/ Dobrijevic grew up in Akron as an Akron Public Schools student, attending Salem Elementary School, STEM Middle School and Firestone High School. His family moved to Uniontown when he was 16, but he remained at Firestone, where he took engineering, college level and advanced placement classes, recorded a 4.7 GPA and graduated in December 2021. Dobrijevic played club soccer with Internationals Academy, which is based in Medina, and started taking classes at UA in January 2022. He has a 3.8 GPA, earned a degree in business administration with a minor in marketing in December 2024 and is working toward an MBA.

We have posted before about Kam Warnke... Kam had 20 goals and 10 assists this year for the state runner up Auroroa Greenmen. Nice to see all of the Akron logos in the signing announcement

Top Drawer soccer did a preview on the regional that the zips are in. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=55371&articleTitle=mens-ncaa-tournament-region-3-preview 4. Akron(m) (11-4-3) - 1.56 goals per game (76th ranked), .667 goals allowed per game (12th ranked) Offensive Leader: Stefan Dobrijevic (8G, 10A) + Strong defense + Performed well against nationally ranked opposition - Offense can be inconsistent There is no doubt Akron has the defense for a playoff run; the question is if the offense can score enough in a region packed with high-powered attacks. Losing the Big East semifinal was not encouraging, but the team will be well-rested after receiving a first-round bye.

I am not a fan of this guy(or gal?)'s predictions..... the predictor really seems to love teams from the Big Ten https://www.instagram.com/p/DRLqMDtjAx9/?hl=en

one game at a time........ Michigan has a win over #6 Indiana..... Michigan scored 3 goals against a very solid Creighton team I have not looked at Notre Dame record...... zips need a big, loud crowd on Sunday one game at a time...... worry about round of 16.....after winning the round of 32.......

the 2 possible 2nd round opponents played each other in the season opener (August 21) Game was in Ann Arbor.... 2 teams played to a 1-1 tie Let's hope they play a 2 overtime game on Thursday night...with penalty kicks Michigan had wins this year over 2 teams that faced Akron (Creighton and Ohio State) Michigan's best win was over tournament 6 seed Indiana their worst loss was against Michigan State. https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Notre Dame is the lowest rated RPI....selection.... St. John's at 42....Notre Dame at 44....both get in Georgia Southern at 34 and Gardner Webb at 35 do not get in.... Michigan lost 5-0 in the Big Ten final....to UCLA I like this draw for the Zips

I have never heard of college soccer source they predict that Akron will be seeded #15.... with Akron hosting the winner of Marshall vs. Cleveland State next Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRJOsKtDQcb/

The Zips have had a very good season. They deserve a top 16 seed.

They also sent Dyson Clapier to the hospital in that same game I think that Dice needed an overnight stay and some surgery.

And the really sad part of that story is that blue blood Indiana was 5-5 in that league. did not even qualify for conference tournament but yet, the blue blood Hoosiers will probably be seeded 9 or 10 overall in the NCAA tournament

Sunday November 16th Key Tournament Final games I will let others (smarter than I am)...fugure out the results that might be best for the Zips to receive a high seed All ratings shown are RPI as of 12:45 am on Sunday morning November 16th Ivy League Final - 11 am - broadcast on ESPNU #18 Cornell at #1 Princeton Big East Final - high noon - Boyds, MD #12 UConn vs. #17 Georgetown American East Final - 1 pm #4 Bryant (16-1-4) at #3 Vermont (13-0-5) Atlantic 10 final 1 pm #97 Dayton at #24 St. Louis Sunbelt Conference Final 1 pm #37 Central Florida at #14 Marshall ACC final - 1 pm........broadcast on ESPNU...game will be at Cary , NC #8 SMU at #2 Virginia Southern Conference final ...2 pm...... #27 UNC-Greensboro at #21 Furman Big Ten Conference final ....3 pm....game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network #34 UCLA at #26 Michigan

RPI final update for games on Saturday November 15th these results are after SAn Diego's win over Oregon State San Diego moves from 7 in RPI........up to #5 Maryland was at #5......when San Diego game started.....Maryland ends the day at #6 Portland drops from #6 to #7 Number 8 thru 11....look like this 8. SMU 9. Indiana 10. High Point 11. Akron 12 thur 17 look like this 12. UConn 13. Stanford 14. Marshall 15. NC State 16. Seton Hall 17. Georgetown Cornell started the day at #21 in RPI Cornell did not play today....but they ended the day at #18 in RPI Oregon State loss dropped them from #21 in RPI....down to #23 The Oregon State loss probably hurt Indiana and Stanford a little bit as the biggest non league win for both the Hoosiers and the Cardinal was over Oregon State.

Congratulations to Brian Quinn (the father of former Zip Great Aodhan Quinn) Brian Quinn is the head coach of the San Diego Toreros. This is Brian Quinn's 8th year as the Torero head coach. The Toreros just won their 4th straight West Coast Conference title (no conference tournament.) The West Coach Conference(WCC) has 3 of the Nation's best teams. Tonight, #7 RPI San Diego played at #21 RPI Oregon State to determine the league Champion. In the United Soccer coaches rankings, 3 WCC teams were ranked in the top 10 Portland at 6 ; San Diego at 7 and Oregon State at 10. In RPI (when the game started), Portland was #6 ; San Diego was #7 and Oregon State was #21. Coming into the game , these were the league standings 1. Oregon State 6-0-2 2. San Diego 6-1-1 3. Portland 6-1-2 San Diego needed to win to win the league title. A tie or a win would give Oregon State the league title San Diego wins 4-2 so final standings are 1. Sand Diego 7-1-1 ; tie for 2nd Portland and Oregon State 6-1-2 Game was much closer than 4-2 Game was 1-1 at 67...when San Diego scored on an outstanding corner kick at 80 minutes, Oregon State scored to tie it at 2-2 on a perfectly timed run. Brian Quinn asked for VAR.....it was very close...but the goal stood with 10 minutes to go, Oregon State was tied and was going to win the league 1 minute later, San Diego scored on a great free kick....25 to 30 yards beautiful strike Oregon State had to go full tilt....to try to tie it up...San Diego got a take away and scored to make it 4-2 One of the best soccer games that I have watched in a long time. Brian Quinn is a very good college coach. I will root for San Diego in the NCAA's and I really hope that they are not in the Zips regional. The torerros are a very good soccer team.

Western Michigan earns an NCAA tournament spot. Broncos improve to 7-9-4 with a 1-0 win over top seed Evansville.

Big South Conference Final #34 Gardner Webb at #15 High Point High Point wins 3-0 to improve their record to 13-1-4 Akron stays at #10 in RPI High Point jumps from 15 in RPI ....all the way up to #11 Gardner Webb drops from 34 to 36. High Point may play in a weaker conference......but they have been very impressive against teams ranked in RPI top 43 High Point vs., Top teams 2-1 win over Georgetown 3-1 win over #43 VCU 2-2 tie with Marshall 3-0 win over #36 Gardner Webb (regular season) - Gardner Webb had a regular season win over West Virginia 2-2 tie with West Virginia only loss is to #27 UNC Greensboro (UNCG plays #21 Furman tomorrow) 3-0 conference championship win over #36 Gardner Webb 4-1-2 record against Quality opponents Georgetown, Marshall and UNC Greensboro all play in conference finals tomorrow.... if those 3 teams all win, High Point will jump over Akron in RPI. Western Michigan and Evansville 0-0 at 71 minutes

The Summit League final......had a result.....that should be good for Akron for RPI purposes When the game started, Kansas City was at 14 for RPI and Denver was at 29..... A Kansas City win over a high RPI Denver team...could have moved Kansas City ahead of Akron in RPI. Denver is the Summit league champion with a 4-2 win over Kansas City. as a result of the loss, Kansas City Roos drop down to 20 in RPI. the Denver Pioneers move from 29 in RPI.....up to #23 in RPI The Denver win was good for Georgetown. Georgetown has only lost 1 game since August 25. Their one loss was on October 7 to Denver. Before the Denver win, Seton Hall was 17 in RPI and Georgetown was 18 in RPI. After the Denver win, Georgetown is 16 in RPI and Seton Hall stays at 17. The Georgetown-UConn winner will deservedly jump ahead of Akron for NCAA seeding purposes. In a regular season game. Portland got a 1-0 win over very low RPI St. Mary's as a result of the weak opponent, Portland dropped from 5 to 6. Big Ten regular season champ Maryland moved up from 6 up to #5. As a result of the Kansas City loss, High Point moved up to #15 in RPI. With a win over #34 Gardner Webb, High Point could move up in RPI. High Point just scored to go up 1-0 (57 minutes)

Congratulations to zips all time soccer great Sinisa U. He is the head coach of Cleveland State. the Vikings advanced to the NCAA tournament with a 1-0 win golden goal at 103:44