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http://gozips.com/news/2017/11/12/mens-soccer-akron-captures-mac-tournament-title-with-3-1-win-over-no-4-western-michigan.aspx selection show at 1 pm on ncaa.com

#7 now in RPI ???

fknbuflobo....you will love this link....if you have not seen recently....Simon Spelling is also part of a select group...2 time all americans....joining the great Darlington Nagbe, Scott Caldwell, Anthony Ampaipitakwong, the Nanchoffs...and a few others http://www.gozips.com/sports/2017/5/31/akron-tradition.aspx

I have to give props to Sandon Milbut, who posted this great info(below) on big Soccer forum Denver lost on PK's to Omaha so that kind of hurt the zips in the RPI yesterday. Root for U Mass Lowell today and root for Wake Forest. Props and kudos to former zip Jesus "Chino" Perez for helping his Illinois -Chicago team advance to the NCAA tourney. Seven teams are already in the NCAA tourney and 17 more will get automatic qualifiers on Sunday. Already in... ATLANTIC SUN - Lipscomb BIG WEST - Cal State Fullerton HORIZON – Illinois-Chicago IVY – Dartmouth PAC 12 - Stanford SUMMIT – Omaha WEST COAST – San Francisco To be decided Sunday... AMERICAN ATHLETIC – Southern Methodist/Central Florida AMERICA EAST – Massachusetts-Lowell/Albany ATLANTIC 10 – Virginia Commonwealth/Massachusetts ATLANTIC COAST – Wake Forest/Virginia BIG EAST – Georgetown/Xavier BIG TEN – Indiana/Wisconsin BIG SOUTH – High Point/Presbyterian COLONIAL ATHLETIC – UNC Wilmington/William & Mary CONFERENCE USA – Old Dominion/Charlotte METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC – Rider/Fairfield MID-AMERICAN – Western Michigan/Akron MISSOURI VALLEY – Missouri State/Central Arkansas NORTHEAST – St. Francis Brooklyn/Long Island PATRIOT – Colgate/Holy Cross SOUTHERN – UNC Greensboro/Mercer SUN BELT – Coastal Carolina/Georgia State WESTERN ATHLETIC – Seattle/San Jose State

Congratulations to Simon Spelling and his Medina student athletes on a great year https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/high-school/other/boys-soccer-beavercreek-1-medina-0-2ot-bees-come-up-just-short-in-division-i-state-title-match?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Pulse+Morning+Newsletter&utm_source=second-street

Excellent comments..... This team needs to be reminded of the drive that the 2009 team. That team brought it every single game....no losses or no ties in the regular season and no goals allowed in 5 NCAA tourney games. That team had talent......but they also wanted it every single time that they were on the field.

their web site shows an attendance of 2,317 when they hosted and defeated Michigan their web site shows an attendance of 3,422 when they hosted Michigan State (that was the game where their goalie got hurt and it took them 45 minutes to get an ambulance there)

http://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/112297/mac-soccer-tournament-semis-akron-goal-with-15-seconds-left-sets-up-ot-and-the-end-of-siues-first-season-in-mac I know we gripe about the Beacon not covering the zips... However, the beacon sends a rented reporter to kalamazoo The alton, Illinois paper sends a reporter to Kalamazoo...to cover SIU-E (see attached article-....more grousing about the last throw in) if you look at Kalamazoo paper...they only have press release from WMU

yes, Larry was at Marquette at the time..... However, it was about 0 to 5 above at game time.....nature took care of the field no behind the scenes field doctoring from Larry's friends at Marquette

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/USMI0442:1:US the weather looks awful for Kalamazoo light freezing rain....from midnight to 8 am high of 38 , low of 35 from 1pm to 3pm...with 40% chance of showers going to be a very sloppy field

http://wmubroncos.com/news/2017/11/10/mens-soccer-headed-to-mac-championship.aspx zips fans...get there early if you are traveling to the "zoo" sounds like they are expecting a record crowd head coach Chad Wiseman: "The table is set for yet another top 10 showdown at the WMU Soccer Complex on Sunday, this time with a championship on the line. I expect the atmosphere to be incredible. Our University and community will be out in full force, it will be a game you won't want to miss."

the team on here....that I do not want to play....is Wisconsin.... they are 26 in the RPI and could be a round of 32 matchup for a 7 or 8 seed Wisconsin has knocked off Maryland and an excellent Michigan team in the big 10 tourney Wisconsin is a very dangerous team right now

ESPN3

some of the VCU goals were very cool

Congratulations to former zips assistant Dave Giffards His VCU team is having a really nice year they defeated Rhode Island 2-0 in A10 semis yesterday to move up to #13 in RPI they play #21 U Mass in A10 finals

Beacon sent a stringer to Kalamazoo https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/university-of-akron/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-skye-harters-last-second-goal-sparks-zips-to-2-1-ot-win-over-siu-edwardsville-in-mac-tournament-semifinal

comments from the SIU-E coach http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2017-18/releases/20171110mgtgye

Jon Bluem and the BloHio State Buckeyes will be watching the NCAA tourney from the sidelines at 70 minutes, Indiana leads BloHio State 4-0 BlowOhio State will end the year with a 8-10-1 mark

20-3 advantage in shots and 7-0 in corner kicks.... they will be a very formidable opponent on Sunday...... very talented soccer team.....

that will help the zips Michigan was 13 and wisconsin was 31 Michigan could have jumped the zips with a win

Stanford moved ahead of the zips in RPI last night.... time to get win #1 today...and start climbing

some very nice quotes about Akron an article written.....by a paper close to SIU-E http://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/112207/siue-set-for-akron-in-mac-semifinals-zips-coached-by-granite-city-native-jared-embick