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zips are heading to Syracuse good night for the MAC...West Virginia won 4-2 Several high ranked RPI teams struggling in first round #16 Charlotte is in penalty kick shootout tonight....they advanced play at Va tech next #18 New Hamphsire lost to Colgate...Colgate plays Wake Forest next Other games Portland 1 UCLA 0 Michigan State 2 UIC 0 NC State 4 Campbell 1 James Madison 3 High Point 0 Furman got past UNCW on PK's Michigan and Princeton headed to PK's uconn 4 rhode island 3 in ot air force drilling central arkansas 3-0 with 10 minutes to go

https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2018/11/12/five-philadelphia-union-players-receive-international-call-ups Mr. Najem featured prominently in article

https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181114/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-zips-looking-to-avoid-upset-in-first-round-tournament-match-against-rider

from the Rider web site https://gobroncs.com/news/2018/11/13/mens-soccer-faces-16-akron-thursday-in-ncaa-first-round.aspx they have made it to the NCAA in 3 of the last 4 years Like the zips, they know how to dial it up at year end

video preview...with Jared https://gozips.com/news/2018/11/14/mens-soccer-zips-open-ncaa-tournament-play-hosting-rider.aspx

Travis Clark of top drawer soccer makes his first round predictions https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-di-first-round-tournament-preview_aid45460

Rest in Peace, Steve Parker https://gozips.com/news/2018/11/13/akron-mens-soccer-mourns-the-passing-of-steve-parker.aspx

college soccer player of the week https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-november-13_aid45454

Marcel honored by college soccer news https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/team-of-the-week/1246-college-soccer-news-national-team-of-the-week-week-ending-november-11-2018

congrats to Marcel

several pictures in the beacon article https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181112/university-of-akron-mens-soccer-zips-to-host-rider-in-first-round-of-ncaa-division-i-tournament

here is a statement....that makes my very proud of akron zips soccer When postseason play begins, the Zips will join an elite group of just four Division I programs that have qualified for the NCAA Championships in each of the past 12 seasons. Only Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia can share that claim.

Syracuse also had a 2-0 win over #1 Wake Forest They tied ACC tourney champion Louisville 2-2

https://gobroncs.com/schedule.aspx?path=msoc Rider finished with a 10-9-1 record they went 6-4 in their conference only common opponent for the zips and rider ...is Canisius their RPI is 121 (as a comparison, Bowling Green is 134)

Akron and Charlotte are the two teams in the RPI top 16 ....that did not get byes.... #17 Denver and #19 Syracuse are the two teams that got seeded instead New Hampshire, which had a 18 rpi....in effect..got seeded #32 as they would have to face #1 Wake in the round of 32 By facing #16 Syracuse(after the Rider matchup), Akron was probably the #17 seed

That is really good. I had posted this video under the morgantown topic....in a tweet from Evan Bush....(supporting the zips) but it is great to have its own topic

updated article from the beacon...with many quotes I had not seen the all mac tourney team... Carlo was a slam dunk after the game with WVU... glad to see Abdi and Ezana make it Ezana has really stepped up.... Credit to Abdi and the coaching staff for all of their hard work to find the right spot for Abdi https://www.ohio.com/sports/20181111/college-soccerakron-3-western-michigan-0-zips-win-mac-tournament-earn-ncaa-bid

https://gozips.com/news/2018/11/11/mens-soccer-akron-captures-15th-mac-tournament-title-besting-western-michigan-3-0.aspx

rpis of other zip opponents Creighton 31 michigan state 33 Pitt 42...not eligible for tourney ...due to losing record Seattle 46 13-6-1 record....strength of schedule at 146 VCU 52 Grand Canyon 53 Western Michigan 54 SIUE 62 Northern Illinois 83 Bowling green 134 Butler 136 Canisius 169 I feel Like I have missed someone....but My eyes are punchy so I will post now

Current top 25...zip opponents in bold 1Wake Forest 17 -2-0 .6920 2Indiana 17-2-1 .6790 3Louisville 11-4-3 .6547 Louisville won ACC tourney - win over wake forest on friday and N. Carolina today 4North Carolina 14-3-1 .6447 5Kentucky 17-1-1 .6295 this is a very good team ...wins over Indiana and Louisville in regular season won their league tourney today with win over Charlotte...jumped them from 9 to 5 in rpi 6Notre Dame 10-6-2 .6274 7Virginia 9-3-3 .6229 lost in ACC round of 16 to Pitt 8Saint Mary's 17-0-1 .6151 9Stanford 11-3-4 .6118 Stanford has had to play #1 Wake in the quarters for a few years in a row...will committee seed Stanford 6 or 7 to avoid them playing Wake again 10Virginia Tech 10-6-3 .6022 11Duke 10-6-2 .5991 6 ACC teams in top 11 12Maryland 8-6-4 .5944 13UCF 13-2-3 .5920 14Akron 10-6-2 .5899 number 10 in strength of schedule...opponent strength of schedule is 28 15Georgetown 12-4-3 .5884 won big east ..4-0 win over Providence on friday.2-0 win over marquette today 16Charlotte 14-4-1 .5867 17Denver 15-3-2 .5860 116 strength of schedule 18New Hampshire 12-3-2 .5815 19Syracuse 7-6-4 .5790 20Rhode Island 15-4-0 .5781 99 strenght of schedule 21West Virginia 13-6-0 .5761 22Washington 12-7-0 .5755 23UC Irvine 11-5-3 .5738 24Connecticut 11-5-2 .5645 I wonder if they wish that they had played the zips 25NC State 9-6-3 .5624

I was very wrong about the zips jumping into the mid 20's if they won the mac they were 19 this morning as a result of the win over west virginia jumped up to 14 as of 6:06 eastern time....in gaucho dan rpi top 16 seeds get a bye until sunday and host a game against a winner of a round of 64 game 17-32 seeded teams have to host a game on thursday game dare the zips dream about a top 16 seed?