Here are the NESCAC Soccer rankings based on the last 4 year conference finishes:
Williams 1.7 average place finished
Amherst 2.0
Middlebury 3.7
Tufts 4.0
Bowdoin 4.7
Trinity 6.0
Wesleyan 7.0
Colby 7.5
Bates 8.2
Conn Col 9.0
Just like the academic excellence varies top to bottom, the quality of soccer is very diverse as well. As our daughter is in the recruiting cycle and is a D3 kid, we have seen a fair amount of D3 games the last 2 years, including most of the NESCACs. Amherst and Williams typically have 2-3 kids that are real players--talent worthy of D1. These teams are outstanding with speed and size and the 15th kid on these rosters is still a very solid player. Saw Middlebury as well and maybe caught them on a bad day but really saw a dropoff from that team's talent versus the top 2. We saw Tufts last year and were very impressed with the talent and style of play. Our sense is the bottom half of the NESCAC, from a soccer perspective, is comprised of rosters of kids who are very solid soccer players but lets say to make those teams, you don't need ODP and top level club soccer experience. In fact, the bottom 4 on the list above are teams that in some cases are just basically a continuation of high school soccer. Not a rip on the institutions' academic credentials just from a soccer perspective, the quality of play is not that good.
Williams 1.7 average place finished
Amherst 2.0
Middlebury 3.7
Tufts 4.0
Bowdoin 4.7
Trinity 6.0
Wesleyan 7.0
Colby 7.5
Bates 8.2
Conn Col 9.0
Just like the academic excellence varies top to bottom, the quality of soccer is very diverse as well. As our daughter is in the recruiting cycle and is a D3 kid, we have seen a fair amount of D3 games the last 2 years, including most of the NESCACs. Amherst and Williams typically have 2-3 kids that are real players--talent worthy of D1. These teams are outstanding with speed and size and the 15th kid on these rosters is still a very solid player. Saw Middlebury as well and maybe caught them on a bad day but really saw a dropoff from that team's talent versus the top 2. We saw Tufts last year and were very impressed with the talent and style of play. Our sense is the bottom half of the NESCAC, from a soccer perspective, is comprised of rosters of kids who are very solid soccer players but lets say to make those teams, you don't need ODP and top level club soccer experience. In fact, the bottom 4 on the list above are teams that in some cases are just basically a continuation of high school soccer. Not a rip on the institutions' academic credentials just from a soccer perspective, the quality of play is not that good.
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