This next weekend is that thing known as the Metro East Regionals. In New Jersey. What a great place. (Chill out, I'm kidding.) It will be played pool-play format, which I really like. And the weather is supposed to be a balmy 80+ degrees both days. Yikes. All the sections have finished, so we have:
Upstate NY:
1) Cornell
2) RPI
3) Carleton U
4) SUNY-Buffalo
NJ/Metro NY:
1) Vassar
2) Columbia
West Penn:
1) Pittsburgh
2) Bucknell
3) Edinboro
East Penn:
1) Pennsylvania
2) Drexel
3) Lehigh
Colonial:
1) Maryland
2) Georgetown
3) Towson
4) American
Which I think the UPA lists in a seeded order (though it claims that it's not!):
http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=18&id=5918
- Pittsburgh 2712
- Cornell 2695
- Maryland 2488
- Pennsylvania 2366
- Georgetown 2415
- Bucknell 2382
- Edinboro 2419
- Towson 2358
- American 2212
- Vassar 2241
- Rensselaer Polytech 2220
- Carleton University 2285
- Drexel 2154
- Lehigh 2230
- Columbia 2219
- SUNY-Buffalo 2024
So obviously, the most solid region in the country! I'll tell you the truth... before this season started I probably didn't know that half of these qualifiers even existed as teams. This year, three of our top challengers didn't even make it out of their respective sections (Delaware and George Washington failed to qualify out of Colonial; Queens-Kingston didn't get their stuff in on time for Upstate NY).
I think we have a great chance to take one of the two bids to natties. The weather will be nice, which I think will play into our favor (we are NOT a poor-weather team). And our team also seems to be peaking at the right time. We had a practice this past Sunday which went great.
Pittsburgh and Cornell are overwhelming favorites. Pitt has won 10 straight and is 19-5 on the season. Cornell has won 16 straight and is 22-3. But I think on any given day we have a fighting chance to beat either team. The one time I have played Pittsburgh (last year) we won, so we definitely have a good shot this time around as well.
If we get through our pool unscathed, we will likely get our shot at Pittsburgh. If we took that game in the semis we would likely play either Cornell or Maryland the next afternoon for the regional title, and with essentially 2 games-to-go (2 chances!) in a row. That would be great. Wish us luck!
3 comments:
Ooh... Good luck. I hope you make it to Nationals. Go Penn!
i wish you boys luck as well. we are the number 5 or 6 out of our region, so we have a bit harder chance to make it, but it isn't out the realm of possibilities...
-luke
good luck jay!
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