Sunday, February 18, 2018

NESCAC Playoff matchups are set

After a fun final weekend in which Amherst headed into the overtime period tied with last place Middlebury with anything from the second to fourth seed a possibility, we finally have the seedings for next week's Quarterfinals.

Amherst and Hamilton both finished with 21 points but the Mammoths had the better record between the two travel partners (1-0-1) to win the tiebreaker

Wesleyan and Colby both finished with 20 points but Wesleyan wins the tiebreaker with the better head-to-head record (1-0-1).

Bowdoin (10 points) finished in 9th and Middlebury (7 pts) finished in last. It is the first time Bowdoin failed to make the NESCAC playoffs since conference playoffs started in the 1999-2000 season and only the second time Middlebury failed to make the playoffs (last year was the first time).
We'll have more on this weekend's games later and previews for the Quarters later this week.

Final seeding for the playoffs

1. Trinity (29 pts)
2. Conn College (22 pts)
3. Amherst (21 pts)
4. Hamilton (21 pts)
5  Wesleyan (20 pts)
6. Colby (20 pts)
7. Williams (19 pts)
8. Tufts (11 pts)

So the Quartefinal matchups next Saturday are:

(8) Tufts at (1) Trinity. Fourth straight year the Bos and Bantams will meet in playoffs (3 Quarterfinals and one semis)

(7) Williams at (2) Conn College. They last met in the semis of 2015, the last time the Camels made the playoffs.

(6) Colby at (3) Amherst. Not sure the last time these two met in the playoffs, but they split the regular season series.

(5) Wesleyan at (4) Hamilton. This sets up the rematch of last year's exciting NESCAC semis when the top seeded Continentals had to come from behind to beat the Cardinals.


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