Roundup: Basketball season in full swing
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. The annual stuff-your-face-with-food holiday was again good to Hat Trick, full of lots of turkey, but sadly no mashed potatoes (a crime, in my opinion).
It’s been a solid two weeks since my last post (my bad…), so there’s a lot to catch up on. First let’s take a look at the football playoff picture. Read more
More playoff action
So I figured that since I updated the women’s soccer playoff picture earlier today, I should mention the D-III field hockey playoffs. Today marked the start and completion of the first round, and didn’t really produce any upsets to note. A quick look at the bracket shows that every home team won, and advanced to the second round of the tournament, which will be played this weekend. Keep an eye on defending National Champion Ursinus, who had a bye in the first round. They play Juniata, who defeated Johns Hopkins in the opening round.
And while I’m at it, here is the scoreboard and updated bracket for the men’s soccer playoffs. Three-time defending Champion Messiah received a bye in the opening round of the tourney, and faces Greensboro this weekend.
Women’s soccer tournament underway
There’s been some buzz on the South Hill about the Ithaca women’s soccer team, who faces Bowdoin in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday. The first round actually began today, with a number of games on the slate. Wheaton, last year’s champion, will be looking to repeat this year.
The Bombers haven’t won since they collected back-to-back National Chamionships in 1990 and 1991. Take a look at the full bracket?and make some predictions. It’s playoff time.
Junior rewrites record books
I’m not trying to turn this into an Ithaca sports blog, but something else happened on the South Hill this weekend that deserves some coverage. Junior Chelsey Feldman of the women’s soccer team became the program’s all-time leading scorer in the Bombers’ 4-1 win against Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday.
Feldman netted a hat trick in the game, which is a noteworthy accomplishment on its own. The fact that she did it within a seven-minute span is just plain ridiculous. She now has 87 career points in 46 career games. She has 10 goals in seven games this season, and is on pace for well over 20 goals this year, which easily crush the team record of 14 for a season. Her 34 career goals are one shy of the team record. Her 18 assists are six shy of the team record.
I think you get the point. Feldman is without a doubt the finest female soccer player Ithaca has ever seen. It can be argued that she is better than Sandor Szabo ‘66, who holds the majority of the men’s soccer records (80 career goals, 35 goals in a season, 180 career points, 78 points in a season). While Feldman likely won’t approach those eye-popping figures, she will finish her Ithaca career as the record holder in countless categories. After all, she’s only seven games into her junior season. Scary.
New rankings released for soccer
It’s pretty late right now and Hat Trick needs some sleep, but I wouldn’t leave you soccer fans hanging. Check out this week’s various polls and post your thoughts. Happy Wednesday.
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