A 13' goal from Emil Jaaskelainen gives @zipsmsoc a 1-0 lead over Marquette#GoZips | @zipsmsoc 🦘 pic.twitter.com/ZCWgHLHsSa— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) October 27, 2024 A 62' goal from Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal extends @zipsmsoc lead to 2-0 over Marquette#GoZips | @ZipsMSoc 🦘 pic.twitter.com/ELPzUWXNoz— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) October 27, 2024 Emil Jaaskelainen nets his NCAA-best 20th goal of the season to give @zipsmsoc a 3-0 lead over @marquettesoccer in the 76'#GoZips | @zipsmsoc 🦘 pic.twitter.com/FmteCVcaKm— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) October 27, 2024
I agree they still seem a bit low. What time will the playoff game at Lee Jackson be that is on the 9th? I’m still thinking of going but I need to let my sister know because I’ll be staying at her house. I’m hoping it’s later in the day so I only need to stay with her family one night. It’s a 6ish hr drive from Lincoln Park to Akron. Traffic can be dicey.
Do not yet know, but you can bet it will be 19:00. BIG EAST Men's Soccer Quarterfinal Tickets on Sale Now - University of Akron Athletics
To be fair, UConn will help Akron's SOS numbers when that game enters the RPI calculation. To this point, the Big East has been the weaker half of the Zips' schedule. Akron's non-conference SOS = 41 but its overall SOS is 76. I feel like Akron has scheduled stronger in the past...maybe they felt like they could weaken the schedule going into a stronger conference. Akron's division has been the weaker of the two...only Creighton has a winning overall record. And they drew Villanova as one of their East opponents. The MAC was pretty damn good there at the end of its run, with Western Michigan and Bowling Green rising to challenge Akron.
The Best Striker in College Soccer - Emil Jaaskelainen‼️ Jaaskelainen leads the NCAA in 6 statistical categories & has tied a @BIGEAST record for goals (12) & points (28) in league matches in a season#GoZips | @ZipsMSoc | @HermannTrophy | @UnitedCoaches | @BIGEAST 🦘 pic.twitter.com/MwLSN50Jci— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) October 29, 2024
I could not read this as I don't pay for their articles. Did the article include something about the Zips?
“ Player to Watch: Emil Jaaskelainen, Akron He is far from a secret, but what Jaaskelainen is doing this season deserves an isolated look. The graduate senior leads the country with 20 goals, six more than anyone else. Add the seven assists, and Jaaskelainen leads with 47 points, 14 more than the closest competitor. The British forward has been the best striker in college soccer while also peaking at the perfect time, with 17 of those goals coming in the last nine matches for the Big East regular season champions. Identified as a preseason transfer to watch, adding the two-time NEC Player of the Year from Long Island has clearly been a success for the Akron Zips. It must be the tips he learned from his father, JussiJaaskelainen, an English Premier League goalkeeping legend who played more than 800 matches.”
Apparently, The Akron Beacon Journal woke up. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story...lainen-malik-henry-dyson-clapier/75945806007/
UConn 0-0 AKR FT A lackluster effort by Zips against an unimpressive team of Huskies. As a self-styled football purist, I have been entertained many times by an exciting but scoreless draw. This was not that. This match was mostly boring. Both sides had more to lose than they had to gain. On to BE Tourney... No. 13 Akron and UConn Battle to a 0-0 Draw - University of Akron Athletics
I wonder whether the 2015 Georgetown Hoyas are out there somewhere doing the 1972 Miami Dolphins thing, lighting up cigars to celebrate their unblemished 9-0-0 Big East Regular Season remaining the goldest of standards (as I've mentioned elsewhere, it's apples to oranges not just due to the two new teams in the conference between now and then, but because two of those wins required overtime). Probably not, as yesterday was not a happy day for Hoya soccer fans. Creighton is the most dangerous of 5 seeds - on any given day, then can come out and play out of their minds, feast or famine with that bunch. And then if they get past that, having to face Akron in a semi is not what we wanted.
A 47' goal from Emil Jaaskelainen from Malik Henry gives @zipsmsoc a 3-0 lead over DePaul #GoZips | @ZipsMSoc 🦘 pic.twitter.com/koNMwNeyor— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) November 10, 2024
AKR 1-2 GTN OT Very even, very entertaining match for the neutral observer… which I am most certainly not.
Still defrosting my fingers and toes... The difference in the game was Georgetown again going 19-20 deep and deliberately using that depth to run Akron ragged (and also play a bit more physical than usual, although no one will ever confuse Georgetown for one of the Big East's more physical squads). It worked...just barely, as it did (also just barely) against Creighton. Tip of the cap to Brian Wiese. Akron remains a team no one should want to see next to themselves in the bracket. Emil and Malik are dangerous any time they have the ball, it's a high soccer IQ team, and they don't beat themselves. I'll definitely remember this one for awhile.
Postgame comments from @ZipsCoachEmbick following @ZipsMSoc 2-1 overtime setback to @GUHoyasMSoccer in the @BIGEAST Championship Semifinals#GoZips | @ZipsMSoc 🦘 pic.twitter.com/WdDelKk2Ag— Akron Zips M Soccer (@ZipsMSoc) November 15, 2024