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Week 6

The Battle of "Whits", the Battle of Pioneers, and the Battle of Coming Up With New Blog Material

We have all seen that Mountain Dew commercial where the kids put up the funny website about Chuck Norris, and then he comes to their house and throws them in a dumpster and makes his own web page about them. Well, I wanted to see if that would happen to me if I put up a picture of him on our web page (I'll let you know how it goes).

We are really struggling to find new blog material.

Men's Game of the Week
While you could never argue that the NESCAC regular season champion could be determined by a game this early on in the season, there is no doubt that Saturday's matchup between Middlebury (7-0-0, 4-0-0) and Amherst (8-0-0, 5-0-0) COULD be a preview of this year's NESCAC championship.

Prediction: Middlebury 1 Amherst 0

Men's Defensive Game of the Week
As far as UAA schedules go, Emory's has been a breeze up to this point in the season. Emory will have a true test this Sunday, as they go head to head against Wash U. Combined, the Eagles and Bears have allowed just 12 goals the entire season, so don't expect a shootout.

Prediction: Bears 1 Eagles 0

Men's Offensive Game of the Week
Prior to post-season play, it is always fun to see how Messiah does when they play quality competition outside of their conference. Fortunately, the Falcons will be challenged by a tough NJAC team in TCNJ on Saturday. After a disappointing 2006, the Lions are undefeated in conference play, and will be looking to improve their record, and earn some respect for a conference that was slighted from an at large bid in 2006.

Prediction: Messiah 3 TCNJ 2

Women's Game of the Week
The Women's game of the week happens to be the only game where two nationally ranked teams will meet. This UAA matchup features 2006's UAA champion, #4 Washington University-MO(10-0-0), and Sue Patberg's 15th ranked Eagles of Emory University. The Bears will be looking to remain undefeated and untied in conference play since 2006, while the Eagles will be looking to earn a much needed 3 points in order to control their own fate in the UAA this season.

Prediction: Wash U. 1 Emory 0

Women's Defensive Game of the Week
Its gonna be a true battle of "Whits" on Saturday as 13th ranked Whitworth College hosts unranked Whitman College. I'm sure that everyone involved in this match is sick of it being called the battle of "Whits" year after year, but I still think its funny. In fact, I think that every year these two teams should play in a tournament with Whittier College in California, for a tournament of "Whits".

Prediction: Whitworth 3 Whitman 1

Women's Offensive Game of the Week
While I would never make the argument that the Midwest Conference is among the top 10 or even top half of the conferences that compete in division 3 soccer, I feel like I must give my alma-mater conference the national spotlight for this week's offensive game of the week. Every year in the MWC, the conference championship is determined when Carroll plays Grinnell. Last year, Grinnell walked away with the crown after a big road win against Carroll, and they will be the heavy favorite this year as they host Carroll on Saturday.

Prediction: Pioneers 3 Pioneers 1 (I'll let you know which one after the game)

Last Week:3-3

Overall: 15-8

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