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The Unknown Field Hockey Observer
11-7-05
The Unknown
Here They Are
- Tower Hill
- Caesar Rodney
- Delmar
- Sanford
- Brandywine
- Cape Henlopen
- St Mark’s
- Concord
- William Penn
- Sussex Tech
- Mount Pleasant
- Archmere
- Padua
- Middletown
- Seaford
- Indian River
Who’s in, who’s out
There are four changes from the tournament field of 2004. Charter, Dover,
Lake Forest and Wilmington Christian are out, WCS for the first time since 1987
and Charter under unusual circumstances. Indian River and Seaford return after
one-year absences. Like Sussex Tech and Charter last year, Middletown and Padua
are tournament first timers.
The Committee appears to have used the results of 12 Blue Hen Conference
games rather than 7 Blue Hen A games to determine the BHA champions. William
Penn’s record was 9-3 versus the entire BHC, Charter’s 7-5. Both teams were
6-1 against BHA opponents with Charter having the tie breaker with a win over
Penn.
By Conference
The Henlopen leads with six, followed by the Blue Hen with five, the Catholic
with three and the Independent with two. The HC, BHC and IC all have the same
number of teams as last year. The CC picked up a third team this year for their
most since 1996. There are no non-conference teams in the tournament for the
first time since 1986
Brackets/Match ups
The brackets break down on geographic lines with five of the six Henlopen
teams in the lower bracket.
Only two regular season rematches: Concord vs. William Penn and Caesar Rodney
vs. Seaford. In last year’s first round, five of the eight matches were return
engagements, with the regular season winner prevailing in all five. St Mark’s
vs. Sussex Tech is a rerun of a 2004 first round game, also played at ST. Cape
Henlopen was in line to host a first round game for the sixth consecutive year
but the game will be played at Dover.
First Round Upsets?
Over the past ten tournaments (1995-2004), there have been 17 first round
upsets. We have not had any for the past two seasons, so we may be due. As you
can see below, they tend to come in clusters.
- 2
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 0
- 0
Surprisingly the most common upset is not the 8/9 game:
1/16 1
2/15 0
3/14 0
4/13 3
5/12 2
6/11 3
7/10 6
8/9 2
In this year’s field, three of the lower seeded schools have pulled off
first round upsets over the past ten years, while three of the higher seeded
schools have been upset, one of them twice.
The tournament teams against the rest of the field this year
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Overall |
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vs. FIELD |
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vs. 1-8 |
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vs. 9-16 |
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W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
W |
L |
T |
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W |
L |
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1) |
TOWER HILL |
14 |
0 |
2 |
41 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
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1 |
0 |
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2) |
CAESAR RODNEY |
15 |
0 |
1 |
61 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
0 |
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3) |
DELMAR |
14 |
1 |
1 |
49 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
0 |
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4) |
SANFORD |
13 |
2 |
1 |
56 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
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5) |
BRANDYWINE |
14 |
2 |
0 |
62 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
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6) |
CAPE HENLOPEN |
14 |
1 |
1 |
48 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
0 |
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7) |
ST MARK'S |
13 |
2 |
1 |
42 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
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8) |
CONCORD |
13 |
3 |
0 |
73 |
20 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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3 |
0 |
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9) |
WILLIAM PENN |
13 |
3 |
0 |
67 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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3 |
0 |
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10) |
SUSSEX TECH |
11 |
4 |
0 |
53 |
16 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
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11) |
MT PLEASANT |
12 |
4 |
0 |
43 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
1 |
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12) |
ARCHMERE |
10 |
5 |
1 |
33 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
2 |
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13) |
PADUA |
13 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
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14) |
MIDDLETOWN |
12 |
4 |
0 |
61 |
20 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
2 |
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15) |
SEAFORD |
9 |
6 |
1 |
30 |
30 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
19 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
2 |
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16) |
INDIAN RIVER |
10 |
5 |
1 |
40 |
30 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
Archives
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9-17-08:
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| 10-8-05:
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10-15-05:
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10-23-05:
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10-25-05:
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| 10-28-05:
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