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2017 Colonial Division Men’s Schedule

wdt_ID date Time Location Matchup: (Dark vs. White) Dark Score White Score Video
1 Saturday, September 16 1:30PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute vs. Amherst College 4 16
2 Saturday, September 16 2:40PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Wesleyan University vs. Williams College 14 8
3 Saturday, September 16 3:50PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA U.S. Coast Guard Academy vs. University of Massachusetts 10 4
4 Saturday, September 16 5:00PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Amherst College vs. Williams College 16 3
5 Saturday, September 16 6:10PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute vs. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 4 16
6 Saturday, September 16 7:20PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA University of Massachusetts vs. Wesleyan University 18 5
7 Sunday, September 17 10:00AM (Forfeit) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA U.S. Coast Guard Academy vs. Williams College 5 0 Watch
8 Sunday, September 17 11:10AM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute vs. University of Massachusetts 8 7 Watch
9 Sunday, September 17 12:20PM Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA Wesleyan University vs. Amherst College 3 17 Watch
10 Sunday, September 17 1:30PM (Forfeit) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Sports & Rec Center), Worcester, MA University of Massachusetts vs. Williams College 5 0 Watch

Colonial Division Championship Schedule

Teams are divided into brackets based on their won/loss records during the season
Bracket A Bracket B
1st Seed –
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
2nd Seed –
Amherst College
4th Seed –
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3rd Seed –
University of Massachusetts
5th Seed –
Wesleyan University
6th Seed –
Williams College
Teams listed first wear dark caps and are home on the scoreboard. Host team always wears dark caps and is listed first on the scoreboard regardless of seed.
wdt_ID date Time Location Matchup: (Dark vs. White) Dark Score White Score Video
27 Saturday, October 14 12:00PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 5th Seed vs. 1st Seed (Game 1) - Wesleyan University vs. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 10 24
28 Saturday, October 14 1:15PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 2nd Seed vs. 6th Seed (Game 2) - Amherst College vs. Williams College 12 5
29 Saturday, October 14 2:30PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 5th Seed vs. 4th Seed (Game 3) - Wesleyan University vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 13 10
30 Saturday, October 14 3:45PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 3rd Seed vs. 6th Seed (Game 4) - University of Massachusetts vs. Williams College 13 8
31 Saturday, October 14 5:00PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 1st Seed vs. 4th Seed (Game 5) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 18 6
32 Saturday, October 14 6:15PM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 2nd Seed vs. 3rd Seed (Game 6) - Amherst College vs. University of Massachusetts 6 0
33 Sunday, October 15 9:00AM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 3rd in Bracket A vs. 3rd in Bracket B (5th Place) - Worcester Polytechnic Institute vs. Williams College 11 10
34 Sunday, October 15 10:15AM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 2nd in Bracket B vs. 2nd in Bracket A (3rd Place) - Wesleyan University vs. University of Massachusetts 9 10
35 Sunday, October 15 11:30AM Colonial Champs - Wesleyan University (Freeman Athletic Center), Middletown, CT 1st in Bracket A vs. 1st in Bracket B (1st Place) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy vs. Amherst College 5 6

2017 Colonial Men Standings

wdt_ID Final Standing Regular Season Standing Team Win Loss Points Win (Final Standings) Loss (Final Standings)
1 1 2 Amherst College 7 1 14 10 1
2 2 1 U.S. Coast Guard Academy 7 1 14 9 2
3 3 3 University of Massachusetts 4 4 8 6 5
4 4 5 Wesleyan University 2 6 4 3 8
5 5 4 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4 4 8 5 6
6 6 6 Williams College 0 8 0 0 11

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Amherst College went 1-1 versus each other during the season with Coast Guard claiming a 12-7 win and Amherst taking an 8-3 victory.  Due to the teams both defeating the other by five goals, the tiebreaker goes to finish/goal differential versus the No. 3 seed.  As the University of Massachusetts and and Worcester Polytechnic Institute both finished 4-4, the tiebreaker goes to goal differential with Massachusetts coming out ahead and taking the No. 3 seed due to an 8-7 loss and a 10-5 win (+4).  Coast Guard and Amherst are then compared against Massachusetts.  Amherst defeated Massachusetts by a score of 6-4 (+2), while Coast Guard played Massachusetts twice winning by scores of 10-4 and 18-6.  Averaging the margins of victory (6 & 12 goals), Coast Guard wins the tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed with a +9 differential.

Coast Guard claims the division’s berth to the 2017 Division III National Collegiate Club Championship due to Amherst College’s ban from the postseason for using an ineligible player during the 2016 season.

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