Everyone,
We got the win over the weekend to put us in a 3-way tie for two playoff spots but we were eliminated on tie breakers. I have included the playoff scenario below which was sent to me via email. The guys were very disappointed.
Thanks for all the support and I hope to see you at the Alumni game next fall.
Jeff
Congratulations Pilgrim League Post Season Participants.
#1 Springfield will host #4 MIT at a time tbd on Wednesday May 4, 2011
#2 Babson will host #3 Wheaton at 7:00pm on Wednesday May 4 , 2011.
The Championship will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday May 7, 2011 at the site of the highest remaining seed.
HOME team secures and pays officials.
Three teams were tied for the #3 seed. The seeds were determined following the tie breaking principles cut and pasted below.
After Step 'B' and 'C', Step 'D' was necessary with the following results: Wheaton .598, Clark .514, and MIT .443. Thus, Wheaton advanced to the #3 seed.
By implementing the last sentence of Step 'B', MIT gained the #4 seed by virtue of its Head to Head result vs Clark.
Good luck to all semi finalists and a public thank you to Publicist Magoffin who sent me data as soon as the last non conference contest that impacted the opponents winning percentage was concluded this evening.
Craig
5) The tie breaking procedure will be as follows:
A) Head to Head competition.
B) In the case of multiple ties the tied schools will be compared against a ranked order, beginning with the top seed until the tie is broken. For example, if three teams are tied for fourth place, then the results of those three teams’ contests against the #1 seed first, the #2 seed second, the #3 seed third (and so on) will be compared until the tie is broken. Once a multiple tie is broken, head to head competition becomes the criteria.
C) If necessary, head to head competition against common, non-conference opponents of the teams that are tied should be used. When using non-conference opponents’ results, contests held at home for all tied institutions, or on the road for all tied institutions, shall be used before looking at collective records against common non-conference opponents.
D) If necessary, the committee will evaluate the winning percentages of the tied teams opponents at the end of the regular season to break a tie. The team with the greater opponents winning percentage will advance.
E) If the difference between the opponents winning percentage is identical, a round robin coin toss will be implemented to break the tie.
Jeff Cohen
Head Men's Lacrosse Coach
Clark University 950 Main St
Worcester, MA 01610
P-508.793.7729
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