| | Leveille- He had a hat trick and two big hits on guys 40-60 lbs heavier than him. He's an all-around player. They most likely went with Fiore more of the time as Leveille is still recovering from an injured knee. On the play that tied the game in regulation, not a person at Garber Field, player or spectator, knew that Kessler pulled the ball out of the pack. I don't even think he knew he had it. Then he broke to the cage and found McTigue. For a keeper to stop a shot in a 3 on 1 would have been one of the best saves during the 2002 season. This UMass team can play with anybody as they have shown last year. Hey, if Hofstra went 0-5 to start '01 and got a berth, UMass can lose their first contest. And F$&* off to everyone who claims that they play a weak schedule. They beat everyone in proportion to how they should beat them, as evidence by the greatest margin of victory in NCAA last year, while Virginia was nearly getting beat by Butler and Duke was playing D2 teams. Teams like UMBC on thier schedule had bad years anyway. Two one goal games to Cuse and G'Town and they don't get in. When the committee gathers up the balls to let them dance, all the naysayers can taste their foot when the Minutemen find themselves in the Final Four. |