πͺπ'π₯π ππ‘ πWe'll take on Campbell on Thursday at Thompson Field ππ Β» https://t.co/37mt2ss6dD#Hokies π¦ | #NCAASoccer pic.twitter.com/00wd9unPkFβ Virginia Tech Men's Soccer (@HokiesMSoccer) November 15, 2021
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Let's go! In a fairly decent quadrant of the bracket too, with #11wvu playing the winner of our game, and #6 Tulsa facing Creighton/Missouri St.
Here's to hopefully a deep run for the men (and women's) teams! π¦β½οΈ
Hokies!
There is Briz in the air....Let's go
Tech should win, but they can't afford to sleep on the Camels.
CU lost to UNC 1-0 earlier in the season and beat Winthrop, who VT beat 3-0, 7-0 in the Big South tournament last week.
We're a futbol school
Reminder for NRV locals..
VT Men's soccer vs. Campbell 6pm tonight at Thompson field. First round of NCAA tournament. $10 general admission, $5 18 and under. First 500 students get in free with Hokie Passport.
EDIT: can also watch on ACCNX
Let's Go!
Hokies!
This is a tough matchup. As soon as it was announced, I got a bad feeling in my stomach. I'm hoping I am very wrong.
Tech getting a fight from the πͺπͺπͺ
Nice!
Be nice to get another here...
2 minutes to go and we face WVU for a chance at a fourth consecutive sweet 16. But the basketball game starts in one.
FT
Hokies advance
Whew. Time to switch to hoops. Way to go men! Hokie FAM!!!!!
Lucky break that the Campbell player wasn't able to get a good foot on that corner at the end. Hokies on to the second round!
Aight black diamond trophy on the line against the damn cousins on Sunday LETS GO FAM
Way to get the win; tough game but we held out.
Now let's go beat West Virginia
After the exciting NCAA tourney win last night for VT Men's soccer, now it's the women's turn!
TONIGHT, Nov. 19, VT Women's soccer team play #2 seed Arkansas at Razorback Field in the second round of the NCAA tourney. Kick off at 7:30 p.m. EST and you can watch on SEC Network Plus. Good luck ladies!!
Lets Go!
Hokies!
Tied up with the cousins in Morgantown. Worth watching if your NFL team is crashing and burning like my wife's Bills.
Extra time vs the cousins
PKs, makes me want a Tijuana Toss.
I'm not a soccer player so maybe I don't understand strategy super well, but when the announcers have pointed out how short the WVU goalkeeper is then why did we kick low so much on the PKs? Wouldn't those be easier for the shorter player to get to vs keeping em high? WVU seemed to control the ball for the 40% of the match that I watched and it was really frustrating how we didn't seem to get much offense going aside from a couple attempts on goal.
In reality, it makes little difference on penalties. Shorter keeper generally means shorter arms, so less coverage of the goal whether low or high. Lower shots are always tougher for keepers because they have to get down to the ground and there is not much time to do that while reacting to the shot.
High penalties are also tough to save, but have a much greater chance of missing the goal. It's very easy to lean back slightly and with all the things going through your head, suddenly you've skied it.
Dealing with a shorter keeper you would ideally want to place penalties in the top corner. If hit with enough power, it would be impossible to stop and you have a bit more error margin with a short keeper. However, it's very risky because you could easily miss to the side or over. Shooting low in the corner is a safer and still effective strategy as it's still very difficult to save if it's hit decently hard and in the bottom corner.
The real disadvantage of having a short keeper is dealing with aerial balls into the penalty area (corner kicks, free kicks)
Thanks for the detailed response and explanation! All of that makes sense.