Boston V Coast Guard Preview

Here is a Preview that was posted before the game yesterday. Some quotes from Coach Evans:

 

Boston vs. Coast Guard Has Playoff Implications

By Pat Clifton (Boston could go from being tied for second to the back of the playoff contention pack with a loss Saturday.) Four teams from New England will make the DII Northeast playoffs. Middlebury, having already beaten Coast Guard and Norwich, seems to be in poll position for the race to secure a berth, but the next four teams, Bentley (3-0-1), Boston (3-0-1) Coast Guard (3-1) and Norwich (3-1) are bottlenecked. After this weekend, a couple of contenders may make some separation from the pack, as Bentley takes on Norwich and Boston faces Coast Guard. We caught up with Boston coach Justin Evans to talk about the big weekend. “It looks like, on paper, like this is going to be our toughest game so far this season,” said Evans. “Although they’ve lost one, they’ve been racking up some good scores against good teams, so it looks like they could be the best team we’ve played so far.” Coast Guard and Boston’s only common opponent so far? Maine, on which Coast Guard put a 51-17 shellacking and Boston a more meager beating, 20-12. Nonetheless, Boston is entering Saturday’s game undefeated, and still with a puncher’s chance at a league title. “I don’t know whether we’re going to win the conference, I think that’s going to be very tough, but if we were to lose, things would get very complicated for us,” said Evans. “We’re just going to get to tomorrow and try to win there and see what we can do.” Indeed things would get very complicated for Boston with a loss Saturday, as their next opponent is heavyweight Middlebury. A two-game losing streak would be hard to overcome and reach the playoffs. “At the moment we’re sticking pretty well, we missed just one point with a tie against Bentley,” said Evans. “But on paper, it looks like Middlebury and Coast Guard are the two strongest, but we’ll find out tomorrow.

via Rugbymag.com