Syracuse needs to drop out of the top 5. Northwestern is the clear #2 and might be number one. NW has the best player in the country, UNC has the next 2. Big drop off after that.
NU plays in a pretty tame conference. Not like ACC Scane can score goals but does she do anything else? Does she make players around her better. Thats what makes you #1
Yeah, OK...
Ok so if its all about scoring goals why didn't Olhmiller win? Or why didn't Murphy make final 5?
Well Ohlmiller should have won her Junior year.. was more of a force then stukenberg.. but the committee went with the Maryland kid as is their norm.
Sorry but no she should not have won it. Just as with ranking teams, strength of schedule has to be a major factor. When looking at both the Maryland and Stony Brook schedules for that year (2017) there is no comparison.
Maryland played:
14 games Vs Top 20 teams. 10 of those were Vs Top 10 teams. 7 of those were Vs Top 5 teams.
Stony Brook played:
6 games Vs Top 20 teams. 3 of those were Vs Top 10 teams. 1 of those Vs Top 5 Team.
Strength of schedule changes everything. Team record, player statistics, team ranking, tournament seeding, everything.
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