Prior to the season beginning, we picked Middlebury as our NESCAC Champions. That turned out to be just a little bit off. However, the Vegas odds also had the Fantasy trophy coming to Middlebury, and on Saturday Joe clinched the title in commanding fashion.
A year ago, Pete Lindholm won the fantasy championship on the strength of a historical performance from one Matt Milano ’16 (I think we’ve probably mentioned him in every fantasy article this season), and this year Milano once again carried a championship squad. My team finished the season 7-1 on a seven-matchup winning streak; all other teams finished 3-5, and not even Carson’s Bantam-heavy lineup could put up a fight in the Championship. It was bitter-sweet for me to watch Alex Snyder ’17 rack up the TDs on Saturday – it resulted in a loss for Middlebury, but really sealed the deal when it came to fantasy.
| Joe | Carson | |||||
| Pos. | Player | Pts | Pos. | Player | Pts | |
| QB | Matt Milano | 34 | QB | Sonny Puzzo | 5 | |
| QB | Alex Snyder | 27 | QB | Jared Lebowitz | 0 | |
| RB | Kenny Adinkra | 15 | RB | Frank Williams | 2 | |
| RB | Jabari Hurdle-Price | 17 | RB | Max Chipouras | 14 | |
| WR | Devin Boehm | 6 | WR | Matt Minno | 27 | |
| WR | Charles Ensley | 2 | WR | Mark Riley | 3 | |
| TE | Bryan Porter | 15 | TE | Rob Thoma | 0 | |
| FLEX | Lou Stevens | 2 | FLEX | Ian Dugger | 2 | |
| FLEX | LaShawn Ware | 0 | FLEX | Jack Cooleen | 12 | |
| D/ST | Middlebury | 3 | D/ST | Amherst | 7 | |
| K | Charlie Wall | 5 | K | Charlie Gordon | 2 | |
| BE | Devon Carrillo | 0 | BE | Neil O’Connor | 0 | |
| BE | Cole Freeman | 5 | BE | LaDarius Drew | 0 | |
| BE | Jon Hurvitz | 0 | BE | Nick Gaynor | 9 | |
| TOTAL | 126 | TOTAL | 74 |
In the consolation round, Nick continued his slide, but he had a respectable showing. After weeks of 42 and 52 points, his team was good enough to win most matchups this week, but Adam got contributions from everywhere. Bowdoin QB Tim Drakeley ’17 had far and away his best game of the season, so that was a great pickup for Nick, and Middlebury RB Diego Meritus ’19 had one of his best performances, too. In the end, though, Amherst QB Reece Foy ’18 and Bowdoin WR Nick Vailas ’18 outscored every other twosome, and at least ended Adam’s season on a high note for him.
| Adam | Nick | |||||
| Pos. | Player | Pts | Pos. | Player | Pts | |
| QB | Austin Lommen | 8 | QB | Gabe Harrington | 15 | |
| QB | Reece Foy | 27 | QB | Tim Drakeley | 34 | |
| RB | Nick Kelly | 0 | RB | Jaylen Berry | 3 | |
| RB | Chance Brady | 13 | RB | Diego Meritus | 14 | |
| WR | Darrias Sime | 10 | WR | Darrien Myers | 0 | |
| WR | Mike Rando | 13 | WR | Dan Barone | 2 | |
| TE | Alex Way | 1 | TE | Trevor MIletich | 5 | |
| FLEX | Nick Vailas | 23 | FLEX | Bryan Vieira | 8 | |
| FLEX | Jackson McGonagle | 12 | FLEX | Matt Hirshman | 0 | |
| D/ST | Wesleyan | 9 | D/ST | Trinity | 11 | |
| K | Ike Fuchs | 1 | K | Kyle Pulek | 5 | |
| BE | Gernald Hawkins | 2 | BE | Connor Harris | 0 | |
| BE | Pat Donahoe | 5 | BE | Ben Kurtz | 0 | |
| BE | Shaun Carroll | 0 | BE | Raheem Jackson | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 117 | TOTAL | 97 |