As the regular season winds down in the next two weeks, all eyes turn to the conference races across the country, and of course to the inevitable questions of potential Pool C and Pool B candidates. We've started a Pool B discussion here, and will be talking more about Pool C in the coming days.

On Friday evening, No. 1 Trinity was a big 7-0 winner over Birmingham-Southern College. Patrick Floeck had four goals for the Tigers, who improve to 15-0. In the SCAC, Trinity remains in first place while Southwestern holds down the second position at 6-1. Centre College is in third place at 5-2. The SCAC has no conference championship and only Trinity is ranked in the latest NCAA regional poll. The complete NCAA region poll is listed in our Daily Dose.

No. 3 Montclair State moved to 17-0 and 8-0 in the NJAC with their 1-0 overtime win over No. 14 William Paterson, who falls to 12-3-2 and 5-2-1 in conference. Junior John Esposito had the game-winner for the Red Hawks, who clinched the NJAC regular season title and top seed in the upcoming conference tourney. After a first round bye, they will host a semi-final match on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Currently, WPU is in second place at 5-2-1, and Richard Stockton is in third place at 5-2. Stockton plays Kean this afternoon at 5:00 pm. Check out the complete Saturday schedule.

The No. 13 Eastern Connecticut Warriors at 11-1-3 are enjoying one of their best seasons in 25 years. Their current national ranking is the highest ever for the program and the Warriors have overcome a number of injuries to put together their longest unbeaten streak since a 15-0-0 start in 1969. The Warriors stretched their unbeaten streak to 13 matches this past week with a 1-0 win over the Coast Guard Academy and a 4-3 LEC win over Southern Maine. Eastern Conn goes on the road today to play LEC conference leader Rhode Island College, 4-0-1 and 9-4-3. The match begins at noon.

Elsewhere on Friday, No. 16 Washington University played No. 21 Dominican University to a 3-3 draw. The Bears remain tied for second place in the UAA with Rochester with 3-1 conference records. No. 6 Emory remains in first place and undefeated at 14-0 with their 4-0 win over University of the South. There is no conference tourney in the UAA, so the regular season champion receives the conference AQ. In the latest NCAA regional polls, Wash U is ranked 7th in the Central region, Rochester is ranked 3rd in the Northeast region, and Johns Hopkins is ranked 1st and Carnegie Mellon is ranked 3rd in the Mid-atlantic region.

Pool B candidate Chapman played Cal State East Bay to a 1-1 draw, moving to 11-4-1. The Panthers outshot East Bay 30-14 but could only get one off GK Kristopher Hall, who had seven saves in the match. Junior Alex Sewitz had the game-tying goal for Chapman.

And in a schedule change, No. 8 Carleton College travels to North Park University in Chicago for a 7:00 pm match tonight.