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Welcome to the Baseball Message Board for the University Athletic Association (UAA).

The UAA members and their respective regions:

Brandeis (http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/team?group_id=1421) -- New England Region
Chicago (http://athletics.uchicago.edu/baseball/bb.htm) --  Central  (Does not compete for UAA title)
CWRU (http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/spring/baseball/) --     Mid-East Region
Emory (http://www.go.emory.edu/Fans/Fans_Base.html) --     South Region
Rochester (http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/sport.php?id=1) -- New York Region
Wash U (http://bearsports.wustl.edu/baseball/baseball.html) --  Central Region

(Tip of the hat to cwru70 for the correction.) :)

UAA Conference Web Page (http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Weekly_Sport_Updates/BB_Update.html)

UChi does not compete for the UAA title, but Rochester does.  UAA competes in a round robin in Fla over spring break.

The UAA Championship gets underway tomorow in Sanford, FL.  WUStL is favored to repeat.

Emory is at the top as the last day gets underway.  Looks like a battle for the bottom as UR meets CWRU @ 1:30.  There is a certain unfairness in that WUStL and Emory play double figure number of games before the UAA gets underway, while the others have only a few tune up games before.

cwru, I agree.  The post-season tourney ought to be at the end of the season, when the games would more accurately reflect the champion at an equal number of games played.

The academic calendars drive the schedule.  And those two teams are historically a notch above the rest anyway.  Interesting that basketball has early season tournaments, while baseball plays games in warm weather, but not in a tournament setting. 

A positive hire for CWRU baseball.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news.htm#s1_page2

Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

Wash U and Emory are the cream.  The UAA is contested as a tournament in Fla in March.  Wash U and Emory will have played a number of games already and the rest of the teams only a few.

Does the winner of the March tourney get an NCAA bid?

Quote from: SamuelAdams on January 02, 2007, 08:40:55 PM
Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

Buffa transferred to Millsaps for his senior year.

Quote from: frank_ezelle on January 12, 2007, 08:36:35 AM

Quote from: SamuelAdams on January 02, 2007, 08:40:55 PM
Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

Buffa transferred to Millsaps for his senior year.

Looks like that addition of a solid arm plus the return of most of Millsaps line-up them up for a huge season. I think the only question people had about Millsaps was their pitching. Adding Buffa will be a good deal for Millsaps.

BigPoppa.....

No, the winner does not get a 'bid.'

The UAA was originally started in the mid 80's by Rochester and Washington.  The league was formed by these two schools that found common ground in their desire for a league based on academic parity, rather than athletic similarity.

I'll go ahead and post this now instead of later in the week since there is so little traffic on this board. 

#13 Millsaps and #19 Emory have a two-game series at Millsaps this weekend and both games will be webcast.  To add a little extra UAA interest to the game, I'm fairly sure that Brent Buffa will start one of the games but I can't say that with certainty.

Here's the link to listen to the games:  http://www.espnradio1240.com/listenlive.php

Saturday's game starts at 3:00 Central time with a pregame that should start around 2:45.

Sunday's game starts at 12:00 and I think there will be a pregame on that one as well.

Anyone able to preview this year's tournament? I know it comes up in the next week or so.

WashUStl & Emory..then the also rans.

In maybe the biggest mismatch since Thermopylae, Otterbein hosts 16 Spartans from Case Western Reserve (that's the total squad) today in a DH.

Incredibly the Spartans earn a split taking the nightcap 9-7!

I will appreciate any updates that you can give me on the Tourney.

We will featuring the tourney outcome on the front page.

Link to tournament website

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/UAA_BB_SB_Site/07_UAA_Baseball.html

Tuesday's action:  scores are still pending at midnight EDT!

Rochester vs. Emory
Brandeis vs. Emory
Case vs. Washington

Thanks, cwru70!  Wnners in bold!

Brandbeis beats Emory.  It appears I have mis-judged them!

Emory beat Rochester and WashUStl, Case Western Reserve.

cwro70,
So is Nobby's Ballpark really going to be ready for the season?  Home opener's in 2 weeks... but when I walked by the site last night, it looked like they had a ways to go.  I also remember the park was originally slated to have 1000 seats, but more recent reports state 500.  Has there been a recent change?

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007.

Rochester 6, Brandeis 5
Case 4, Rochester 1
Emory 6, Washington 4

Beware the Ides of March!  ;)

Emory leads by 1/2 game over WStL, Case and Deis.

Rhett sounds like you are way closer to campus than me.  They didn't break ground until January.  Seems an odd time to start construction in Cleveland.  I thought they were supposed to start last fall.  500 seems more appropriate.  I know they are hoping to get other teams to use the facuility, but 1000 would be pretty empty for Case Western Reserve baseball.

Looks like Coach Englander's strategy was to go with his best pitcher for the most winnable game.

I see what you mean, they posted pix yesterday.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/photos/nobconstruc2.htm

No Thursday scores yet!  :-\

Thursday, March 15

Brandeis 13, Case 2
Brandeis 4, Washington 3
Rochester 8, Emory 7


Friday, March 16

Washington 10, Case 0
Emory 10, Case 4
Rochester 5, Brandeis 2


Saturday, March 17

Emory vs. Washington   Emory wins 5-1, eliminating WashUStL from title
Rochester vs. Washington  WashUStL wins 4-1 eliminating Rochester from title
Brandeis vs. Case   Case 11-5


FINAL STANDINGS

Emory           4-2  .600

Brandeis       3-3  .600

Rochester     3-3  .600

Washington  3-3  .500

Case             2-4  .200

Heh, nice to see Case play the spoiler.  8)

The new subject heading is facilitate identifying the various boards on the main message board by sport and then conference.

We look forward to the 2008 Season, and congratulations to Emory on the great season in 2007.

Chicago cannot participate in the UAA baseball tournament because it has final exams at the same time - I think it is the only UAA school on quarters.  This year, they will be doing something a bit more adventurous than their usual spring trip - the week after the UAA championship.  The Maroons are heading off to Japan.

They will play Waseda University for the first time since 1936.   At the invitation of Waseda, the Maroons will take on the 2007 Japanese college baseball champions at the Hiroshima City Stadium on Mar. 23, the Osaka Dome on Mar. 24, and the Seibu Dome in Tokyo on Mar. 25 as part of the university's 125th anniversary celebration.

You can read the press release  here. (http://athletics.uchicago.edu/news0708/bb-waseda-021408.htm)

Here are some pics from Waseda's 1921 visit to Chicago. (http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=25550)

A bit politically incorrect of the New York Times, but it was 1915. (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EEDB133FE233A25756C2A96F9C946496D6CF) Headline: 20,000 JAPS SEE BALL GAME.; University of Chicago Defeats Waseda at Tokio, 5 to 3.

A lot on the web - just search baseball, waseda, chicago.

Here is a good account of the 1910 trip to Japan by Chicago that started it all, "Not a Typical Road Trip" by David Marasco. (http://www.thediamondangle.com/marasco/hist/1910.html)

The star of the 1910 team was Pat Page, a member of Chicago' Hall of Fame:
Harlan (Pat) Page was the first Chicago athlete to star on Big Ten Conference championship teams in three sports.  He was an end on the Chicago Big Ten football title teams on 1907 and 1908, a guard on the Maroon Big Ten champion basketball teams from 1908-10, and a pitcher on the Chicago Big Ten champion baseball squad in 1909.  He returned to his alma mater as head baseball and basketball coach and led the Maroons to Big Ten titles in both sports.

For the second season in a row CWRU begins its season with a win over a traditional power.  Last year it was over Otterbein, this year, aided by a three run throwing error, the Spartans beat Emory 5-4.  The newcomer heavy lineup featured seven frosh and a soph transfer.  Freshman  Kyle Silk from Hudson gave up just one earned run in seven innings and fellow frosh Zach Fry from Colorado Springs got the win despite giving up two runs in the eighth and contributed 2 for 3 and a walk from the plate.

Today the bubble burst, and they gave up 30 (thirty) runs to Lagrange.  Ouch!!!

Why is Chicago not participating in the UAA tournament?  It seems like they have enough time to play at the UAA and still go to Japan.

Timing is the answer.  Check back a few posts.  This week is finals week for Chicago.

Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 27, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

No personal knowledge but a little research.  Here's how I'd rank them.  Does this conference get an automatic bid?

1.  Emory.  Led the conference by a substantial margin in every statistical category last year (except batting average where they led by only a few points) and graduated only three players.
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Baseball/NCAA_Ranking_Summary_UAA_BB_050608.pdf

2.  Brandeis.  A team with juniors and seniors pitching and in the infield  playing in a tough neighborhood.  A .500 ball club with the likes of Wheaton, WNEC, Keene State, Babson and Trinity (CT) on their schedule. 

3. Wash U.  Like Case Western, a very young team with only a handful of upperclassmen.  A .500 ball club last year without a whole lot of heavy lifting on their 2008 schedule.

5.  Case Western.  Mostly sophomores and freshmen, CWRU won only 14 games last year.  They're off to a slow start again this year.

6.  Chicago.  A salty team that won only 11 last year.

Quote from: RSSmith on February 27, 2009, 05:31:10 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 27, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

No personal knowledge but a little research.  Here's how I'd rank them.  Does this conference get an automatic bid?

1.  Emory.  Led the conference by a substantial margin in every statistical category last year (except batting average where they led by only a few points) and graduated only three players.
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Baseball/NCAA_Ranking_Summary_UAA_BB_050608.pdf

2.  Brandeis.  A team with juniors and seniors pitching and in the infield  playing in a tough neighborhood.  A .500 ball club with the likes of Wheaton, WNEC, Keene State, Babson and Trinity (CT) on their schedule. 

3. Wash U.  Like Case Western, a very young team with only a handful of upperclassmen.  A .500 ball club last year without a whole lot of heavy lifting on their 2008 schedule.

5.  Case Western.  Mostly sophomores and freshmen, CWRU won only 14 games last year.  They're off to a slow start again this year.

6.  Chicago.  A salty team that won only 11 last year.

Rochester is in the tournament too. They play them down in Sanford Fla. I don't think there is a pool A bid for the UAA.
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Weekly_Sport_Updates/BB_Update.html

Quote from: RSSmith on February 27, 2009, 05:31:10 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 27, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

Does this conference get an automatic bid?

No. All UAA teams are Pool B contenders in baseball.

I thought Rochester was in the Liberty League in NY.  I see that they're listed on both conference web sites.  How does that work?  Rochester's another of those schools with a relatively young team that challenges itself playing some pretty good schools in NY e.g. RPI and Cortland.  I'd expect them to finish ahead of Case Western and Chicago, but behind Wash U.

Quote from: RSSmith on February 28, 2009, 09:11:49 AM
I thought Rochester was in the Liberty League in NY.  I see that they're listed on both conference web sites.  How does that work?  Rochester's another of those schools with a relatively young team that challenges itself playing some pretty good schools in NY e.g. RPI and Cortland.  I'd expect them to finish ahead of Case Western and Chicago, but behind Wash U.

Rochester does play for a pool A bid in the liberty league but competes every year down in FL with the other UAA teams in Sanford. They can't be eligible for a pool B bid but can win the tournament. They have 2 games each against Brandeis and Emory. Should be a good test for them

Chicago does not play in Sanford. I think their spring break is different. They go to Arizona. They only have Wash U on their baseball schedule. Other sports are different.

cwru70,

History repeated itself again this year.

We just beat Top Ten Wooster 2-0.

So no matter how we finish, we've continued our pattern of kicking off the season with a big upset win.

Here's the thing.  With the FABULOUS new baseball stadium we have - Nobby's Ballpark (I saw it when I was back on campus last year), I can't imagine us not being able to recruit enough good D3 baseball players to be nationally competitive. 

Do you think that this new coach can help us get to the promised land?

Maj

You beat me to the post.  Otterbein, then Emory, and now Wooster in consecutive years.  Soph Zach Fry got the wins in the later two games.

Coach Englander came from Wooster, a traditionally strong team.  He was a two-time All-American pitcher which should help in recruiting for that important position.

This season nine games are scheduled before the tourney, three doubleheaders and three single games.  The three single games in Georgia remain. If the weather cooperates, the team should be better prepared for the UAA than ever before.

Chicago plays both CWRU and WUStL the end of April.

Quote from: RSSmith on February 27, 2009, 05:31:10 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 27, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

No personal knowledge but a little research.  Here's how I'd rank them.  Does this conference get an automatic bid?

1.  Emory.  Led the conference by a substantial margin in every statistical category last year (except batting average where they led by only a few points) and graduated only three players.
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Baseball/NCAA_Ranking_Summary_UAA_BB_050608.pdf

2.  Brandeis.  A team with juniors and seniors pitching and in the infield  playing in a tough neighborhood.  A .500 ball club with the likes of Wheaton, WNEC, Keene State, Babson and Trinity (CT) on their schedule. 

3. Wash U.  Like Case Western, a very young team with only a handful of upperclassmen.  A .500 ball club last year without a whole lot of heavy lifting on their 2008 schedule.

5.  Case Western.  Mostly sophomores and freshmen, CWRU won only 14 games last year.  They're off to a slow start again this year.

6.  Chicago.  A salty team that won only 11 last year.


I don't know about putting WashU third.  They've started off 3-1, and they only lost one starter last year in leadoff hitter Dave Working.  They beat Brandeis last year during the UAA tournament, and split with Emory.  Emory did only lose 3 to graduation, but among them were Frank Pfister and Joe Roth, two all-American caliber players.   

Video of CWRU @ Emory today at 1 EDT


http://www.go.emory.edu/Schedules/Current/SC_Base.html

Quote from: wustlfan37 on March 07, 2009, 07:19:32 AM

Quote from: RSSmith on February 27, 2009, 05:31:10 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 27, 2009, 02:42:09 PM
Can anybody predict the UAA standings this season? Who will get the post-season bid to the NCAA tourney?

I really like WashU this year, but I do not know that either Emory or Brandeis is bringing to the table. Can someone help me out?

No personal knowledge but a little research.  Here's how I'd rank them.  Does this conference get an automatic bid?

1.  Emory.  Led the conference by a substantial margin in every statistical category last year (except batting average where they led by only a few points) and graduated only three players.
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Baseball/NCAA_Ranking_Summary_UAA_BB_050608.pdf

2.  Brandeis.  A team with juniors and seniors pitching and in the infield  playing in a tough neighborhood.  A .500 ball club with the likes of Wheaton, WNEC, Keene State, Babson and Trinity (CT) on their schedule. 

3. Wash U.  Like Case Western, a very young team with only a handful of upperclassmen.  A .500 ball club last year without a whole lot of heavy lifting on their 2008 schedule.

5.  Case Western.  Mostly sophomores and freshmen, CWRU won only 14 games last year.  They're off to a slow start again this year.

6.  Chicago.  A salty team that won only 11 last year.


I don't know about putting WashU third.  They've started off 3-1, and they only lost one starter last year in leadoff hitter Dave Working.  They beat Brandeis last year during the UAA tournament, and split with Emory.  Emory did only lose 3 to graduation, but among them were Frank Pfister and Joe Roth, two all-American caliber players.  

You could very well be right.  I confessed that I lacked personal knowledge of your conference, and with your conference tournament being played so early in the season, I gave a lot of emphasis (perhaps too much) to the number of returning juniors and seniors.  At any rate, we'll know by next weekend, won't we.  Dan says, "Hi."

Rochester beats Emory 10-7 and pounds CWRU.  That just shows you how much I know about anything.

Tournament site
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Weekly_Sport_Updates/BB_Update.html

WUStL is 0-3  Roch leads 3-1

WOW!!!

CWRU could clinch at least a TIE for the UAA title with a win over Washington U. today!

Who would have EVER guessed that?

Does the winner of this tourney get an automatic bid to the Division III playoffs?

Pretty amazing 'tis true.  With only five teams there's no AQ though.  UR won its game so it's only the tie that's on the line.  Emory is blasting Brandeis so the worst finish would be a tie for second with Emory.

Rochester is champ at 4-2  CWRU, WUStL, and Emory tied at 3-3 with Brandeis 2-4.

Well, that's better than a lot of people thought we'd do.

Certainly something to build on.

Especially when the roster has only two seniors and only one, a starting pitcher, made any impact.

This is one of the boards with the least traffic on d3baseball, but the UAA has several teams with legitimate chances to take a Pool B bid in their respective regionals...how does everybody feel about how the top UAA teams stack up against the good teams in their regions?

Quote from: wustlfan37 on February 04, 2010, 07:06:15 PM
This is one of the boards with the least traffic on d3baseball, but the UAA has several teams with legitimate chances to take a Pool B bid in their respective regionals...how does everybody feel about how the top UAA teams stack up against the good teams in their regions?

Hey, 7.  I'm pretty sure the Centennial Conference board gets way less traffic than this one.  How are you guys set this year?  Have you found that catcher yet?  We're still waiting for the snow to melt in the Mid-Atlantic, so I guess it will be Florida/Arizona time before we see any scores.  Good luck.

Quote from: RSSmith on March 02, 2010, 04:31:36 PM

Quote from: wustlfan37 on February 04, 2010, 07:06:15 PM
This is one of the boards with the least traffic on d3baseball, but the UAA has several teams with legitimate chances to take a Pool B bid in their respective regionals...how does everybody feel about how the top UAA teams stack up against the good teams in their regions?

Hey, 7.  I'm pretty sure the Centennial Conference board gets way less traffic than this one.  How are you guys set this year?  Have you found that catcher yet?  We're still waiting for the snow to melt in the Mid-Atlantic, so I guess it will be Florida/Arizona time before we see any scores.  Good luck.

Hahaha, well once Hopkins starts playing, I have a sneaking suspicion that might change...

WashU is very deep this year - 6 of the 8 starters in the field are upperclassmen, and junior DH Matt Bayer is a fixture in the 3-hole in the order.  Pitching-wise, the Bears have 7 upperclassmen anchoring down the staff, and several freshmen and sophomores who can get outs as well. 

Catching-wise, Joe Noon has definitely filled the void created by Andy Webb's graduation.  He handles the pitching staff exceptionally well, blocks as well as any catcher in D-3, and is an above-average receiver.

It's going to be a fun year - may the baseball send snow-melting sunshine to Homewood Campus.

The UAA tournament starts tomorrow - any predictions?

Quote from: wustlfan37 on February 04, 2010, 07:06:15 PM
This is one of the boards with the least traffic on d3baseball, but the UAA has several teams with legitimate chances to take a Pool B bid in their respective regionals...how does everybody feel about how the top UAA teams stack up against the good teams in their regions?

The problem with Pool B is that they are not awarded regionally, but nationally. You have to battle the likes of Chapman, St. Scholastica, Ithaca, etc... for those four total bids.

Quote from: wustlfan37 on March 08, 2010, 11:10:07 AM
The UAA tournament starts tomorrow - any predictions?
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In 5th place:  Case
In 4th place:  Brandeis
In 3rd place:  Rochester
drum roll

In 2nd place: the loser of the WashU/Emory game tomorrow and
In 1st place:  the winner

I think Emory has an edge right now with more games under their belts and quality wins over Cortland, York and Washington & Lee.  I assume it will match up both #1 starters.  WashU will have to be intense.

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 08, 2010, 11:20:18 AM

Quote from: wustlfan37 on February 04, 2010, 07:06:15 PM
This is one of the boards with the least traffic on d3baseball, but the UAA has several teams with legitimate chances to take a Pool B bid in their respective regionals...how does everybody feel about how the top UAA teams stack up against the good teams in their regions?

The problem with Pool B is that they are not awarded regionally, but nationally. You have to battle the likes of Chapman, St. Scholastica, Ithaca, etc... for those four total bids.

This is true...that being said, Emory is only three years removed from a second-place finish in Appleton, and WashU has made the tournament 4 out of the last 5 seasons.  It is definitely harder as a Pool B team this year than it was last year, but with the departure of Salisbury and York to Pool A, the top UAA teams should be kept in mind for an at-large bid.

... and there are three less Pool B bids this year dropping form 7 to 4 for 2010. Should make for quite a battle in early-May. After that, they'd get dumped into the Pool C group and start battling all over again.

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 09, 2010, 10:06:33 AM
... and there are three less Pool B bids this year dropping form 7 to 4 for 2010. Should make for quite a battle in early-May. After that, they'd get dumped into the Pool C group and start battling all over again.

This is what I found from 2009...
http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2009/04/28/2009+Playoff+Central.html

The teams which qualified in Pool B in 2009 (6 bids):
Chapman
Ithaca
Salisbury
St. Scholastica
Washington U.
York (Pa.)

Thanks for the correction, Crash. I am not sure why I wrote 7 bids when I knew it was 6. either way, it will make for a very interesting selection sunday for the Pool B teams that are on the bubble.

Amazing!!!

My CWRU Spartans have won four straight at the UAA tournament in Florida.  If we can pull out a win on Sunday, I would assume that we'll at least tie for the conference baseball title.

Query:

Does the winner of this conference tourney earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney at the end of the season?  If not, then how are teams selected for that tournament?

Quote from: MajorSpartan on March 13, 2010, 05:10:05 PM

Does the winner of this conference tourney earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney at the end of the season?  If not, then how are teams selected for that tournament?

No. The UAA is a Pool B conference which must go head-to-head with other Pool B Conferences and Independent teams. Below are the teams they compete against for the 4 bids from the NCAA. If they are not selected for a Pool B, they slide into Pool C which is what is left after Automatic bids are handed out and they compete for the remining Pool C slots.

Central Region:  (3)
Univ. of Chicago(IND)
Nebraska Wesleyan(IND)
Washington U St Louis (UAA)

Mideast:  (2)
Case Western Reserve (UAA)
Finlandia(IND)

Midwest:  (8)   
Bethany Lutheran (UMAC)
College of St Scholastica (UMAC)
Crown (UMAC)
Martin Luther(UMAC)
MN-Morris(UMAC)
Northland(UMAC)
Northwestern(UMAC)
Presentation(UMAC)

New England:  (8)
Becker (NECC)
Brandeis (UAA)
Daniel Webster (NECC)
Elms (NECC)
U Maine-Presque Isle(IND)
Mitchell (NECC)   
Newbury (NECC)
Southern Vermont (NECC)

New York:  (10)
Baruch (CUNYAC)
City College of New York  (CUNYAC)
Ithaca (E8)
John Jay (CUNYAC)
Lehman  (CUNYAC)
Rochester Institute of Technology (E8)
St John Fisher (E8)
College of Staten Island (CUNYAC)
Stevens Tech (E8)
Utica (E8)

South:  (6)
Emory (UAA)
Huntingdon (GSAC)
LaGrange (GSAC)
Maryville (GSAC)
Piedmont (GSAC)
Rust(IND)

West:  (4)
Chapman(IND)
Univ of Dallas(IND)
Menlo (IND)
La Sierra(IND) Move to NAIA in 2011 ??

Ah, Thanks.

Well, as it turns out, we didn't win the UAA, BUT, we did beat Heidelberg, which was ranked in the Top Three.

GO SPARTANS!!!

Looking ahead to baseball season, CWRU's Chad Mullins was just picked as a pre-season All-American:

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html (http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html)

Last year was our best finish ever at the UAA tourney.  I'm hoping that this is the year that we finally pull-off a UAA title.

Quote from: JagranSpartan on January 16, 2011, 02:31:21 AM
Looking ahead to baseball season, CWRU's Chad Mullins was just picked as a pre-season All-American:

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html (http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html)

Last year was our best finish ever at the UAA tourney.  I'm hoping that this is the year that we finally pull-off a UAA title.

I am hoping Rochester has something to say about that..

Quote from: spectator123 on January 16, 2011, 09:26:23 AM

Quote from: JagranSpartan on January 16, 2011, 02:31:21 AM
Looking ahead to baseball season, CWRU's Chad Mullins was just picked as a pre-season All-American:

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html (http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/baseball/stats/2011/mullins_preseason_aa.html)

Last year was our best finish ever at the UAA tourney.  I'm hoping that this is the year that we finally pull-off a UAA title.

I am hoping Rochester has something to say about that..

CWR certainly returns a talented, tough team. Coach Englander has done a great job after taking over the program and continues to build a winning team.Their entire starting infield as well as 8 pitchers. The title game was a fun, tight contest. Boshinski, the lefty starter for CW is back and looks strong. I still can't believe he was allowed to throw over 140 pitches that game, but he did a remarkable job.
Win or lose, I love tight games.

Rochester, the 2 year defending champ, lost 3 key position players. One player was the LL player of the year and one of the others set the career hit record for Rochester. So, we'll see. We still have a nice talent pool and appear to have recruited a talented freshman class, but that remains to be seen.

The bottom ,line is, we'll be playing with a target on our backs. Unlike many of the teams in the UAA tournament, we don't start play until March 6, so we'll only have 4 games under our belts. However, I don't think any of our opponents will feel sorry for us and spot us runs! Still, I can't wait to get started!

Game program for the 2011 UAA Baseball Championship to be held March 9-14, 2011, at Sanford Memorial Stadium-- Sanford, FL.

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Baseball/Documents/2011UAA_Baseball_Program.pdf  (http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Baseball/Documents/2011UAA_Baseball_Program.pdf)

Rochester is the defending UAA Baseball Champion.

The UAA does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA DIII Baseball Tournament-- as only 5 UAA schools compete for the UAA title in this sport.

Quote from: deiscanton on March 07, 2011, 04:58:21 PM
Game program for the 2011 UAA Baseball Championship to be held March 9-14, 2011, at Sanford Memorial Stadium-- Sanford, FL.

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Baseball/Documents/2011UAA_Baseball_Program.pdf  (http://bearsports.wustl.edu/Sports/Baseball/Documents/2011UAA_Baseball_Program.pdf)

Rochester is the defending UAA Baseball Champion.

The UAA does not have an automatic bid to the NCAA DIII Baseball Tournament-- as only 5 UAA schools compete for the UAA title in this sport.

Chicago does not participate.

NYU and CMU do not have baseball. 

Rochester has dual membership in the Liberty League.

Nice catch dc

Format seems different from years past when I recall it was Tue-Sat with Sun as a rain date.

CWRU warmed up for the tourney with a 22-9 blasting of Emory.  Pre-season All-American Chad Mullins contributed a slam and 3 other rbis making him the school career leader in both hits and rbis, with nearly his whole senior year remaining.  In 2011 his BA is .538 and Slg% 1.026.  4 HR 26 RBI in 9 games. Spartans are 6-3 and averaging 12 runs per 9 innings.

Four pitchers (three freshmen) have combined for 16 innings with 0 ER (2 runs total) and Opp BA under .200.  and a fourth has pitched  10.2 innings with an OppBA of .164 (but 8 BB and 1 HBP)

Rochester edged CWRU 9-8 in the UAA opener.

Ten walks aided the Jacket offense and they collared Mullins walking him twice (once with two on), picking off a runner for the third out with Mullins in the box and two on, and returing him three tinmes.

Reading the play-by-play acccouint of Rochester's Steve Just conjured up teh ghosts of Abbot and Costello:

A: Just flied out.

C: Who just flied out?

A: Just

C:  Yeah who just flied out?

A: Just flied out


........

ADL70,
Mullins grounded out 4-3 the first time, Fly out CF second time. Both times he walked the count was 3-2. His other out was a F-9. He made a great play on a bunt, coming in and throwing out the runner on a bang-bang play, showing why he is an All American. Five of the Case hits were  infield hits, two resulting in RBI's. The UR pitcher also walked in a run. Chanatry came in a shut the door on Case. In the end, it was a veru exciting game. Both starting pitchers, Menke (UR) and Bochinski (Case) were squeezed royal by the Ump. However, the ump was consistent, which is all you can ask.
Case and UR meet again, so it should be a great game.

I heard that the Spartans could end up getting a share of first place.

Does anyone know how today's games turned out?

Don't look now, but the Spartans are on a bit of a roll, having just swept Allegheny to improve to 19-10 on the season.

It sure would be nice to see them make their first-ever Division III post-season in baseball.

Quote from: JagranSpartan on April 05, 2011, 10:31:23 PM
Don't look now, but the Spartans are on a bit of a roll, having just swept Allegheny to improve to 19-10 on the season.

It sure would be nice to see them make their first-ever Division III post-season in baseball.

What is their in-region record? It matters WAY more than their overall record does?

I'd have to know exactly what their "region" consists of, but they just swept in-state rival Hiram College to run their current winning streak to 7 games, and their overall record to 21-10.

Quote from: JagranSpartan on April 06, 2011, 10:56:02 PM
I'd have to know exactly what their "region" consists of, but they just swept in-state rival Hiram College to run their current winning streak to 7 games, and their overall record to 21-10.

Check the FAQ's and the Mideast Region pages.

http://www.d3baseball.com/interactive/faq/ncaaTournament


http://www.d3baseball.com/teams/region/mideast

OK.

Thanks!

Based on that, as far as I can tell, CWRU is 11-6 versus teams in its region, and is 22-11 overall.

We still have ten more games against teams from our region scheduled:

2 vs. JCU
2 vs. Oberlin
2 vs. Bethany
2 vs. Wooster
1 vs. Denison
1 vs. Otterbein

Suppose we were to go 8-2 in our last ten games.  That would give us a 30-13 record overall, and a 19-8 record in our region, to go along with a second place finish in the UAA.

Would THAT be enough to get CWRU its first ever NCAA Division III playoff berth?

It all depends on how the other Pool B teams finish....

Quote from: JagranSpartan on April 11, 2011, 06:08:06 AM
OK.

Thanks!

Based on that, as far as I can tell, CWRU is 11-6 versus teams in its region, and is 22-11 overall.

We still have ten more games against teams from our region scheduled:

2 vs. JCU
2 vs. Oberlin
2 vs. Bethany
2 vs. Wooster
1 vs. Denison
1 vs. Otterbein

Suppose we were to go 8-2 in our last ten games.  That would give us a 30-13 record overall, and a 19-8 record in our region, to go along with a second place finish in the UAA.

Would THAT be enough to get CWRU its first ever NCAA Division III playoff berth?

I think Case is 17-10 in-region.

I don't think so.

Several of Case's early wins were against teams not in their region, as well as against UAA teams (none of which are in their region).

On a positive note, they blanked cross-town rival John Carroll yesterday to move to 12-6 in region, and 23-11 overall.

Quote from: JagranSpartan on April 13, 2011, 12:29:48 AM
I don't think so.

Several of Case's early wins were against teams not in their region, as well as against UAA teams (none of which are in their region).

On a positive note, they blanked cross-town rival John Carroll yesterday to move to 12-6 in region, and 23-11 overall.

All games against UAA teams during the Sanford trip are regional games, regardless of what region or state the opposing team is in...there's an exception for a conference tournament I believe.

Really?

OK.  Well, if that's the case, then the Spartan's regional record is even better than I thought!

And still getting better!

We just swept Oberlin, another team in our region, to set a school single season record for victories at 25.

Come on gang!

Let's make the NCAAs................FINALLY!!!

Case is now 30-12 overall.  A win over JCU, and they'll finish the regular season 31-12, with an even better regional record.

Gosh it'd be nice to see our baseball program FINALLY make the post-season.

Spartans dropped the final regular season game to John Carroll.

CWRU and the other contenders for the two Pool B bids, Piedmont and Chapman, are each ranked third this week in their respective regions.

Whichever is odd team out looks pretty solid for a Pool C bid.

CWRU region record 28-13

When will the Division III playoff picks be announced?

Playoff selections are Sunday the 15th very late at night and will be announed on Monday morning.

Spartans make the field via Pool C.  The Spratans have played only one game in the last three weeks and that  was eighteen days ago.  They will be rested but will they be rusted?

The Mideast region has #1 Marietta and #9 Heidelberg.  CWRU's first opponent is  #13 Adrian, which was 1-1 against both Heidelberg and Marietta back in March.

This is tremendously good news for our program.

Great job team!

GO SPARTANS!!!!

Great win for the Spartans.

Will Boshinski start against the 'Berg?

He pitched 5-1/3 innings of 3 hit shut out ball against them in March.

What a WIN!!!!!

A pinch-hit GRAND SLAM in the 9th inning!!!

COME ON SPARTANS!!!

LET'S TAKE DOWN 'BERG!!!!

Well, after losing to 'Berg, we came back and beat PSU-Altoona and Franklin College to stay alive.

Rematch against 'Berg coming up.

GO SPARTANS!!!

Spartans' historic season comes to an end.  Seeded sixth finished third.  Amazing considering that the leading hitter only had three hits in five games, some 300 points below his season average.  And two leading pichers got lit up big time.

Matt Englander has to be a strong candidate for coach of the year.

Some big losses for sure, but a lot of talent should be coming back.

Easily our best season ever.  We proved that we belonged in the playoffs with our three playoff victories.

Let's hope that we can continue an upward trend next season.

WOW!!! Chad Mullins D3 Player of the Year

Jr RF Sam Alexabder (2nd Team) and So LHP Jamie Hora (3rd) join Mullins on the ABCA Region team.

Quote from: ADL70 on May 25, 2011, 11:01:11 PM
WOW!!! Chad Mullins D3 Player of the Year

Was Chad Mullins selected in the draft?  Any pursuit of baseball following graduation?

Quote from: El Hombre on September 21, 2011, 12:05:56 AM

Quote from: ADL70 on May 25, 2011, 11:01:11 PM
WOW!!! Chad Mullins D3 Player of the Year

Was Chad Mullins selected in the draft?  Any pursuit of baseball following graduation?

I just checked the 2011 MLB draft tracker and did  not see Mullins name,so mu guess is he was not drafted. He was a terrific player. My son pitched against him during the UAA Florida tournament. Mullins was fun to watch. I don't know if he signed any type of free agent contract or if he is in Independent ball.

UAA tourney begins March 11 in Florida.

CWRU preview:

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/20120203mn6osf

Newcomers include a Jr transfer from George Washington and two freshmen who were 2nd team All-Ohio selections.

It'll be hard to replace a player like Mullins, but hopefully, we'll still have another nice season.  Our men's basketball team has taken its lumps this season, so hopefully, baseball will carry the banner.

Mullins was obviously the progam's best ever, but remember he had a horrendous post season offensively and the Spartans still finished third in the regional tourney.  Frey seems more than ready to take over at third (started 19 games and hit .422 in 90 ABs) and there are two All-Ohio infielders in the freshman class.

Pitching is always the key and the Spartans hope two starters who missed last season for injury will return to form.

Wash-U begins its 2012 baseball season this weekend by hosting DePauw in a 3-game series.  First game Saturday afternoon at 1:00 (9 innings), then a doubleheader Sunday beginning at 11:00 a.m. (1st game will be 7 innings, the 2nd will be 9 innings).

The games will be broadcast on the Wash-U athletic department website (click on the Bear TV link and then select the game of choice), or go to Stretch Internet.

UAA starts Sunday...who is the favorite to take the title?

Quote from: spectator123 on March 09, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
UAA starts Sunday...who is the favorite to take the title?

WashU. I really like them this year and think they can make some noise on the national level.

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 09, 2012, 12:53:47 PM

Quote from: spectator123 on March 09, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
UAA starts Sunday...who is the favorite to take the title?

WashU. I really like them this year and think they can make some noise on the national level.

This will be a good test...it is always a competitve tournament...shame it's for bragging rights only
It's a fun tournament, everybody (all schools) including the softball teams usually stay at same hotel and the venue is a great place to watch baseball.
Case will be very good...Emory always is competitive and gets up for this tournament, Brandeis never a pushover too. UR, who I am partial too, has a lot to prove after a disappointing last season. It all starts tomorrow.

Tale of the Tape, this year's stats:

BA
WUStL       .358
CWRU        .319
Brandeis     .269


ERA
CWRU       4.36
Emory       4.44
WUStL      6.37

The format places a premium on pitching depth.  If anything CWRU and Emory have an advantage as they each have a day off, if there are no postponements.  WUStL has played the tougher schedule and has beaten teams that were ranked in D3baseball.com.  Rochester has yet to play a game, but that is a seeming handicap it has overcome before.

The game on 3/18, CWRU v Emory, could cetainly be for the championship.

Preview from Emory

http://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/20120309q8b7c4

The games with Emory will have lvive streaming.

Note the typo CWRU's team BA is .316 not .216.

Well, so far we're 1-1 in the UAA tourney.

Hopefully, that'll be our only loss.

Is there a site that shows the updated UAA tournament standings?

I google'd it and found this. It does not have the W/L or "winner" but it has game times and scores of the games.

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/weekly_sport_updates/BB_Update.html

Don't look now, but Case just swept #11 Depauw on the road!!!

Is there still a chance that Case might get an at-large bid to the tourney?

DePauw returned the favor with a sweep on Sunday.

There's a chance, but probably need to sweep the three games remaining with John Carroll, one today and two on Sunday.

Returning to the postseason is not the biggest challenge CWRU coach Matt Englander has faced since last season.

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/04/24/12/Englander-returns-to-Case-after-brain-su/msn_landing.html?blockID=715714&feedID=3725

Three other UAA teams, Chicago, Emory, and WUStL are also in the running for the two B spots.

Quote from: ADL70 on April 24, 2012, 03:51:22 PM
DePauw returned the favor with a sweep on Sunday.

There's a chance, but probably need to sweep the three games remaining with John Carroll, one today and two on Sunday.

Returning to the postseason is not the biggest challenge CWRU coach Matt Englander has faced since last season.

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/04/24/12/Englander-returns-to-Case-after-brain-su/msn_landing.html?blockID=715714&feedID=3725

Three other UAA teams, Chicago, Emory, and WUStL are also in the running for the two B spots.

Remember SOS is a big factor along with In Region winning percentage.

Does Chicago play in the UAA and take part in the tournament. If not why?

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on October 15, 2012, 08:50:11 PM
Does Chicago play in the UAA and take part in the tournament. If not why?

They have always been independent (in the 8 years that we have been running the D3baseball.com in this format.)

They do not go to the Florida Tournament.

Thanks I wondered because the UAA site lists them as 0-0 in conference play and last in the standings.

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/weekly_sport_updates/BB_Update.html

Probably should of looked them up on the D3 summary thread.

Thanks for the response Ralph. +1

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on October 16, 2012, 02:44:06 PM
Thanks I wondered because the UAA site lists them as 0-0 in conference play and last in the standings.

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/weekly_sport_updates/BB_Update.html

Probably should of looked them up on the D3 summary thread.

Thanks for the response Ralph. +1

Chicago used to participate in the tournament but now has a different spring break schedule. The 2013 tournament runs 3/10-3/17; UC starts their spring break 3/24 in Winter Haven. It would be fun to have them in the tournament, the have a quality team with a ton of good hitters and solid pitching.

Congratulations to Case Western Reserve and Wash U, the 2013 co-champs of the UAA tournament, each going 5-3.

Emory started out 0-3, before going 4-1 to tie Rochester at 4-4. UR started 1-3 before going 3-1, splitting 1-1 with each team.

Kudos to my Spartans for sweeping 9th ranked Marietta.  Hopefully, this will be enough to get us an at large bid?

Or a pool b. If they win a pool b instead of c, would they probably be a higher seed in the regional?

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on May 06, 2013, 02:05:58 PM
Or a pool b. If they win a pool b instead of c, would they probably be a higher seed in the regional?

I don't think the pool a team qualifies in has any bearing on the seed. I know many teams that grabbed a Pool A that were a #6 or #8 seed as well as many Pool C teams that were #1 seeds.

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 06, 2013, 02:23:12 PM

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on May 06, 2013, 02:05:58 PM
Or a pool b. If they win a pool b instead of c, would they probably be a higher seed in the regional?

I don't think the pool a team qualifies in has any bearing on the seed. I know many teams that grabbed a Pool A that were a #6 or #8 seed as well as many Pool C teams that were #1 seeds.

+1 poppa thanks.

WUStL being left out is just not right.  No reason Thomas More should get in ahead of them, not even travel.

And CWRU gets moved to one of the two toughest brackets.

One thing's for sure.

If CWRU advances out of THAT bracket, then it'll be proof that they can accomplish ANYTHING.

CWRU finishes second in the region, defeating then #2 St. Thomas and then losing to regional champs UW Stevens Point 1-0.  Spartan pitchers had a cumulative 1.59 ERA in the four regional games.

Ended the season ranked #21.

Keen, Pakan, Osolla, Hora, and Gish will be big losses (although Gish potentially has another year of eligibility). But in the regional, Johnstone and Fortunato showed they have what it takes to lead the pitching staff next year.  Kean, a four year starter at shortstop, will be the hardest to replace.

Congratulations to Andrew Gronski, for making the All Star team in the New York Collegiate Baseball Leaqgue.

http://nycbl.com/files/uploaded_documents/813/2013_all-star_selections_-_All-star_Selections.pdf

Also teammate Rob Winemiller

According to this article NYU will add baseball for 14-15 as result of merger with NY Poly.  Looks like their spring break is a week later than the UAA tourney though.

ADL could you provide a link. I do not see one.

What chance of CMU ever adding baseball? I know they have it as a club sport.

http://nyunews.com/2013/09/23/merger/   Not sure why CMU doesn't field baseball (or softball either).  It appears their spring break matches the UAA tourney.

WOW!!!

Case just beat Guilford 23-11, with one player going 6 for 7, hitting for the cycle, getting 2 HRs, and batting in 7.

Sounds like a dang football score!

That was Andrew Gronski. He is a very good player. I am glad he is having Success at Case.

Spartans finish the weekend southern swing 4-0.  Adding a 18-3 win over F&M and 13-12 win over home team Guilford.

Sr 3B Gronski has a BA of .714 and SLG% 1.19  2 2B  1 3B  2 HR  10 RBI

So 1B/DH Noah Sherman who missed last season due to injury did almost as much in fewer than half Gronski's ABs,  BA ,667  2 2B  2 HR 10 RBI

Concerns over a power shortage, with all 11 of last year's HRs and half the 2Bs having graduated with Keen, Pakan, and Ossola, proved unfounded, as six players totaled 10 round trippers already.  Jr Gronski, Sherman, So C Jordan Swisher, and Sr SS Andrew Frey each contributed 2 a piece.

Pitching was feast or famine with a few excellent outings and other disappointing ones.  Two starters, Sr LH John Fortunato and So RH Neal Krentz, each went 5 innings for wins.  Fortunato held Guilford scoreless on four hits, while Krentz gave up 2 ER on four hits.  Outstanding relief stints were turned in by Jr RH Robert Winemiller (4 IP  2 H  0 R), Fr RH Jake Shields (3.2 IP  3 H  0 R), and Fr LH Andrew Rossman (2 IP  1 H  0 R).  Other had control issues with a total of 27 BB and 4 HBP in 36 frames.

Next weekend's series with Wooster looks kinda doubtful with another cold blast coming down.  Then it'll be eight games in seven days in Fla at the UAA's March 9-15.  CWRU and WUStL are defending co-champs.

Good luck to the Spartan baseball and softball teams this week down in Florida at the UAA championship tourney!

Good start for baseball with three straight wins.  Not a bad start for softball either.  Let's hope that this keeps up!

Wow!!!

My Spartans are really on a roll, with two more wins yesterday to move to 5-0 at the UAA tourney.  Let's hope that this keeps up!

Rather than talking to ourselves over here, I've been posting in the Mideast 2014 board.

NYU-Poly is bringing its baseball team under the NYU/UAA umbrella in 2015.

What is the chance that the UAA would declare for a Pool A bid?

To wit:  The Florida-5 including Rochester leaving the Liberty League, independent Chicago, and NYU-Poly to make 7 full members. 

The problem, as I understand it, is that Chicago's academic calendar doesn't allow them to go to Fla when the five do.  Not sure if NYU can.

With mostly northern teams, weather and travel would make an on campus round robin weekends schedule difficult.

I don't know if the calendars would allow a post season tournament either.

Quote from: ADL70 on April 04, 2014, 09:46:46 AM
The problem, as I understand it, is that Chicago's academic calendar doesn't allow them to go to Fla when the five do.  Not sure if NYU can.

With mostly northern teams, weather and travel would make an on campus round robin weekends schedule difficult.

I don't know if the calendars would allow a post season tournament either.

Great feedback. Thanks. 
I wondered if that was the problem with the spring trip.  I had imagined the 7 schools playing 6 games in Florida and then coming back for Saturday DH's (to be made up on Sunday for rain outs.)
I know that the UAA probably would not have a post-season tourney of the best 4 teams; that would kinda give some slack if not every team could finish the 18-game schedule.

The UAA seems to do very well in getting Pool C bids, after the Pool B bids have been awarded.  That may not change.

Disappointed of course that the Spartans didn't make it to the WS, since they were 2-0 vs Emory and 1-1 vs BW.  But glad to see that Emory has again made it back through the loser's bracket as they did in the regional to play for the title tomorrow, but they have to beat Whitewater twice to win the title  Huge advantage for the Warhawks who have played only three games, while Emory has played five since Friday.

I have learned that NYU will be participating in the tournament next March.

That is great news, ADL. What other conference is NYU in?

NYU didn't play varsity ball, they just merged athletics with NYU-Polytechnic creating an instant varsity program.  They were in the Skyline.

Thanks ADL I remembered they were merging, just not thatNYU did not have football

CWRU's Gronski and Emory's Lake first team preseason all American

Rochester's Janifer second team.

CWRU and WUStL open the UAA tourney on March 8

CWRU season preview is out. This team will be tough with Gronski, Cain and winemiller back.

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150127z4aw4p

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on February 04, 2015, 11:28:09 AM
CWRU season preview is out. This team will be tough with Gronski, Cain and winemiller back.

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150127z4aw4p

You beat me to it.

Only non-senior contributor not returning is 1B/DH Noah Sherman .324  33 RBI  4HR

Nine frosh: Only 2 P 1RH 1LH  1 C 

Well, having come up just short in recent years, I certainly hope that this is the season that we finally break through and make the CWS.

The schedule is tough, however, and it looks like we'll have a tough road ahead of us!

NYU Preview

http://uaa.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/nyubackinbusiness

23 Freshmen 6 Soph  2 Jr

From the bios it appears only 3 players are carry-overs from NYU-Poly 

They lost their opener yesterday to Oglethorpe 9-3; have a double header with them today.

With the addition of NYU's program, the UAA has 7 baseball playing members.  (Chicago has been an independent.)

That would be enough for a Pool A bid.

Yes, travel and weather would be a real problem, but they do have the conference tourney every year.

(Do I expect it to happen?  No.)

NYU will take part in the tournament this year, but unless it changes its academic calendar or the tournament is moved to post season Chicago likely won't ever. I don't think it's likely that the tournament would be moved.

Spartan Neal Krentz threw a seven inning no hitter beating Rochester 12-0 (game shortened by tournament run-rule).  Although he walked five, he struck out eight.

The first no-hitter in UAA tournament history.  Unannounced if a pitcher ever threw seven or more hitless innings previously.

Another win yesterday puts us in a tie for first.  Let's hope that we can win it all.

If only Chicago would participate and make this an automatic bid league.

Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.
   

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 09, 2015, 03:48:08 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.

Not arguing but that sounds an awful lot like D1 and not D3 (and I am not saying it is a bad thing).  My experience with D3 shows a ton of coaches keeping their jobs regardless of the lack of success on the field/court.

Quote from: Jack Parkman on June 09, 2015, 05:01:50 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 09, 2015, 03:48:08 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.

Not arguing but that sounds an awful lot like D1 and not D3 (and I am not saying it is a bad thing).  My experience with D3 shows a ton of coaches keeping their jobs regardless of the lack of success on the field/court.

Here is the article from the Wash U website: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150521tvjeik Take particular note of this: "Ultimately, our goal is to compete on the national stage in baseball as we do in so many other sports at Washington University. The timing is right for new leadership to help us usher in this new and exciting era in the baseball program's proud history."

Looks like my speculation above is pertty much on target.

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Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.

Not arguing but that sounds an awful lot like D1 and not D3 (and I am not saying it is a bad thing).  My experience with D3 shows a ton of coaches keeping their jobs regardless of the lack of success on the field/court.

Here is the article from the Wash U website: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150521tvjeik Take particular note of this: "Ultimately, our goal is to compete on the national stage in baseball as we do in so many other sports at Washington University. The timing is right for new leadership to help us usher in this new and exciting era in the baseball program's proud history."

Looks like my speculation above is pertty much on target.

A 34-win season, an NCAA Regional appearance, a .649 winning percentage as head coach... that would fall under the heading of "a tough crowd."  Good luck with Wash U finding someone to replicate those numbers.

Quote from: mr_b on June 09, 2015, 05:49:37 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 09, 2015, 05:12:03 PM

Quote from: Jack Parkman on June 09, 2015, 05:01:50 PM

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Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.

Not arguing but that sounds an awful lot like D1 and not D3 (and I am not saying it is a bad thing).  My experience with D3 shows a ton of coaches keeping their jobs regardless of the lack of success on the field/court.

Here is the article from the Wash U website: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150521tvjeik Take particular note of this: "Ultimately, our goal is to compete on the national stage in baseball as we do in so many other sports at Washington University. The timing is right for new leadership to help us usher in this new and exciting era in the baseball program's proud history."

Looks like my speculation above is pertty much on target.

A 34-win season, an NCAA Regional appearance, a .649 winning percentage as head coach... that would fall under the heading of "a tough crowd."  Good luck with Wash U finding someone to replicate those numbers.

Sometimes there are other reasons than the stated ones -- especially given Duncan's overall 5 year record and the 34 wins this past season. Makes me wonder what we don't know and what they aren't saying. I'm sure they'll find a good coach.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 09, 2015, 05:12:03 PM

Quote from: Jack Parkman on June 09, 2015, 05:01:50 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 09, 2015, 03:48:08 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on June 09, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Anybody have any idea why Duncan was let go at WashU? His numbers are on-par with the best in the nation. 34 wins in 2015 does not raise a red flag for me in terms of letting a head coach go... if anyone has more insight, it would help clear it up a bit.

I'm just speculating, but the baseball team's success, in spite of being satisfactory by the standards of most schools, has not quite paralleled that of other sports at Wash U like basketball (men and women), soccer (men and women), tennis, softball, track and field, volleyball, maybe swimming, etc. Also, maybe too many losses to Webster over the past years.

Not arguing but that sounds an awful lot like D1 and not D3 (and I am not saying it is a bad thing).  My experience with D3 shows a ton of coaches keeping their jobs regardless of the lack of success on the field/court.

Here is the article from the Wash U website: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150521tvjeik Take particular note of this: "Ultimately, our goal is to compete on the national stage in baseball as we do in so many other sports at Washington University. The timing is right for new leadership to help us usher in this new and exciting era in the baseball program's proud history."

Looks like my speculation above is pertty much on target.

Word on the street is that it had nothing to do with wins and losses

Then I'd be very interested to see what he was let go. Care to elaborate on your "street" sources?

Quote from: BigPoppa on June 11, 2015, 11:46:22 AM
Then I'd be very interested to see what he was let go. Care to elaborate on your "street" sources?

Creative differences maybe?

Wash U names former Stevens Point Head Coach Pat Bloom as its new Head Baseball coach.... 

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150616a9bl7n

I know a lot of well-connected Wash U/Stl people and "word on the street" is that it had nothing to do with wins and losses, and everything to do with a new overqualified, young hot-shot AD with a huge ego looking to make his mark on an already very successful athletic program and department. Getting rid of Duncan, who had clearly already taken the program to national prominence – #3 seed in the Regionals this year, and a school record 34 wins with his first recruited class of seniors – and bringing in his own guy, was the only way for the new AD to be able to take credit for the success Wash U baseball is about to enjoy, for the sake of improving his own resume.

Duncan recruited as well and as hard as any D3 coach out there, without the benefit of any full-time assistants, and got the most out of his teams. This year was the first with a roster full of his recruits he's leaving behind a loaded roster for the new coach to enjoy. Duncan's record speaks for itself and by all accounts, he was super well-liked by players, alumni, and everyone in the department...just not enough to overcome a new AD who wants it to be about himself.

Many people in the WashU community including players, parents, administration and alums are really not happy about the situation.

izzy...Heard the same thing.  Also hear that most in WashU community were excited to have new AD but now see the writing on the wall.  Steve had done a very good job and have WashU right there for a NC run.  But, you bring in a "Non-Academic" AD (Came from UW-LaCrosse, not an academic power) with a huge ego, who thinks it is easy to do what Steve did is not a good thing.  Clearly, the new hire can coach but much different kid at UW-SP than at Wash U.  Only time will tell.  Hope Duncan gets another shot!

^^^^^ The above two posts are fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting  new development on the Wash U AD.....he appears to have  left:

"Sources have confirmed several media reports -- first reported by Loren Tate of The News-Gazette -- that the university will announce Washington University (St. Louis) athletics director Josh Whitman as the program's 19th director of athletics in the next few days.

Whitman, 37, is a former Illinois football player who also graduated from the UI College of Law. Whitman has served as Wash U's AD for about two years."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14789030/university-illinois-hires-washington-athletic-director-josh-whitman

I read that this is the last UAA Spring Break Conference tourney, and that the conference is moving to "round robin" play next season.

Should I assume that every baseball playing school will now play a "traditional" conference double-header?

That said, CWRU opened with a win over Brandeis.

GO SPARTANS!!!!

Would that bring Chicago back into the fold?

If Chicago is in and Rochester departs LL that gets AQ.
Maybe S/S DHs? Making up rainouts could be a problem.
I'll see what I can find out from CWRU's SID once the tournament is over. He's currently doing play-by-play for three games a day.

Meanwhile Spartans beat Emory 4-3.

Case beat Rochester today.

3-0 start!!!!

A little regression today with a loss to NYU.

Let's hope that we bounce back tomorrow against Washington U.-St. Louis.

ADL70,

By chance did you find out anything about next year's conference schedule?

Quote from: ADL70 on March 08, 2016, 10:36:06 AM
If Chicago is in and Rochester departs LL that gets AQ.
Maybe S/S DHs? Making up rainouts could be a problem.
I'll see what I can find out from CWRU's SID once the tournament is over. He's currently doing play-by-play for three games a day.

Why not the whole season in one week in FL?

Single round robin with tie-breaker finish.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 11, 2016, 05:36:07 PM

Quote from: ADL70 on March 08, 2016, 10:36:06 AM
If Chicago is in and Rochester departs LL that gets AQ.
Maybe S/S DHs? Making up rainouts could be a problem.
I'll see what I can find out from CWRU's SID once the tournament is over. He's currently doing play-by-play for three games a day.

Why not the whole season in one week in FL?

Single round robin with tie-breaker finish.

That would rule Chicago out. They do not compete in the UAA because their spring break does not coinside with the other UAA schools. If the conference does not have a shot at an auto bid I cannot see Rochester leaving the Liberty league.
I had concerns that the former AD at Wash U might have pulled the Bears out, for another conference, like football. But he moved on.

Just when it looked like Wash was in the driver's seat. Rochester shut them out 2-0.
CWRU plays Emory at 5 ET. Shields should get the start with 5 days rest. Englander threw Gross vs Brandeis on three days rest which means Emory doesn't get a second look at Gross.

Spartans are down a starter as Krentz hasn't pitched since the opener. Must not be available for some reason.

I e-mailed the CWRU AD.  As it turns out, the round-robin format will involve five teams (I presume CWRU, Wash-U, Brandeis, Emory, and NYU) playing a regular season round robin of four games played between Fridays and Sundays.

Chicago will play only CWRU and Wash U. under this format.

Rochester will not participate.

There will be no AQ.

Not exactly an ideal situation, but not necessarily too much worse than the current one.

Anyway, good to see CWRU come out of this, the last UAA Spring Break Tourney, with a second place finish, a winning record, and a win over Top Five Emory.

This new arrangement would, in theory, give CWRU twenty conference games per year, far more than under the current format.  At that point, it'll be easy to fill out the rest of the season schedule with local Division III opponents like Oberlin, Kenyon, Heidelberg, Wooster, John Carroll, and Baldwin-Wallace.

Too bad no Auto- bid for the UAA. I hope they continue to schedule OWU. it is always one of my favorite Non-con every year. We are only a little further than Heide.

CWRU preview: http://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2016-17/releases/20170217gdrowy

Wash-U has made some waves by sweeping #10 Emory in a four-game series last weekend.  Bears now 16-5 overall, 4-0 in UAA.  Emory now 19-11 and 2-6 in the UAA. 

With most of the starting everyday players and pitchers back from last season's NCAA tournament team, it was expected that Wash-U would be good again.  What is perhaps most encouraging is the improvement of the bullpen consistency.  Jake Mintz picked up 2 of the 4 wins against Emory, and he is 4-0 in 9 appearances, with 1 save and a 0.44 ERA...1 earned run in 20.1 IP.  Combining Matt Clohisy's 3 saves and Bill Heisler's 1-0 record in relief, and the Bears could have the ingredients to compete for a regional title.

Granted, Wash-U has to play well the rest of the way--but it's performance to this point of the season has started to generate a lot of great vibes for what could be an entertaining conclusion to its season.

Case sweeps Brandeis to move to 6-2 in UAA play.

Case just took three out of four from NYU. 

Big showdown next weekend with #18 Washington U.

#14 Wash-U stays alive in the NCAA Central Region Tournament with a 7-1 victory over Greenville in an elimination game for both teams Friday afternoon at GCS Ballpark in metro St. Louis.  Wash-U squandered a bases-loaded opportunity in the 1st inning by grounding into an inning-ending double play, but Auggie Mense made sure a second chance was not wasted in the 2nd inning.  Auggie's bases-clearing double gave Wash-U a 3-0 lead that it would not relinquish.  An RBI double by Tate Maider and an RBI sacrifice fly by Ted Daley in the 5th and 8th innings boosted the lead to 5-1, and Christian Santos added a 2-run HR in the top of the 9th for the final margin of victory.

John Howard and Zack Kotin combined on a 3-hitter...Howard picked up the win after tossing 6 innings and giving up just a solo HR to Greenville's Austin Marsh in the bottom of the 2nd inning, and Kotin threw 3 innings of heat, striking out 5 for his first career save.

Wash-U will play Saturday at 3:30 CDT against tonight's losing team from the North Central-Wartburg game.  If Wash-U wins, it will play a second game immediately following the first.

CWRU Preview

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2017-18/releases/20180222huw8l4

After beating #4 ranked W&J last week, Case went on to beat #5 ranked SUNY-Cortland today to move to 4-1 on the season.

After this...........someone is going to have to explain to me precisely WHY Case Western Reserve University ISN'T in the d3baseball.com Top 25.

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on March 10, 2018, 06:46:24 PM
After beating #4 ranked W&J last week, Case went on to beat #5 ranked SUNY-Cortland today to move to 4-1 on the season.

After this...........someone is going to have to explain to me precisely WHY Case Western Reserve University ISN'T in the d3baseball.com Top 25.

I don't know much about Case but 5 games into a season is a little early to be worrying about rankings.  W&J is 4-2, Allegheny is 1-4, and Cortland is 5-5.  I realize Cortland and W&J are highly ranked at this point but these things will take shape over the next few weeks.

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on March 10, 2018, 06:46:24 PM
After beating #4 ranked W&J last week, Case went on to beat #5 ranked SUNY-Cortland today to move to 4-1 on the season.

After this...........someone is going to have to explain to me precisely WHY Case Western Reserve University ISN'T in the d3baseball.com Top 25.

Case is 4-1 (.800) now, 5 games into the season. By the time that Case is 20-5, after the Emory series, or even a 16-4 record and Cort and W&J are still doing well, they will be in the Top 25.  W&J is still holding but Cortland has dropped from pre-season #1 to 10th.  The Cortland win may be suspect.

Case is now 7-1 after a 12-1 win over Roger Williams today. 

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on March 14, 2018, 09:24:25 PM
Case is now 7-1 after a 12-1 win over Roger Williams today.

Roger Williams (a perennially sub .-500 team from the Commonwealth Coast Conference) is now 1-7 against good teams.

Case is now in the Top 25 in the Coaches' Poll:

http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-3-poll-3-13-18/

Case rolls to 8-1 with a 15-5 win over Rochester.

Make that 9-1!

10-1 to end the Spring Break trip.

Admittedly though, the schedule is about to get MUCH harder.  After a series with Ohio Weslayan, the always tough UAA schedule begins.

DagarmanSpartan,


Check out the Top 25!   ;)

http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2018/2018Top25-week-4

Thanks!

Let's hope that they don't stumble during the UAA slate.

Ohio Weslayan has a losing record.  Ideally, CWRU will get a sweep...........after that, the UAA schedule will be telling.

CWRU up to #11 in the rankings following a four-game sweep of Brandeis.

Let's hope that the Spartans keep up the pace!

Emory goes 3-1 vs NYU, so Spartans don't have to share title with the Eagles.

We appear to have hit a rough patch.  I hope that it doesn't hurt our playoff chances.

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on May 03, 2018, 11:13:39 PM
We appear to have hit a rough patch.  I hope that it doesn't hurt our playoff chances.

There are still some chances to pick up some wins but I would not want to be 6th in the RR and watching to see what everyone else does.  I don't think Case can afford any more losses.

Case matches up well against John Carroll tomorrow since JCU will pitch their top two starters today against BW and Case can throw their Ace against their #3.  Next weekend against Chicago is a good matchup, but definitely one in which Case will need to play well.  If they can win their 4 remaining games and finish 29-10, their current strength of schedule ranking of 19 will most likely get them in.  They are also 7-6 versus the current regionally ranked opponents.  I am sure that Englander will right the ship for the end of the season and we will see the Spartans in the postseason.

Quote from: Pops33 on May 04, 2018, 08:59:17 AM
Case matches up well against John Carroll tomorrow since JCU will pitch their top two starters today against BW and Case can throw their Ace against their #3.  Next weekend against Chicago is a good matchup, but definitely one in which Case will need to play well.  If they can win their 4 remaining games and finish 29-10, their current strength of schedule ranking of 19 will most likely get them in.  They are also 7-6 versus the current regionally ranked opponents.  I am sure that Englander will right the ship for the end of the season and we will see the Spartans in the postseason.

;D   ;D    :o    ::)    :D

The Unofficial Committee of Pool A Conferences (UCPAC) has appealed to the NCAA to give every WIAC and UAA conference member 2 automatic losses to make things equal when the tournament bid selection process begins...


;)

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 04, 2018, 09:39:12 PM

Quote from: Pops33 on May 04, 2018, 08:59:17 AM
Case matches up well against John Carroll tomorrow since JCU will pitch their top two starters today against BW and Case can throw their Ace against their #3.  Next weekend against Chicago is a good matchup, but definitely one in which Case will need to play well.  If they can win their 4 remaining games and finish 29-10, their current strength of schedule ranking of 19 will most likely get them in.  They are also 7-6 versus the current regionally ranked opponents.  I am sure that Englander will right the ship for the end of the season and we will see the Spartans in the postseason.

;D   ;D    :o    ::)    :D

The Unofficial Committee of Pool A Conferences (UCPAC) has appealed to the NCAA to give every WIAC and UAA conference member 2 automatic losses to make things equal when the tournament bid selection process begins...


;)

Clearly that would be unfair, as someone would have made it through with 0 or 1 loss!  Of course, no one knows who that someone would be. ;)

It may take a Spartan three-game sweep of Chicago as well as Wooster taking two from Wabash, and possibly Otterbein two from BW for Spartans to feel comfortable about making the field

Well, we got the sweep of Chicago.

Let's hope that that's enough to get us in!

Really needed Wooster to win NCAC.

Shame too because Maue seemed to get his stroke back this weekend and Dan Watson finally seemed healthy

WashU won its home opener this afternoon, 13-3 over Illinois Tech.  The #4 Bears are 4-0 early in the season...first time for such a start since the 2006 season (in which WashU reached the NCAA Tournament and finished 34-7).

John Brinkman was 2-for-5 with a HR and 6 RBI.  Caleb Durbin was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and 4 runs scored.  Sean Robinson was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, and 2 SBs.  Matt Ashbaugh had a rough first 3 innings, but he tossed 3 scoreless innings after that and struck out 8.

WashU held a 5-3 lead after 3 innings, but Ashbaugh settled into a groove that Illinois Tech couldn't recover from.  Meanwhile, the Bears scored 8 runs in their final 5 innings...3 of which came on Brinkman's walk-off HR that put the 10-run rule in effect in the bottom of the 8th. 

Illinois Tech had its season opener today; and it was led by Michael Courtney's 1-for-2 day with a run scored and 2 SBs, and single RBIs from Zachary Dickey, Connor Blake, and Orlando Cardenas-Juan.  Ryan Cantlin was the starter on the mound and took the loss, giving up 7 runs in 5 IPs.

Both teams play in a doubleheader tomorrow (Sunday), at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

WashU finished off a 3-game weekend sweep of Illinois Tech with lopsided victories in Sunday's doubleheader at WashU.

The #4 Bears won 14-1 and 10-0 to run their record to 6-0.  Best start for the Bears since an 8-0 start for the 2006 team.

The WashU offense was relentless from the start of the series to the finish...double-digits in runs and hits in each of the three games.  The Bears had 45 hits in 108 at-bats, a .417 BA.  59 total bases in the series, for a .546 slugging %. 

The Bears' pitching was very good as well in the series:  4 ER in 26 IP, a 1.38 ERA...34 Ks (11.77 per 9 IP), 12 H, 11 BB, 0.88 WHIP.  Fielding?  3 errors in 106 chances = .972 fielding%.

It's one thing to mash the ball at the plate, but it's quite another to not get lax with your pitching and fielding.  WashU was as disciplined on the mound and in the field, as they were relentless at the plate.  If the Bears can continue to do so on a consistent basis, they can go a long, long way in the NCAA Tournament.

Yes, I'm taking some early sips of the Kool-Aid.  Anxious to see how WashU fares at home this weekend vs. Coe...the team than knocked WashU out of the NCAA Regional in three instant D3 baseball classics.  That series may be among the most-anticipated by D3 baseball fans, this early in the season.

jaybird44 will be pleased when he opens his twitter account to find out who the number one team is.

Ha ha!  Very pleased, to say the least!  The players and the coaching staff have worked hard to elevate the status of the program.  Now we'll see how long they can hold on to the top spot!

Wash U has a really good assistant in Rosen. He recruited my son long ago and I always thought he would do well.

Yesterday, WashU had a successful first defense of its first-ever #1 national ranking, by posting a 10-0 victory over visiting MacMurray College.  The Bears are now 7-0, heading into a sensational series rematch with Coe this weekend at WashU.

The biggest takeaway from yesterday's game was the spotlight on the quality of depth WashU has with its pitching staff.  It was a bullpen day on the mound.  Matt Lopes, Jared Fong, Daniel Broadie, Austin Sachen, and Dominic DiCosimo combined to toss a one-hit shutout.

Lopes gave up the lone hit in his 5-inning stint (clean line-drive single to left, BTW).  Primarily a back-end-of-a-game closer, Lopes showed that he could start a game and provide meaningful innings if needed.  Much like Tim Tague does for the Bears right now (who was named to the D3Baseball.com Team of the Week for his 4-inning, 6-K long relief stint for a win vs. Illinois Tech last weekend).

Fong, Broadie, and DiCosimo were impressive as well, in their one-inning stints.  But the highlight of the day was the inning provided by little-known Austin Sachen.  Sachen only pitched 1/3 of an inning last season as a freshman, so when he entered the game for his first appearance of the season, I didn't know what to expect.  The lefty wowed the crowd by striking out the side with utterly filthy stuff.  All but one of his pitches were fastballs at 89-90 MPH (two WashU pitchers had a radar gun on Sachen)...and the last pitch was a wicked curve that broke off at 76.

Players and fans were both jazzed by Sachen's work, and WashU may have discovered that it has a diamond-in-the-rough on its pitching staff.  Fun to watch.

Now, the Bears host Coe this weekend, in a rematch series of last season's NCAA Regional at WashU.  The Bears and Coe had 3 epic meetings, with Cornell and Aurora weaved in for good measure.  In the 3rd meeting, Coe was down to its final out in the top of the 9th against WashU's John Howard; the National Pitcher of the Year trying to get one more inning out of his gas tank to nail down a save and a trip to the Super Regional.  Riley LeGrand foiled that attempt with his only HR of the season, a no-doubt 2-run blast to straightaway center field to put Coe up 4-3.  WashU countered by putting runners at first and second base with one out in the bottom of the 9th, but could only muster two fly-ball outs in the loss to Coe.

So, I suspect that this series rematch will be one of the more widely-viewed series across D3 baseball...especially early in the season.  Game 1 of the series begins at 2:00 Central Saturday afternoon, and a doubleheader is scheduled for 11 a.m./2:30 p.m. Sunday.  Sunny weather with temps ranging from 60-65 degrees is forecast.  Come to St. Louis to watch in person or check out the proceedings on the WashU Sports Network (washubears.com).  Click on "Live Broadcasts" to access the games.

It's the start of the 2022 baseball season in the UAA today.  Emory starts their season this afternoon at home vs Berry right now.

Chris Mooneyham with the baseball commentary on the Emory game feed.

Emory won their season opener vs Berry today, 17-5, in Atlanta.

Congrats to Emory baseball coach Mike Twardoski-- 600 career wins.

Next up for Emory is a 3 game series vs Covenant.  The Eagles will play at Covenant on Friday, and then host a doubleheader vs Covenant this Saturday.

Quote from: deiscanton on February 08, 2022, 05:13:06 PM
Emory won their season opener vs Berry today, 17-5, in Atlanta.

Congrats to Emory baseball coach Mike Twardoski-- 600 career wins.

Next up for Emory is a 3 game series vs Covenant.  The Eagles will play at Covenant on Friday, and then host a doubleheader vs Covenant this Saturday.

I applaud Coach T's 600th win. He is a good guy and plays the right way.

CWRU Preview:  https://athletics.case.edu/sports/bsb/2021-22/releases/20220220m5cs8v

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7iWRVQV6w

Good to see CWRU win the title.

I assume that the UAA doesn't get an autobid to the NCAAs, right?

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 25, 2022, 05:54:59 PM
Good to see CWRU win the title.

I assume that the UAA doesn't get an autobid to the NCAAs, right?

You are correct.

What are the odds of CWRU getting an at large bid?

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 26, 2022, 01:06:09 PM
What are the odds of CWRU getting an at large bid?

I believe that the first Regional Rankings come out next week.

SOS is going to help but doesn't change the fact that 16 losses is a lot of losses. Seems odd to see them ranked and not say William Patterson with #3 SOS at 24-12

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 26, 2022, 01:06:09 PM
What are the odds of CWRU getting an at large bid?

Please take the 1st regional rankings and post the scores and record of CWRU games against those teams for us.

That is what the committee will do.

During the broadcast of the CWRU-Chicago series, it was suggested that Chicago will return to UAA for baseball in 2025.

Six teams would mean an autobid, yes?

On that note...........CWRU's current baseball schedule shows a series with Chicago as a UAA series.

If that's true, then yes indeed, the UAA will now have six members for that sport.

So..........based on that......perhaps Pat Coleman could confirm for us whether the UAA champ will have an autobid to the d3 playoffs.

Any word?

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/baseball/schedule

Gang,

To follow up, I just spoke to a high ranking source at CWRU, and yes, Chicago is now a baseball member of the UAA, and the UAA is now an NCAA AQ in baseball and softball.

yup, Division III dropping its AQ minimum from 7 teams to 6 was key for the UAA getting baseball and softball AQs. They'll have 6 for baseball and 7 for softball - Rochester will remain in the Liberty League for both sports.

Chicago will make its UAA baseball debut at Brandeis with a 4 game series in Waltham, MA with 1 game on Friday, March 28, a doubleheader on Saturday, March 29, and a game on Sunday, March 30.

UAA baseball conference play will consist of 4 game weekends, while softball conference play will consist of 3 game weekends-- as the softball conference has 1 extra team.  Carnegie Mellon does not participate in baseball in the UAA.

Actually, CWRU's softball schedule reflects otherwise.

It does indeed show six softball opponents (in a seven team UAA conference schedule).  However, it shows Carnegie-Mellon to be one of those UAA series opponents, and not Rochester.

See here.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/softball/schedule

Wash U-St. Louis 21-22 MAR
Emory 4-5 APR
NYU 11-12 APR
Chicago 18-19 APR
Brandeis 25-26 APR
Carnegie-Mellon 8-9 MAY

For baseball, the five opponents for a six team conference schedule are WashU, Emory, Chicago, NYU, and Brandeis.

Either way though, great to see the UAA finally be an AQ in every team sport that they sponsor!