Quote from: ECSUalum on May 21, 2010, 08:25:17 PM
Oldnorse,

I am just as perplexed as you are , re Rathbuns absence.

Only thing that comes to mind is she has incurred an injury

when clarification comes off ECSU athletics web site, I will post

Per the following on E Conn.'s website, Rathbun had the flu:

http://nutmeg.easternct.edu/mt-static/athletics/2010/05/eastern-softball-drops-national-tournament-opener-8-0.html

As for Saturday's games, I'll take:

Luther over Ithaca by 1-3, E Conn over Moravian IF Rathbun is pitching, Linfield over DePauw (although I am a DePauw alum and would like to think DePauw will win, Linfield just has WAY too much firepower for the Tigers to keep up with), and ETBU over Christopher Newport.

On another note, when's the last time someone could say they beat the Wash U. women three times in a row?

Quote from: Wes Anderson on March 09, 2008, 07:29:17 PM
Going to be pretty upfront here.  I'm awfully upset that Whitewater was selected as the host site for the regional DePauw is playing in.

I had heard that there were a few inaccuracies regarding the mileage from Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa) to Greencastle.  I believe it is less than the required 500 miles, but the NCAA may not have had accurate information. 

I thought DePauw had a very good shot at it if the mileage number was right.  Bummer.

Earlier today I did some quick mapquest research.  All travel miles combined, there was about a 34 mile difference between the total if teams travelled to DePauw vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater.

DePauw 73
Wash U 66

DePauw led the first 99% of the first half, just for Wash U. to take the lead on free throws in the last minute.  Second half was really close for the first 10 minutes or so, then DePauw had a 7-0 run with Janice Evans on the bench in foul trouble.  Wash U. got back into it and got back within 3, but they couldn't overcome the fact that all of their post players had 4 fouls, Fernandez would either get a lay-up or draw a foul, and Marshall had some huge offensive rebounds in the last four minutes.

Quote from: TC HOOPS on February 28, 2007, 09:46:52 PM
David Collinge : Did I tell you we were ONLY down by 2 at the half to Kean?

Odd, I thought the score at the end of the game mattered than the score at half, maybe I'm missing something.

No undefeated teams left and the Top 10 still dropping like flies as No. 6 Howard Payne loses to No. 13 McMurry 61-60.

Quote from: NW Hope Fan on March 16, 2006, 11:47:46 AM
horne,

Now that you are back on... I wanted to apologize to you about taking the brunt of my frustration. You were just in a line of DePauw posters seemingly defending what happened.

Your post was far from the most grievous, and shouldn't have received my fury as such. Some of your fellow brethren on the other hand were not nearly as kind as your "other" words of encouragement. They should take a cue from you.

Again... sorry.

No problems...everybody gets caught up in the heat of the moment, especially after a big stakes game like that. Heck, I feel like an @$$ looking back at my original post.

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Again, some of this could simply be a difference in fan culture in the two areas.  Not necessarily defending this, just pointing out where I see the difference in opinions...

Agreed.

Quote from: gordonmann on March 15, 2006, 04:21:39 PM
The band did a fantastic job (always a fan of bands doing renditions of Kansas songs), adding to the atmosphere.

If I could, I'd give a karma point for that. 

Quote from: realist on March 15, 2006, 02:52:56 PM
One poster thinks it is great the high % of students involved in "greek" activities, but at what expense?   

If I'm thinking correctly I get the impression you're replying to my post....I didn't  mean that DePauw's greek population was "great" by any means. I was just mentioning it in the discussion about attendance and why there aren't more people at Friday night Lady Tiger home games.

I was at the game Saturday night, relatively close to the student seciton (I was in the pep band).  I don't recall ever hearing the "whore" chant.  It's not like the Hope student section were angels.  They said some stuff akin to the DePauw student section but it was usually drowned out. Some of the adult Hope fans also said some not so nice things during the first half directly addressing the refs and saying things that can't be repeated here.   I'm not saying this is the norm for the Hope fans; the clear majority of them were very nice and courteous, even nice enough to clap for the pep band after the game...we usually don't get applause like that.

From my observations it seemed like the main function of the police and security near the DePauw student section was to keep from overflow...there were several DePauw students turned away from the student section because it was full. Also,

I'm sure that if anything at the game was as bad as others indicated the NCAA representative sitting at the scorers' table would have done something.

I get the feeling that if this game was held at Hope some of the same things may have been heard from the Hope student section.

As far as attendance numbers go, there's some things to keep in mind. One, the SCAC works on a Friday-Sunday conference game rotation. The womens' games are most always before the men, starting at 6 o'clock which conflicts directly with the time most fraternities and sororities serve dinner (DePauw is 75% greek, so it makes a large difference).  Also, the Sunday games are in the afternoon when most students are doing homework / sleeping in / what have you. Also, Hope has a good 900 more students than DePauw as well. 

That being said, good luck to Hope in the Final 4 and DePauw can definitely start looking forward to next year as only of the Tigers' top 11 players graduates, and Liz Bondi still has one year of NCAA eligibility left.