Westmin's start is a surprise and so is Mac's but we will have to see what continues to happen throughout the conference season. Mac won without Sellers but how much of an impact is he to his team exactly? Matter of fact what player impacts their team the most and why?
Any predictions for the conference games on Wednesday?
Blackburn @ Fontbonne in a DH
Mac @ Eureka in a 9 inning game

Yea Mac jumped on Murfin early with a 3 run HR from their catcher Backstein. Also, their team came to play. Without Sellers in the lineup they didn't want to lose any ground. Looks like the SLIAC race is wide open. Just because Maryville lost to Mac doesn't mean anything good teams lose all the time and how does anybody know Mac isn't a decent team. Just because last year they were terrible doesn't mean a thing. On another note Westminster is 0-6 in the conference wow who would have thought that.

Mac beat St. Louis Christian yesterday but they lost Sellers in the process. He was sliding into home and hurt his ankle very seriously left the game in the 3rd inning. As of right now he is out indefinitely.

Here are the Eureka vs Mac stats:
Game 1:
Eureka's Offensive stats:
Moore, Keith cf  1-3  1 RBI  2 BB  1 R
Cashdollar, Benji rf  0-3 1 BB
Eeten, Nick lf  3-4 HR 4 RBI 2 R
Wagner, Mike dh  1-4 1 R
Knoblauch, Nick c  2-4 2 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Koerner, Kyle ss  2-4 2 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Songer, Shawn 3b  1-4 1 R
Glaub, Tyler 2b  0-3
Cashdollar, Tim 1b  3-4 2 R
 
Mac's Offensive stats:
Sellers, Mikie lf  2-4 2B 1 RBI 2 R 
Schindler, Scott 2b  0-2 1 BB
Missey, Jordan 3b   0-2 1 BB
  Bourne, Caleb 3b 1-1 2 RBI
Lowe, Jamison rf  0-4 1 RBI
Backstein, James c  0-4
Schmidt, Nick dh   0-3
  Kay, Marcus dh   0-1
Cantrel, Curtis 1b  1-4 
Forthenberry, Avion cf  1-3 2 R
Butler, Joe ss 2-3 2B 1 RBI 2 R   

Game 2:
Eureka's Offensive stats:
Moore, Keith cf  3-4 HR 2 RBI 1 BB 2 R
Glaub, Tyler 2b 1-4 1 R
Eeten, Nick rf 2-4 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Wagner, Mike dh 1-3 2 RBI
Knoblauch, Nick c 2-4 2 HR 2 RBI 2 R
Koerner, Kyle ss   4-4 2B 2 R
Songer, Shawn 3b 2-4 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Fravell, Justin lf 1-4 2 RBI
Cashdollar, Tim 1b 0-3 1 BB 1 R

 
Mac's Offensive stats:
Sellers, Mikie lf 4-5 3 2B 1 RBI 3 R
Forthenberry, Avion cf 0-3
  Missey, Jordan 3b   1-1 HR 2 RBI
Bourne, Caleb 3b/cf 2-4 2 R
Lowe, Jamison rf  3-4 2B 4 RBI 1 R
Backstein, James dh 1-4 1 R
Cantrel, Curtis 1b 2-3 HR 2 RBI 2 R
Katterhenry, Tyler c  2-3 1 RBI
Baxter, Dante 2b 0-2
  Helmerichs, Ryan 2b  1-2 1 RBI 1 R
Butler, Joe ss 1-3

No idea what happen with Eureka or MacMurray. I just know it was two hard fought games yesterday.  Eureka pitched Clay McConkey  7 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 11 Ks. Benji Cashdollar 5 IP, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 Ks and a No Decision. Blake McConkey who got the loss the 2nd game 1.1 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP.
Mac used Joe Essig who received the loss 3 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks and then the 2nd game Nick Schmidt 4 IP, 8 R, 8 ER, O BB, 1 K, 1 HBP and a No Decision. Scott Schlinder who got the win the 2nd game 3 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks.
Eureka made 6 errors altogether and Mac 5.

Blackburn plays @ Eureka in a one 9 inning game on Saturday and then a DH @ Home Sunday.

Eureka splits with MacMurray 2day winning 9-6 and losing 12-11. Very exciting games both teams played hard and well. Mac looked alot better than I thought they would Clay McConkey went the distance for Eureka in game 1. Last year's 2nd team all conference pitcher Cashdollar got the ND in the second game and got roughed up a little bit and Blake McConkey suffered the loss in relief.  Knoblauch had 2 HRs for Eureka. Mac won the game in the bottom of the 7th. Lead off man Helmrichs singled, bunted over by Butler and Sellers hit the game winning Double. Good games today looking forward to more to come.

Webster played well yesterday winning 8-0 over Illinois College (IC) they were lead by Dakota Huey's 4-4 day with 2 2Bs and 1 RBI, Zach Little had a 1-4 2 RBI day and John Combs 2-4  1 RBI got the first HR of the season for Webster and Broughton's 8 scoreless innings 4 hits 1 BB and 9 k's. Andrew Fuiten 1-2 1 RBI 2 BB but a rough day at the dish for Alex Raetzloff  as he goes 0-4 with 2Ks and 1 BB. On another note Principia becomes the first SLIAC team to 2-0 as they beat Ozark Christian 18-7 and then win a nail bitter to St. Louis Christian 14-13.  I think ALL the SLIAC coaches are crazy if they think MacMurray is bad enough to play close to St. Louis Christian. Congrats to Prin for starting 2-0 but who in the SLIAC wouldn't have playing the 2 games they did yesterday? Fontbonne commits 6 errors and loses to Wash U 6-4.  Fontbonne was led by Justin Juergensmeyer 2-4 and Jason Nikolaisen 3-4 with 1 RBI.

On the slate today we have:
Greenville @ Birmingham Southern and @ Capital @ 1:00 and 3:30 pm
Principia vs Lincoln Christian @ 6:30 pm

Still yet to see action is:
Westminster but scheduled to play Grinnell @ home this weekend
Eureka but scheduled to play Dallas in Texas this weekend
MacMurray but scheduled to play Monday
SLIAC Record to date: 5-8

Nice try Panthers its still early in the season. But on another SLIAC note Maryville fell to Lincoln University (MO) 6-3. 2 SLIAC teams open the season 2day and both go 0-2. But on a positive note McKendree is a NAIA and Lincoln University is a NCAA Division II both scholarship schools so losing by 3 to both teams isn't all too bad.

McKendree is a NAIA scholarship school. They always have big numbers they are usually good and I notice that McKendree plays a few of the schools that Mac plays during their Spring Break. NAIA schools aren't bad to play against but its a scholarship school against non scholarship school DIII teams should take it personal because their are many players in DIII that deserve to be scholarship players.

But McKendree's 1st Baseman Lucas O'Rear is from Nashville HS and he set a McKendree school record with 24 HRs last year. McKendree is a pretty good school regardless of their record. But this should be a good game for the Panthers to see live pitching and get their pitchers some innings before they go on their weekend trip and Spring Break trip.

Did anybody see that Webster plays the #1 team in DIII Cortland State during their Spring Break? 

I already said where everyone was goin earlier but here it is again:

I was looking @ the SLIAC teams' schedules and I notice that EVERY team is goin on a Spring Break trip this year.
Greenville is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 16-20,
Webster is goin to Auburndale, FL; Babson Park, FL; Winter Haven, FL March 7-12,
Westminster is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 22-28,
Eureka is goin to Irving TX, March 7-11, 
Principia is goin to Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Riverside, CA; Pasadena, CA March 18-24,
Blackburn is goin to Clinton, MS; New Orleans, LA; Montgomery, AL March 9-15,
Fontbonne is goin to Winter Haven, FL March 13-21,
Maryville is goin to Orlando, Florida March 2-4,
MacMurray is goin to Henderson, TN; Jackson, TN March 9-12.

MacMurray's is Aaron Forthenberry a side arm righty who was their ace last year and thats probably it haven't seen their newcomers yet.
Eureka's is Cashdollar the lefty has a year left from what I was told and is returning
It looks as if there will be room for alot of new pitchers to make noise this year thats good to see.
As for Neece sorry Greenville for the lost but he was probably going to be a 4 time 1st team All SLIAC first baseman thats a big lost but that's why its called a team they will bounce back.
I just believe that Maryville's Murfin is the best returning pitcher.

On January 30th theoneandonly posted: Oh and you put fuiten in your top 10 twice haha, i sure hope webster doesnt have two of him this year!

So it was brought to my attention earlier but I guess I had to fix it sometime haha

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I know I put him on their twice my fault I was in a hurry when I did it. Here it is with 10 DIFFERENT players this time no duplicates haha

Here's my list the top 10 OFs my picks are based on Batting average, Fielding and speed:
                                       
1. Chad Henkelman, Maryville, SR- Hit .352 had 62 Catches, 59 Putouts 3 Assists and NO ERRORS (1.000 Field Pct)
                                       
2. Dakota Huey, Webster, JR.- Hit .355 had 95 Catches, 89 Putouts 3 Assists and 2 Errors (.968 Fielding Pct)
                                     
3. Mikie Sellers, MacMurray, SR.- Hit .345 had 69 Catches, 64 Putouts 3 Assists and 2 Errors (.971 Fielding Pct)
                                     
4. Matt Spala, Blackburn, SO..- Hit .365 had 36 Catches, 32 Putouts 3 Assists and 1 Errors (.972 Fielding Pct)
                                     
5. Mike Scott, Greenville, SR.- Hit .337 had 53 Catches, 48 Putouts 3 Assists and 2 Errors (.962 Fielding Pct)
                                       
6. Mike Silver, Westminster, SR..- Hit .361 had 25 Catches, 24 Putouts 0 Assists and 1 Errors (.960 Fielding Pct)
                                       
7. Andrew Fuiten, Webster, SR.- Hit .438 had 111 Catches, 54 Putouts 48 Assists and 9 Errors (.919 Fielding Pct )                               
                                     
8. VJ Reynolds, Westminster, SO.- Hit .313 had 49 Catches, 45 Putouts 1 Assists and 3 Errors (.939 Fielding Pct)
                                     
9. Mike Wagner, Eureka, SR.- Hit .324 had 33 Catches, 27 Putouts 3 Assists and 3 Errors (.919 Fielding Pct)
                                     
10. Alex Raetzloff, Webster, SR.- Hit .409 had 182 Catches, 86 Putouts 87 Assists and 9 Errors (.951 Fielding Pct) Played IF the last 2 years

It's official theoneandonly MacMurray has put up their rosters finally haha!!! They have 20 players on it. Eureka what is going on with the rosters I know they have an idea of how many players they have. Speaking of Eureka what is the deal with Benji Cashdollar is he done with eligibility or not? With the Maryville pitcher it is Scott Reese he went to Meramec Community College and he has 3 years left to play @ Maryville.