All the comments I have made about Shenandoah, let me be the first to say that they truly did NOT come to play today.  Pitching let them down HUGE and thats something Coach Anderson prides his staff on, to not give up free passes and make the hitters get themselves out.  That did not happen today.  I must say, Van Sickler's double off the wall would've tied it had it gone out, but it didnt and that is fortunate for Salisbury, but that was one HELL of a comeback effort BOTH  games by the Hornets.  To come back after they were put in that big of a hole is a tribute to their character and their competitiveness.  But unfortunately they came up just short both games.  I am highly stunned at the outcome, but good luck to Salisbury in the World Series. 

Sorry for keeping this going, but this 6 team format makes zero sense.  Shenandoah who is 2-0 plays piedmont tonight who is 2-1.  The winner of wabash/salisbury is automatically in the championship and obviously the loser of that goes home.  so there will be a 2-1 team already in the finals, if SU loses tonight they will play Piedmont (I'm assuming) again tomorrow to see who plays the wabash/salisbury winner for a one game winner-take-all game.  So that means that wabash and salisbury, who both lost on day 1, will only need to win 3 games to take the title if the three team's at 2-1 scenario occurs.  The Wab/Salisbury winner should have to play piedmont tomorrow (if piedmont beats SU tonight) to see who goes to the championship.  Not saying this cause I'm an SU guy, it just doesn't make sense to start 2-0 if you will have to win 4 games to take the title as opposed to 3 wins for the Wabash/Salisbury winner.  Now all of this is irrelevant if SU takes care of Piedmont tonight, but still, in case they don't, this set up does not favor the team that starts 2-0.   The NCAA just needs to go to a 64 team field and do 8 team Regions the whole way through.   

That makes sense that if three teams were 2-1 that there would just be a one game winner-take-all championship, but it doesn't seem to be an advantage for a Shenandoah team who is 2-0 to have to go that way.  Hopefully my Hornets can avoid that scenario by taking care of business tonight and just let everybody else beat each other.  6 team set ups are stupid in my opinion.  I like the way the Region was set up in 09 w the 8 teams that were at Salisbury.  2 wins away from a 3-peat, LET'S GO BOYS!!!

Oh yea you're right, I benefited from that so called "weak" schedule, but none of the other SU players did.  Weak schedule or not, we still took the Region both years so say what you want, but I dont think you can say the "REGION TOURNAMENT" was weak.  That weak schedule also consisted of what turned out to be 5 games against you guys, in which we took 4 of them.  My hats off to Brinkman for throwing the way he did in game 1 of conf tourny, that was in all honesty unreal.  But I'll leave it at the fact that we can agree to disagree PNeal. 

The fact is SU is up 2-0 in the Region right now and if it plays out, they get the Webster/Piedmont winner and the winner of Salisbury/Wabash is moving on to tomorrow's championship game.  So, hoping this doesn't happen, but if SU loses tonight, they will be 2-1, Webster or Piedmont will be 2-1 and wabash or salisbury will be 2-1, how the f*** does that work out for tomorrow?   It almost seems as though its set up to where its "ok" to lose a game in the region cause you still have to win 4 to get the title.  You just cant lose on day 1.  Somebody explain this set up cuz i cant seem to figure it out.  Doesn't seem like it favors the team that starts 2-0.  Last year, we were 2-0 along with Mary Wash on day 3, and we beat them which forced them to play Salisbury later that night to see who played us in the Championship.  But that was a scenario where TWO teams were 2-0, unlike this tournament.  I'm not getting how this set up works just in case there are 3 teams that are 2-1 going into tomorrow. 

Well, cnuball25, you can say what you want, but Piedmont decided to walk Van Sickler to load the bases to get to Nelson, who proceeded to hit a grand slam so say what you want, but Nelson puts up legit numbers.  And in no way, shape, or form was Delauter a stud, but he did hit over .400 in the season in 2010 with mid 30's in RBI's from the 9 hole and also was key in that DEMORALIZING 14th inning walkoff win against you guys.  Delauter was 2nd team all conf last year if I remember correctly, and would've been 1st team had Brashears not exploded in the final weekend.  Not a stud in anyone's eyes, but a team guy who bought into Kevin Anderson's system, hence the reason they were able to win a 2nd straight region title last year. 

And how can you sit there and say about CNU still being competitive in 2020???   How do u know what CNU will or will not be doing then??? How do u know what SU will or will not be doing then???   What if SU wins the region title for the next 9 years???  What if CNU/SU alternate region titles for the next 9 years???   You have no idea what the future holds, Nostradamus, so I'll go ahead and retract that asinine statement for you. 

As far as continued success, I just looked up CNU history and under Coach Harvell, they were national runners up (congrats on that, well deserved) and a third place finish (congrats on that as well) other than that, there isn't much else to ride home about as far as regional/national competition is concerned.  A conference title here and there, but like I said before, SU has turned that page and has shown we can play with the best.  I expect nothing but greatness from SU here on out.  People are starting to realize and see how great of a Coach Kevin Anderson is and they will start wanting to play with a Coach who knows how to prepare his players for big time series'. 

You do realize that this team is a completely different team from 09, with the exceptions of Brashears, Nelson and Van Sickler.  And even a far different team than last year.  So I think it's safe to say that SU has started its trend upwards and is replacing great players with good ones who, in four years, hope to be just as great as the ones who came before them.  We lose Lambert, we bring in Neeb.  Vernon leaves for CNU, they get Delauter from Allegany and Smith comes the year after from Pot State.  Van Dusseldorp leaves, Nelson moves to 3rd and they get Beall at 1st.  Henry leaves, they replace him with Krout who was 1st team all conf SS.  Davis and Levac leave, they transform Scallion into the submarine closer.  I know that CNU has been producing players year after year for longer than SU, but SU is showing that they are making the turn around and replacing the great players who have come through the program with ones who hope to pick up where they left off.  So I see your point PNeal that CNU has been doing that "replacing" longer than SU has, but I believe that is changing and Coach Anderson is getting the players he deserves to uphold the program 

Your right Bossman, maybe I am, but I played in the SU/CNU rivalry for 2 years and I know how much each team hates the other (but respects what each one does).  Just gets the best of me sometimes.  I still stay by the things I said, but I do need to express my respect and appreciation for what CNU did this year.  Too bad for them that it ended abruptly.  

You are correct though PNeal, nice season by CNU, thought they DEF would have done better in the regionals from what I saw in Newport News and in Burlington, but unfortunately they did not come to play this week.  Hell of a run though and 39-7 is one heck of a season. 

Ha-ha!   That's all I have to say.  When people berate SU baseball time and time again, and we get short changed year after year in all conference voting, and seedings in tournaments, it makes it that much more invigorating to see a team like CNU get bounced after 2 games.  I have class, "my friend", I just get sick and tired of SU getting owned on the boards and in votings when all we do is win.  Year after year.  Everybody always talks how good CNU is and NC Wesleyan, but never SU, but what do we do other than back-to-back regional champions with a conference championship thrown in there.  

And on a side note, Goldsmith is a hell of a pitcher, I will not deny that, but it just goes to show you how good Van Sickler is cause he allowed ZERO runs to the same Wabash team that put up 8 against Goldsmith.  

Oh and those "SU alum" you speak of ALL know who I am and I KNOW I have their support in what I say.  All the defending that CNU gets when they don't play well or lose is nonsense.  I don't want to hear anything about a lay off, you either come to play or you don't, and obviously CNU didn't.  Best of luck next year.  The SU alum feel the same way that I do about CNU and seeing them go 2 and out.  It's almost as good a feeling as winning the Region itself... wait, no it's not, but CNU wouldn't know about that from recent years. 

I could NOT care less about my remarks BigPoppa.  You don't cheer for a conference foe when you are in the same region as them.  That is the most asinine thing I've ever heard.  Yea cause I'm sure North Carolina fans cheer for Duke to make it to the Final Four when they are both fighting for a National Championship.  Good post. 

Shenandoah comes to play ball, I don't want to hear ANYTHING about excuses cause I was on both teams from SU that went to Appleton and we had a 3 week lay off and all we did was come out and NOT LOSE A GAME in the region tournament either year.  A lay off should not matter, when a World Series berth is on the line, you come out ready to play, no matter the lay off.   Just goes to show you how well prepared Shenandoah is by Head Coach Kevin Anderson.  Oh and those of you who were knocking Coach Anderson about his "tactitcs" at CNU, I don't care what that man did, he wins and you can NOT deny that.  John Harvell is booking his teams plane tickets home, and SU is in the driver's seat for a 3rd straight South Region title.  

Your exactly right, and I LOVE IT!!!!!    All you CNU fans who talk smack all year, when it comes time to play baseball, your Captains NEVER show up.  We took care of you in 09 in Salisbury, you were DEMORALIZED last year by us, and yes, you did get the best of us in conf tourny this year, but you can have your USA South championship cause this CNU team will be talked about as the biggest disappointment of the South Region, and all other Regions for a longggggggg time.  Congrats on your conf championship, and also on your 2 and out of the South Region.  All I have to say is when it comes time to play ball, Shenandoah shows up, CNU doesn't.  You can have your USA South championship ring, Shenandoah has 2 Regional Championship trophies, one of those is courtesy of your Captains.  

Here's a new topic, how terrible is this video announcer from Rhodes?   He needs a color commentator to help him out.  

I don't want to hear ANYTHING about a "lay off".  Does it suck to go through that?  Hell Yes, but Shenandoah did it in 09 and 10 and obviously had ZERO problems with it.  I know both years they had roughly a 3 week lay off each time and came out and swept the Region both times.  It's ok to say that Webster's pitcher was just on yesterday and CNU could do nothing about it.  Best of luck to the Captains the rest of the way, for I would love to see an SU/CNU championship.