OAC is now 10-0 in the tourney. 2 in the World Series. Etta dominate. They simply don't make mistakes and jumps all over any mistake their opponent makes. Hoping BW and Marietta are on opposite sides of the bracket. As well as the OAC has done, it makes me wonder if Otterbein would have made some noise too.

Quote from: rockinandyr on May 02, 2022, 11:54:23 AM
If the softball tournament is any indication, they are going back to the 4 team format this year.

The championships page also have the tournament as a Thursday-Sunday at the #1 seed.
Baseball is top 4 teams. Marietta guys talking about that on the radio Saturday.

When Marietta played Capital the second time, Capital only had one coach, Sturgill. At this point, parents are going to have to help out for the rest of the season. Looks like they will have to start over as a program next year.

Ironically, the last year Marietta didn't make the OAC tournament they won the National Championship so that season ended pretty well.

Any idea how tiebreakers work for OAC tourney? BW sweeping JCU yesterday leaves JCU at 10 wins. Either a sweep by Etta or Otterbein puts either at 10 wins. Assuming ONU sweeping Wilmington to get to 11 wins, could be a 2 way tie for 4th. JCU split with both Etta and Otterbein in regular season.

Looks like Otterbein and JCU now rescheduled for Monday the 29th.

Three most disappointing teams have to be Etta, Mount, and Otterbein. Etta and Mount just didn't find any pitching depth and I'm not sure what to make of Otterbein.

Wonder why JCU and Otterbein can't find time to play the two cancelled games? OAC games should take precedence over any non league commitment. Still a week and a half left and pretty good weather forecast this week.

ONU sweeps Etta, with 4 games left against Wilmington and Musky, they should get into top 4. 12 wins should guarantee a top 4 finish, 11 wins probably, 10 wins probably out. Otterbein and Marietta could both be out.

I watched Adrian play down south and they are the real deal. If Hope can split with them, that 25-1 record looks really good.

Any idea when Taw is supposed to come back from the broken hand?

Berg /JCU very interesting. JCU a soft 6-0 in OAC , Berg had the best pre league results. JCU sweeps and they will be tough to catch, Berg sweeps puts them back in favorite role and JCU has questions.

No idea who Etta throws tomorrow, maybe same two that threw Saturday on 3 days rest. Split against Capital not ideal. After Mount Union have two against Wilmington and two against Muskegon which they now have to sweep. It Mount sweeps them, Etta probably won't make the conference tourney for like the second time in 50 years.

Etta ERA even higher after giving up 15 runs in game one against LaRoche today. Every pitcher gave up at least 2 earned runs in 2 or less innings of work. Staff is a bunch of 5'10" right handers  who throw 80 MPH. Better hitting teams are going to hammer them.

Marietta's entire pitching staff is freshmen and sophomores. They did a terrible job last year of developing any young pitching as only one freshman logged any meaningful innings. Looks like they are paying for it this year as they don't have anyone that isn't getting hit. Wiggins is their ace and he is 0-3. Offensively they are pretty young also. Only four juniors and seniors combined are getting playing time. This might be the year they don't qualify for the OAC tournament. They will have to mature quickly in order to avoid falling out of the top four. Saturday at BW should be telling. Cody should be all BW will need to win one game. Not sure Etta has anyone that can pitch well enough to hold BW down enough to win game 2.