BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[TexasBB]

2015 ASC tournament pairings

From the ASC website:
RICHARDSON, Texas – Texas-Tyler posted a 24-6 record against league opponents to clinch the regular season title and No. 1 seed in the 2015 ASC Baseball Championship Tournament, May 6-9, at Tornado Field in Austin, Texas. The bracket for the eight-team double-elimination ASC Championship was announced Saturday (May 2) following completion of conference play.
 
No. 1 seed Texas-Tyler (24-6) will face No. 8 seed Howard Payne (10-19) in game four at 7:00 p.m. Texas-Tyler has won three ASC crowns, makes its eighth consecutive tournament appearance and holds a 21-11 mark in the conference championship. Howard Payne makes its second straight tournament appearance and fourth overall. The Jackets are 5-6 in tournament play.
 
No. 2 seed Concordia Texas (23-6), the tournament host, will take on No. 7 Hardin-Simmons (9-17) in game two at 2:00 p.m. Concordia Texas makes its fifth consecutive trip to the tournament and 11th overall. The Tornados are 25-17 in tournament play and have won three ASC titles, including consecutive crowns in 2011 and 2012. Hardin-Simmons makes its league-leading 13th tournament appearance and is 17-26 in the conference championship.
 
The game one matchup will feature No. 3 seed Texas Dallas (19-8) against No. 6 seed East Texas Baptist (10-17). Texas Dallas holds the league's longest current streak for consecutive tournament appearances with seven, and is 24-24 in tournament play. After a one year absence, East Texas Baptist makes its fifth tournament appearance and holds a 3-7 record in tournament competition.
 
No. 4 seed LeTourneau (15-11), the defending champion, will face No. 5 seed Mary Hardin-Baylor (16-14). LeTourneau makes its second consecutive tournament appearance and is 5-1 tournament play. Mary Hardin-Baylor makes its third straight tournament appearance and seventh overall and holds a 3-12 mark in tournament competition.
 

[SoCalSoxFan]

If Concordia doesn't win the tourney, Does Concordia's loss to MHB impact their Pool C chances? 
Or are their results strong enough that as long as they perform well in tourney, they can withstand a second place in ASC

[TexasBB]

I think if CTX and UTT make through and play each other for the championship then they both go to the regional. If either falls early - say 2 and out, they are out. That is just speculation on my part. The dark horse is UTD. If CTX wins, as they should in the first round, they will likely face a good UTD team in the second round. So they have to decide when to use their best pitcher. Use him in game one or save him for UTD.

It is not beyond reason that UTD wins the conference championship. If that happens then one of the two, and possible both CTX and UTT stay home. I believe UTT will make it if they go at least 2-2. That would give them a 32-12 overall and 31-11 against NCAA III west teams. If CTX does not win it they need to finish second to have a chance. Again all speculation.

[Ron Boerger]

PLU and Linfield both will be competing with the ASC runner-up for Pool C bids after the events of the weekend, making it even more important for both UTT and CTX to make it to the championship round. 

[TexasBB]

Will the UTT schedule work for or against them? UTT finished its regular season the last week of April and did not play this past weekend. The tournament starts on Weds. Their pitching staff got the weekend off, so that may be a benefit as CTX had to use their staff in a 3 game series against UMHB. On the other hand the hitters did not face competitive pitching. (They may have done some scrimmaging over the weekend but that is not the same as game competition.)  We shall see if that helps or hinders them.

[SoCalSoxFan]

PLU and Linfield both will be competing with the ASC runner-up for Pool C bids after the events of the weekend, making it even more important for both UTT and CTX to make it to the championship round.

Will PLU's recent   3-3 record
and
Linfields   3-4 record

affect their Pool C bid?   

Or have the built up enough rankings/strength that it will be seen as an aberration. 
Hopefully both get in, which means one gets sent out of region.

Would be great for West to have 7 entries this year

[tony_baldwin]

ASC Tournament starts Wednesday in Austin. Live video is available for all games and is free.

Here's the tournament central page: http://athletics.concordia.edu/ascbaseball

[TexasBB]

Rain is in the forecast every day through the weekend. 
This will make it hard to get the tournament in. We have had nothing but drought now we get monsoon type rain this spring!

[General Swamp]

It would be tough to hang PLU on the few recent losses.  Two were against Whitworth in the league tournament, who pitched amazingly that weekend...including a no-hitter vs. Linfield). One was against cross town rivals, UPS.  PLU beat them 5 out of 6 times, and were coming of a second walk off win against Linfield (whom they went 4-1 against this year).... Not to take anything away from the UPS win, as the Loggers  played well, and the starting pitcher went the distance (157 pitches).  In 2009, they tied for the conference championship, lost a one game playoff to George Fox, and were left behind.  Linfield has also had a strong season, including  strong non-conference schedule.  Both PLU and Linfield have wins against La Verne.  Be interesting to see what happens.

[tony_baldwin]

Rain is in the forecast every day through the weekend. 
This will make it hard to get the tournament in. We have had nothing but drought now we get monsoon type rain this spring!

No worries. Turf field = all games a go today.

[Ron Boerger]

Good thing, too, because the area around CTX saw 3+ inches of rain overnight.

The forecast is for pretty scattered showers until the weekend (when it turns into a 50-50 proposition but again intermittent), so with any luck they can pitch around the rain ;-)

[Ron Boerger]

#6 ETBU 8, #3 UT-Dallas 7.
#2 CTX leads #7 HSU 3-1 after 3 1/2 (CTX to bat)

[tony_baldwin]

CTX held off Hardin-Simmons 6-5.

[108 Stitches]

Some fun already in the ASC tournament:

The #6 seed ETBU beat the #3 seed Tex Dallas 8-7 in 10 innings.

Concordia was down 5-3 in the 6th and came back and scored 3 in the 7th and held on for the win.

[TexasBB]

UTT took care of business winning 9-0 against Howard Payne. Little used pitcher, Mike Blevins (only 13.1 innings on the season) threw a complete game shutout with 12 Ks. Buddy McCoy had 2 home runs (12 now for the season) to lead the Patriot offense.