BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[DenisonFan]

OWU took two more from Denison, vaulting into the conference lead. Scores today were 2-1 and 5-4, the last game cut short by darkness when Denison had one out and a runner on first in the top of the 7th. (I wasn't at the game. There must have been some vigorous conversation at that point.)

I believe the standing now is this:

Team         Record   Pct      Games remaining
OWU          9-3       .750     4 games: 4 Wittenberg (April 18-19)
Wabash      5-3       .625     8 games: 4 Denison (April 18-19), 2 Wittenberg (April 25), 2 Earlham (April 26)
Denison      6-4       .600     6 games: 4 Wabash (April 18-19), 2 Earlham (April 25)
Wittenberg  4-6       .400     6 games: 4 OWU (April 18-19), 2 Wabash (April 25)
Earlham      2-10      .200    4 games: 2 Denison (April 25), 2 Wabash (April 26)

[ScotsFan]

Wooster was able to get back in the W column yesterday downing CWRU 15-5 up at the Jake in Cleveland (sorry, but it will always be the Jake to me...). 

Congrats to Sean Karpen as he became just the 11th Scot to reach the 200 hit plateau in his carreer!  And he did it in impressive fasion as well by launching a homer over the 19 ft. wall in left!  Stu Beath also left the yard yesterday with a homer to right.

Wooster will be off until Sunday when they host PSU-Behrend for a DH.  PSU-B has been in the ORV portion of the Top 25 and have been creeping their way closer to cracking the top 25.  They are technically ranked 30th with a record of 21-5.  Should be a good test for the Scots on Sunday.

[ScotsFan]

Congrats to the NCAC pitcher and player of the week for the week of April 13th:

Allegheny gets their first recipient of the season as junior right-hander Mike Pereslucha gets the nod this week for his complete game win over Oberlin allowing just 2 hits and one earned run while holding the Yeomen to a 0.095 batting average for the game.

Meanwhile, Kenyon picks up their 3rd POW in 5 weeks as senior Will Smith went 7-11 with three doubles, three RBI and four runs scored in Kenyon's 3-1 series win over Wooster.  His OBP was .733!

[BASH6-4-3]

Things get more interesting in the Western Division.

Wabash takes 2 from Denison today: 4-3 & 8-4

OWU and Wittenberg split.

The top of the division:
1. OWU   10-4
2. Wabash 7-3
3. Denison 6-6

Could this be the year my Little Giants crack into the conference championships..... maybe?

[BASH6-4-3]

On a less happy announcement.

Wabash announced last week that their new baseball facility which was scheduled to open for the 2010 season has been put on hold due to the national economic crisis.

Wabash, like a lot of NCAC schools, relies heavily on big alumni donors and on revenue from its' large endowment.  Well, the stock market collapse during the past two quarters has been too much to overcome for Wabash to justify such an expenditure at this time.  I understand this decision, but as a 20 year alumnus, I've been waiting a long, long time for this new field and now my wait has been extended even more

[BASH6-4-3]

Wabash & Denison split the Sunday DH.
Big Red take game 1 : 5-4
Little Giants take game 2: 8-2

Wabash wins the series and takes control for the second playoff spot at    8-4 in conference (14-14 overall).  Still work to be done however with make up DH's against Witt & Earlham on the schedule.

[old scot]

Wooster wins the NCAC East title as Allegheny takes 3 of 4 from Kenyon. Thanks for the help Gators. I didn't see this coming. Baseball is a funny game.

[countyroad]

Wooster wins the NCAC East title as Allegheny takes 3 of 4 from Kenyon. Thanks for the help Gators. I didn't see this coming. Baseball is a funny game.

Wow, I didn't think there was much of a chance for that to happen.  I'm very pleased though.     A rematche between Wooster and Kenyon in the NCAC tournament sure would be an intriguing one.

[ScotsFan]

Wooster wins the NCAC East title as Allegheny takes 3 of 4 from Kenyon. Thanks for the help Gators. I didn't see this coming. Baseball is a funny game.

Wow, I didn't think there was much of a chance for that to happen.  I'm very pleased though.     A rematche between Wooster and Kenyon in the NCAC tournament sure would be an intriguing one.

Thank you Allegheny!!!    Although, I'm sure Wooster wouldh have preferred winning the East without any help...

Kenyon has to be kicking themselves that they couldn't find a way to win either or both of those games yesterday!  The Lords blew leads in both games!  In game 1, KC led 6-2 only to see Gheny score 2 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th to tie the game and then they won it in the bottom of the 8th!  And in game 2, KC led 7-1 in the 4th, but the Gators plated 5 runs in their half of the 4th and 2 more in the 5th and the clincher in the 6th!

As far as a rematch with KC is concerned, would both teams have to make it to the finals for that to occur?  Wouldn't Wooster face the #2 seed out of the West and KC would face the West #1? 

If Wabash can finish things off strong, it looks as though they could be Wooster's first round opponent while OWU would be taking on KC.

[ScotsFan]

BTW, Wooster kept up their winning ways yesterday by sweeping visiting Penn State-Behrend by the scores of 11-3 and 12-8.

Mark Miller picked up the win in game one.  He didn't dominate as he scattered 10 hits, but he only allowed 2 earned runs and struck out 5.

Game 2 saw most of the scoring done in the first 2 innings!  PSU-B jumped all over Trapuzzano in the 1st inning touching up Wooster's ace for 5 runs on 5 hits.  After being retired in order in the Scots' half of the 1st, Wooster pulled off an Indiansesque bottom of the 2nd erupting for 9 runs!  PSU-B tried to get back in it as they scored 3 more runs in the top of the 3rd and that would be all the offense PSU-B could muster.  Wooster responded scoring 2 more runs in their half of the 3rd and added an insurance run in the 5th.  Wooster relievers Justin McDowell and Nate Gemberling-Johnson combined to hold PSU-B to just one hit from the 4th inning on!

[old scot]

Scots beat Heidelberg 5-4. No stats available from ether schools web site.  Anyways, nice win for Wooster.

[BASH6-4-3]

Wabash split with Witt today guaranteeing a spot in the conference tourney.  The Little Giants move to 18-16 (9-5 NCAC).  They are 1 game behind OWU who has a DH with Witt tomorrow while Wabash has a DH with Earlham.  One Wabash loss or one OWU win gives the Bishops the #1 seed from the West and sets the divisional match ups.

[DenisonFan]

Very nice year for Wabash and OWU in the West. Congrats! After all that rain and a slow start, Wabash really went on a roll.

[fantastic50]

OWU 8, Witt 2 in the first game of a doubleheader.

NCAC Semifinal Match-ups
(E2) Kenyon at (W1) OWU
(W2) Wabash at (E1) Wooster

The Bishops did not play the Lords during the regular season, nor did the LGs and Scots face one another.

However, if the seeds hold, the Scots and Bishops did play (in Florida) with Wooster prevailing 6-5 on a sacrifice fly.

[BASH6-4-3]

Wabash took both games from Earlham today to finish conference play tied with OWU at 11-5.  Wabash & OWU split their 4 game series and somewhere down the tie-breaker scenario list OWU garners the #1 seed.

Wabash is now 20-16 overall after a very slow start.  Will play two non-conference DH's this week before traveling to Wooster.