BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

And it looks like Denison's lack of depth in the pitching dept. is starting to take it's toll.  Wooster takes on 3 more in the 6th and now leads 10-7!

Tyler Fugate is now on to try and pick up the 3-inning save.

[ScotsFan]

Wooster tacks on 4 more in the 7th and now leads 14-7!

Groezinger is having a day.  He's now homered twice and driven in 5 runs!

[old scot]

Congrats to the Scots on another NCAC title and a bid to the NCAAs.They left no doubt who the best team is, out scoring three opponents by a total of 52-15.

Hope Coach P can find a way to keep the bats hot during the 2 1/2 week layoff until the "Real Season" starts.

[ScotsFan]

Congrats to the Scots on another NCAC title and a bid to the NCAAs.They left no doubt who the best team is, out scoring three opponents by a total of 52-15.

Hope Coach P can find a way to keep the bats hot during the 2 1/2 week layoff until the "Real Season" starts.

I'll echo the sentiments of old scot.  Congrats to Wooster on winning yet another NCAC title.  That is now Wooster's 13th NCAC championship in 26 years.  Denison came out fighting and really took it to the Scots for 5 innings.  But as expected, Denison just couldn't match Wooster's depth at pitching.   Credit the Wooster bully for not allowing a run as Keenan White and Tyler Fugate combined to pitch 4.1 innings of shutout baseball after the Big Red touched up Matt DeGrand for 7 runs over the first 4.2 innings of play.  Wooster, on the other hand, touched up the Denison pen for 11 runs and scored the last 15 runs of the game!

Wooster has now run their season best win streak to 13 and it's not too difficult to see why they have won 13 in a row.  They have averaged almost 13 runs/game over the streak!  Only twice has Wooster failed to score in double digits (7-0 win vs. Oberlin and 5-1 vs. Hiram).  As the weather has been warming up, so has Wooster's bats I guess.   

Now we will have to see how Wooster handles this long layoff.  Can Woo's hot bats stay hot?   I heard on the broadcast yesterday that the NCAC scheduled the tournament early so that the games didn't interfere with finals.  Hopefully Coach Pettorini can add a couple of games here late in the season. 

BTW, today's make-up game with Marietta has been ppd again.  It looks like there is a window maybe mid-week that this game could be re-scheduled.  We shall see if it happens though...

[ScotsFan]

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The Scots will now look to stay sharp over the upcoming 19-day break. The team will take final exams this week.

[b]"We've got some bumps and bruises that will get a chance to heal, too," Pettorini said. "But after next week, we'll bring everyone back, get them into a dorm, and we'll have a boot camp. They'll be seeing me 24/7."[/b]

Looks like Coach P already has some thoughts in mind as to how to keep this team sharp and focused... 

[Dr. Acula]

Congrats to the Scots on another NCAC title and a bid to the NCAAs.They left no doubt who the best team is, out scoring three opponents by a total of 52-15.

Hope Coach P can find a way to keep the bats hot during the 2 1/2 week layoff until the "Real Season" starts.

I'll echo the sentiments of old scot.  Congrats to Wooster on winning yet another NCAC title.  That is now Wooster's 13th NCAC championship in 26 years.  Denison came out fighting and really took it to the Scots for 5 innings.  But as expected, Denison just couldn't match Wooster's depth at pitching.   Credit the Wooster bully for not allowing a run as Keenan White and Tyler Fugate combined to pitch 4.1 innings of shutout baseball after the Big Red touched up Matt DeGrand for 7 runs over the first 4.2 innings of play.  Wooster, on the other hand, touched up the Denison pen for 11 runs and scored the last 15 runs of the game!

Wooster has now run their season best win streak to 13 and it's not too difficult to see why they have won 13 in a row.  They have averaged almost 13 runs/game over the streak!  Only twice has Wooster failed to score in double digits (7-0 win vs. Oberlin and 5-1 vs. Hiram).  As the weather has been warming up, so has Wooster's bats I guess.   

Now we will have to see how Wooster handles this long layoff.  Can Woo's hot bats stay hot?   I heard on the broadcast yesterday that the NCAC scheduled the tournament early so that the games didn't interfere with finals.  Hopefully Coach Pettorini can add a couple of games here late in the season. 

BTW, today's make-up game with Marietta has been ppd again.  It looks like there is a window maybe mid-week that this game could be re-scheduled.  We shall see if it happens though...

Etta had to push Wooster again because their DH at Ott was rained out yesterday.  It got rained out again today too (they play tomorrow).  Looking at Etta's schedule it looks like there may be a couple spots on a Mon/Wed that they could sneak this Woo game in.  Hope it happens!

[old scot]

This board has been dead since the Scots won the NCAC bid.

I'd like to say the latest regional rankings are a joke!!!! Berg #1 Etta #2, Ha, the Scots own head to head wins from both and W&J #3, makes me puke.

The Scots are #2 in the nation, but #4 in the region. Since the NCAC finished 2 weeks ago and the Scots are in, is this a ploy by the voters to get more Mid East teams into the regionals? ,

Anyways, the championship is won on the field. Go Scots, kick some Mid East butt and get to the championship series again.

[mideastfan2]

^^^^^ no...the mideast will get 6 teams into the regionals.  There may be other teams from other regions shipped in to make the Marietta Regional an 8-team regional though.

NCAC - Wooster
MIAA - Adrian
OAC - Heidelberg/Marietta
Pool C - Marietta/Heidelberg
HCAC champion
PAC champion

The only way the mideast gets more than 6 teams is if John Carroll or Muskingum win the OAC tourny, which would mean HEID & MAR would both get Pool C bids (giving the OAC 3 teams in the regional).....or if W&J loses the PAC tourny, thus being in the Pool C cluster (I don't think they deserve a Pool C though, and wouldn't get one).

[ScotsFan]

This board has been dead since the Scots won the NCAC bid.

I'd like to say the latest regional rankings are a joke!!!! Berg #1 Etta #2, Ha, the Scots own head to head wins from both and W&J #3, makes me puke.

The Scots are #2 in the nation, but #4 in the region. Since the NCAC finished 2 weeks ago and the Scots are in, is this a ploy by the voters to get more Mid East teams into the regionals? ,

Anyways, the championship is won on the field. Go Scots, kick some Mid East butt and get to the championship series again.

I've been out of town doing some hiking and mountain biking down in Hocking Hills over the weekend and I left my computer at home (purposefully  ) so I haven't had a chance to process the latest regional rankings. 

But having now seen them, I have to agree with you old scot.  I somewhat get Heide being ranked ahead of Wooster because the SP's have Wooster on SOS.  I guess SOS trumps head to head and overall regional record?  Outside of that though, I'm kind of dumbfounded as to how Marietta jumped ahead of the Scots and how W&J continues to remain ranked ahead of the Scots?  Who has W&J played exactly?  I see no real quality wins and they have several not-so-quality losses?!  Yet the rankings committee can't seem to get enough of the Presidents...

Oh well.  At least the Scots are in and they don't have to rely on these silly regional rankings for their chance to get into the NCAA's.  As you said old scot, the championship is won on the field and not by some rankings committee. 

[ScotsFan]

I'm going out on a limb and predicting that Heide locked up the top seed in the Mid East Region by sweeping their way to the OAC Tournament Title with their 9-0 win over Marietta today.     However, if Wooster isn't the #2 seed, something is wrong as Marietta lost twice over the weekend and W&J also lost in the finals of the PAC tournament to Thomas Moore.  W&J is still alive for the A bid but they have to beat TMC in a winner take all game for the PAC title.  With the losses by both Marietta and W&J, I can't see how Wooster doesn't jump both of them in the final regional ranking.

[ScotsFan]

Congrats to Greg VanHorn and Matthew Johnson on making the D3baseball.com 2010 All-America Team.

I gotta say though, I'm a bit surprised to see Johnson only get HM status.  His #'s were better than both 2B's on the 2nd and 3rd teams with the exception of RBI's.  And the fact that Johnson only had 41 RBI's is pretty damn good considering he hit from the lead-off spot for the majority of the season.

[Dr. Acula]

Congrats to Denison's Aiden Lucas on being drafted today.  He was the Cards' 27th round pick.  Rounds 30-50 tomorrow.

Another Mideast guy, RHIT's Derek Eitel, went in the 17th round.

[old scot]

Wooster 2010 grad Matt Johnson signed a free agent contract with the Toronto Bluejays. He will play in the class A NY- Penn league. Good luck Matt. Take advantage of your opportunities.

[Dr. Acula]

Johnson got his 1st start on Monday night.  Played SS and went 1 for 4.  Congrats on the first professional hit!  Auburn will be back in Niles to play the Scrappers in late August.

[Dr. Acula]

Aidan Lucas was assigned to the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League (Rookie League).  They have only played a couple games so far and he has not appeared.