BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

Bishopleftiesdad · December 11, 2014, 01:24:29 PM

OWU 2015 roster is up.

http://www.battlingbishops.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball

11 Freshman
7 Soph's
13 Juniors
5 Seniors, Mostly pitchers, (3 and a 1b/Pitcher)

Dr. Acula · December 12, 2014, 07:19:44 PM

Zullo is a nice get for OWU. Kid was a really good pitcher at an excellent DI high school program at Hudson.

Bishopleftiesdad · December 12, 2014, 08:47:50 PM

Yes, I watched him this fall. Nice big guy, nice fast ball in the low to mid 80's. There is quite abit more velocity in that frame. He will slot right into the weekend rotation. The lefty from California looked good as well, Faley, will probably get some week day starts and relieve on the weekends. I really like the pitching on this team. There is some depth that we have not had in a while.

Bishopleftiesdad · December 20, 2014, 05:53:29 PM

http://www.battlingbishops.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball
full schedule is out for OWU. In Florida we are playing two teams we have not seen before, Morovian and Hampden-Sydney.

Bishopleftiesdad · December 24, 2014, 10:00:31 PM

Merry Christmas. I hope all enjoy having their sons home as much as I do. The season will be here soon.

Bishopleftiesdad · January 16, 2015, 12:50:54 PM

The season is almost upon us, Young men are heading back to school and their first practices. Here is the starting dates for all the teams in the NCAC.

Date	Teams	Location
21-Feb	Allegheny vs John Carroll	Beckly , wva.
21-Feb	Wabash vs. Hendrix	Conway Ark
27-Feb	Denison Vs Muskingum	Muskingum
28-Feb	Depauw vs. Andeson	Westfield, Indiana
28-Feb	Wooster vs. Mount Aloysius	Wooster
1-Mar	Kenyon vs.MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY (DH)	Fort Pierce Fla.
1-Mar	Ohio Wesleyan vs. Transylvania	Lexington Kentucky
8-Mar	Hiram vs. Rockford	Fort Myers, Fla
8-Mar	Wittenberg vs. Pitt-Greenburg	RussMatt
14-Mar	Oberlin vs. Earlham	Richmond indiana

Bishopleftiesdad · January 16, 2015, 12:55:16 PM

Looks like the Gators have the toughest first game.
Wabash has the second.
Unless one of the opponents I failed to mention is tougher. Possibly Anderson.

Bishopleftiesdad · January 16, 2015, 03:06:37 PM

Some Professional Baseball news about a former Gator. RHP Kyle Davis has signed to play with the Lumberjacks of the Mount Rainier Professional Baseball league. Kyle spent last summer with Raton Osos of the Pecos league.

http://mrpbl.pointstreaksites.com/view/mrpbl/news-1672/news_263848

http://alleghenygators.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3860

Ralph Turner · January 19, 2015, 12:16:29 PM

Pecos League... Wow! Those are road trips. 636 miles from Alpine TX (home of ASC member Sul Ross State Univ) to Garden City KS.

I love that part of the country. The dominant features of that topography are horizon and stars! You can see El Capitan, between Raton and Trinidad and along the Santa Fe Trail, from 100 miles away. There is very little "light pollution".

Bishopleftiesdad · January 21, 2015, 08:16:24 AM

http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2015/2015-week-0
no NCAC in the top 25.
I can understand, with the numbers Wooster lost. I was hopung someone would end up in ORV.
OWU plays Moravian in Florida, the are in the ORV. Win games and get to the regional.

countyroad · January 21, 2015, 04:13:09 PM

Wooster posted their 2014-2015 roster. I did not see Nick Buckingham listed. He had a pretty good freshman season last year on the mound.

2015 Roster - http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/roster

2015 Schedule - http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/schedule

Bishopleftiesdad · January 21, 2015, 04:34:40 PM

Perhaps Nick wanted to hit again? He played legion ball this past summer. Here is an article about one of his games.

http://www.the-daily-record.com/local%20sports/2014/07/02/buckingham-s-blast-helps-wc-legion-tie-coshocton

countyroad · January 22, 2015, 07:59:32 AM

I was aware of his hitting exploits last summer as part of the legion team's run to a state title. I don't believe coach P would've absolutely refused to allow Nick to hit. We know coach likes to coach hitting.

Bishopleftiesdad · January 22, 2015, 09:23:52 AM

Plus with the senior heavy line up from last year, their may not have been room. With what little I read and what I know of Coach P, I have to believe he would have been given an opportunity in the Fall to prove he could hit.

countyroad · January 22, 2015, 04:06:00 PM

I didn't notice this yesterday, but Frank Gamble is listed as an assistant coach. Coach Gamble spent many years at Massillon Perry as the varsity coach and was recently head of baseball operations at Furman. He is very well respected across the state. A couple other new names are listed as coaches as well. Dan Wyand (roster has his name spelled wrong) was an assistant for a number of years but for some reason I don't think he was on the staff last year.