BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

countyroad · May 07, 2015, 04:25:06 PM

Oberlin takes out Allegheny 7-6 in game two. Wooster vs Oberlin coming up. Wooster swept Oberlin in the regular season.

motorman · May 07, 2015, 07:08:59 PM

OMG, 15-25 Oberlin about to knock Wooster out of the winners bracket, winning 11-2 in top of 8th.

countyroad · May 08, 2015, 07:37:16 AM

Who had Oberlin a top the winners bracket after day 1?

I'm hoping Wooster can get the bats going because I wouldn't count on the pitching.

countyroad · May 08, 2015, 11:51:49 AM

No sign of any bats for Wooster so far. Props to OWU pitching however for their efforts.

wally_wabash · May 08, 2015, 01:12:57 PM

Am I reading this right- If Wooster is to win the tournament, they'll have to play three times today? Five games in two days?

countyroad · May 08, 2015, 01:44:53 PM

You are correct Wally.

Wooster had quite the comeback against OWU. Down 3-0 they got 3 in the 7th only to let OWU score 1 in the bottom of the 8th to retake the lead. Down to their last strike with a runner on 2nd, Wooster got a double from Lackner scoring Ostendorf from 2nd for the tie. Wooster then got an unearned run in the 10th for the win. Schuch hit a foul ball that was dropped by the fight fielder. Schuch got a double then later scored the eventual game winner.

wally_wabash · May 08, 2015, 01:56:05 PM

Good grief, that's asinine. There has to be a better way to do this.

countyroad · May 08, 2015, 02:27:14 PM

From what I was reading on the NCAC site, the current format was settled on so seniors would be able to attend their graduation ceremonies. Their rule was that no game would start after 10 PM (e.g., due to rain delays) and no more than 4 games would be allowed in one day. If it came down to a required game 7, with game 7 being the 5th game on Friday, then the conference would meet to discuss a new date for playing game 7.

motorman · May 08, 2015, 02:59:59 PM

I thought there was an NCAA rule that no team could play more than 2 games in 1 day. Only if completing a previously suspended game like Case and I think JCU did can you play 3 in a day.

countyroad · May 08, 2015, 03:40:40 PM

From the NCAC tourney release:

The double elimination tournament continues on Thursday afternoon with the winners of Thursday's first two contests squaring off at 4:00 p.m. with a slot in the championship round on the line, while the losers of Thursday's first two games will meet on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. in an elimination game. Please note, no game will be started after 10:00 p.m. on Thursday night.

The final slot in the championship round will be determined on Friday morning at 10:00 am with the winner of game four taking on the loser of game three. The first championship game will be played on Friday at 2:00 p.m. with game seven scheduled for 5:00 p.m., if necessary.

Please note, should only three games be played on Thursday and game seven would put a team in position to play four games on Friday, the tournament committee will meet to set an alternate date and time for the contest based on which teams are remaining.

I'm not sure what the NCAC may have documented in their bilaws/charter/whatever.

old scot · May 08, 2015, 06:13:12 PM

23-6 Wooster over the Obies. Get ready for another butt kicking

old scot · May 08, 2015, 07:02:01 PM

Woo up 1-0 top of the first and still batting. Go Scots

motorman · May 08, 2015, 07:53:13 PM

Quote from: old scot on May 08, 2015, 06:13:12 PM
23-6 Wooster over the Obies. Get ready for another butt kicking

Who's butt? 4-2 Oberlin top of 4.

NCACfan22 · May 09, 2015, 12:27:28 AM

Oberlin defeats Wooster 11-5 and wins its first ever NCAC title. Incredible past couple weeks for them as they have combined stellar hitting, solid pitching (Freshman Pitcher Milo Sklar was named Tournament MVP) and clean defense. They now head on to the NCAA tournament.

Bishopleftiesdad · May 11, 2015, 12:33:05 PM

Yes it is incredibly hard to get in the loser bracket and comeback and win. Wooster kind of did it to themselves. I would think that you would do whatever you could to stay in the winners bracket. Wooster in their second game started a young man who had only pitched 9 innings all year. I understand why they did it. They had swept Oberlin during the regular season. It is pretty well known hat Oberlin does not have a lot of pitching depth. They probably thought they could get by with a second line starter and save their other guy for the championship.
I have to give props to Oberlin pitcher Sean Kiley. He pitched very well and hit his spots. He is a control guy it looked like Wooster hitters were getting frustrated. OWU did the same thing against Wooster, when we pitched Trevor Ray. He is a control guy as well and kept Wooster off balance for most of the day.

Allegheny was holding their graduation on Saturday. Wooster and OWU are on Sunday and Obelin is not until May 22. If the Gators had not made the tourney I believe we would have scheduled into Saturday. I was hoping once Allegheny was eliminated that they would update the schedule. Unfortunately they did not. They have in the past.

I am not quite ready to talk about OWU's elimination. Still too fresh.