BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

Dr. Acula · February 20, 2016, 02:30:29 PM

Unfortunately, it looks like all of the JCU/Gheny games have been cancelled.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 20, 2016, 03:12:59 PM

Shucks.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 20, 2016, 03:17:42 PM

Wabash loses to LaGrange 2-1. http://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/schedule-all
Still looking for box score.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 20, 2016, 03:20:59 PM

Found it
http://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/boxscores/20160220_4qgn.xml?view=boxscore

Bishopleftiesdad · February 20, 2016, 06:29:30 PM

Wabash, goes to 0-2. They take a second loss to LaGrange. 0-3.
http://sports.wabash.edu/boxscore.aspx?id=1363&path=baseball

Bishopleftiesdad · February 21, 2016, 03:11:56 PM

http://sports.wabash.edu/boxscore.aspx?id=1364&path=baseball
Wabash goes to 0-3 with a 2-6 loss to LaGrange today. It is very early and against one opponent, so it may not mean anything but the little Giants are only hitting .202. Next up is William Peace . William peace has a newer program.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 24, 2016, 11:26:51 AM

OWU has published there 2016 Roster

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

Anthony Crow looks ineresting. Scored a 7 and a follow from PG.

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=287641

13 Freshmen,
10 Sophomore
5 Junior
9 Senior

Problem for the under class-men, is 8 of those 9, seniors, are probably sure fire starters. I am sure one or two Freshman will break through one or two usually get starting time.
I have high hopes for this squad. They lost some leadership form last year and some pitching, but from a position player standpoint they should be all set.

Dr. Acula · February 24, 2016, 12:13:38 PM

OWU returns a ton. Zullo, Munger plus 6 starters in the field that hit .333 or better? Their expectations have to be pretty high this year.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 24, 2016, 12:53:31 PM

Yes they are.
In addition to Zullo and Munger, Trevor Ray got some time on the mound. We did not see Wright until the end of the season because of an injury, but he did quite well. The pitching and hitting line up well. Defense was much improved last year, but still could be better.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 24, 2016, 04:57:00 PM

Depauw starts this weekend. they play Anderson on 2/27. Wabash also plays William Peace on 2/27. OWU does not start until 03-08. Only Wooster starts later, on March 14.

Pops33 · February 25, 2016, 11:56:30 AM

The NCAC preview including the preseason coaches poll has been posted. Wooster has been tabbed as the favorite, OWU 2nd, and Allegheny 3rd.

http://www.northcoast.org/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/preseasonpoll

Coaches poll:

2016 North Coast Athletic Conference Baseball
Preseason Coaches' Polls
(first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points)

BASEBALL
1.   Wooster (9) 99
2.   Ohio Wesleyan   84
3.   Allegheny (1)    79
4.   Denison   67
5.   DePauw   66
6.   Oberlin    42
7.   Wabash   39
8.   Kenyon   37
9.    Wittenberg   20
10.   Hiram   17

Bishopleftiesdad · February 25, 2016, 12:24:55 PM

I would Guess that Pettorini voted Allegheny the 1 top spot. Mott must have voted Wooster 1. OWU must have gotten a boat load of 2 place spots. Oberlin not getting much love for what they did last year. Looks like their is a big split between the top 5 and bottom 5. Pretty big split between 1/2, and 3/4 as well. 6, 7 and 8 are pretty interchangeable as is 4 and 5

Could Witt be taking over Earlhams old spot as a bottom feeder in the West?

Wooster may be as good as last year, but may not have as good a winning percentage. They are playing some tough teams this year.

Dr. Acula · February 25, 2016, 01:50:26 PM

Is Witt that bad now? They used to be fairly solid. Without doing any research I would have just expected them to be middle of the pack. Guess not.

Pops33 · February 25, 2016, 04:35:24 PM

It looks like they have just fallen the last couple years. Last year Wittenberg has finished 5th and in 2014 they finished 6th in the West, out of 6 teams. They were 5-14 in conference last year and 4-15 in 2014. The three years prior to that they won at least 20 games overall and were above .500 on the season.

Bishopleftiesdad · February 25, 2016, 05:08:22 PM

I know several players recruited by Witt. Many of the better ones ended up at Ott, mostly, or OWU. Not sure entirely why. They have 5 Sr this year but only two are position players rest are pitchers. they have had a tough time replacing guys like Moore and Hutchinson from 2014. I do not have high hopes for them this year. Probably another down year. There ERA has been high, the top pitchers averaged 7.89 era. No pitchers over 11 innings had an era better than 6.