BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

Wabash swept Witt.

Highlighted here by a 7-inning no-hitter in the first game by Wabash's Bryan Roberts- being reported as the first no-hitter "in modern Wabash baseball history", which I take to mean "since we started keeping good records of baseball games".   Wild to think that there hasn't been a single no-hitter in Wabash baseball history prior to this, but I'm sure our historians are scrambling the jets here to confirm.  First no-hitter or not, this is really cool. 

Maybe my favorite stat from the game: Roberts' 21 outs in the 7-inning game came as such: 7 Ks, 7 GO, 7 FO.  Ah, the things that can amuse me in a baseball boxscore. 

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Ohio ranked 5th in offence as per Massey. They move up to 34 in Masseys rankings.
http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?s=cbase2016&sub=11620

[ADL70]

Wooster swept at home by CWRU 5-4, 13-7. Single game in Cleveland tomorrow.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Case beat Wooster a third time today.

[Pops33]

Big weekend for the conference coming up:

OWU    vs. Denison - Denison continues to look strong and OWU needs to sweep if they want to contend for the top spot in the West
Wooster vs. Hiram - Should be an easy sweep for the Scots but Hiram  is 3-3 in its last 6 NCAC games including a series split with Allegheny
Wabash vs. DePauw - Can the Little Giants continue their good play or will DePauw get back in the race with a big weekend
Oberlin vs. Allegheny - If one of these teams sweep, then they are still in contention if the Scots slip up.


Mu prediction is that both West series will split, Allegheny will take 3 from Oberlin, and the Scots will sweep.

Kenyon and Wittenberg play a 4 game series with no effect on the conference standings.

[Pops33]

OWU had a good weekend, taking 3 of 4 from Denison.  It looks like they have an easier weekend coming up as well, playing Wittenberg, while Denison plays Wabash.  OWU still has the possibility of winning they West if they sweep and the Big Red splits.  Wabash needs to take 3 from Denison to move into the 3rd spot in the West since I believe Depauw would own the tiebreaker with their recent sweep of the Little Giants.

Wooster swept Hiram as expected, although one game went to extra innings.  They hold a two game lead over both Allegheny and Kenyon, who square off this weekend.  Kenyon and Wooster also play 2 on Wednesday to finish their series from the snowed-out weekend.  If Kenyon should sweep all six games, they will be at least tied for the division lead.  Wooster plays Oberlin this weekend and I am guessing they have it circled on their calendar since the Yeomen upset them for the conference tournament title last year, and from a regional bid.  The Fighting Scots need to win at least 5 of 6 to remove any chance of anyone else winning the East.  The Gators swept Oberlin last weekend to stay in it, but still need Wooster to lose at least two and then they need to sweep Kenyon.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

The west is still up for grabs. OWU takes three of four from Denison. The only team with no shot is witt, at 2-10 in the NCAC. Depauw cannot be first as they are done with conference play.
OWU plays Witt. This series worries me. A Witt team with nothing to play for, would likely love to play spoiler. OWU needs to get up on the Tigers early and not tske their foot off the throttle.
Wabash and Denison play, A sweep by Wabash and a spilt by Witt/OWU, would give Wabash 1st with 10 wins. And would drop Denison to third.

Pops just beay me to it.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU, ranked third in mideast region, in first ranking, Wooster ranks 5 Denison 8. Not too bad for the NCAC

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU, sweeps Witt today, and Denison and Wabash split. West will be decided Sunday.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU wins first game today, and up 9-3, in the 6th. Wabash and Denison commence on Tuesday.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

DePauw has been hot lately. They just took 3 of 4, from Wash U. Pending the Denison Wabash series, they will go to the first or second in the East.

[Pops33]

In the East, Allegheny took 2 from Kenyon.  The other 2 got washed out and it does not indicate when they will be made up or even if they will be made up.  The Gators have secured the second seed with those two victories, and Kenyon is solidly in third place so those 2 games do not matter for the standings.

Wooster swept Oberlin with 4 complete games from their pitchers, allowing 2 runs, 2 runs, 1 run, and then a shutout.  When is the last time an NCAC team (or any team) can say they only used four pitchers in a weekend 4-game series.  The Scots secured the #1 seed in the East for the crossover series, and Oberlin gets the #4 seed in the East.

All eyes (especially those in Delaware) will be on the Denison-Wabash series to see what the matchups will be for next weekend.

[DagarmanSpartan]

I sure hope that Ohio Wesleyan wins the NCAC tourney.  They're one of only three teams ranked ahead of us regionally.

We need for them to win and get an automatic bid in order to help improve our chances of getting an at large bid.

GO OHIO WESLEYAN!!!!

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Thanks Dagarman, I am sure the Bishops appreciate the support.

[Pops33]

Congratulations to both Mike Wielansky from Wooster and Joe Killian from Allegheny on being named to the D3Baseball.com team of the week.



http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/team-of-the-week/2016/week12


http://www.northcoast.org/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/D3BB-TOTW