BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[old scot]

Scots beat Case at the Jake ( or Progressive Field, which ever you prefer).
Woo wins 13-5 and bangs out 17 hits with Groezinger going deep. Pitching was done by committee with Barnes starting and getting the win. Seven Woo pitchers toed the rubber for the Scots.

I hope the offense shown in the 5 days remains throughout the season and into the playoffs.

[GoRed]

Denison takes the West with a 2-1 victory over Earlham in Granville in extra innings.  It will be interesting to see who ends up in 2nd.  Some big games this weekend.  Go Big Red!!!

[countyroad]

Scots beat Case at the Jake ( or Progressive Field, which ever you prefer).
Woo wins 13-5 and bangs out 17 hits with Groezinger going deep. Pitching was done by committee with Barnes starting and getting the win. Seven Woo pitchers toed the rubber for the Scots.

I hope the offense shown in the 5 days remains throughout the season and into the playoffs.

McDowell started for Wooster and went 3 innings.  Glad to see the offense kept rolling. 

[ScotsFan]

Scots beat Case at the Jake ( or Progressive Field, which ever you prefer).
Woo wins 13-5 and bangs out 17 hits with Groezinger going deep. Pitching was done by committee with Barnes starting and getting the win. Seven Woo pitchers toed the rubber for the Scots.

I hope the offense shown in the 5 days remains throughout the season and into the playoffs.

McDowell started for Wooster and went 3 innings.  Glad to see the offense kept rolling. 

Despite only going 3 innings, McDowell got the win as he was deemed the most effective pitcher of the seven used by Wooster yesterday and the score was already 8-0 when McDowell's day was done.

I echo the sentiments on the offensive output as well!  Definitely nice to see!   

[ScotsFan]

Denison takes the West with a 2-1 victory over Earlham in Granville in extra innings.  It will be interesting to see who ends up in 2nd.  Some big games this weekend.  Go Big Red!!!

Congrats to Denison on wrapping up the NCAC East title!  As for who will finish 2nd in the East, it could come down to that dreaded tie-breaker word between Wabash and Witt.  Both teams are tied with 8-6 conference records and they play each other in a make-up double header on Saturday.  A split would mean a tie-breaker.  Wabash has a better overall record if that means anything... 

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I kind of called the Denison thing back in February:

Personally, I think Denison has the potential to be the dark horse this year.  They have a TON coming back.  It's just a matter of whether or not they can get past all of the coaching drama that has been going on down in Granville last off-season.

Of course, I also stated that I felt OWU was clearly the 2nd best team in the conference behind Wooster and all they did was finish dead last in the East.   

Possible NCAC tournament showdown today as Denison makes the trek up to Wooster to take on the Scots this afternoon.  Let's see if Wooster's hot bats can continue on this afternoon and also see if Wooster can push their win streak to what would match a season best 6 games.  Wooster started the season winning 6 straight and since then, their best streak has only been 4 in a row.   

[BASH6-4-3]

Wabash just needs a split on Saturday for the #2 seed.  They already swept Witt earlier in the year thus guaranteeing a head to head advantage on the Tigers.  If Witt wins both games they get the #2.

Congratulations to Denison from me as well.  They won it the best way possible going to Crawfordsville and taking 4 games last weekend from Wabash.

[ScotsFan]

Wabash just needs a split on Saturday for the #2 seed.  They already swept Witt earlier in the year thus guaranteeing a head to head advantage on the Tigers.  If Witt wins both games they get the #2.

Congratulations to Denison from me as well.  They won it the best way possible going to Crawfordsville and taking 4 games last weekend from Wabash.

Thanks for eliminating the confusion BASH.  I haven't been following the west as closely so I didn't know Bash had already taken 2 from Witt.  That makes it pretty easy to figure out then.     Wabash just needs a win and they're in.

[ScotsFan]

Has anyone seen the following video of the kid from Fordham catapulting himself over the catcher to avoid a tag at home plate to safely score a run?

Superman Plays Baseball

[countyroad]

Has anyone seen the following video of the kid from Fordham catapulting himself over the catcher to avoid a tag at home plate to safely score a run?

Superman Plays Baseball

I saw that on ESPN.  That was pretty cool.  The catcher appeared to be in shock.  I think he closed his eyes just before a potential collision.   

[ScotsFan]

Wooster's offense continues to surge this afternoon up at Art Murray.  The Scots have banged out 10 hits and have benefited from 4 Big Red errors to lead Denison 10-2 in the bottom of the 7th!  

Update:

10-2 ends up being the final.  Tanner Hall gets the win pitching 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball to improve to 3-1 on the season.  Keenan White got the start and pitched well only allowing 2 runs over the first 4 innings.  Nate Gemberling-Johnson finished off the game by throwing 2.1 innings of scoreless baseball. 

Wooster has now matched their season high with a 6 game win streak and look to build on that taking on lowly Hiram this weekend at Art Murray.   

[BASH6-4-3]

Wabash gets the needed win over Witt taking the first game 3-0 behind a stellar performance by Andrew Swart.  The win clinches the NCAC West #2 seed. Little Giants head back to post-season for the second straight year.

[countyroad]

Wooster kept rolling with a sweep of Hiram today 14-0, 15-3.

[fantastic50]

Also, the Scots set an NCAA D-III record in the 5th inning of the second game, with four triples in the inning, including two by Matt Groezinger.

[ScotsFan]

Allegheny took 3 of 4 from Oberlin Friday and yesterday clinching at least 2nd place in the East.  The Gators finish with a 12-4 conference mark.  Wooster needs 2 wins tomorrow to win the East outright.  Wooster is currently 11-3 after today's DH sweep of the pups.

Still uncertain on how the tie-breaker would play out if Wooster can only manage a split tomorrow.

Wooster's bats remained hot as the Scots banged out 29 hits in the two games and McDowell and DeGrand went 5 innings in each game to lead the way for the Scots victories.

And, wrt that NCAA record set by the Scots, I wonder what the record is for an individual hitting multiple 3 baggers in one inning is?

[ScotsFan]

No tie-breaker needed in the East!

Congrats to Wooster on winning the NCAC East regular season championship! 

Wooster completed their sweep of Hiram today by the scores of 18-4 and 5-1.  Wooster finishes with an NCAC mark of 13-3 which is one game better than Allegheny. 

Wooster also craked 30 wins once again.  I'm not sure how many years in a row they have won at least 30 games, but I know it has happened every year in this decade which is a pretty amazing run of consistency!

Next up for Wooster is the NCAC tournament unless they get some last minute scheduling for a game or two this week to keep them sharp until next weekend.  If not, Wabash will be their opponent in the first round just like last year.  And if last year is any indication, it should be a pretty darn good series with the Lil Giants.