BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Well one team in the NCAC is getting games in at least. Kenyon has started their two weeks in Florida. 3-1

Opponent	Result	Score	Game Recap
Mass-Maritime	W	3-1	http://athletics.kenyon.edu/news/2015/3/2/BASE_0302151130.aspx?path=baseball
Mass-Maritime	W	10-3	http://athletics.kenyon.edu/news/2015/3/2/BASE_0302151130.aspx?path=baseball
Susquehanna	L	1-6	http://athletics.kenyon.edu/news/2015/3/2/BASE_0302151440.aspx?path=baseball
Wilkes	W	8-3	http://athletics.kenyon.edu/news/2015/3/2/BASE_0302151440.aspx?path=baseball

[NCACfan22]

Worth noting that Oberlin will be playing 14 games in 7 days this year on their spring trip in Arizona (they are also the only NCAC squad that heads to Arizona)...easily the most daunting spring trip in the NCAC

[Bishopleftiesdad]

NCACFan,
Do you mean most daunting in logistics as in travel an number of games played or in quality of teams played?

DH's are nothing new for Oberlin. They get all there nonconference game done in Arizona, When they come back they only play conference games on the weekends. They have no midweek games once they come back.

Looking at the talent of teams played over spring break I would have to give that to one of the other schools.

OWU: very tough spring break schedule.
St. Jon fisher who was 31-7 last year. They play them the day OWU arrives in Florida with no practices played outside.
Morovian, 32-12 in the Landmark and a regional qualifier.
Hampden-Sydney, 27-17 and middle of the pack in the ODAC.
Baldwin Wallace who went to the CWS last year
Marietta, no more needs to be said
Brockport state, 25-14 and second in the SUNYAC.

Denison: Not as strong as last year but still pretty strong.
Wash and Jeff, perennial top team in the PAC
Farmingdale state 27-13 and in the Skyline conference
Hiedelberg
Manchester

Depauw:
No real spring break trip but they play
Emory, predicted number 2 in the country.
Manchester, always a very good HCAC team, They have made good runs in the regional's lately.
Piedmont
Hendrix.

Wabash: First trip to the snowbird classic that I am aware of.
Marietta ( not on the trip but right before they leave)
Adrian Consistent MIAA favorite
Hampden Sydney
Hiedelberg
Baldwin Wallace
Marietta twice
and finish up with Farmingdale.

Witt:
No one of consequence

Wooster:
Manchester
Farmingdale

Allegheny:
Wash and Jeff
Benedictine

Oberlin:
Looking at the schedule I do not see any Barn burners. There are some decent teams but not a very strong SOS.

Kenyon:
Misericordia: 31-15 last year and regular winner of the Freedom division in the MAC.
LaRoche, regular winner of Allegheny conference.

Hiram:
Gettysburg College 33-8
Agustana

In my Opinion OWU has the toughest spring break games. Admittedly, St John Fisher and Brockport were not on the schedule until we had games  cancelled against Transy.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU's games in Xenia have been cancelled. They now will not get any games in until they head to Florida.

[Pops33]

Good luck and safe travels to all those teams and families heading to warmer weather to finally get some baseball in!

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Son is on a bus now heading south. First game tomorrow at 5 pm.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

OWU wins their first game of the season, 5-3 against St. John Fisher of the Empire 8.
I don't have the box score yet. It is good to start the season with a win.

On to Musky tomorrow.
http://www.battlingbishops.com/news/2015/3/8/BA_03082015.aspx

Edit: added link.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Depauw loses two to Manchester 4-11 and 3-10.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Wabash loses to Anderson 3-4.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Witt loses to Pitt-Greensberg 4-16.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Kenyon has extended their record to 7-2. With wins over Wilkes, Immaculata, and Westminster.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Hiram has a win against Emerson and a loss to Rockford.

[countyroad]

Wooster gets their season started today @ noon against North Park. North Park is 2-2. I don't know much about North Park. They went 23-18 last year.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Since 2010 they have consistently been close to the top of the CCIW. Finishing no lower than 3 and finishing no. 1 in 2012. They sent a lot of literature to my son during recruiting. The coach called several times and tried to get him to come up for a visit. But North Park seems to be a pretty closely tied with The Evangelical Covenant Church. Considering that we are pretty heavily Catholic and he was not interested in going to a school with religious components, he declined the visit. 

[countyroad]

I noticed they had some good seasons not long ago. I just never heard of them and had to look em up. I was happy to see they've had some fairly recent success. Sometimes these spring trips are loaded with cupcakes, which I can understand to an extent.