BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

Bishopleftiesdad · March 28, 2016, 03:46:49 PM

Yeah, I hope it does as well. OWU then plays Marietta Weds.
Thanks for the heads up.

Bishopleftiesdad · March 29, 2016, 08:02:21 PM

OWU played Mount today. They came away with a 14-2 victory. Pete Munger was the starting and winning pitcher.

Dr. Acula · March 29, 2016, 08:37:22 PM

Mount continued their play from the 2nd Etta game it looks like. Too many errors, not enough pitching. I'm glad I wasn't able to go watch that!

Bishopleftiesdad · March 29, 2016, 09:24:59 PM

I missed it as well. I eas stuck at work.

Pops33 · March 31, 2016, 09:13:38 AM

Conference play starts this weekend. Anybody up for predictions:

Wittenberg @ Depauw (4 games)
OWU @ Wabash (4)
Kenyon @ Hiram (4)
Allegheny @ Wooster(4)

OOC matchup:
Denison @ CWRU (2)

Oberlin - Idle

Bishopleftiesdad · March 31, 2016, 12:32:52 PM

Quote from: Pops33 on March 31, 2016, 09:13:38 AM
Conference play starts this weekend. Anybody up for predictions:

Wittenberg @ Depauw (4 games)- Depauw takes 3
OWU @ Wabash (4) - OWU takes 3
Kenyon @ Hiram (4) - Kenyon takes 3
Allegheny @ Wooster(4) - Wooster sweeps

OOC matchup:
Denison @ CWRU (2) - Split

Oberlin - Idle - Oberlin Sweeps, Idle has won no games this year and is looking really bad

This is kind of tough, there are very few if any common opponents.
Wooster played a tougher schedule this year and still did very good, Allegheny has not quite lived up to expectations out of conference.
Hiram has not been good this year so I see Kenyon taking 3, I do not predict a sweep though. Kenyons schedule was not that strong. I think the terriers take one.
OWU - Wabash. Wabash has not beaten any of the tougher teams on there schedule. Even though OWU schedule was not quite as strong as Woosters they still beat some good teams. I think OWU out slugs the little Giants to take three.
Wittenberg has four wins but 3 those wins come from the likes of Wilmington and Carn, not historically tough teams. I would not be surprised if Depauw sweeps. But Witt may be able to take 1.
Denison has been pretty good this season. They played well out west but did not beat any really strong teams out there. But when they came home they did beat Ohio Northern. They deserve credit for that. Old NCAC member Case seems to be playing better than last year. I think they split.

108 Stitches · March 31, 2016, 05:16:43 PM

BLD as I mentioned to you in your West post Denison looked good (on video feed at least) against Trinity. It was a 5-5 score through 7.5 innings until Trinity broke it open in the 8th.

Bishopleftiesdad · March 31, 2016, 05:41:15 PM

Yes, and I am sure they are very good. But I still think they split with Case.
They did indeed come close, and competed well against Trinity, But they still lost. They did beat tx-Lu. But lost to UT-Tyler.
I really like Deegan, I think he will do well.

Pops33 · April 01, 2016, 02:01:24 PM

Predictions for this weekend:

Depauw sweeps Wittenberg - Depauw looks pretty good and I think the home field allows them to sweep
OWU takes 3 from Wabash - I initially thought sweep for OWU but am thinking the Little Giants will take one at home
Kenyon sweeps Hiram - I don't think Hiram is very good. Kenyon has better pitching and hitting.
Wooster takes 3 from Allegheny - Wooster has played a pretty strong schedule with good success. Allegheny's top couple of starters have great stats and the Gators are better than their record. I think Wooster is still the better team.

Denison splits with Case. Denison looks like the stronger team, but I still think that it is a split

ADL70 · April 02, 2016, 10:04:42 PM

CWRU sweeps Denison, 7-5 and 11-2. Spartans didn't face Big Red's ace, Huarte, who seemingly will start Sunday vs Marietta, since he pitched Tuesday. The Spartans are a team to watch. They are young. The ten position players with the most ABs, are all underclassmen, as are the top three starters. They have found power as they have ten HRs already compared to only four all last year. In addition they are among D3's leaders in bases stolen.

Of their nine losses, three were to open the season at #9 Shenandoah, one to #7 Emory (Spartans also beat them), and a 1-0 loss to Marietta. Up coming, if weather cooperates, Mon JCU, Tues and Weds Ott, Saturday Gheny and OWU, and Sunday Gheny DH. A real gauntlet for a pitching staff that might be a bit thin. Three with Wooster and two with Marietta loom later in the season.

Monday edit:

Now #56 Massey

Tuesday Ott cancelled JCU moved to Tuesday

DagarmanSpartan · April 06, 2016, 03:27:48 AM

The Spartans are on a bit of a roll, having CRUSHED cross-town rival John Carroll 15-3 today.

I'm still optimistic that they can finish strong and possibly get an at-large bid to the playoffs.

Bishopleftiesdad · April 06, 2016, 10:31:39 AM

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on March 31, 2016, 12:32:52 PM
Quote from: Pops33 on March 31, 2016, 09:13:38 AM
Conference play starts this weekend. Anybody up for predictions:

Wittenberg @ Depauw (4 games)- Depauw takes 3
OWU @ Wabash (4) - OWU takes 3
Kenyon @ Hiram (4) - Kenyon takes 3
Allegheny @ Wooster(4) - Wooster sweeps

OOC matchup:
Denison @ CWRU (2) - Split

Oberlin - Idle - Oberlin Sweeps, Idle has won no games this year and is looking really bad
This is kind of tough, there are very few if any common opponents.
Wooster played a tougher schedule this year and still did very good, Allegheny has not quite lived up to expectations out of conference.
Hiram has not been good this year so I see Kenyon taking 3, I do not predict a sweep though. Kenyons schedule was not that strong. I think the terriers take one.
OWU - Wabash. Wabash has not beaten any of the tougher teams on there schedule. Even though OWU schedule was not quite as strong as Woosters they still beat some good teams. I think OWU out slugs the little Giants to take three.
Wittenberg has four wins but 3 those wins come from the likes of Wilmington and Carn, not historically tough teams. I would not be surprised if Depauw sweeps. But Witt may be able to take 1.
Denison has been pretty good this season. They played well out west but did not beat any really strong teams out there. But when they came home they did beat Ohio Northern. They deserve credit for that. Old NCAC member Case seems to be playing better than last year. I think they split.

So it looks like I was a bit wrong.
Witt and Depauw split.
Wooster and Allegheny split.
Wabash and OWU split.
Kenyon takes 2 from Hiram, and will complete the series today, if they can get it in.
Denison loses 2 to Case, Thanks ADL!
Oberlin has not played since the 30th.

Looks like it was pretty much splitsville for the conference games.

I wish Case was still part of the NCAC for BB.

TexasDad · April 06, 2016, 12:18:19 PM

For completeness, Denison beat Marietta 3-2 on Sunday.

Bishopleftiesdad · April 06, 2016, 01:46:12 PM

Texasdad, good to hear.

Pops33 · April 06, 2016, 03:26:55 PM

I was wrong too on my predictions. It appears that there is a lot of parity in the conference. I was at the Allegheny-Wooster games on Saturday. There was a 25 mph wind blowing straight out to center (and, obviously right in the pitchers face). It was very tough conditions to pitch in. You can see by the box scores that two of the best pitchers in the conference both had difficulty and gave up a bunch of runs. A total of 7 home runs were hit in the 11.5 innings that were played on Saturday. When the teams got together under normal conditions on Tuesday to finish the second game, Wooster took control and outscored Allegheny by a score of 20-5, although they could not recover from the 6 run deficit to win the continued 2nd game from Saturday.