BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[LTBB1971]

Roanoke's 2-1 win over Lynchburgh open the door for VA Wesleyan to overtake the Hornets or 1st plave in the regular season.  Lynchburgh has to visit a pesky Guilford team while the Marlins have 2 DH's left against Eastern Mennonite and Emory and Henry...much easier opponents. 

Still think Lynchburgh, VA Wesleyan are only teams deep enough to win Conference tourney with Bridgewater College as an outside shot...should be fun.

[A.G.]

Lynchburg also has to visit the suddenly red-hot Eagles at BC on Saturday.  Don't discount the defending champs RMC come tournament time as they are hitting on all cylinders, as well.

[HighHeat]

Here is my stab at the 2009 All-ODAC team:

1B: Kyle Wooden, GC
2B: Jordan Watkins, LC
SS: Alan Moore, RC
3B: Drew Ward, GC
OF: Cameron Grant, LC
OF: Chris Harpine, EMU
OF: Mike Lenox, BC
C: CJ Rhodes, VWC
P: Connor Thompson, LC
P: Jesse Baker, VWC
P: Bryan Breedlove, LC

Player of the Year: Kyle Wooden, GC
Pitcher of the Year: Connor Thompson, LC
Rookie of the Year: Dylan Smith, EMU

[A.G.]

That's a pretty good guess at the team...but Moore plays 3B for Roanoke.  And remember last year when Devlin was not even first team...yet ended up 2nd team A-A.  Anything can happen with the post-season awards.

[A.G.]

Another busy week in the ODAC.  W&L's DH was EHC was washed out yesterday, so now W&L is playing 7 conference games in 6 days, including back-to-back DH on Sat and Sun.  The Sun DH with Guilford is likely to decide the 5th and 6th seeds in the tournament.

[A.G.]

HSC really helped its cause yesterday with a 10-8 come from behind win over W&L.  The win puts the Tigers at 9-7 in the ODAC and they finish up at Roanoke with a DH on Saturday.  The Generals continue there week-long road trip tour through the ODAC with a DH at E&H today. 

It is beginning to look like the Sunday DH between W&L at Guilford will determine the final slot in the tournament, as the Quakers dropped a 10-3 game against LC yesterday.  With the win, the Hornets guaranteed itself no worse than a 2-seed in next week's ODAC tournament.

[A.G.]

The ODAC just got a whole lot interesting today at VWC dropped game one vs EMU.  This puts the Marlins at 10-5, with RMC and BC close behind at 10-6. 

With that development, LC now stands at 13-3 with two to play.  I have no idea how the ODAC does tie-breakers, after seeing HSC sneak past Roanoke on some sort of points system to gain the 6th seed last year.

[A.G.]

Well...no need to worry about a top-seed tie-breaker as VWC gets swept by EMU.  Thus, the only thing definite is that LC is the top seed. Now 3 teams are tied at 10-6, with HSC at 9-7.  Here is how they stack up tomorrow:

VWC host EHC
RMC hosts Guilford
BC hosts Lynchburg
HSC travels to Roanoke

In the battle for the final seed...
W&L travels to EMU
Guilford is at RMC...
...with W&L and Guilford in a head-to-head DH match-up on Sunday.

I will put my vote in for Percy Abell as ODAC Coach of the Year for the preseason #3 pick Hornets winning the regular season title.

[A.G.]

LC and BC split
VWC swept EMU
RMC swept Guilford
HSC split w/ Roanoke
W&L swept E&H

GUESSING on tiebreakers, I would say VWC gets the 2-seed and RMC the 3.

Guilford can make it interesting in figuring out the 6-seed (unless the first is H2H) if they sweep W&L on Sunday. 

If W&L sweeps, then it will come down to a tie-breaker with HSC for the 5/6 seed, since the teams split their two contests this year.

[A.G.]

The ODAC Tourney is set...with the APPARENT seedings as followed:
1.  LC    (14-4)
2.  VWC (12-6)..I believe gets the 2-seed based on one win against LC
3.  RMC (12-6)...swept by LC...which I THINK gives VWC the 2?
4.  BC   (11-7)
5.  HSC (10-8)
6.  W&L (9-9)..split with Guilford today to earn their way in.

These are all GREAT match-ups...as every team split with the first round opponent during the season. 

[hasanova]

The Quakers hit a tailspin at the end of the season ... going from 16-8-1 to their current 18-19-1 ... that's 2-11 in the last 13 games.  Ouch!  They're out of the postseason, but maybe they can finish at .500 against Bluefield.

[A.G.]

2009 ODAC Baseball Championship

Tournament Schedule and Seedings

1. Lynchburg    
2. Virginia Wesleyan    
3. Randolph-Macon    
4. Bridgewater
5. Hampden-Sydney
6. Washington and Lee

Thursday, April 23
GAME 1: #1 Lynchburg vs. #6 Washington and Lee - 11:00am
GAME 2: #2 Virginia Wesleyan vs. #5 Hampden-Sydney - 3:00pm
GAME 3: #3 Randolph-Macon vs. #4 Bridgewater - 7:00pm

Friday, April 24
GAME 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 11:00am
GAME 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 - 3:00pm
GAME 6: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 - 7:00pm

Here is the link for live stats:
http://www.odaconline.com/livestats/baseball/xlive.htm

[LTBB1971]

I am guessing VA Wesleyan is going with Soph Gary Bulman tomorrow vs HSC.  Pisula, Baker and Horowitz all got pounded vs Tigers last time.   I have not watch the marlins play the last two weeks but Bulman looks like the logical move here. 

[HighHeat]

What a tailspin Guilford ended in...Can you say cooooooaching change

[Falcon2720]

I doubt it. 

If that were the case Roanoke, Eastern Mennonite, and Emory & Henry would all be firing coaches.