BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

BaseballFan10 · April 20, 2010, 12:26:34 AM

ODAC tournament starts this Thursday! Who is the favorite to win? Opinions?

Game 1: Bridgewater vs. Washington and Lee
I like BC in this game. There pitching is just too good and their bats are even better.

Game 2: Virginia Wesleyan vs. Lynchburg
This is a tough one because LC seems to have turned it on towards the end of the season and I heard Breedlove is back from his injury and will be available to pitch which would be huge for LC. VWC has hit the ball well this season but pitching has been inconsistent. Should be a good game but im picking LC in the upset.

Game 3: HSC vs. RMC
This is the game of the day as The best hitting team in the conference, in my opinion, meets one of the best arms in the conference in Kyle Hicks. I think this will be a low scoring game if John West can hold RMC bats in check and go deep in the game. If not, RMC is gonna roll.

gr8day4bsbll · April 20, 2010, 09:42:34 AM

Just one fan's opinion...

Bridgewater wins easily over W&L. I watched BC in three games (all extra-inning...) against Lynchburg this year, and the BC boys can hit the ball, top to bottom. They have a couple of strong starting arms too, so I'd expect BC to win this one early.

VWC vs. LC: depends on which LC team shows up. The Hornets have turned on the hitting machine in the last couple of weeks that was missing from many of their earlierin-the-season games. However, this past weekend they lost a game to Emory & Henry, only to turn around the next day and pound out 21 hits and 14 runs against Bridgewater. Having Breedlove back may be a big help, but he hasn't thrown competitively since the very beginning of the season and may not be at his best. As for VWC, I saw them a few times this year, and Coach Booth has his usual team speed, aggressiveness and solid defense -- and having a power hitter like Marion on the roster doesn't hurt either. And as good as LC has been playing lately, VWC has been playing even better -- they seem to be at the top of their game right now. So LC will have to be at their best to beat VWC in this first game.

HSC vs. R-MC: I agree that this is the game of the 1st round. Hicks is definitely a stud, and if as expected that's who starts vs. HSC, then I'd expect R-MC to take this one. The HSC bats have been very impressive this season, but in the game between these two earlier in the season that Hicks pitched, R-MC came out on top 18-6, with Hicks giving up 3 earned runs on 9 hits and striking out 6. HSC seems to be a bit vulnerable lately, so I'm going with R-MC in a close game.

Looks like great weather for the tourney; see you all there!

gr8day4bsbll · April 22, 2010, 10:01:44 PM

Well, I guess that shows what I know -- I only got one of my three picks right...

W&L 7, Bridgewater 2

Lynchburg 5, VWC 2

HSC 10, R-MC 4

So now it's Bridgewater vs. VWC tomorrow at 11am, loser goes home; W&L vs. R-MC at 3pm (R-MC goes home if they don't win); and LC vs. HSC at 7pm (with the winner in the catbird seat). Another great full day of baseball setting up at Lynchburg City Stadium tomorrow...

Jeremybozz · April 25, 2010, 06:29:43 PM

Congrats to the BC Eagles on winning the ODAC title. Great year by Lynchburg as the runner up as well.

Jeremybozz · July 17, 2010, 09:19:10 AM

EMU grad Erik Kratz,a Catcher, is now a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates big league club.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8760

Erik was 2 for 5 with 1 run and 1 RBI for the Pirates vs the Astros on Saturday.

Jeremybozz · July 21, 2010, 09:59:01 AM

Kratz was 0 for 4 with 1 run in an 11-9 Pirates win over Milwaukee.

D-BAT · September 14, 2010, 01:17:58 AM

Randolph Macon is getting a new baseball field constructed.

Basically, it appears to be in the field behind the 3rd base dugout of the former field.

This will go a long way to help them in recruiting.

http://athletics.rmc.edu/sports/bsb/construction_gallery

http://www.rmc.edu/News/10-02-04%20Master%20Plan%20UPDATED.aspx

D-BAT · February 06, 2011, 09:37:18 AM

Hampden Sydney has a webcam at their field, pretty impressive coverage.

With today's technology, this should be at least the minimum standard at every D3 field as it would allow fans to watch the game combined with the school's live audio stream.

http://72.10.224.193/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=5386

Ferrum takes on HSC today at 1pm.

BTW ... RMC's new facility is awesome!

http://athletics.rmc.edu/sports/bsb/2010-11/first-day-gallery

Will2Win · February 23, 2011, 10:48:00 AM

Posted a poll on the ODAC message board master page, check it out. Season is underway....who is the early season favorite to win it all in 2011 Odac fans???

Will2Win · March 01, 2011, 12:19:20 PM

This board is dead....is ODAC baseball really that bad??
Come on..any early season surprises? Who's on the "to watch" list?

VTHokie22 · March 01, 2011, 12:46:29 PM

Given the fact that we havent played any games yet I cant say much about the other ODAC teams yet but Roanoke is young this year and have some talented guys at the plate. We lost almost our entire starting lineup from last year but I think we are still as strong as we were last year (with a lot less power). We return a few pitchers with a lot of innings from last year and I am the only person now to be with the program for 4 years (1 other senior who transferred in), so hopefully this year and the next few Roanoke baseball can make a name for itself. We also lost some key players due to injuries and its showing in the Errors column. We start odac play at Macon this weekend. Looking forward to playing on their new field.

Im surprised that the only team in the ODAC with a good record is HS. Its still early but I expected Va Wes and LC to get off to a much better start than they have.

LTBB1971 · March 11, 2011, 09:34:00 AM

Rough start for VA Wesleyan this year. After a 3-0 and a win over #21 Salisbury they fell apart and are 7-8 currently but back on a 3 game winning streak...this is too good of a team to be down for long. I really think they will make some noise this year when it's all said and done.

Pitching is very strong with SR Alex DeJesus and JR Cameron Butler as their 1-2. FR Brooks Kirby may be settled as their number 3. SO Ryan Matallon seems to be a fixture as the closer. Pitching I think is really their strength...not they are not hitting the ball well but coach is still mixing guys around to find his lineup.

gr8day4bsbll · March 11, 2011, 04:32:10 PM

LC looks pretty solid this year. Good young team, with lots of production by their sophomore hitters and freshman pitchers. Matt Morgan looks great as their #1 on the mound so far, and their 2-3-4-5-6 hitters (Palase, Shiflett, Colquhoun, Kenah and Del Buono) are all batting above .300 (Del Buono above .400) so far this season thru 15 games. We'll be able to tell more getting into the hard of the conference schedule starting this weekend, but they look good so far -- although they need to cut down on the fielding errors!

Now, if we can just get the water to drain off the fields, perhaps we can get back to playing ball again...LC had games scheduled for every day this week except Thursday, but have only gotten Tuesday's game in because of all the rain and after-effects of the rain...

rolln2 · March 11, 2011, 07:34:22 PM

VWC played CNU today and lost 10-1.

LTBB1971 · April 01, 2011, 10:59:02 AM

VA Wesleyan continues to have issues with the hitting. As a team they are hitting .283 but 2B (.200), SS (.205), 3B (.267), CF (.267) and DH (.267) not contributing much at all. I like to see OF Steve Jones (Lake Taylor HS) get some more at bats. He is hitting .344 in limited duty. Miles Shipps needs to get going if they are to make any noise and get back to .500