BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[former rmcsid]

For anyone interested, Saturday's, Randolph-Macon at Roanoke baseball doubleheader was postponed.

Rescheduled for TOMORROW, Sunday the 26th, at 4:00 p.m.

[hasanova]

3/25 Quakers take E&H twice in Greensboro, winning the first 13-4 with a 9-run 6th and taking the 2nd, 9-0.  Whigham struck out 10 in 5.1 innings in the 1st game, but did not get the win.  Collier pitched 8 shut-out innings in the 2nd to get the victory.  Guilford First Baseman Bittner homers in each game.  GC improves to 15-9, 4-4, while the Wasps fall to 4-14, 2-7.  After a game with Southern Virginia Tuesday in Martinsville, the Quakers will play USASAC intracity rival Greensboro on Wednesday at War Memorial Stadium.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

The Eagles might be 14-5-1, but we're only 1-3-1 against teams in the Top 25;

No. 9 Ferrum (Tied, 7-7)
No. 12 Hampden-Sydney (W, 8-5)
No. 12 Hampden-Sydney (L, 15-1)
No. 21 Mary Washington (L, 6-0)
No. 23 LaGrange (L, 17-5)

Today we get a rematch with Mary Washington who's 15-3.  Luckily we probably won't face their best pitcher (he started this past Saturday), Kevin Foeman, who has a 6-0 record, has an ERA of 1.29, and has 50 SOs in 42 IP.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Went out to the BC-UMW game.  In the 5th inning, Bridgewater was up 5-0.

[Llamaguy]

Went out to the BC-UMW game.  In the 5th inning, Bridgewater was up 5-0.

Bridgewater finished off Mary Washington 8-1.

I might add that I believe those were preseason rankings because I doubt that Ferrum or Hampden-Sydney would be ranked that high on their results thus far.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

I might add that I believe those were preseason rankings because I doubt that Ferrum or Hampden-Sydney would be ranked that high on their results thus far.

You're right.  Both fell out, but Ferrum is "also receiving votes."  Yikes!

But Mary Washington moved up to No. 11, so looks like Bridgewater got a quality top 25 win today.

There was craziness elsewhere in the poll.  New Jersey went from unranked in the preseason, to No. 1 in this one.  Same happened to Emory - unranked to No. 3.  Pretty wild.

Bridgewater is now 15-5-1, with a 2-2 record versus the new top 25;

No. 11 Mary Washington - L, 6-0
No. 11 Mary Washington - W, 8-1
No. 19 LaGrange - L, 17-5
No. 25 N.C. Wesleyan - W, 4-3

New poll: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/sports/abcapoll32706.pdf

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

The Eagles have a tough nine-game stretch coming up over the next two weeks:

3/28 - at Washington & Lee (14-7-1)
3/30 - Division II Chowan (14-9)
4/1 - Virginia Wesleyan (10-15)
4/1 - Virginia Wesleyan (10-15)
4/5 - at Eastern Mennonite (4-15)
4/6 - at Ferrum (17-6-1)
4/8 - Randolph-Macon (15-5)
4/8 - Randolph-Macon (15-5)
4/9 - Catholic (13-11-1)

A combined 112-88-3 record (.552 win percentage).

It'll be real tough seeing that VWC's 10-15 record is pretty deceiving.  They started out the season 0-6, but all six games were against top 25 opponents (No. 4 Cortland State, No. 8 Rowan, No.13 Salisbury and No. 25 N.C. Wesleyan).  Six of their other nine losses later on came at the hands of No. 19 LaGrange, No. 22 Tufts, No. 13 Salisbury (yes, again), Ferrum and Hampden-Sydney (twice).

So really the only likely pushover BC will have is EMU.  I'd be happy if the Eagles came out of this two-week period 6-3.

[Pat Coleman]

Catholic almost always tails off starting about this time of year. Not sure if it's soft competition in Florida or coach overworking the players or maybe a combination of both.

[Jacketlawyer]

Have any of the posters seen R-M play this year?  Have had my head in the sand due to taxes and haven't been out much.  I know we're not doing poorly. . .

[hasanova]

Have any of the posters seen R-M play this year?  Have had my head in the sand due to taxes and haven't been out much.  I know we're not doing poorly. . .

I only saw about 8 innings of their doubleheader at Guilford.  They lost to GC pitcher Whigham in the first game, but he is very solid and doesn't lose many.  In the second game, GC had a 2-1 lead in the 4th before the RMC bats came alive.  The Jackets ended up winning fairly big.  RMC looked to be a solid club on defense, with pitching and at the plate - I'd say they are capable of winning 25 or so.  Guilford is also a fairly good team and that's RMC's only ODAC loss so far.   I don't think the Jackets will win the ODAC regular season, but I'm pretty sure they'll be in the 6-team ODAC tournament and will probably do well.

[Jacketlawyer]

Thanks Hasanova, I appreciate your astute and timely analysis, as always.

[hasanova]

Thanks Hasanova, I appreciate your astute and timely analysis, as always.

You're welcome.  You've caught some "line" drives from me, too.  lol 

[former rmcsid]

A great addition to the baseball schedule for Randolph-Macon -- game just added at about 12:00 noon today!

Randolph-Macon College at DIVISION I Virginia Commonwealth University
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
7:00 p.m.
At The Diamond in Richmond, Virginia
Directions to The Diamond on the web:  http://rbraves.com/directions.asp

Should be a really nice experience for the R-MC players!

[Llamaguy]

A great addition to the baseball schedule for Randolph-Macon -- game just added at about 12:00 noon today!

Randolph-Macon College at DIVISION I Virginia Commonwealth University
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
7:00 p.m.
At The Diamond in Richmond, Virginia
Directions to The Diamond on the web:  http://rbraves.com/directions.asp

Should be a really nice experience for the R-MC players!

It may be a good year to knock them off. JMU just swept them in a 3 day series last weekend. Good Luck and go ODAC.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

As expected, Washington & Lee (13-6-1, 6-2) gave Bridgewater (16-5-1, 7-1) a run for their money.

The Eagles scored three runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to take an 8-7 win against the Generals today.

Game story posted first on W&L's Baseball Fan Site.