BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[h-sc bball]

Methodist defeated H-SC today 9-6...B Ward started and pitched 6 innings for the Tigers and West, Toledano, & Hobart finshed. The game was tied at 6-6 after seven innings. Methodist plated two in the 8th and one in the 9th to put the game away...The game ended with a bases loaded DP.

Michaels and Toney had 3 hits each for the Tigers while Hunt and Ellsworth recorded 3 hits each for the Monarchs. Fred Geisinger pick up his 6th win on the year with his 26th relief appearance. If he is not the leader in that category he has got to be right up there in Division 3. Tough to win a game when you give up 11 walks...especially against a team as good as Methodist.

[h-sc bball]

Hampden-Sydney swept Washington & Lee today 3-1 & 7-6...Larry Green pitched another gem as he threw a 4 hitter in game one...Josh Michaels solo homer in the 3rd inning tied it at 1-1 and his double in the 4th gave H-SC a 2-1 lead. Daniel Hadra pick up the save. Todd Harrel added two hits for the Tigers.
Hadra also started the second game and improved his record to 5-2 has he threw eight innings while giving up 1 earned run. The Tigers came back after trailing 3-2 by scoring four runs in the 7th after two outs. They added a big run in the top of the ninth as W&L staged a comeback that fell one run short....once again Josh Michaels lead the Tigers with two hits and T Harrell added two hits. The Tigers picked up their 3rd consecutive 20 win season and move into 2nd place (11-5) in the ODAC heading into the final weekend. .  

[h-sc bball]

Interesting final weekend

VWC     12-4     DH sat vs Guilford
H-SC     11-5     DH sat vs E Mennonite
BW        10-6    DH sat vs Emory & Henry
Lync      10-6    DH sat vs Roanoke
W&L      10-6    DH sat vs Randolph Macon
Roa         7-9    DH sat vs Lynchburg
RM          6-8     DH sat vs Washington & Lee DH sun vs Emory & Henry
EM          5-11   DH sat vs Hampden-Sydney
Guilford   4-12   DH sat vs Virginia Wesleyan
E&H        3-11    DH sat vs Bridgewater DH sun vs Randolph Macon

6 teams advance to Lynchburg

[mybleedinghands]

Interesting final weekend

VWC     12-4     DH sat vs Guilford
H-SC     11-5     DH sat vs E Mennonite
BW        10-6    DH sat vs Emory & Henry
Lync      10-6    DH sat vs Roanoke
W&L      10-6    DH sat vs Randolph Macon
Roa         7-9    DH sat vs Lynchburg
RM          6-8     DH sat vs Washington & Lee DH sun vs Emory & Henry
EM          5-11   DH sat vs Hampden-Sydney
Guilford   4-12   DH sat vs Virginia Wesleyan
E&H        3-11    DH sat vs Bridgewater DH sun vs Randolph Macon

6 teams advance to Lynchburg

wow, talk about two must wins for roanoke on saturday! i dont see them making the tournament if they dont win one of those games because its not likely macon will lose to e&h on sunday, and they could very well get a win or two against the generals. pressure is on big time for the maroons!!

[A.G.]

Looks like...
VWC
H-SC
LC or BC
BC or LC (not sure on the tie-breaker since they split)
W&L
RMC

Boy, that loss at home to EMU really came back to bite the Hornets, or they would be sitting on the 2-seed going into the tourney next week.

[h-sc bball]

Hampden-Sydney swept Eastern Mennonite 2-0 & 12-7..Fr Robbie Bailey pitched 6 1/3 of shutout ball as Fr Brian Breedllove recorded the final 2 outs to earn a save. Sr John Apperson had 2 hits for the Tigers.

In Game two Fr Brian Breedlove took a 5-1 lead into the 5th thanks to Fr Ben Brawleys 3 run homer in the 3rd....in the 5th inning an error scored EM 1st run and then a 3 run homer by Jameson Jarvis tied the score at 5 each. EM took a 6-5 then 7-6 lead heading into the 8th and H-S with the help of 4 consecutive waks and a double by Brawley finaly put the game out of reach 12-7. Fr Ben Brawley ended up 3-4 with 6 rbi's.

I must say that E Mennonite Coach Mace has turned that program around. Those guys competed in every inning...they played inspired baseball and competed in every inning even after they got down in the 2nd game 5-0 after three innings. Previous Mennonite teams would have folded the tent and lost that game 15-1. They only have five pitchers on the roster...if Coach Mace can improve that number and with only two sr on the team and a lot of fr..... I believe that program will continue to improve.

[A.G.]

VWC comes from behind with 5 in the 7th and an unearned run in the 9th to defeat 6-seed RMC 7-6 in game one of the ODAC tourney.  The Marlins will play the LOSER of the LC-BC game, with RMC playing the loser of the HSC-WLU game.

[h-sc bball]

At the ODAC Conference Tournament today....# 2 seeded Hampden-Sydney defeated #5 seeded Washington & Lee by a score of 7-3...Josh Michael lead the way with 3 hits including a 1st inning blast over the left field fence, David Toney and John Apperson doubled in runs for the Tigers. Larry Green struggled early but once again pitched out of numerous jambs including the 3rd inning...with two outs and the bases loaded after two consecitive walks and a 3-0 count to the batter.....he pick off the runner at 2nd base....talking about big...the score was 2-1 at the time with W&L leading.  Larry went on to pitch 7 innings and Fr Brian Breedlove pitched the 8th and 9th. The Tigers will play the winner of tonights contest between #3 Lynchburg and #4 Bridgewater tomorrow night at 7:00 pm.

[ash]

It looks like any team could walk away with this tournament.

[A.G.]

BC's Ricky Read scatterred 5 hits, as did LC's Jason Kelly and Joe Derwin, but an uneared run was the difference maker as BC defeated LC 2-1 Thursday night.

LC plays VWV today at 3, with BC playing HSC in the night cap.  W&L and RMC open Friday's play in an 11 AM elimination game.

[allsky7]

     Any of you BC tailgating fools coming to the BC/H-S game tonight? Perhaps we can hoist a pint to celebrate a Tiger victory?!!    Seriously, let me know and the brews are on me.   8)

[A.G.]

DAY 2 UPDATE

DAY 2 UPDATE

W&L defeats RMC 12-5
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac04.htm

LC defeats VWC to REALLY mess up the bracket
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac05.htm

HSC defeats BC 7-0...Hadra goes the distance scatterring 6 hits.
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac05.htm

11 AM Sat...VWC vs BC
3 PM Sat....LC vs W&L
7 PM Sat....HSC vs Winner of 11 AM game

(either 2 or 3 teams will remain with one loss going into Sunday...)

[A.G.]

SATURDAY UPDATE:

BC defeats VWC 4-3 in 12 innings.  Rivera went the first 11 for VWC.  Both teams had ample opportunities to win.
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac07.htm

LC thumps W&L 14-2, tallying runs in every inning.  Joe Devlin goes 6 IP to get the win. Jon Crews goes 5 for 5 with 4 doubles to pace the 20 hit attack.
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac08.htm

HSC vs BC in 7 PM game.  Regardless of the outcome, Sunday at 1 PM will see LC vs HSC.  IF BC wins, they play for the title at 4 PM, lose tonite and they go home.

1030 PM UPDATE:
In the final game of the day, BC defeated HSC 13-5. BC will play the winner of Sunday's 1 PM game between HSC and LC.
http://www.odaconline.com/07springchamps/odac09.htm

The key play of the game (and maybe the tournament) may be a collision at the plate by BC SS Jono Brooks, who was ejected from the game for trying to take out the catcher. Speculation in the stands is that due to that type of ejection, that Brooks, the Eagles' leading HR hitter for the season, may not be playing in Sunday's championship game.

[religion_major]

From my understanding of the rules from back when I played, unless there was a fight then there is no automatic suspension.  I was not at the game so I do not know if there was a fight or if the conference might decide to suspent Brooks anyway.  For the sake of my Eagles, I hope not.

[mybleedinghands]

in other sports, an ejection in one game means you are suspended for the next game. if you get ejected from a bball game for getting two technicals, for example, you are suspended for the next game.