BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[A.G.]

Any monster matchups in the ODAC this weekend?

HSC and VWC open up...and that COULD be a good one as HSC is starting to play a little better.

I think LC and Guilford will be a good series, as the Quakers are playing some good ball right now and LC is scoring runs in bunches.

E&H and W&L also have a series this weekend.

[A.G.]

LC defeated Guilford 9-7.  Same two teams play tomorrow at LC.

HSC defeated VWC in game one of their DH...no score report on game two.

W&L swept two from E&H.

[h-sc bball]

In game one David Toney hit a 3 ball 2 strike...2 out line drive shot over the leftfield fence to tie the game at 5 all....HSC scored 2 in the 8th after a walk and a hit batter...pinch hitter Ryan Daniels failed to lay down a bunt on the 1st two pitches....with a two strike count he hit a ball right over the 3rd base bag to give Sydney a 6-5 lead and with a drawn in infield Todd Harrell plated another run with an infield out as Sydney took game one 7-5. Phil Cadle hit a 3 run homer in the 3rd as VWC took a 5-2 lead into the 5th.

In game two I had to leave in the 6th inning but Wesleyan was leading 8-0...with the way Gary Bulman was pitching I would expect very little change in the game but you never know...H-S came back in game one.... Mike Marion started the Marlins off with a 2 run homer in the 1st and they never looked back. VW added 2 more in the 2nd and 4 in the 6th inning. While Bulman was strugglin a bit with his control in the early innings he still had pretty good command with his pitches when he had to. It appeared he was throwing in the mid 80's with some 88 stuff when he needed to....This young man was headed to Tennessee last year....As you can see year after year Coach Booth ends up with another roster surprise. I'm not sure why neither team has posted any scores.

[VW-16]

 I'm not sure why neither team has posted any scores.
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Hoops tourney. I believe the same 2 schools battled it out on the hardwood with all sid's in Roanoke for that. With VWC in the finals today for both men's and women's titles, I wouldn't expect a write up on baseball til April

[mm77]

VWC 11    HSC 0   Final

[A.G.]

LC completes the two game sweep with a come-from-behind 8-7 over Guilford.

The Hornets have a mess of key games this upcoming week with 4 games against USA South opponents and a Saturday DH at E&H.

h-sc...thanks for the game updates from VWC.

[NCWC]

7.... this is going to be a crazy week between the ODAC and USAS....I know wesleyan is playing wesleyan today.  NCWC plays Lynchburg friday (DH). VWC has methodist on wednesday and ferrum on Friday.  Is it fair to say this is the true separation week in terms of regional rankings?

[A.G.]

Here's a nice preview from the D3 baseball site of LC's week:
LC Baseball

You are right, NCWC...this week is going to be key in setting up teams for regional points.  I suspect that come Friday, it could be two VERY HIGH scoring games in the DH at LC with NCWC, as the teams will be saving their main pitching for the weekend conference games.

Link edited for formatting -- Thanks, Ralph Turner

[NCWC]

Looks like NCWC played 8.5 innings today and lost the lead to VWC in the bottom of 9. Tied up 4-4 top of 11.  I suspect they will play that game out when they come to Rocky Mount.

[Catfishncwc]

Looks like NCWC played 8.5 innings today and lost the lead to VWC in the bottom of 9. Tied up 4-4 top of 11.  I suspect they will play that game out when they come to Rocky Mount.

Deanes looked really good yesterday.  Had him on the gun at 88-90 today also showed a nice slider.  I'll have to give him another look. 

[h-sc bball]

Deanes has some real good stuff...what he doesn't have is a lot pitching experiance and command of his location at times. He did not pitch during HS...but he could hit the ball. The past two to three years he started pitching during summer wood bat leagues...you know...your lucky to field a team come mid August and most of the time your short on pitching. He started throwing more often and boy he had some impressive outings against some very good local talent....well the next thing you know he started throwing some innings last year for Wesleyan.....much improved...he is under the radar scope by a few local scouts and if he continues his progess he will get a few more looks before the end of the season.

[A.G.]

Quite a few regional match-ups today:

2:00 PM      Averett vs Lynchburg                   
2:30 PM    Ferrum    vs Randolph-Macon             
3:00 PM    Bridgewater vs   Shenandoah             
4:00 PM    Virginia Wesleyan vs Methodist

[HighHeat]

Just wanted to let you know ODAC people know that there are several former ODAC and USA South players playing independent baseball, all with different teams.  Please let me know if I have missed any


Jono Brooks (Bridgewater), Rockford Riverhawks
Joe Orgovan (Va. Wesleyan), Pensacola Pelicans
David Whigham (Va. Wesleyan), El Paso Diablos
Brett Thomas (Ferrum), Orange County Flyers
Pat Burgess, (Greensboro), AZL WinterLeague

[A.G.]

LC defeated Averett 7-6 today in game one of "hell week" for the Hornets.

http://www.lynchburg.edu/x12208.xml

[NCWC]

LC defeated Averett 7-6 today in game one of "hell week" for the Hornets.

http://www.lynchburg.edu/x12208.xml

Thats a pretty good title for their week.