BB: NWC: Northwest Conference

[Bearcat Press]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

[Ralph Turner]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

Since I am on the periphery of this issue, I hope that the NWC main office is aware.

[Jack Parkman]

I could be wrong, but I believe Linfield has been eliminated from the NWC race.  I look for both PLU and George Fox to be playing at Linfield in May, while the Wildcats sit and watch.

[OshDude]

I could be wrong, but I believe Linfield has been eliminated from the NWC race.  I look for both PLU and George Fox to be playing at Linfield in May, while the Wildcats sit and watch.

And probably tend the field between games, right? Oshkosh is also in jeopardy of doing chores for their peers. Regional hosting duties: best or worst thing possible, I suppose.

[Bearcat Press]

I could be wrong, but I believe Linfield has been eliminated from the NWC race.  I look for both PLU and George Fox to be playing at Linfield in May, while the Wildcats sit and watch.

And probably tend the field between games, right? Oshkosh is also in jeopardy of doing chores for their peers. Regional hosting duties: best or worst thing possible, I suppose.

Correct, Jack.  Linfield is now mathematically eliminated from championship contention.  It's down to PLU and GFU.  As for groundskeeping, Linfield has an all-FieldTurf infield.

[OshDude]

I could be wrong, but I believe Linfield has been eliminated from the NWC race.  I look for both PLU and George Fox to be playing at Linfield in May, while the Wildcats sit and watch.

And probably tend the field between games, right? Oshkosh is also in jeopardy of doing chores for their peers. Regional hosting duties: best or worst thing possible, I suppose.

Correct, Jack.  Linfield is now mathematically eliminated from championship contention.  It's down to PLU and GFU.  As for groundskeeping, Linfield has an all-FieldTurf infield.

LOL. Forgot about that. Would be funny if they vacuumed and ran a magnet over it between games during regionals.

[Jim Dixon]

The NWC automatic bid goes to......either George Fox or Pacific Lutheran

Attention now turns to the NCAA Division III National Tournament and the
automatic berth for the conference champion.  George Fox and Pacific
Lutheran split four games in their head-to-head series, and the next
tiebreaker, according to conference by-laws, is a one-game playoff, with
the host site to be the higher-seeded team.  The next criteria for
breaking the tie is record against the next-highest conference finisher,
which would be Linfield. PLU split with the Wildcats while George Fox
took three out of four, so the Bruins would host the Lutes. 

A playoff game is to be played on the Saturday following the regular
season, according to NWC guidelines, but that is George Fox's graduation
day, so a date is still to be determined.  There is also some question
regarding the NCAA's 19-week playing window for Division III baseball,
since George Fox has completed its 19-week fall and spring allotted
time.  A determination about the playoff game may be made early in the
week by conference and NCAA officials.

[RSSmith]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

Since I am on the periphery of this issue, I hope that the NWC main office is aware.

Wasn't there some conversation about this early in the season?  I seem to recall that the Hawaii games were going to be considered "practice" games or something to that effect.  I made a much-less-than-diligent search for those posts without any luck.

[RSSmith]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

Since I am on the periphery of this issue, I hope that the NWC main office is aware.

Wasn't there some conversation about this early in the season?  I seem to recall that the Hawaii games were going to be considered "practice" games or something to that effect.  I made a much-less-than-diligent search for those posts without any luck.

I just noticed that York (PA) has already played 38 games and has 4 games remaining on their schedule.  Are there other teams in that same situation?

[D O.C.]

Linfield has an all-FieldTurf infield......

just in case they have to host other teams in a conference play-off or the regional.

[d3baseballnut]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

Since I am on the periphery of this issue, I hope that the NWC main office is aware.

Wasn't there some conversation about this early in the season?  I seem to recall that the Hawaii games were going to be considered "practice" games or something to that effect.  I made a much-less-than-diligent search for those posts without any luck.

I just noticed that York (PA) has already played 38 games and has 4 games remaining on their schedule.  Are there other teams in that same situation?

40 games might be a normal season, but it doesn't mean their is a rule against playing over 40 games.

[d3baseballnut]

Additionally, York (PA) played several games in their CAC conference tournament. This may account for the extra games. They do not count at "Regular Season" games.

George Fox, however, does not have a tournament

[BigPoppa]

40 games is the maximum allowed by the NCAA for D3 baseball.

[Ralph Turner]

I may have missed this.

Why is George Fox playing 41 regular season games!

32 NWC, 4 at UH-Hilo, 2 with Concordia Portland and 3 with CSU-East Bay.

The typical regular season is only 40 games!

That's a good point Ralph.  Last season Willamette had to forfeit a game in our final series of the year (against Pacific) because we had 41 games scheduled!  Should someone be letting the NCAA or the NWC know about this?

Since I am on the periphery of this issue, I hope that the NWC main office is aware.

On another board, Just Bill identified that scenario as the "Hawaii/Alaska" exception.

[BlueZoneBruin]

I did some digging and found out that D3 teams are allowed to schedule/play an extra 4 games every four years, for a total of 44 games.  George Fox actually had 44 games scheduled this year, but 3 were rained out.

The issue with Willamette last season had to do with their new coach scheduling more games than they were allowed because they had played extra games in a previous season.   

BlueZoneBruin