BB: NWC: Northwest Conference

[wildcat11]

Linfield swept by the Boxers.... Yikes. Just have to learn and grow from it.  Go 'Cats!

[(509)Rat]

Gives you more time to work on football highlight tapes at least 

[Ralph Turner]

Gives you more time to work on football highlight tapes at least 

LOL +1!   

[Westside]

Pacific's offense has been playing out of their mind for the last month or so. They are up 10-0 on Pomona-Pitzer... in the first inning. They almost batted around twice. They have put up double digit runs in 8 of their last 9 games, and they have won 8 straight. At this point, Walker Olis is the runaway player of the year in the conference (possibly West Region?) in my opinion. It's been impressive to see him take his game a new level each season.

[Sluggerdad]

Pacific won 25-7.
Wow!

[wildcat11]

Gives you more time to work on football highlight tapes at least 

+1

[108 Stitches]

Gives you more time to work on football highlight tapes at least 

LOL +1!   

No offense but watching D3 football is like watching paint dry. Enjoy.

[Ralph Turner]

Gives you more time to work on football highlight tapes at least 

LOL +1!   

No offense but watching D3 football is like watching paint dry. Enjoy.

Yeah, the paint on a canvas by Monet or Van Gogh. 

[Westside]

We have a fairly interesting final week in the NWC. There are still four teams (I guess 5 if you include Willamette) that are vying for the last three spots.

Whitworth 15-6
George Fox 13-8
PLU 13-8
Pacific 12-9
Linfield 12-9

Whitworth is sitting pretty. They have a two game lead, and they will host unless they end up getting swept or they tie with George Fox (or Linfield).

Whitworth, PLU, and Pacific should sweep their weekend series... So realistically it will come down to George Fox and Linfield and their series against each other. If either team sweeps, they are in. But there has been so much parity this season, that I think a 2-1 series win is safe to predict.

I think the three most likely scenarios are the following:

Possible scenario (Linfield wins their series, no upsets):
#1 Whitworth 18-6
#2 PLU 16-8
#3 Pacific 15-9
#4 Linfield 14-10

Possible scenario (George Fox wins their series, no upsets):
#1 Whitworth 18-6
#2 PLU 16-8
#3 George Fox 15-9
#4 Pacific 15-9

Possible scenario (Linfield wins their series, Pacific upset):
#1 Whitworth 18-6
#2 PLU 16-8
#3 George Fox 14-10
#4 Pacific 14-10
* Linfield 14-10 (loses three-way tiebreaker.)

Of course everything goes bonkers if there are some upsets (as this season has been happy to offer us). I say let chaos reign!

[(509)Rat]

Conference tourney is set

#1 Whitworth v #4 Pacific
#2 PLU v #3 George Fox

[108 Stitches]

I realize the conference tournament is new, but how long has it been since Linfield was not in the mix in the NWC?

[NWBaseballFan10]

Linfield finished 5th in the NWC in 2012. Whitworth was co-champs that year with Pacific, but Whitworth received the Pool A bid and Pacific was left home.

Tough break yesterday for the Cats, but unfortunately that's what happens when you don't take care of business during conference play. The pitching staff has been "Jekyll and Hyde" for most of the season, but fortunately they only will lose 2 guys to graduation (80% of the innings thrown this year are going to be returners).

[Westside]

Based off of conference games, here are my choices for the all-NWC team.

Player of the Year: Walker Olis (Pacific)
Pitcher of the Year: Dustin Wells (George Fox)
Coach of the Year: Dan Ramsay (Whitworth)

C: Andrew Reichenbach (George Fox)
1B: Ben Andrews (Linfield)
2B: Chris Zerio (Puget Sound)
3B: Joseph Zimmer (Whitman)
SS: Adrian Vela (Whitman)
OF: Walker Olis (Pacific)
OF: Kurtis Kloke (Pacific)
OF: Jeremy Druffel (Whitworth)
UT:
DH: Jordan McGowan (Whitworth)
SP: Hugh Smith (Whitworth)
SP: Dustin Wells (George Fox)
SP: Cory Nelson (PLU)
SP: Paul Wolfram (Pacific)
RP: Garrett Brown (PLU)


I really have no idea who is going to win the NWC tournament. No one has a shut down pitching staff... so it really is just whichever team can score runs. I guess Whitworth is the favorite, but really anyone has a chance.

[Jack Parkman]

PLU drops Whitworth 7-3 and is in good shape in the NWC Tourney.  Whit worth has to win 3 straight to get the auto-bid.  I think Whitworth is still in good shape for a Pool C bid, unless they drop their next game and lose all 3 next week.  I still say they are in, but crazy things have happened.

[108 Stitches]

Nicely done for PLU, as they say it's not how you play during the season, but at the end. The games next week mean a lot more to Whitworth now.