BB: NESCAC: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

The CAC title was won by Wesleyan this afternoon...4-3 in 12 innings!  The defending champs tied the game in the 9th inning and won the game with a Homer in the 12th..  The two West Div. two teams had to go to a double hitter after Amherst won the Morning game 3-1.....first loss for the Cardinals to a conference team.  Repeat of last season.  Wes gets the automatic bid to the NCAA.  Hope Amherst gets a bid.

Amherst gets a bid, apparently at the expense of Rutgers-Camden who had a 10-8 record against Regionally Ranked teams including sweeping Amherst 2-0 in head-to-head.
Imagine 18 games out of 44 against Regionally Ranked teams, winning 10, and you still don't get a bid?

[amh63]

FYI....on the Amherst baseball website...on flicker...there is a number of pix of the the upgrades to the baseball " field/ facilities ".   Rebuilt infield, Players dugouts, etc.  started in October...ready for SPring.

[ECSUalum]

FYI....on the Amherst baseball website...on flicker...there is a number of pix of the the upgrades to the baseball " field/ facilities ".   Rebuilt infield, Players dugouts, etc.  started in October...ready for SPring.

Nice,  These student athletes should have the best facilities possible!!  Glad to see it.. I was appalled when I first saw ECSU play Wesleyan, ie equivalent to a high school field, just benches no dugouts little seating for spectators

[P'bearfan]

Good luck to the Bowdoin baseball team as the kick off their season this week against Utica in Winter Haven, FL.  Normally these early season games are a break from the long Maine winter.  However, it's 56 degrees in Brunswick today and most  of the week will be in the upper 40's to low 50's - positively balmy in any other year.

GoUBears!!

[P'bearfan]

The Polar Bears are off to a hot start; they are 7-0 including taking a double header from Greenville on Monday by scores of 4-2 and 16-3!

GoUBears!!

[P'bearfan]

Congrats to the Polar Bears advance to 8-1 as they split a double headed with Hamilton (8-14; 4-1).  Bowdoin will wrap up the southern tour with games against Salve Regina on Thursday (today) and Friday (tomorrow). 

GoUBears!!

[P'bearfan]

Bowdoin falls to Salve Regina 1-10 yesterday.  Ouch!!

Let's hope the Polar Bears can bounce back today in the second game against them.

GoUBears!!

[P'bearfan]

Bowdoin falls a second time to Salve Regina by a score of 15-4.  These two losses marred what was otherwise a very successful southern swing for the Polar Bears.

Hopefully Bowdoin can build on this success.

GoUBears!!

[amh63]

Watched my first game online at the "new" Amherst field/ facility.  Maybe not...since I switched between baseball and softball games being played on a sunny, mild day. Several comments.
Announcer was excellent!  Mentioned that though Amherst fell behind 3-0, suggested that Amherst potent offense would come through.  Sure enough, the score was 10-3, Amherst before Springfield scored 4 in the 9th inning....final score Amherst in a 10-7 win.
Announcer appeared to be a student...professional one at the softball games...and would point out players that played other sports, etc.  Both coaches used a number of pitchers and both sides left 9 on base.
One pitcher I will note here for several reasons...Ferrero, a freshman pitcher from the San Fran. Area.
He pitched an inning and retired the side in his debut.   He was warmly greeted as he headed back to the dugout.  Announcer pointed out he has received a nickname.."the Kid".  Struck out his first batter on 4 pitches.  He does not have jersey number on the roster or a facial pitcher.  Interesting in that this year's squad is very large!
Second reason, is that I spoke to his father at an early football game.  Ferrero was a highly recruited football player with a reported number of Div1 offers in football.  His father mentioned at the time that his son came to Amherst because he had an opportunity to play baseball.  Guess his pic can be found on the football roster.
Need to find out why the nickname!

[P'bearfan]

Good luck to the Polar Bears as they travel to Hartford tomorrow to take on the Bantams.  One game Friday and a double-header on Saturday.

GoUBears!!

[amh63]

Hamilton comes to Amherst on Friday for a game and a double hitter on Sat.  However, the weather report is iffy for the games,  IMO.   Seems there is wet AND cold weather in the forecast in the area.  Wet weather in Ithaca area and around the Metro NYC region.  Wife checking on the kids as they travel about. 

[amh63]

Surprising Spring weather is postponing a number of games.  Hope it improves soon. Williams comes in for a double header this weekend. 
There is a tweet on the Amherst website that stats the Amherst team is presently the top ranked D3 team in NE. 

[P'bearfan]

Bowdoin hit a bit of a road bump last weekend losing Friday's game to Trinity and then splitting Saturday's double header.  The team now stands at 9-5 overall and more importantly just 1-2 in the NESCAC.  Here's hoping they can get back on track this week as the travel to USM tonight and play Bates this weekend (home Friday away for a double header Saturday).

[P'bearfan]

It looks like the Polar Bears troubles on the diamond are continuing.  They dropped a game 2-7 to USM last night.  Both teams had 5 hits but USM also had 5 stolen bases.  USM pitching was a bit stronger as they recorded 16 strikeouts vs 9 for Bowdoin. 

Here's hoping Bowdoin can rebound for the conference games this weekend vs Bates.

GoUBears!

[amh63]

See that the Spring weather is modifying the schedules.
Amherst's baseball won  2 of the scheduled three games at Memorial field.  The Friday game had Williams as the home team .  First game for Williams in NE.  The Sat. Double header honored the Armed Services...appropriate since Memorial field, is overlooked by the Memorial for Amherst alums that died while serving in the Armed Services.  Williams won the 2nd game of the day 5-4 in the ninth inning.
Over on the softball field, Hamilton won the third of three scheduled games.  The Friday game had Hamilton, the home team.  The first two games were somewhat blow outs. However, Hamilton returned the favor, 10-5 in the third game, in the late innings. 
The fans were dressed warmly and the wind directions sometimes affected the outfield fielding.