BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BigPoppa]

Actually, it is not to Chapman's advantage in baseball to join the SCIAC.

They catch the mid-week pitching staff for every mid-week game!

Ralph... you are correct. Chapman will pound the SCIAC schools as long as they do not have to face their top pitching... They may still fare well in the SCIAC, but not to the degree that everyone thinks. Look what happened when they had to face McMurry's top arms last weekend. Chapman is facing some serious pitching depth problems.

[Tom Brady]

I will have to say that Chapman has not "pounded" anyone in the SCIAC yet.  I checked out their site and saw they beat Cal Lu twice by a combined 5 runs.  Claremont 3-0, Whittier 4-2.....those are not bad games at all. 

I never meant that Chapman joining the SCIAC would be to their advantage, but it would be to the advantage of the SCIAC.  What coach wouldn't wan't to throw their top 3 pretty much every time they play.  This weekend should be a little better indication of what kind of team Chapman is.  They go to Menlo for 3 games and Menlo is "supposed" to be pretty good.  I guess we will learn a lot about both schools.

[Browneagle64]

Is there any where that i can find the results for baseball besides visiting each schools sports page. If you do know of anything please point it out.

Tough loss for Cal Lu against point loma. I just saw the score and read that the Nazierians (if thats their nickname) came out swingging. Any word from other games on tap??

[BigPoppa]

Is there any where that i can find the results for baseball besides visiting each schools sports page. If you do know of anything please point it out.

Browneagle... this should help you out:

http://www.thesciac.org/m-baseball/standings.htm#Results

[Browneagle64]

Thanks for the link Poppa

[Ralph Turner]

Point Loma Nazarene University's nickname is the Sea Lions.

[Browneagle64]

What a good defense of job that the bulldogs did against the kingsmen on saturday. I have to pull my hats off to the dogs for pulling that one. I thought Cal Lu would be ready after being wacked by the sea lions of Point Loma. But, that was not the case.

Btw, congrats to the tigers for bouncing back and beating the stags. However, saturday everything went the wrong way. Hope the tigers bounce back and pull of two other big wins in the sciac

[Tom Brady]

Yikes!  Tell me it isn't true that Redlands beat Cal Lu all 3 games .  What in the world is going on in Thousand Oaks!!!??  Is there something behind this whole story or are they just not that good anymore?

[Browneagle64]

Rick

Thats what i have been trying to find out. I am not sure if its their pitching staff or their defense that hasn't been awake since that huge slump with point loma. Obviously, the offesene is not clicking like we all expected to.  All, I hope they get out of this slump and wake up. If not here's to a new SCIAC baseball champ.....

On deck for the tigers is La Vern this week... hopefully the young tigers bounce back from their last two games with the stags and take this weekends game from their leo's with solid pitching.

[Tom Brady]

Browneagle-  Are you an OXY fan?  Pretty cool to see OXY win a friday game.  When was the last time they won a series?  I do not ask this in a bad way either, I just know they have struggled in the past.

[Browneagle64]

Rick---

Yeah i am an oxy fan. Love the school's sports regardless of records.
I was thrilled that the tigers took one away from a good stags team on friday..( i caught the last innings). I thought that indeed this might be a pretty good series that the orange and black could win. But, they did their best.

I get your question. No worries about bringing that up. Thats just reality. But, if u count in Cal Tech, of course they have completed a  winning series...(haha, anyone can)
but against other sciac teams, its been a while since  they took a series.

[Tom Brady]

Browneagle-  Thats cool that you have pride for your school (I assume you went to OXY) no matter what their record might be.  I am sure the rest of the SCIAC would love for there to be a little better competition from top to bottom.  I feel like the conference as a whole is very sub-par.  Take away Cal Lu and all of their trips to regionals and the World Series (I saw them all listed on their web-page) and ULV's National Title in '95 and what does the SCIAC have to show for itself, NOTHING.  I am all for some other teams like Redlands, ULV, Whittier....well, pretty much anyone but CMS, to win the SCIAC but until they can show the rest of the country that the SCIAC can play on the national level, the SCIAC is going to be just another average conference.

[Browneagle64]

Rick you make a real good point when you mention that we would "love for there to be a little better competition from top to bottom" in the SCIAC. No dout that if teams like Cal Lu or the La Vern teams that made it to the national spotlight were pullled out, the SCIAC would be an average league.

I am happy to have noticed that teams like poets, pomona, La Vern, and even the tigers have tried to do their to do there best to improve and do some damage. I guess in the end it has to do with the players that you recruit and what you can offer those kids. For instance, a couple of years ago Whitter did a fine job in recruiting local kids and in the end encouraged that incoming class that they could be at the top of this league. Although, they made it to the top of the league, their pitching staff and offense was a complete turn around that year. 

[Browneagle64]

Btw--- Here's another reason why Oxy has been in slumps in the past

It's not the academic standards that have caused the program to suffer . . . in my opinion.  There has been considerable turmoil in the program that killed the team and killed recruiting.  A few years ago the players essentially revolted against the then long time coach, went to everyone in the administration and the loudest among them led what was basically a walk-out

[Tom Brady]

Hmmmmm Browneagle, looks like redlands might be for real.  They put the wood to the Lu last weekend and now they come out and beat Chapman.  Looks like they must be doing something right out there.  Still a lot of ball to be played but a pretty nice start for them.