BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[pomonaalum]

Congrats to the Hens on their 9-1 win against Ithaca College. So far, my prediction about the Hens losing to Ithaca was completely wrong. However, i will still hold my prediction that Rugters-Newark and F & M beat the Hens.

Well,

3/14 PP 17 Rutgers-Newark 6
3/15 PP 12 F&M 10
3/16 PP 11 Rutgers-Camden 1
3/16 - PP 4 EConnSt 1

I would say that's a pretty damn good weekend of out-of-conference wins.  PP now 15-3 overall, and maybe will get at least 1 vote in the next poll...

[Browneagle64]

Yea, I know, I know, the hens did have a good weekend. Congrats for their wins. However, lets see how they do against teams like La Verne, Redlands,Whitter and Chapman. 

[pomonaalum]

Should be very interesting...obviousy the Hens have only played Oxy and Cal Tech, but we've seen that Oxy can knock off one of the big boys.  Just like last year, I expect it to come down to the final game again.  The wins out of conference are great, but the Hens still need to win SCIAC unless the NCAA takes 3 teams (2 SCIAC and Chapman) from SoCal.

- ULV already has 2 losses to Redlands, and one more to finish again CLU.
- Redlands has those 2 wins against ULV, but also a loss to Oxy.
- CLU has a loss to CMS.
- Whittier has 2 losses to CMS.

To me, the key to winning SCIAC is to sweep Oxy, CalTech and CMS.  The 3-game series format gives you very little room for error in tie-breakers against the top teams.

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the Leo's on their strong win against a weak S.D. Christian. I know, I know, S.D. has a weak team, but a win is a win.

As for other SCIAC games that where played across the southland, here's the results for those game:   

Kean  9  Redlands  6  Final  Boxscore  Recap   
   
Eastern Conn. St.  21  Whittier  5  Final - 9 innings 
Kean  25  Whittier  9  Final 
Looks like ECSU and a very good kean team took advantage of the exhuasted Poets. Even though the scores seem all lopsided, we all have to understand that this poet team has been on fire for the past three + weeks and should not give up on them just yet. Look for this team to rebound fast and learn from their mistakes.

Today's remaing games are as follow
Wesleyan (Conn.)   Cal Lutheran   11:00 AM   
California Invitational   
   Mass.-Dartmouth   Cal Lutheran   2:30 PM   
California Invitational   
   Rutgers-Camden   Whittier   2:30 PM   
California Invitational   
   Rutgers-Newark   Redlands   2:30 PM   
California Invite   
   Eastern Conn. St.   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   2:30 PM   
California Invitational   
   Principia   Occidental   3:00 PM 

[pomonaalum]

Hens are now 18-3, winners of 16 straight going into today's game.  Huge series next weekend with Redlands...actually, pretty much all huge from here on out with Redlands, LaVerne, CMS, Whitter and CLU all still left on the schedule.  Can't see any team running the table in SCIAC - 17-4 or thereabouts should be enough to win.  Think PP was 16-5 last year and won the tiebreaker to win the conference.

[Browneagle64]

Good observations P.A.

Indeed the hens will get tested next weekend by the likes of La Verne, the Dawgs, a strong Whitter team and of course the Who. By the end of next week i suspect that the hens will have lost 7 games. It should be fun to keep track of.

by the way, here's yesterday's results
Mar. 21 
Wesleyan (Conn.)  12  Pomona-Pitzer  14  Final   
California Invitational Tournament game   
   Rutgers-Camden  13  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  12  Final   
California Invitational   
   Menlo  12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  11  Final   
California Invitational   
   Frank. & Marsh.  8  Cal Lutheran  10  Final  Boxscore  Recap   
California Invitational   
   Mass.-Dartmouth  2  Whittier  15  Final - 7 innings   
California Invitational   
   Eastern Conn. St.  10  Redlands  9  Final   
California Invite   
   Rutgers-Newark  7  Pomona-Pitzer  8  Final   
   
   Rutgers-Camden  2  La Verne  12  Final - 7 innings   
   
   Wesleyan (Conn.)  1  La Verne  11  Final - 7 innings   
California Invitational Tournament game - game played at Azusa Pacific

[Browneagle64]

Here's some early morning results from D.H. games being played across the south land. Big congrats to the Poets on their shut out of the oaks. 

Mar. 22 
Menlo  0  Whittier  18  Final - 7 innings   
   Frank. & Marsh.  3  Redlands  4  Final   
   Mass.-Dartmouth  5  Pomona-Pitzer  14  Final   
   

[Browneagle64]

Thanks for the Report Bob.

I was expecting the men in orange and black to at least sweep this series away from Westmont (since in the past we have had great success against them) but was wrong. I really hope that they bounce back from this sweep and learn from the costly errors that they committed.

[Browneagle64]

Wow, what a Big week in SCIAC baseball we have.

First off, The pups of UOR will test the hens and really see if in fact the hens are the real deal. Second, The leo's and Poets go at it in what seems to be a game that can really hurt both teams quest to stay on top of the SCIAC standings. Both teams come in with good/ decent records and are both worthy to put on a great show. This series will definately be won by the Leos.
And finally, the "Who" and the Tigers battle it out in what always turns out to be an interesting day at the park. Last year, Oxy swept the Who and are eager yet again repete the same results. However, as we all know the who has a good pitching staff that is suddently now being backed up by their bats. Look for this series to be interesting.

btw, on Sunday (and out of a coincedence) with the BOSOX in town to take on my Dodgers (can't wait to go to that game) Cal Lu will be taking on the Lancaster, CA Jethawks at  2:00 PM   (Red Sox Single-A Advanced Team ). It should be a fun game to hear about.
Go Dodgers....Oops i meant Go Tigers  

[pomonaalum]

Seems to me that the burden is on Redlands to prove they are the real deal, since the Hens are the defending champs (and return most of their team)

[Browneagle64]

Hum... let us just wait until this match up is over and see who exactly was more ready. Last time i heard both the Pups and Leo's return most of their team that made last years SCIAC race interesting.  I am sure both ball clubs (The Leo's for sure and even the Pups will be ready to strike the Champs down.)
By the way, be ready when your hen's play the SCIAC Co- Champs on 4/18/08-19/08

Speaking of SCIAC baseball: Congrats to Cal Lu pitcher  Alex Casillas on recently being name SCIAC athlete of the week.
The sophomore pitcher tossed just the ninth no-hitter in Cal Lutheran history on Saturday at Menlo College (3/15/08) and the first since 1999. He threw 124 pitches and struck out six Oaks en route to a nine inning complete game shutout victory.  In doing so, Casillas picked up his third win of the year. He is currently holding opponents to a .194 batting average through 32.2 innings and is maintaining a 3.31 earned run average through six games. 

[Browneagle64]

Btw P.A., as you may have already noticed, eventhough i'm not rooting for the hens, i must at least give a "Congrats" to your ball club for cracking the first ABCA Division III poll of the season. Let's just hope that the ABCA took "Quality wins" into consideration as they determined to place the hens at #25.

F.Y.I: According to this weeks D3baseball polls, the Hens are ranked #23 while the dawgs are #24. Again, this week's game's between both ball club should be interesting.     

[DIIIBASEBALLFAN]

Mar. 28 Fri. Claremont @ Chapman 3 p.m. (Hart Park, Orange CA)

Mar. 29 Sat. Chapman @ Claremont 11 AM (Doubleheader)
 

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the men in orange in black for their win against "the who" yesterday afternoon. As expected, this series started off in favor of the tigers and can only get better if the boys stay focus, produce more runs, play better defense and do not commit to many errors. As a result, Oxy takes both games away from the Who today.

F.Y.I here's the results from all other SCIAC school's:

  Mar. 28 
Occidental  10  Cal Lutheran  5  Final   
   
   Redlands  5  Pomona-Pitzer  6  Final (This series will indeed be a real tight battle)   
   
   La Verne  6  Whittier  7  Final  (My surprise team takes one away from a good leo team. However, the Leo's take both games away from the Poets today.)   
   
   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  2  Chapman  12 (The SCIAC co-champs are just too good and have the better team. This series definately goes to the #1 team in the country)

[Browneagle64]

Thanks for the insight Bob. Btw, F.Y.I Tigersports is currently broadcasting today's game between the Tigers and the who. At the top of the 7th Matt Anderson is one base with a double. Haven't heard the entire score but apparently are down.