BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[dahlby]

CMS lost to Chapman 16-7 in non-conference action today in Orange.
Details at     chapmanathletics.com.

[dahlby]

La Verne lost to Chapman 11-2 on Wednesday night.

[ppfan]

Looks like no more live video coverage of Cal Lu games by kady.tv. Anyone have an update on the game?

[LA Mike]

Friday
Pomona-Pitzer over Cal Lutheran   11-3
Saturday #1
Pomona-Pitzer over Cal Lutheran  6-5
Saturday #2
Just getting started............


U of Redlands has won the first two games over Whitter College

Back to the dugout........

[bluesagehen4747]

No way they are going to battle for the SCIAC Crashie. Come on Newbie. Lets be honest here, they took one game away from the Panthers, but, got worked. (not (by numbers, but by being outplayed is what i mean here)

Both Redlands, Cal Who and dare I even mention La Verne and the staggs stand in the way. There is just no way that with the loss of so many players the hens re-capture the SCIAC. Come on Newbie

As a newbie myself, perhaps it is brash to comment on these words, but such overconfidence can hardly be ignored*. The hens pulled out the sweep of Cal Lutheran today (who had been riding high off of an intense sweep of La Verne that consisted of 3 one run games), winning by scores of 11-3, 6-5, and 8-4. That puts them at 17-1 in SCIAC having swept "Cal Who," La Verne, and with a series win over the "staggs." Of course, next weekend is the biggest weekend of them all as they go up against a very tough Redlands team. But regardless of the outcome, the hens certainly have proven they can battle for the SCIAC as it has turned into a 2 team race.

Again, I am quite aware that there is a lot of baseball to be played- and the hens proved two years ago that you can never be sure. But they certainly are looking strong. Rosetti (their 3 starter) is back on track, and Colvin and Brunswick continue to look good. Their offense, though young, has been putting up a lot of runs too.

Should be a great finish to the SCIAC season, especially with the PP-Redlands series, and then the new round-robin end of league play. Im excited!

*I do realize there was a later admission of wrongness, but its a reminder that making predictions about the future is always difficult and thus treating those predictions as fact is dangerous. While I am very impressed by the hens, as an outside observer I could never claim to know how the rest of the season will go, nor make fun of someone for disagreeing with me.

[LA Mike]

P-P won the second game against Cal Lutheran 8-4.      23-5(17-1)
Redlands won their second game against Whittier also....   24-3 (16-2)

The sports journalists should plan to be at the games between Pomona-Pitzer and Redlands next weekend, the only story is who won !!!   

Last pitch............LA Mike

[CrashDavisD3]

I expect both these teams to be in the West Regional in McMinnville, Oregon at Linfield College in May.

[CrashDavisD3]

SCIAC SHOWDOWN SERIES

April 9, 2010
Pomona-Pitzer(23-5) @ Redlands(24-3) 3:00 PM
http://livestats.prestosports.com/redlands/

April 10, 2010
Redlands(24-3)@ Pomona-Pitzer(23-5) @ 11:00 AM
Redlands(24-3)@ Pomona-Pitzer(23-5) @ 2:30 PM

Will the Saturday games be carried on Live Stats, or Twitter, or not at all ??

[Browneagle64]

Great. Congrats to the Hens. Lets see how they do against the Puppies of UOR. Looks like they passed test one against the Who. As for the rest of the schedule.... yeah, I'll let you guys look over the schedule and see who they have played thus far. However, a win is a win. SO congrats.

Heres to the Pups and Hens series living to its expectations.

[bluesagehen4747]

Great. Congrats to the Hens. Lets see how they do against the Puppies of UOR. Looks like they passed test one against the Who. As for the rest of the schedule.... yeah, I'll let you guys look over the schedule and see who they have played thus far. However, a win is a win. SO congrats.

Heres to the Pups and Hens series living to its expectations.

I certainly agree with your hopes for a good series. And I think it will be- regardless of whoever comes out with it in the end (with the way these two teams are playing, I can't make a legitimate prediction right now- although I do believe it will be tough to beat Colvin).

As for the schedule, the Hens have played almost the same schedule as Redlands, except with the additional games of Chapman.

Comparing losses, the Hens have two to an NAIA school, two to Chapman, and one to CMS. Redlands has one to Menlo (who the Hens beat), one to CMS (same record as the Hens against them), and one to La Verne (who the Hens swept). So if you're implying that Redlands has a more impressive resume so far, I would disagree.

I do agree somewhat, however, that both teams have played relatively soft schedules. But given the dynamics of division 3 athletics, namely limited resources for travel, I don't see what else either team could have done to prevent that.

In the end, it all comes down to what happens this weekend, and the following three weekends. Kudos to both teams for putting themselves in such great positions right now and beating the teams they needed to beat to get there.

[LA Mike]

The weekend prediction is a split (PP and Redlands), and then the Conference championship will come down to the additional single game (April 24th @ Redlands @ 1:00pm) during the final round of conference games. 

This 4th game with each team is something new this year, but a schedule format they did use about 6 or 8 years ago I was told....  Do you think it accomplishes a finish to the season or just mucks up the schedule with 3 or 4 games that are not high quality and therefore "fodder" for the polls to massage the polls ? -- For 2010 it is a round robin series, match up the schedule with the pitchers; go fast and turn left as they say in baseball and Indianapolis !!!! ................... It will be more than interesting.

It has been noted that the SCIAC teams do not get out of the area, and budgets are certainly one consideration -- but the teams played 28 games in conference, that only left a dozen slots on the schedule for other teams (3 to Chapman for competition purposes, 3-5 to start the season and 4-6 over spring break).  I know P-P only has travel resources for alternate years and I would expect that the other programs are similar.

Consistent winning results in the polls and regional playoffs to take the W.S. will keep the eyes and ears of the voters looking over their shoulders to the west.

The catcher is tapping his glove -- back to work !!

[2ndsacker]

looks like a fun weekend for the bulldogs and the hens.both teams seem to be pretty equal.
this weekend should go a long way to determine the league champs. will home field advantage
help out the hens? the bulldogs would appear to have the advantage once colvin has pitched.
good luck to both teams . have fun.

[pomonaalum]

How does one split a three-game series?
Anyhow, PP 9 Redlands 2 Final in Game 1...

[dahlby]

Called off due to weather, etc.

[ppfm]

Great baseball today between the hens and the puppies.  Colvin pitched a masterpiece, two homeruns from junior Teddy Bingham,  good offense all the way around.  Clearly two well matched teams.  Tomorrow will be just as much fun!