BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[CrashDavisD3]

Rauh named SCIAC Athlete of the Week and to D3 Team of the Week
http://www.chapmanathletics.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201204173sqx9m

[CrashDavisD3]

What's the tie breaker for SCIAC?

Looks like La Verne or Pomona-Pitzer will win the SCIAC Pool A bid
http://www.thesciac.org/sports/bsb/2011-12/standings

Pomona-Pitzer will close out the regular season next weekend with a Friday home game against Redlands and a Saturday road game at CMS. The Sagehens will have to win both of those games, and hope that La Verne falls to Cal Lutheran and Whittier to pull even in the final regular season standings.

In  2012 SCIAC is one of only 2 conferences which do not have a conference tourney to decide their Pool A bid.
http://d3baseball.com/notables/2012/05/Playoff_Central

In 2013 new process to get Pool A playoff bid.

From what I understand it will be a four team playoff in the SCIAC.

[CrashDavisD3]

La Verne can clinch a Pool A bid and the SCIAC conference Championship with a single win. They have 2 games left. 1 with Whitter and 1 with Cal Lu this week. I do not see the SCIAC getting a Pool C bid in 2012. Poor records, and weak SOS for the remaining teams will not help either.

Chapman's first year in the SCIAC has been a disaster. They will miss the playoffs for the 1st time since 2002 and their worse record since 1995. Next year Chapman will play a full SCIAC schedule and will be eligible for the Pool A bid Conference Championship. I have heard the SCIAC will be going to a 4 team conference tourney in 2013 to determine their Pool A AQ Bid.

Good luck to the SCIAC Champion in 2012 at the West Regionals. Hope it does not rain in Oregon like it did in 2010.

[BigPoppa]

It rains at MOST of the regionals across the country... you can either worry about it or deal with it.

[CrashDavisD3]

It rains at MOST of the regionals across the country... you can either worry about it or deal with it.

Sideways Hard Rain, 40 degree weather. Blowing wind is not baseball playoff weather when you have venues in the West Region in CA, and Texas to play in....

Concordia, TX, or Cal Lu if lights added are better places than having 3 out of last 4 years in Oregon for West Regionals. Even Chapman hosting would work with its lights

[BigPoppa]

I'd love to see a list of all the teams that applied to host a regional.

[Jack Parkman]

Are lights a requirement to host?  I read somewhere that Christopher Newport is hosting this year and I understand they do not have lights.

[dahlby]

I would be suprised if many teams would bid on hosting if they were not sure they would be participating. With a very small gate, it would be hard to meet the bid.

[Whatagame]

I agree, Chapman has a great field.  The venue however has one major shortcoming.....there is NO SNACK BAR!!!

[CrashDavisD3]

I agree, Chapman has a great field.  The venue however has one major shortcoming.....there is NO SNACK BAR!!!

Stands and backstop need to be replaced. Field is in great shape. Scoreboard needs to be replaced. Since it is in a City Park, Chapman has no real control on upgrading the facility. Cal Lu has a beautiful feed but lacks lights otherwise it may be a perfect venue with it's covered stands and decent weather.

There is a lot of work by many to host a regional and if your not playing is it really worth the effort. So I bet there are not many teams that apply to host. Oregon had beautiful warm weather in 2009 after 1 day delay of rain.

[dahlby]

I don't know what the problem is with the scorebord. Chapman did try selling concessions, but there was not enough business to justify the effort. Most of the crowd (parents) brings their own goodies for them and the players.

Regarding the facility, the playing field is in great shape.....but outside of that....well, that is a story for another day...
it is city owned.

[CrashDavisD3]

I don't know what the problem is with the scorebord. Chapman did try selling concessions, but there was not enough business to justify the effort. Most of the crowd (parents) brings their own goodies for them and the players.

Regarding the facility, the playing field is in great shape.....but outside of that....well, that is a story for another day...
it is city owned. Scoreboard is a 1960's era scoreboard with several lights out and it sometimes hard to make out what the numbers are sometimes.

Your right. I been going there for last 6 years. Playing surfaces/mound are one of the best in the West with the support of the Coaching staff and players. City does not give Chapman much support for the field. Orange Lutheran High School shares the facility with Chapman, so the field has either Chapman and Orange Lutheran, afternoon to nights. It is amazing how well it is maintained with 2 teams sharing this city owned field.

[CrashDavisD3]

Who thinks the SCIAC team gets a Pool C bid?

[CrashDavisD3]

The University of La Verne baseball team captured outright claim to the 2012 SCIAC Championship with a 3-0 shutout win over Whittier Friday at Mazmanian Field in Walnut. La Verne wins the Pool A bid to the Regionals



http://www.leopardathletics.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201204274ajdaz
http://www.thesciac.org/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/sciac_champs

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman 16 Cal Lu 4

Chapman's RHP Brian Rauh record is now 8-1 ERA 1.15 115K for the season with 4 no decisions. Rauh is now 29-1 in 3 seasons for the Panthers. He will get 1 more start in 2012 with Redlands on Friday or Saturday. Chapman's record for the season is 18-19. Chapman plays Redlands 3 games. 1 Friday at Redlands and 2 at Hart Park in Orange on Saturday. Chapman will try to avoid a losing season since 1994.(http://www.chapmanathletics.com/sports/bsb/archives/BB_All-Time_Results.pdf)

Recap: http://www.clusports.com/news/8685/

Box Score: http://www.clusports.com/stats/baseball/2012/cu-clu.htm