BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[108 Stitches]

Got a lot of purple going on here......

[Purple Heys]

Got a lot of purple going on here......

Dads with freshman...

[Purple Heys]

I am old-timer from IIAC football - older boy played there 2006-09...youngest is a freshie at WC.

Love me my D3 sports though.  Happy to be active in it again.

[Purplebaseball]

Alum with a grandson attending.....

[108 Stitches]

Purple(s)

Love it and welcome! Good luck to both of your players.

[Purple Heys]

Alum with a grandson attending.....

A double purple!  Allow me to drop a +K on you.  Best of luck to our boys!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Alum with a grandson attending.....

A double purple!  Allow me to drop a +K on you.  Best of luck to our boys!

Just so Appleton doesn't get as purple as Salem has been lately in football!

[DoubleDomer]

Just saw in the CMS weekly note to parents that the Stags are 0-15. Pitiful. I didn't know that Kyle Sweeney was coaching baseball now, too. [rimshot]

[Jack Parkman]

SCIAC games on tap for the weekend. 

Oxy vs. Redlands- I say Redlands 2-1 as I think Minjarez will win on Friday and they split on Saturday.

La Verne vs. Whittier- I will go with ULV 3-0 but I think it's a pretty close series.

Chapman vs. Caltech- This starts a pretty good run for Chapman and they start clawing back in the SCIAC.

Cal Lu vs. Claremont- Cal Lu is way too much for a team with a 9+ ERA.

Pomona is on a bye from conference games.

Predicted standing after the weekend:

1. Pomona 8-1
1. Cal Lu 8-1
3. ULV 10-2
4. Oxy 9-3
5. Redlands 7-5
6. Chapman 5-4
7. Whittier 1-8
8. Caltech 0-12
8. Claremont 0-12

[SoCalSoxFan]

SCIAC games on tap for the weekend. 

Oxy vs. Redlands- I say Redlands 2-1 as I think Minjarez will win on Friday and they split on Saturday.

La Verne vs. Whittier- I will go with ULV 3-0 but I think it's a pretty close series.

Chapman vs. Caltech- This starts a pretty good run for Chapman and they start clawing back in the SCIAC.

Cal Lu vs. Claremont- Cal Lu is way too much for a team with a 9+ ERA.

Pomona is on a bye from conference games.

Predicted standing after the weekend:

1. Pomona 8-1
1. Cal Lu 8-1
3. ULV 10-2
4. Oxy 9-3
5. Redlands 7-5
6. Chapman 5-4
7. Whittier 1-8
8. Caltech 0-12
8. Claremont 0-12

JP, I agree with your picks.

I was thinking about picking Oxy 2-1 over Redlands, as I think Kling will bounce back after a relatively rough outing against CMS (4ER in 5 2/3).   But, Minjarez is pitching too well to pick against him.   
If Redlands doesn't take two, they'll have 6 losses with series against Cal Lu and Chapman later this month.  Of course, they still have CMS and Cal Tech before the round robin.   

Last year LV made top 4 with 15-13 in SCIAC; I think this years #4 will need 11 or less losses to go through, just like 2013.
2014:  3 teams with 13-14 losses, only one made Conf tournament
2013:  4 teams 11-13 losses, only the two 11 loss teams made Conf Tournament


PS:  Nice and hot this weekend for SoCal baseball, 80+ degrees.  But Let's hope the wind settles down.   

[BigPoppa]

Just saw in the CMS weekly note to parents that the Stags are 0-15. Pitiful. I didn't know that Kyle Sweeney was coaching baseball now, too. [rimshot]

Maybe this is the year that Cal Tech breaks the streak? 0-15 makes it tough to show up for practice at times.

Any leads on their next head coach? I know of quite a few quality high school coaches in that area that would be great fits for that program.

[108 Stitches]

I would think that given CMS reputation as a school they could field a very successful program, if the school put some money into the facilities, which are very substandard. 4 years ago there was some talk about the school putting in an updated sports facility; not sure what happened with that. I agree with Poppa that there should be some talented coaches in the area that would be a good fit for the program.

[Purplebaseball]

Well Purple Heys another long weekend for Whittier.    Game 1 we have 4-1 lead going into the 6th and can't hold it.  Game 2 2-1 lead going into the 8th and can't hold.  Game 3 give up a 10 spot in the 5th game over.  Starting pitching put up some good numbers..late relief let us down this weekend.  The only bright spot from the weekend the bats woke up a little bit putting up 29 hits over the contest.  Going to be a long year

[SoCalSoxFan]

Hopefully Drew (NJ) is enjoying the weather during their trip here to SoCal.

CLU 27 - Drew 3

Not much needs to be said.   They play another game tomorrow.

[Whatagame]

I saw Caltech was up 8-0 over Chapman in like the 6th inning yesterday, and although Chapman battled back for the W, it brought to mind for me a great scene from the classic movie "Revenge of the nerds", when the girl from Omega Mu takes it to Ogre in an arm wrestling match, forcing him to really hump-up late to pull out the victory