BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the tigers for their big victories on saturday against Whitworth. Although, the tigers came out on good friday with a nasty stink (to much given up runs) i am happy to hear that they did well saturday. After seeing my team get drilled friday, i only hope that they do improve on their defense a bit more. However, i am glad that the bats started to roll on saturday to provide the necessary runs for the big wins.

btw,Pomonaalum i understand that you might think that PP looks to have a little "easier" schedule with Oxy and CMS,
however, let me prove you wrong on this: the tigers will sweep your Hens when they meet.
I'll call this game in favor of the tigers and hope that once you see the results, you will understand that Oxy sure was not an easy game this year.

[pomonaalum]

No SCIAC games are easy (except for maybe CalTech) - however, it is a relative term.  When you look at the standings, Cal Lu and Whittier is more difficult on paper than Oxy and CMS, though not by a whole lot.  And in conference play, and against rivals, anything can happen, which is why "easier" is in quotes.

Still, a good showing thus far by a very young Pomona-Pitzer team. 

[Browneagle64]

Thats what i was implying Henalum.

I understand that Oxy has always been at the bottom of the SCIAC pile for years, but, just like i told everyone at the start of the season on this board, Oxy will do better than in previous years. Additionally, the reason why i felt that the tigers will do well against the hens is because when both teams met last year the scores where not that far apart. So beware of the tigers as the are ready for Redlands this week and are ready to earn big stripes as they take games away from the dawgs.

[scandihoovian]

Just thought I'd mention that Jason Hirsh, a recent CLU alum, will start for the Rockies tonight against the Dodgers.  He pitched well against the Padres last week.

Here's hoping he throws and one hitter and loses 1-0

[Browneagle64]

Absolutely, I will be cheering for the former Saint Francis and Cal Lu alum, but when all is said and done, my Dodgers will kill his pitching tonight. THeres no way that he will win against my team tonight.
I will enjoy the victory even more when he leaves only after 4 innings pitched

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the dawgs on pulling off a sweep against my tigers. As tough as that was hard to say, it had to to be said.

I never got to attend the friday game in which oxy lost 5-1, but i understand the tigers almost got away with 1, early saturday before falling 12-15. However, on the bright side, the experience against the big sciac champ will do good as my tigers try to find that confidence to claw their way back up the SCIAC with big victories aginst the hens this friday and saturday.

[Browneagle64]

One day to go and my tigers are back on the field against a good hen's team. Just to let you guys know, i do expect the tigers to shock the SCIAC by taking two games away from the hens and thus causing trouble in the SCIAC. For all of you that doubt and do not believe my prediction, just be ready to hear the results next week.

[Browneagle64]

Good luck to all sciac teams today.
I hope that all games today do not get P.P.D. to the So.Cal rain.

[pomonaalum]

Who won the 3rd Oxy-PP game?  My understanding is that PP won the 1st two on Saturday pretty convincingly, moving the 'Hens to 12-5 in league play.  Depending on what happened on Sunday, they will still need some help from Whittier to pass La Verne.

Barring something completely unforseen, the Hens will sweep CalTech and need Whittier to take either 1 or 2 from La Verne to take the championship.  Cal Lu helped by taking 2 of 3 this weekend.

[Tom Brady]

Wow, that took a lot of thought and creativity to wrote that last post.  I guess some people just can't handle winning with class.
Am I wrong or is the SCIAC down to a 2 team race?  Pomona and ULV are tied at the top right now but ULV has a "real" series this weekend against Whittier.  I just dont see ULV coming back after losing 2 of 3 this weekend and pulling off the sweep, but then again, I never in my wildest dreams thought Pomona would be this close to winning the SCIAC.  Who woulda thunk it

[snoop dawg]

WT     certainly not I.  I really thought that the Bulldogs would repeat this year.  Instead, they are lurking in the middle of the pack.  It looks like that terrific pitching they had last year didnt perform this year.  Oh well, "wait 'till next year".

[Browneagle64]

First and foremost, I need to commend the Hens for doing a good job and coming out with a huge fire in their guts this past saturday and sunday against my tigers. I am sure the hens were doing their best to climb to the top and over take the Leo's spot on top.

However,  I must agree with WT----about "some people just not being able to handle winning with class." I guess its only fair that  Hen fans can act like since this is the only SCIAC championship they will ever come close to encountering this year.

Btw, the Leo's will end up winning the SCIAC this year as WT wildly predicted at the start of the season.     

[pomonaalum]

With a close 3-2 win over Oxy on Sunday, looks like the 'Hens need some help from Whittier to win SCIAC.  For some reason, no scores from this series were updated on the SCIAC website (or either school's sites) until Mon or Tues.  If LaVerne sweeps, they'll win the title based on the tiebreaker, with ULV and PP tied at 13-5 in conference.

Potentially an important non-conference game for PP this week against Chapman - perhaps a win would get the 'Hens a better look for an at large bid, especially after losing to Chapman a couple times earlier in the year.  Not sure if there could be 3 or 4 bids from the CA area?

Not sure what the winning w/ class post was about???

[Just_Some_Guy]

Honestly, I don't know if La Verne will drop one this weekend or not, and despite them taking 2 of 3 from Pomona, I still feel like the Hens are the superior team and the best team in the SCIAC this year. Because of this, I would like to see them represent the SCIAC by winning the conference, but IF they do not win the conference - I don't envision them getting an at-large bid.

IF it's a 6 team-regional and all the teams are coming from the West rather than teams being shipped in from other regions I think it'll be Chapman, NWC Champ (likely Pacific Lutheran), SCIAC champ (La Verne or Pomona), ASC champ (no telling who wins that tournament), and then quite possibly George Fox (if they sweep the rest of conference and win 4 of 6 against East Bay/Chapman) and the runner up in the ASC tournament depending on who that team is.  IF Texas Lutheran or UT Dallas win the ASC tournament, I could see the other team receiving an at-large bid with both Trinity and East Bay probably out of the picture this year.

Some_Guy

[Browneagle64]

I am sure that the Hens are not the superior and the best team in the SCIAc this yearas you might have thought Guy, but i do have to honestly say that they do belong close to the Top. With that said, i honestly feel that the Leo's are right were they are supposed to be and  sure can be considered the best team in the SCIAC this year. THere is no doubt that they will be representing the SCIAC in the D3 baseball tourney within weeks.