BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[utilitycat17]

This might seem like an odd question, but how do you get a minus 4 karma after one post, The2ndComing?

[snoop dawg]

Better yet, I went from + 14 to - 13 in a week and only had a few posts.  Go figure.

Congrats to PP on winning the SCIAC, good luck in the tourney.

[Browneagle64]

Congratulations to the Hens on winning the SCIAC crown outright over the weekend. In addition, congrats to the poets in playing the role of spoiler and beating a good Leo team. It's hard to read that the poets-Leo game could have gone the other way (in the leo's favor) but ultimately the peots knew how to win. So in all, no hard feelings, i hope that the hens represent the SCIAC well in the upcoming tourney.

As for my tigers, i still have to congratulate them on winning one game over the weekend and starting my saturday off on a good note. I understand that they could have done more, but its all good. 

[Browneagle64]

Wait, so the Hens win the SCIAC this past weekend and get congratulated by the loyal hen nation,but the nation has yet to tell us who the Hens will be playing in the 1st round of the tourney or haven't even been lobbying or hyping the hens for the nexts round. What's wrong with this hen nation.

[Browneagle64]

Congratulations to the Occidental baseball team who capped another season of improvement May 2 with three student-athletes earning All-SCIAC recognition, the largest total since 1991.

Matt Andersen '08, an All-SCIAC running back last fall, became the first to earn First Team recognition in both football and baseball since Mike Bonetto in 1991-92.

Andersen started 36 of the teams' 40 games and posted a .344 batting average with 11 doubles, two home runs, and 29 runs batted in. He struck out nine times, the fourth-lowest total among SCIAC hitters with at least 100 at-bats.

A centerfielder, Andersen also compiled a .984 fielding percentage with five assists.

Matt Jones '09, the ace of the Tigers' pitching staff, lowered his earned run average from 8.39 to 3.62 in 2007 and received Second Team honors. Jones (3-5) made eleven starts and tossed three complete games, allowing two earned runs in Occidental's 9-4 victory over nationally-ranked Ithaca College March 13.

Glenn Gray '10, an outfielder who garnered Second Team laurels as a freshman, finished sixth in SCIAC with a .409 batting average. He ranked among the league leaders in runs batted in for most of the season.

"Placing three players on the All-SCIAC team is a huge step forward for our program," offered second-year head coach Elliot Strankman. "We are moving closer to a mindset of winning rather than just rebuilding."

Occidental (17-23, 7-14 SCIAC ) improved its batting average from .263 to .293 in 2007. The Tigers will return eight starters and five pitchers who logged 20 or more innings.

[Browneagle64]

It good to hear that 5 Leo's made it on the 1st team all-sciac selection. I am sure all Leo fans are pleased that this young and talented team made some noise this year.
Heres an up date on those selected on the all-sciac team from La Verne:

The University of La Verne baseball team earned five spots on the 2007 All-SCIAC First Team ballot. The pitching duo of Mark Simmons and Tim Jolly along with outfielders Brad Licher and Kyle Johnson, and shortstop Jackson Mehl each earned a first-team conference selection.

Simmons finished his senior campaign 8-3 overall, 5-1 in SCIAC action, ranked 20th in wins and 32nd in strikeouts (68) in Division III. He led the conference in strikeouts, runners picked off (13), tied for games started (13), second in wins and fifth in opponents batting average (.255). His victories include a complete-game win over the University of Redlands allowing just one run on three hits while striking out eight Bulldogs. Simmons earned his second selection to the All-SCIAC First Team in his four seasons.

Jolly stepped up as a freshman and earned the starting pitching role midway through the season and flourished going 5-2 overall and did not lose in his final six starts (5-0). He excelled in SCIAC play going 4-0 with a 1.14 ERA including a must-win complete game victory against Whittier College striking out 11 in the process. He allowed just three extra base hits in 39.1 innings and ranked in the Top 5 in ERA (3.00), opponents batting average (.226) and strikeouts (61).

Licher hit .371 overall and connected for two game-winning hits early in the SCIAC season. He led this year's team in home runs (6), which ranks third in conference, slugging percentage (.621) and tied with Johnson driving in 34 runs. His 46 hits, including nine doubles both rank second for the Leos. Licher connected for 12 extra base hits and 24 RBI in just 20 SCIAC contests.

Johnson, a First Team All-SCIAC selection in 2005, had team-highs in hits (54), doubles (11) and runs scored (36) to earn a spot on the 2007 squad. His .572 slugging percentage, four homers and seven stolen bases all ranked second for the Leopards. During the 2007 season he compiled an 18-game hit streak, hit .440 in SCIAC driving in 16 runs and connected for 33 hits in only 21 games.

Mehl started a team-best 39 of 40 games at shortstop this season and solidified a defense fielding .952 overall by notching 121 defensive assists, ranking third in conference. He was the 43rd toughest hitter in the nation to strikeout as he fanned just once every 23.7 at bats. Mehl led ULV in walks (21), sacrifices (12) and triples (3).

The 2007 Leopards (21-18, 15-6 SCIAC) team finished second place in conference while ranking in the Division III Top 50 in home runs, triples and strikeouts thrown per game.

[Browneagle64]

Good luck to the Hens in the playoffs. Eventhough, imho,  they are the SCIAC champs, there is  just no way they will make it pass the first round of the tourney with 5 other strong teams in the west region. Here is that group who the hens got paired up with.

Hosted by Chapman University, Orange, Calif.

Chapman * (35-5)
Pacific Lutheran (32-7)
Texas Lutheran (35-8)
Texas-Dallas * (32-11)
George Fox * (30-9)
Pomona-Pitzer (29-11)
Austin (22-23)

[Blackcat00]

Someone was asking about the food in appleton. THey had us and all the teams in the downtown Radison. The Radison had a steake house called the Lambardi steakhouse inside. It was awesome! Also Fergosun Jenkins was our speaker at the banquet. We were the only Texas school in the WS and he came over to us and discussed minor league ball and how he was helping put together the new minor league team Frisco Roughriders near Dallas. That was awesome for a hall of famer to sit there and have dinner with us at the sports bar in the radison. I will never trade my experience I had there for anything. Even though we went 2 and out with them both being 1 run loses it is an amazing experience. I wish all the teams in the WEst the best of luck and hope they get to experience Appleton like I did.

[BigPoppa]

I grew up in the Appleton area and my family is still there. If anyone needs food options let me know.

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the hens for representing the SCIAC over the weekend in the west bball regional. However, i am surprised and shocked that not one singal Hen fan from the hen nation got on this board and wished their team luck. So much for the bragging rights.

[pomonaalum]

I posted once or twice on the tourney thread.  Hens represented decently, lost a pair of one run games.  They'll be quite competitive again next year with Hedman, Mandelblatt, Kang and a host of others returning.  Hopefully next year they'll win SCIAC again and use this NCAA experience as a springboard towards a deeper NCAA run...it's been tough for SCIAC teams lately with Chapman's return to prominence.  P-P has had the bats in the past, but has never seemed to have the dominant itching needed to go far in the tourney...the 2002 and 2003 teams with Cortez et company as prime examples.

[Gray Fox]

We will all be itching to see the Hens do well next season.

[BigPoppa]

We will all be itching to see the Hens do well next season.

The Sagehens is one of the best college nicknames out there!

[Pat Coleman]

Pomona-Pitzer doesn't link to any of our sites and there's not a lot of their fans here. Probably there's a connection somewhere.

[BigPoppa]

Pomona-Pitzer doesn't link to any of our sites and there's not a lot of their fans here. Probably there's a connection somewhere.

A banner ad for Birkenstock might help.

OxyBob

Ha! If any of you have ever been to Pomona-Pitzer, this would be much funnier! Thanks for the laugh, OxyBob.