BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[DIIIBASEBALLFAN]

of their opponents they play because of the bullseye on their back where everyone gets up and wants to beat a number 1 ranked team.

Baseball is a funny game where on a given day anyone can beat anyone.  The only number 1 rating that means anything is one after the last game of the season.

Noboday is ever a lock and has to compete day in an day out. Look at Long Beach State who was rated in the top 5 in D1. Went in the tank and went 1-10 recently.

[Jack Parkman]

In my honest oppinion I think Pomona should treat this just like any other series in the SCIAC.  They are likely going to get into the regional and will need to play for a seed.  There is a big difference going into the regional as the #2 seed or the #7 seed.  I have no idea what they would go in as, that will be determined by their finish in the SCIAC.

I still think La Verne has a shot of winning the SCIAC.  They showed in 2 of the games this weekend that they can pitch by holding Chapman to 8 runs over the 2 games and then got blasted but if both teams win out to that series, 2 out of 3 will take home the title.

Pomona's pitching seems odd to me.  They gave up a ton of runs to Claremont M-S who seems to be a pretty weak team.  Who knows?

Here is another question and I will post this one in the other areas-  If La Verne wins the SCIAC and George Fox wins the NWC, do either Pomona or Linfield make the tournament?  Both have very good records but I am not sure if the voters would put 2 teams from each conference in the tournament.

[Jack Parkman]

One more thing...How hard is it to put up a box-score after a game?   The SCIAC as a whole is pretty bad at this.  There are times when I have looked for a box and it will not show up for 4-5 days.

[pomonaalum]

LV absolutely has a shot...will come down to the last weekend.  Last year, a late ULV loss gave PP a share of the top spot and the automatic bid due to head to head.  It will be interesting.  Not sure what to say about PP's pitching, except that Colvin didn't pitch against CMS.  PP managed 8 of 9 against Oxy, CMS and Whittier - to me, that's still the key to winning SCIAC.  The top teams will beat up on each other (PP, ULV, Redlands), but the key is not to slip too much against the bottom teams.

A PP sweep this coming week against CLU will make things tough for ULV.  Anything else, and it's down to the wire.

[Jack Parkman]

Maybe the Claremont M-S series was jsut one of those weekends where the bats showed up a little more.

La Verne can't slip against Occidental or Claremont M-S.  Oxy seems like they have the potential to win a few games here and there but not compete the entire season.  They have beat some good teams and look to be one of those teams that is really tough to sweep.  Claremont sounds to be the same way.  Not great but not terrible.  Neither team can afford to slip up against any of the weaker teams in the SCIAC.  Only time will tell.

[sagehenalum47]

pomona alum: actually, last year the late loss put PP 1 game ahead of la verne (16-5 vs. 15-6 in SCIAC), which was key since la verne beat PP 2/3 head to head.

[DIIIBASEBALLFAN]

Apr. 18  Fri.  Chapman @Pomona-Pitzer  3 p.m.
Apr. 19 Sat.  Pomona-Pitzer @ Chapman 11 a.m.(DH)

[EastCoastStag]

Excellent job Stags, taking 2-3 from Oxy this weekend. Good to see the bats out swinging strong.
For the last several years, CMS has seemed to have tremendous talent with the bats from Seminara and Cummins to Blomberg and Weber-Shapiro. Perhaps some stronger pitching and they could play with the best.
I'll be over in the East Bay watching next weekend. Looking forward to it.

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the stags on their recent win againt my Tigers. Geeze, i take a one week hiatus from work, head off to vacation and i come back to read that the men in orange and black lost to the stags. I really hope that the boys bounce back before the end the season on a sour note. (which i know will not happen)

Btw, congrats to the Hen's for sweeping the poets, i am sure both ball clubs did their best to out do one another.

As expected, the SCIAC race will come down to another nail biter between the hens and La Verne. Any let down by the hens within these next two to three weeks will indeed allow the Leo's to end up with the crown. Expect to see the leo's win more games after trying to beat the co-champs over the weekend on with their pitching staff and the hens dropping several against the Who and the panthers. It should be fun yet again to hear the results of these upcoming games.

[Gray Fox]

Congrats to the stags on their recent win againt my Tigers. Geeze, i take a one week hiatus from work, head off to vacation and i come back to read that the men in orange and black lost to the stags. I really hope that the boys bounce back before the end the season on a sour note. (which i know will not happen)

Btw, congrats to the Hen's for sweeping the poets, i am sure both ball clubs did their best to out do one another.

As expected, the SCIAC race will come down to another nail biter between the hens and La Verne. Any let down by the hens within these next two to three weeks will indeed allow the Leo's to end up with the crown. Expect to see the leo's win more games after trying to beat the co-champs over the weekend on with their pitching staff and the hens dropping several against the Who and the panthers. It should be fun yet again to hear the results of these upcoming games.

The men in orange and black will be playing Oxy during the last week of the season.  That should give you something to look forward to.

[Browneagle64]

It sure will Fox . It will offically send all the Oxy seniors with wins and stories to tell their kids in the future.

[Jack Parkman]

Did Cal Tech really have to forefit a game against Redlands?  That is a shame and also wonder if it has anything to do with the fact Redlands put up over 50 runs in the first 2 games.  Not making accusations, just curious.

[Browneagle64]

Wait you didn't get the memo.

The entire beave team was summoned by J.P.L this past weekend to counter report a 13 year old's asteriod calculations hitting the Earth some time soon. That is why they had to forefit the game against the Pups. They were just worried about saving our lives   

[ECSUalum]

Guys,  I have jumped over to the left coast from he LEC board.
This may have been discussed in the past but, with all due respect, what is the deal with CalTech??? 

                        GP Record Win % PF PA   GP Record Win % PF PA Last 10
Pomona-Pitzer 15 13-2 0.867 166 61   31 26-5 0.839 298 149 8-2 
Redlands          15 11-4 0.733 137 74   34 23-11 0.676 325 182 8-2 
La Verne           11 8-3 0.727 124 52   30 17-13 0.567 244 156 6-4 
CMS                  15 9-6 0.600 144 89   31 13-16-2 0.452 265 234 4-6 
Whittier            12 5-7 0.417 109 92   31 12-18-1 0.403 251 273 3-7 
Cal Lutheran    11 4-7 0.364 70 76   29 10-18-1 0.362 152 187 2-7 
Occidental        12 3-9 0.250 58 105   29 11-18 0.379 196 235 3-7 
Caltech             15 0-15 0.000 15 274   20 0-20 0.000 34 345 0-10 

[Jack Parkman]

ECSU-  Just take a look at the Cal Tech admission standards and that will say enough.  It is odd though, how Cal Tech and MIT can be sister schools but MIT can have some decent athletic teams and one killer black jack team with a smoking hot blonde on it......oh wait, she was only hot in the movie???

On a side note-  Cal Cal Tech finally win a game with the 2 other worst teams in the SCIAC left?  Yeah me either.  No matter how bad Cal Lutheran and Oxy might be there is no way Cal Tech can beat them.