BB: NACC: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[ausid]

Congrats to Aurora's Drew Gay and Tim Mackey, and Concordia Chicago's Anthony Even on being named D3baseball.com All-Americans.

Gay and Even are Second-Team and Mackey a Third-Team member.

[OshDude]

Big announcement from Aurora today. The Spartans have a new head coach.

http://northernac.org/sports/bsb/2012-13/releases/20130110v4jkbb

[BigPoppa]

Big announcement from Aurora today. The Spartans have a new head coach.

http://northernac.org/sports/bsb/2012-13/releases/20130110v4jkbb

I was surprised by this move. Neitzel has done a great job there continuing the success of Mark Walsh. I am curious to know of there is more to the story as to why Neitzel stepped away to serve as a Dean. I cannot imagine he was pushed out as they were 38-10 last year and have done nothing but win the NAC the past few seasons.

[Just Bill]

I would wager Dean of Student Life pays more, has more regular hours and little travel.

[Captain_Joe08]

Let's get some discussion going here...Here is the Preseason Poll for the Nath-Con Baseball teams.

1. Aurora (38-10, 18-4) 138 (7)
2. Concordia Chicago (33-14, 17-5)131 (2)
3. Benedictine (28-16, 17-5) 119 (2)
4. Rockford (23-18, 17-5) 103 (1)
5. Edgewood (17-23, 13-9) 94
6. Dominican (21-22, 11-11) 74
7. Marian (16-22, 8-14) 71
8. Concordia Wisconsin (13-24, 10-12)64
9. Wisconsin Lutheran (12-28, 9-13) 61
10. Lakeland (17-21, 7-15)40
11. MSOE (9-31, 5-17)29
12. Maranatha (0-31, 0-22) 12

Let's hope this year the Wisconsin Schools can get teams into the Conference Tournament after only getting Edgewood in last year.

[Captain_Joe08]

Pretty good start for the Nath-Con Teams that are on Spring Break. Aurora and Concordia Chicago are both undefeated so far with  MSOE and Dominican at .500.

[Just Bill]

Edgewood starts their southern trip today against NCAA-II Christian Brothers at 2:00.

Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/cbu/baseball/scoreboard.aspx

[biggio34]

Pretty good start for the Nath-Con Teams that are on Spring Break. Aurora and Concordia Chicago are both undefeated so far with  MSOE and Dominican at .500.

Looks like Aurora has replaced their offensive losses from last year with some quality new hitters.  Putting up 15 on Coe is pretty impressive.  As more Midwest teams start playing this week and weekend it will be interesting to see how the projected top teams play.  Aurora certainly is off to a great start.

[Captain_Joe08]

Grats to Maranatha for ending their losing streak by winning their first two games.

All teams except Concordia Wisconsin have played their spring break games and here's how the standings look.

1. Maranatha 2-0
2. Concordia Chicago 9-1
3. Benedictine 3-1
4. Aurora 6-3
5. Wisconsin Lutheran 6-3
6. MSOE 4-2
7. Marian 5-3
8. Lakeland 4-5
9. Dominican 3-8
10. Edgewood 2-11
11. Rockford 1-7
12. Concordia Wisconsin 0-0

Solid start for the Nath-Con teams. A little surprised at Wisconsin Lutheran's good start down in Florida. CUC looks early on like the team to beat in the conference.

[Captain_Joe08]

Aurora 31, 22 Lakeland 4, 0
Concordia Chicago 23, 19 Maranatha 1, 1
Marian 8, 2 Dominican 1, 12
Wisconsin Lutheran 7, 9 MSOE 4, 8
Edgewood 5, 12 Benedictine 4, 9
Rockford 9, 3 Concordia Wisconsin 8, 2

Nath-Con Standings as of 4/6/13

1. Aurora 11-6 (5-1)
2. Edgewood 5-13 (3-1)
3. Concordia Chicago 14-3 (4-2)
4. Rockford 5-12 (4-2)
5. Benedictine 14-6 (5-3)
6. Concordia Wisconsin 3-12 (3-3)
7. Wisconsin Lutheran 8-5 (2-2)
8. Marian 7-5 (1-1)
9. Dominican 7-14 (2-4)
10. MSOE 5-7 (1-5)
11. Lakeland 4-7 (0-2)
12. Maranatha 2-7 (0-4)

[Captain_Joe08]

Another day of conference doubleheaders.

Marian 7, 7 Rockford 0, 6
Wisconsin Lutheran 8, 4 Dominican 7, 6
Concordia Chicago 13, 10 Lakeland 3, 2
Concordia Wisconsin 5, 9 MSOE 4, 3
Aurora 3, 12 Edgewood 2, 2

Standings as of 4/7/13

1. Aurora 13-6 (7-1)
2. Concordia Chicago 16-3 (6-2)
3. Marian 9-5 (3-1)
4. Benedictine 14-6 (5-3)
5. Concordia Wisconsin 5-12 (5-3)
6. Wisconsin Lutheran 9-6 (3-3)
7. Rockford 6-14 (4-4)
8. Edgewood 5-15 (3-3)
9. Dominican 8-15 (3-5)
10. MSOE 5-9 (1-7)
11. Lakeland 4-9 (0-4)
12. Maranatha 2-7 (0-4)

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC shocks the conference by sweeping Concordia Chicago today.

Wisconsin Lutheran 5, 4 Concordia Chicago 4, 3
Lakeland 5, 11 Maranatha 2, 2

Northern Athletics Conference Standings as of 4/22/13

1. Concordia Chicago 22-5 (12-4)
2. Benedictine 22-7 (12-4)
3. Aurora 18-9 (12-4)
4. Edgewood 10-16 (8-4)
5. Rockford 9-17 (7-5)
6. Wisconsin Lutheran 13-10 (7-7)
7. Marian 12-10 (6-6)
8. Lakeland 10-13 (6-6)
9. Concordia Wisconsin 10-18 (8-8)
10. Dominican 10-22 (5-11)
11. MSOE 5-13 (1-11)
12. Maranatha 2-17 (0-14)

Conference Games Remaining

Concordia Chicago: (6) at Edgewood 2x, vs Concordia Wisconsin 2x, vs MSOE 2x
Benedictine: (6) at Lakeland 2x, vs Wisconsin Lutheran 2x, at Rockford 2x
Aurora: (6) at Maranatha 2x, vs Marian 2x, at Dominican 2x
Edgewood: (10) at Marian 2x, vs Wisconsin Lutheran 2x, vs Concordia Chicago 2x, at Rockford 2x, at Lakeland 2x
Rockford: (10) at Lakeland 2x, at MSOE 2x, at Wisconsin Lutheran 2x, vs Edgewood 2x, vs Benedictine 2x
Wisconsin Lutheran: (8) at Edgewood 2x, vs Rockford 2x, at Benedictine 2x, vs Maranatha 2x.
Marian: (10) vs Edgewood 2x, at Lakeland 2x, vs MSOE 2x, at Aurora 2x, at Concordia Wisconsin 2x
Lakeland: (10) vs Rockford 2x, vs Marian 2x, vs Benedictine 2x, at MSOE 2x, at Edgewood 2x
Concordia Wisconsin: (6) vs Dominican 2x, at Concordia Chicago 2x, vs Marian 2x
Dominican: (6) vs Maranatha 2x, at Concordia Wisconsin 2x, vs Aurora 2x
MSOE: (10) vs Rockford 2x, at Marian 2x, vs Lakeland 2x, at Maranatha 2x, at Concordia Chicago 2x
Maranatha: (8) at Dominican 2x, vs Aurora 2x, vs MSOE 2x, at Wisconsin Lutheran 2x

[Just Bill]

Given their remaining schedules, I'd say CUC, AU and BU are locks for the conference tournament.

EC and RC look like strong possibilities, although if one of them gets a swept by the other they could be in jeopardy.

Going to be a dogfight for that sixth spot in the tournament with WLC, MU, LC and CUW.

[Captain_Joe08]

Coming down the stretch with a few teams in the hunt for the final conference tournament spots.

1. Concordia Chicago 27-5 (16-4) X
2. Aurora 22-9 (16-4) X
3. Benedictine 27-8 (15-5) X
4. Rockford 17-17 (15-5) X
5. Marian 18-13 (11-9)
6. Concordia Wisconsin 12-23 (10-10)
7. Wisconsin Lutheran 15-14 (9-11)
8. Edgewood 11-23 (9-11)
9. Dominican 12-26 (7-13)
10. MSOE 10-16 (6-14)
11. Lakeland 10-21 (6-14)
12. Maranatha 2-25 (0-20)

[BigPoppa]

Even though it appears that Rockford and Benedictine are right on par with Aurora and Concordia(IL), I can see anyone other than Concordia or Aurora winning the Pool A bid in this conference. To me, they are simply a notch or two above the others.

Where is the tourney being played this year?