BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[theoneandonly]

Will they be playing at McKendree or Grennville? That shouldbe a decent game, but McKendree is quite a squad. However I think they have a MUCH better chance at playing in Lebanon then Greenville.

[#1PantherFan]

Will they be playing at McKendree or Grennville? That shouldbe a decent game, but McKendree is quite a squad. However I think they have a MUCH better chance at playing in Lebanon then Greenville.

Supposed to be in Greenville, but Lebanon is closer to the equator. Everything is subject to change.

[theoneandonly]

I was in Lebanon just the other day. I would say their field is about 80% ready to play on.. their field might be the better choice, unless this beautiful stl weather stays how it is.. then you just never know.

[SlidePiece]

I cant imagine any teams from the sliac playing thier games. The weather has been horrible. Any other news on weather/field conditions/relocations?

[wustlfan37]

I cant imagine any teams from the sliac playing thier games. The weather has been horrible. Any other news on weather/field conditions/relocations?

It's supposed to be sunny in St. Louis all of this upcoming week...who knows?

[theoneandonly]

Thats right, its supposed to get up to 40-45 this weekend. You never know with this midwest weather. Its going to be pretty wet for quite a while though because of all this snow and general frozeness in the ground. Once it gets nice out, all that crap will thaw out. Anyway. Hope to see some games VERY soon!

[#1PantherFan]

Tomorrow's game between Greenville and McKendree has been postponed. Both fields have been declared unplayable. Besides that, it was only going to be in the 20's temperature-wise.

[theoneandonly]

Thats unfortunate. I am looking forward to this season and watching some good ball. Most of all I am excited to see if Neece can pick up where he left off. He was a terror to most teams in the SLIAC just a 2 years ago. I am just interested on how he and Biagani will measure up to one another as well. Hopefully Joe will not hit a sophomore slump. It also sounds like Blackburn could potentially have a pretty good team this season as well. I know just a few years ago they were on top of the league along with webster for a pretty long span and I wouldnt mind seeing them back at the top. And Fontbonne is very interesting as well. I want to see if last years playoff run was a fluke or if they really have what it takes to beat Webster. Like stated in some previous posts they lost some pretty solid players including Dan Horn, but they are returning some great players as well. All in all, this season should be a great one to watch!

[thenatural13]

Hey Everyone, looking forward to the start of the season like all of you. I have also found another website that offers up all the SLIAC teams and their rosters over past seasons as well scores and photos and player profiles. Check it out its pretty cool.

www.fanbase.com

[theoneandonly]

Natural, Ive been on that site before, its pretty interesting. The SLIAC is not very detailed and is not completely up to date, but I believe it can be editied by anyone.

In other news here are the games for this weekend:

Saturday
   12:00 PM  Franklin vs.  Spalding     
   12:00 PM  Principia vs.  Ozark Christian     
   3:00 PM  Franklin  vs. Spalding     
   3:00 PM  Principia vs.  Ozark Christian 

Sunday
   10:00 AM  Franklin  vs. Spalding     
   12:00 PM  Coe  vs.  Fontbonne    (IN St. Louis)   
   1:00 PM  Franklin  vs. Spalding     
   2:30 PM  Fontbonne vs.   Washington (Mo.)  (IN St. Louis)

Looking forward to this weekends SLIAC start. Hopefully these games actually get played. From what it looks like, it should be around 45 -50 all weekend!

[BigPoppa]

I am very curious to see what Spaulding does this weekend. They are such a wild-card this year in the SLIAC and can really change the balance of the league.

I am not sure how good Franklin's program is, but it should be a nice gauge for the new kids on the block.

[theoneandonly]

Big Poppa,
1. love the new pic
2. I agree with you. I am excited to see these guys play because it could, like you said shake up the league a little bit. Hopefully all SLIAC teams come out of the gates with some W's this weekend and actually let there presence be known nationally this year. You never know, and I really hope so, but I know you wouldnt like that mr cciw haha!

As for Franklin, they posted a 31-11 record last season. They also hit 55 home runs as a team, two players (Sanders and Chrobak) each had double digit home run seasons with 11, 13. They also posted a team .349 batting average which is pretty impressive. Now THIS SEASON Franklin is ranked 29th in the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball national pre-season Top-30 poll for Division III schools. They also return a ton of key contributors including junior second baseman Ian Sanders (Decatur, Ind./Bellmont H.S.), junior third baseman Alex Boone (Carmel, Ind./H.S.), senior right-handed pitcher Luke Mehringer (Jasper, Ind./H.S.) and junior right-handed pitcher Derrik Patterson (Greencastle, Ind./H.S.). Sanders, Mehringer and Patterson were 2009 HCAC First Team selections while Boone was an All-HCAC Second Team pick.

Should be a tough weekend for Spaulding, but I do hope they come out on top!

[BigPoppa]

With Franklin getting some national recognition, I place them close to Webster in terms of this season's expectations, so that makes this weekend even more interesting for SLIAC fans as a good performance by Spaulding could give everyone a guage of how talented(or not) they really are.

[theoneandonly]

looks like todays sliac games have changed. here are the only games that will be played today,

4:30 PM  Principia vs.   Grace (Ind.)     
6:30 PM  Principia vs.   Grace (Ind.) 

[theoneandonly]

Principia split with a decent NAIA school yesterday. pretty good start for the panthers