BB: MIAC: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gustie13]

Even with the gusty conditions in Northfield yesterday, I doubt ANYONE suspected a Robinson-Mathison matchup would end in a 12-9 score.

Anyone know when the GAC-StO dh has been rescheduled for? Both websites just say PPD but don't give a date. That might be the battle for 2nd place behind USt.

[OshDude]

Anyone know when the GAC-StO dh has been rescheduled for? Both websites just say PPD but don't give a date. That might be the battle for 2nd place behind USt.

Besides that one, I also want to know the dates of these games (or if they're cancelled):
Augsburg/Luther
Augsburg/Hamline (4/23)
Bethel/St. Thomas (4/21)
Bethel/Hamline (4/28)
Bethel/St. Olaf
Concordia/St. Thomas (4/27)
Gustavus/St. Mary's
Gustavus/St. Olaf
Macalester/Bethany Lutheran
St. Olaf/St. Scholastica
St. Thomas/St. Scholastica

[d3ballguy]

Anyone know when the GAC-StO dh has been rescheduled for? Both websites just say PPD but don't give a date. That might be the battle for 2nd place behind USt.

Besides that one, I also want to know the dates of these games (or if they're cancelled):
Augsburg/Luther
Augsburg/Hamline
Bethel/St. Thomas
Bethel/Hamline
Bethel/St. Olaf
Concordia/St. Thomas
Gustavus/St. Mary's
Macalester/Bethany Lutheran
St. Olaf/St. Scholastica

I'm on Bethel's team. We are scheduled to play the Tommies on Monday(4/21), Hamline next Monday (4/28), and not sure about Olaf yet, I would guess possibly the next Monday (5/5), but we might get it in before that since it is just a single game.  I don't know about other conferences around, but the MIAC has a rule that you can only play 2 weekday doubleheaders per week, and we(Bethel) don't play on Sundays so we end up playing our makeups on Mondays most of the time. 

[BaseballFan]

CSS vs St Thomas is 4/27. Dont know if CSS is making up that one against Olaf doesnt look like it as of now

[OshDude]

CSS vs St Thomas is 4/27. Dont know if CSS is making up that one against Olaf doesnt look like it as of now

St. Thomas plays Concordia in a rescheduled DH on 4/27. The single game against CSS is PPD for now.

[BaseballFan]

CSS vs St Thomas is 4/27. Dont know if CSS is making up that one against Olaf doesnt look like it as of now

St. Thomas plays Concordia in a rescheduled DH on 4/27. The single game against CSS is PPD for now.

Oh ok just figured since it was still on both teams websites--SIDs need to be on this stuff for us

[Bronko7]

CSS vs St Thomas is 4/27. Dont know if CSS is making up that one against Olaf doesnt look like it as of now

St. Thomas plays Concordia in a rescheduled DH on 4/27. The single game against CSS is PPD for now.

With the weather being what it is, the non-conference games are going to be tough to work in. I believe that the USt/CSS game will happen, when who knows. Word from Ole land is that the Olaf/CSS games won't happen.
No big weekend series that I can see on the schedule. Looking and the MIAC & WIAC schedules, the top teams should be pretty safe. Does anyone know if the UWW/UWS series is going to happen? Anybody that has been to Duluth this time of year knows that the fields are usually not in the greatest of shape until the end of April.

[Gustie13]

CSS @ GAC has been cancelled.


I'll take a stab at handicapping the MIAC playoff race. Here are current standings and Opp Win % for remaining conf games (conf records only):

UST   11   2   0.473
GAC   10   3   0.667
STO   9   4   0.357
HAM   7   5   0.537
AUG   8   6   0.675
SJU   7   7   0.462
BU   6   7   0.375
CON   6   8   0.524
MAC   6   8   0.579
SMU   3   12   0.444
CAR   2   12   0.675

UST and STO clearly appear safe, while GAC and AUG have 2 tough schedules ahead of them. What could really hurt GAC is the makeup game against SMU, which was ppd from the DH earlier this week and will be restarted with SMU leading 7-1 in the 4th.
I'll go ahead and predict a 3 way tie at 12-8 between HAM, AUG, and GAC for the final spot with HAM missing out.

Player and Pitcher of the Year:
Player- My 5 finalists would be Dan Kazcrowski (ss Ham), Andrew Bennet (cf Ham), Chris Bullis (rf UST), Matt Pexa (c UST) and Kyle Johnson (c Con). If I had to pick someone now I'd go with Kazcrowski but the coaches might go with Pexa.
Pitcher- Josh Roiger (Ham). He leads the league in most categories (era, inn, K, k/bb, cg).

[Bronko7]

If those three teams end up in a tie, who holds the tie breakers?
Chris Bullis -- POY no doubt (the kid is ridiculous)

[Bronko7]

It will be interesting to see if St. Thomas runs Dan Leslie out on the mound come playoff time, see he's only thrown 3 innings this year so far. 

[Gustie13]

Leslie and Bullis have arm problems, otherwise they'd be pitching more. No idea on if Leslie will make a return (and he's the more important of the two) but from what I've heard there's no way Bullis will see a mound again this year.

I haven't seen Bullis play this year, but I know he's a great player. The thing I docked him for was the lack of power and rbis compared to the other guys on my list.
Player    Xbh   RBI   Runs
Bullis      13     19    30
Pexa      20     30    31
Kaz        20     32    42
Bennett  20     36    33
Johnson  16     31    27

[Gustie13]

My HAM-AUG-GAC 12-8 tie would come down to head to head between all 3. Aug swept Ham but GAC has not played either yet.

[Bronko7]

My question I guess is have they rested Leslie to have a chance on him in the plaoffs, I heard he had tendonitis in the shoulder.

[Gustie13]

He's being playing INF as opposed to DHing, so I dunno if its resting him.

[Gustie13]

Big DH today for GAC and HU. If either team swept the other they'd be putting themselves in a pretty good position to make the playoffs. Both teams just threw their top starters yesterday so HU will most likely throw Beltowsky and Martin and GAC will have Sukalski and ??. I think GAC is in the better position because they likely won't face HU or AUG best pitchers.

If BU and SJU still have postseason hopes they need to sweep SMU and CAR today...