BB: UMAC: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[BigPoppa]

#2 Bethany over #3 Northwestern 9-0 in the first game today.

Northland and St. Scholastica tied at 1 in the first inning of the second game.

[MIACLUV]

St. Scholastica takes care of Northland in game 1 (8-1)
Then follows it up by winning the 2nd game over Bethany Lutheran 10-8. I stopped watching at 10-4 figuring the game was over and was a little surprised at the final until I read the box, only 4 of the Bethany runs were earned, Scholastica commited 4 errors. St. Scholastica is swinging it pretty well since they pounded out 16 hits and 10 runs off Bethany's Aaron Siefken who has been a solid ace for the Vikings for the past two season and pitched the last two seasons in the Northwoods League for Rochester.

Games today:
Game 1: Bethany vs Northwestern 1:00
Game 2: Game 1 winner vs St. Scholastica 4:00

[BigPoppa]

CSS should cruise to the Pool A bid (AGAIN...) in the UMAC. In other news... the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning:)

[biggio34]

St. Scholastica takes care of Northland in game 1 (8-1)
Then follows it up by winning the 2nd game over Bethany Lutheran 10-8. I stopped watching at 10-4 figuring the game was over and was a little surprised at the final until I read the box, only 4 of the Bethany runs were earned, Scholastica commited 4 errors. St. Scholastica is swinging it pretty well since they pounded out 16 hits and 10 runs off Bethany's Aaron Siefken who has been a solid ace for the Vikings for the past two season and pitched the last two seasons in the Northwoods League for Rochester.

Games today:
Game 1: Bethany vs Northwestern 1:00
Game 2: Game 1 winner vs St. Scholastica 4:00

I saw the game lastnight.  CSS is clicking at the plate all through the lineup.  They put pressure on every inning.

NWC still has their top two arms (not sure why they didn't throw yesterday) so it should make for an interesting game today between them and Bethany.

[biggio34]

UMAC updates...

1.  Presentation is no longer in the conference (I believe North Central will be added but there may be some sort of probationary period.  Anyone know anything about that?) 
2.  The league is going to all 9 inning games this year, a change from previous years when they played a single 9 inning game on Friday and 2 sevens on Saturday.
3.  There have been two coaching changes I believe.  Both MN Morris (former assistant taking over) and MLC (not sure who is taking over) will have new head coaches.

Anything else exciting??

[OshDude]

UMAC updates...

1.  Presentation is no longer in the conference (I believe North Central will be added but there may be some sort of probationary period.  Anyone know anything about that?) 
2.  The league is going to all 9 inning games this year, a change from previous years when they played a single 9 inning game on Friday and 2 sevens on Saturday.
3.  There have been two coaching changes I believe.  Both MN Morris (former assistant taking over) and MLC (not sure who is taking over) will have new head coaches.

Anything else exciting??

In regards to No. 1, I have not heard an update to NCU's status as an associate UMAC member in 16 sports for the 2012-13 season.

[schmolph]

Another power to challenge St. Scholastica in the tough UMAC.

[MIACLUV]

UMAC updates...

1.  Presentation is no longer in the conference (I believe North Central will be added but there may be some sort of probationary period.  Anyone know anything about that?) 
2.  The league is going to all 9 inning games this year, a change from previous years when they played a single 9 inning game on Friday and 2 sevens on Saturday.
3.  There have been two coaching changes I believe.  Both MN Morris (former assistant taking over) and MLC (not sure who is taking over) will have new head coaches.

Anything else exciting??

In regards to No. 1, I have not heard an update to NCU's status as an associate UMAC member in 16 sports for the 2012-13 season.

Bethany is the first team of the UMAC to get their schedule up and I see North Central and no Presentation. So I would say that answers that question.

[biggio34]

UMAC updates...

1.  Presentation is no longer in the conference (I believe North Central will be added but there may be some sort of probationary period.  Anyone know anything about that?) 
2.  The league is going to all 9 inning games this year, a change from previous years when they played a single 9 inning game on Friday and 2 sevens on Saturday.
3.  There have been two coaching changes I believe.  Both MN Morris (former assistant taking over) and MLC (not sure who is taking over) will have new head coaches.

Anything else exciting??

In regards to No. 1, I have not heard an update to NCU's status as an associate UMAC member in 16 sports for the 2012-13 season.

Bethany is the first team of the UMAC to get their schedule up and I see North Central and no Presentation. So I would say that answers that question.

Looks like they have quite a few JUCO transfers on the roster too.  I think I counted four from Iowa Central as well as a few others.  I think the UMAC will be a three team race this year between Bethany, CSS and Northwestern.  NWC has some nice pitchers who I believe are juniors this year.

[therocket21]

Northwestern does have some nice pitchers coming back this year, but CSS has proved the past few years that their depth cannot be matched (especially in the UMAC tournament). I look for CSS to slip up maybe once in conference games, but otherwise run away with the UMAC regular season and tournament titles.

[OshDude]

Any word on whether Wade will be fit to host CSS baseball and/or the UMAC tourney?

[biggio34]

Any word on whether Wade will be fit to host CSS baseball and/or the UMAC tourney?

The area affected by the collapse of the wall is down the first base line well away from the field of play.  The brick that fell actually toppled on the outside of the stadium.  There have been crews out to the field assessing the structure, checking for exposed wires, and cleaning up.  As far as I know, no games should be in danger as long as there are no liability issues for fans, which as of now, does not appear to be an issue.

I know the baseball people in Duluth are really hoping the collapse will bring the need for substantial repairs to Wade into the spotlight.  Not only is the structure decaying rapidly as it ages, but the playing surface itself is in dire need of work and rehabilitation. 

As far as games being played... at this point, I would think the bigger issue is the 2 feet of snow that are still on the ground.

[biggio34]

It appears that the UMAC will be having its (at least to my knowledge) first ever play in game to determine the 4th seed for the conference tournament when Martin Luther takes on Northland on Thursday.  Anyone know if this has ever happened before?

[therocket21]

I can't ever think of it happening before. If history proves right, it will be CSS and Bethany in the nightcap on Friday. I am looking forward to seeing Fern (who CSS has not seen yet) match up against CSS. His numbers are very good on paper, and it always seems like that first night game is a battle where both teams come to play.

[BaseballFan]

Will be a change of pace today compared to previous years since BLC lost both their games and were eliminated. CSS wins both, another step closer to winning the automatic bid