BB: UMAC: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[BASEBALLLOVER18]

pretty impresive victory for Bethany Lutheran yesterday over Buena Vista... If memory serves me right MIACLOVER ... St. Olaf had a heck of a time handling the Beavers with their top end guys.... Bethany handled them easily going through all pitchers and staffing it yesterday bout time you admit that the top two UMAC teams are FOR REAL isnt it?   Bethany has Morris this weekend ... what are some of the other interesting UMAC and MIAC openers?

[BASEBALLLOVER18]

I will give St. Thomas credit they are a heck of a team and a class act ... how good is the Murray kid from Mac?  Comparisons to a UST Stud please?

[MIACLUV]

pretty impresive victory for Bethany Lutheran yesterday over Buena Vista... If memory serves me right MIACLOVER ... St. Olaf had a heck of a time handling the Beavers with their top end guys.... Bethany handled them easily going through all pitchers and staffing it yesterday bout time you admit that the top two UMAC teams are FOR REAL isnt it?   Bethany has Morris this weekend ... what are some of the other interesting UMAC and MIAC openers?

Bethany and St. Scholastica are good teams, you need to look back and get your smack together a little better. The UMAC is a BAD conference and the two teams at the top are the only ones that can compete outside of it! Pretty sure in the past I've said that the two of you would suffer in the MIAC because you wouldn't be able to hold the top pitchers out versus conference games to save them to play the Tommies and Olafs of the world (this years Olaf's you could probably throw off). In MIAC conference season you have to throw your top 4 every weekend! St. Scholastica's ranking is based on the past right now, they're 13-3 right now and played the Tommies tight, but I am in line with the coaches pre-season poll right now with Bethany as the favorite. St.Scholastica is down on the mound so you Bethany guys should handle them because outside the Tommies you're they're only other big games of the season. I see you getting 2-3 up in Duluth assuming you start Hallahan, Dorris, Greibock

As for Murray don't stress...I doubt you'll see him in a mid-week series. Mac is in the hunt for the MIAC tourney so I would assume they'll take the 2 conf wins (Conc wknd before & GAC wknd after) to position themselves for the tourney. But how good is he? Very! Doesn't locate as well as Schuldt but has better stuff when he's on. Schuldt's control makes him the best in the region.

[biggio34]

Have to agree, MIACLUV hasn't bashed the UMAC's top 2. The league? Yes, with good reason.

[BASEBALLLOVER18]

My apologies to MIACLOVER.... predictions for todays UMAC opening action?  I have Presentation taking all three from MLC.  CSS taking all three from northwestern (2 already won) Bethany taking all three from Morris and Northland taking 2 of 3 from crown.

[MIACLUV]

I hope they're trying to get those games in today because the weather this weekend is not suppose to be good 70% chance of showers here in the twin cities starting this afternoon! St. Scholastica & Northwestern made the right decision to get there games in yesterday and today. 

[OshDude]

I hope they're trying to get those games in today because the weather this weekend is not suppose to be good 70% chance of showers here in the twin cities starting this afternoon! St. Scholastica & Northwestern made the right decision to get there games in yesterday and today. 

Presentation and MLC made that change as well.

[paulisdeadman]

Bethany wins 6-1 today, Hallahan goes 8, K's 14 and walks 1.

[BASEBALLLOVER18]

Looks like Saturday will yield better conditions for the UMAC conference play.  Gusty wins and rain made the Morris/Bethany game closer than it should have been ..... what are the other scores around the UMAC

[schmolph]

CSS beat Northwestern 8-0 and 21-4 on Thursday,rained out Friday.

[paulisdeadman]

Miacluv, surely u cant be happy with your split with St Johns...

[MIACLUV]

You are right, I am not happy with a split.  But your level of concern should maybe be a bit higher seeing as your squad barely squeaked by a team with ZERO WINS ON THE YEAR."

[paulisdeadman]

I wonder how bethany would do against st johns...

[biggio34]

I wonder how bethany would do against st johns...

Well, if we were to take a look at the small sample size we have of Bethany v St. Johns this year and extrapolate it out 100 games or so, Bethany would win all 100 I'm sure.  No doubt.

I hope that people aren't taking this Tommies loss as a sign they are not a great team.  Even great teams lose games.  I wouldn't read much into a 1 run loss on a windy day against a fair team.  And I definately don't see the Tommies in a new light after this loss.  They are still the best team in the country.

[BaseballFan]

CSS sweeps St. Olaf today 14-6, 8-0