BB: LEC: Little East Conference

owlsnest · May 03, 2012, 04:20:25 PM

Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 03, 2012, 12:39:44 PM
Oh and 1 more thing how does a guy who throws a NO HITTER not get on the d3 team of the week?? I am curious to how many other guys that have thrown a no-hitter this year have been left of. THATS A JOKE.

Perhaps it was because he was voted D3 pitcher of the week...

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2012/05/POTW-3May

wordsmith · May 03, 2012, 04:24:55 PM

Conference Next Games
Southern Maine 9-3 2 v EConn
Eastern Connecticut 8-4 2 v USM
Keene State 8-4 2 v UMD
Rhode Island College 8-4 2 v UMB
UMass Boston 5-7 2 v RIC
Plymouth State 4-8 2 v WConn
Western Connecticut 3-9 2 v PLY
UMass Dartmouth 3-9 2 v KSC

Here's what I think the standings will look like after these DBL'ers.

Eastern Connecticut 10-4
Southern Maine 9-5
Keene State 9-5
Rhode Island College 9-5
UMass Boston 6-8
Plymouth State 5-9
Western Connecticut 4-10
UMass Dartmouth 4-10

kscer · May 03, 2012, 05:46:32 PM

Quote from: wordsmith on May 03, 2012, 04:24:55 PM
Conference Next Games
Southern Maine 9-3 2 v EConn
Eastern Connecticut 8-4 2 v USM
Keene State 8-4 2 v UMD
Rhode Island College 8-4 2 v UMB
UMass Boston 5-7 2 v RIC
Plymouth State 4-8 2 v WConn
Western Connecticut 3-9 2 v PLY
UMass Dartmouth 3-9 2 v KSC

Here's what I think the standings will look like after these DBL'ers.

Eastern Connecticut 10-4
Southern Maine 9-5
Keene State 9-5
Rhode Island College 9-5
UMass Boston 6-8
Plymouth State 5-9
Western Connecticut 4-10
UMass Dartmouth 4-10

I think Keene will win two so then Eastern and Keene are tied. I dont know how the tie breaker works. Of course if ECSU and USM split

hockeyfan77 · May 03, 2012, 07:43:16 PM

USM downed Bowdoin today 13-9 to improve to 21-16 (9-3 in the LEC):

Next up for USM: Sat May 5 @ 12:00 Eastern Conn. St. (DH)

kscer · May 03, 2012, 10:30:22 PM

I see Wheaton loses again to an LEC team. They are vulnerable. St Joe's on the other hand is 3-0 against LEC teams. Ought to be an interesting regional.

wordsmith · May 04, 2012, 01:26:37 PM

Keene State leads UMD 5-1 in the bottom of the 6th.

USM & EConn PPD until tomorrow, was still raining in Gomorrah at 11am

KSC wins Game 1 >> 7-1

KSC wins Game 2 6-3

KSC ends LEC Regular Season at 10-4. If I am correct I don't think KSC can host unless EConn sweeps AND WConn qualifies for the Tourney. Follow my logic.

KSC finishes 10-4;
1) IF USM sweeps they finish 11-3 USM hosts
2) If USM & EConn split - USM finishes 10-4 and ties KSC for record but owns the tie breaker with last weekend's sweep of the Owls
3) If EConn sweeps they finish tied with KSC at 10-4; here's where my memory fails me but I think the tie breaker in the LEC was/is record against all the other LEC playoff qualifiers.

That analysis, well it gets tricky there because we still don't know all the qualifiers. What we do know is the following teams are already qualified for the LEC Tourney: KSC, EConn, USM, RIC, UMB. WConn & Plymouth play tomorrow to determine the final qualifier.

(BREAK TIME FOR AN ADULT BEVERAGE)

OK back at it.

If Plymouth Qualifies:
EConn is 7-3 v LEC Playoff Qualifiers IF Plymouth qualifies (1 v KSC, 2 v PLY, 2 v UMB, 2 v USM (in this scenario)
KSC would be 6-4 IF Plymouth qualifies ( 1 v EConn, 2 v UMB, 1 v Ply, 2 v RIC)
EConn wins the tie breaker.

If WConn Qualifies:
EConn is then 6-4 v LEC Qualifiers IF WConn qualifies (1 v KSC, 1 v WConn, 2 v UMB, 2 v USM (in this scenario)
KSC would be 7-3 IF WConn qualifies ( 1 v EConn, 2 v UMB, 2 v WConn, 2 v RIC)
KSC wins the tiebreaker.

If I'm not right then I'll have another adult beverage; If I'm wrong I'll still have another adult beverage.

kscer · May 04, 2012, 07:37:18 PM

Quote from: wordsmith on May 04, 2012, 01:26:37 PM
Keene State leads UMD 5-1 in the bottom of the 6th.

USM & EConn PPD until tomorrow, was still raining in Gomorrah at 11am

KSC wins Game 1 >> 7-1

KSC wins Game 2 6-3

KSC ends LEC Regular Season at 10-4. If I am correct I don't think KSC can host unless EConn sweeps AND WConn qualifies for the Tourney. Follow my logic.

KSC finishes 10-4;
1) IF USM sweeps they finish 11-3 USM hosts
2) If USM & EConn split - USM finishes 10-4 and ties KSC for record but owns the tie breaker with last weekend's sweep of the Owls
3) If EConn sweeps they finish tied with KSC at 10-4; here's where my memory fails me but I think the tie breaker in the LEC was/is record against all the other LEC playoff qualifiers.

That analysis, well it gets tricky there because we still don't know all the qualifiers. What we do know is the following teams are already qualified for the LEC Tourney: KSC, EConn, USM, RIC, UMB. WConn & Plymouth play tomorrow to determine the final qualifier.

(BREAK TIME FOR AN ADULT BEVERAGE)

OK back at it.

If Plymouth Qualifies:
EConn is 7-3 v LEC Playoff Qualifiers IF Plymouth qualifies (1 v KSC, 2 v PLY, 2 v UMB, 2 v USM (in this scenario)
KSC would be 6-4 IF Plymouth qualifies ( 1 v EConn, 2 v UMB, 1 v Ply, 2 v RIC)
EConn wins the tie breaker.

If WConn Qualifies:
EConn is then 6-4 v LEC Qualifiers IF WConn qualifies (1 v KSC, 1 v WConn, 2 v UMB, 2 v USM (in this scenario)
KSC would be 7-3 IF WConn qualifies ( 1 v EConn, 2 v UMB, 2 v WConn, 2 v RIC)
KSC wins the tiebreaker.

If I'm not right then I'll have another adult beverage; If I'm wrong I'll still have another adult beverage.

I think if RIC and USM are tied for third RIC wins that tie breaker to take third. Then the tie breaker is head to hesad against the third place team, which Keene wins. If Ecsu sweep USM...in Gorham. hmm

kscer · May 04, 2012, 10:30:33 PM

According to coach Howe on the KSC website, with RIC splitting, there's no way Keene can host.

hockeyfan77 · May 05, 2012, 12:04:15 PM

Game 1

Final ECSU. 2 USM 4

Game. 2

Final ECSU. 1 USM. 5

USM improves to 23-16 (11-3 in the LEC):

Next up for USM: Wednesday May 9 @ 9:30. Plymouth State

ECSUalum · May 05, 2012, 02:36:38 PM

Great Job by Ben Ives and the USM pitching staff to clinch the LEC regular season and home field advantage. It is unfortunate that Evan Chamberlain has lost his confidence toward the end of the season after being one of the best ECSU pitchers at the start of the season. Base on balls/hits batsmen were problems today and seem to continue to plague the ECSU pitching staff, Andrew Merrit in particular had a couple after Flaherty HAD to argue his being tossed mid game!!! I thought when your tossed, you are required to leave the field! I think this interuption rattled Merrit, but you have to work through these situations!!!

Anyway, Eastern did not execute bunts to move runners, and with some poor base running and no clutch hitting, really did not look like a championship team.

Eastern will now have to focus on winning the LEC tournament after a really mediocre LEC performance

hockeyfan77 · May 05, 2012, 05:26:06 PM

He did leave the field after he got tossed....He sat right next to me for the last 5 plus innings...

7express · May 05, 2012, 06:21:54 PM

Monday Western lost to Ramapo 9-4
Tuesday we beat Manhattanville 10-4
Wednesday we lost to FDU-Florham 5-3 in our home finale
Plymouth state won the first game 7-5 to clinch the final spot in the LEC tournament, while Western ended the year with a 2-0 shutout in game 2 to end the year 17-22 and 4-10 in the LEC.

ECSUalum · May 06, 2012, 02:16:57 PM

Quote from: hockeyfan77 on May 05, 2012, 05:26:06 PM
He did leave the field after he got tossed....He sat right next to me for the last 5 plus innings...

From what I saw off the video feed he argued with the up for 5 minutes. Get tossed, leave the field!! The umpire should have turned his back and restarted the game!!

wordsmith · May 06, 2012, 02:41:53 PM

Quote from: wordsmith on April 28, 2012, 08:22:00 PM
Ed Flaherty is the Master at umpire manipulation.

ECSUalum:

HoFEddy has taken the crown from Holywater for "MVUM"

kscer · May 06, 2012, 02:52:01 PM

Meanwhile, it seems everyone had USM written off and they barnstormed back in fine fashion by sweeping both ECSU and KSC. Will they go all the way or will they collapse like 06? Has UMB been dogging it to be the trojan horse of the Tournament? Will Holy Water reign? Will Plymouth throw off the blanket of mediocrity and storm to the championship to beat KSC in the If Necessary game? or will RIC simply walk away with it? Stay tuned.