BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[ilikebaseball]

CNU is a very good team. Everyone knows it is hard to win them all and each team stumbles from time to time. Bridgewater is a better team than their record, remember they beat #2 Cortland earlier this year and gave SU a run for thier money. CNU wont drop more than a couple of spots depending on how the other top teams play this week.

[D-BAT]

09-01   25-02 SU
10-02   30-04 CNU
05-05   21-15 AU
04-06   22-11 MU
04-06   18-15 GB
02-08   16-15 FC
02-08   12-18-1 NCW

[baseballfan58]

CNU is a very good team. Everyone knows it is hard to win them all and each team stumbles from time to time. Bridgewater is a better team than their record, remember they beat #2 Cortland earlier this year and gave SU a run for thier money. CNU wont drop more than a couple of spots depending on how the other top teams play this week.

Contratulations to the Captains for getting their 30th win yesterday, and to Coach Harvell for getting his 300 win!!!

[BigPoppa]

Not a HUGE drop, but a slight drop in the poll IF they teams behind them continue to win games. Bridgewater is a solid program and losing to them is not like losing to Cal Tech.

[PNeal7]

Congrats to Coach Harvell on his 300th win. The Captains move to 30-4 behind a strong offensive performance.

Of another note, if by some chance SU and CNU both finish in the Top 5, they won't both be put in the same Regional Tournament, will they? I'm under the assumption that the lower ranked team would get shipped out to a different region. Any thoughts?

[BigPoppa]

Congrats to Coach Harvell on his 300th win. The Captains move to 30-4 behind a strong offensive performance.

Of another note, if by some chance SU and CNU both finish in the Top 5, they won't both be put in the same Regional Tournament, will they? I'm under the assumption that the lower ranked team would get shipped out to a different region. Any thoughts?

There is a good chance they'd both be there. The West and Midwest regions in recent years had 5-6 teams all ranked in the top 20 nationally. It's just the way the chips fall sometimes.

[CafeBordeaux]

It's good to see some USA South talent in the pros.  Maybe Maxwell can do something for the Red Sox that ONLY John Lackey has done so far, WIN A GAME!!!   And I have to agree that Bridgewater is a much better team than their record.  They always gave us (SU) a game when I was there and were never an easy game.  Hoping for a better showing out of the USA South (preferably SU) in the World Series this year against those Mid West/West teams who have dominated the past few years. 

[SUball]

Still a decent amount of baseball to play and anything can happen in the conference tournaments but lets throw out some projections for the regional.  Pretty obvious that SU (25-2) and CNU (31-4) will be 1/2 seed depending on what happens in the tourney..If Methodist (22-11) has a good weekend and a good showing in the tourny then they should have a good chance..I'm thinking they'll be only one team out of the ODAC, the tournament winner(probably Bridgewater or Lynchburg)..Maryville earned a spot so far with a 22-7 record out of GSAC with Piedmont still with a fighting chance with a 19-12 record...i think they'll be two bids out of the CAC Frostburg State (18-8) and Salisbury(17-9) with Mary Washington 19-12 and St. Mary's in the hunt but with the travel distance, one  of the CAC teams could be sent to a different region...Millsaps is in right now with a 22-12...but a couple upsets in the tournaments could throw it all out of wack ..wonder if it will be a 6 or 8 team region..what you guys think?

[Richard of Funchester]

SU Clinches half of the regular season title with win today over AU.  Coach Anderson will send Vince Claudio to the bump to complete the sweep and win the title outright.  Van Sickler wrapped up the Pitcher of the Year today with another conference win.  He also went 3-4 at the plate with 2 bombs.  This is a good thing as Gregs bat is going to be needed this coming week at the conference tournament.  Beall is staying consistent at the plate (3-4) as the SU lineup rolled through AU pitching staff giving them 9 runs earned.  Tomorrow should be a big day at Bridgeforth Field.  It's always nice to win the title on your home field.....

[D-BAT]

SU Clinches half of the regular season title with win today over AU.  Coach Anderson will send Vince Claudio to the bump to complete the sweep and win the title outright.  Van Sickler wrapped up the Pitcher of the Year today with another conference win.  He also went 3-4 at the plate with 2 bombs.  This is a good thing as Gregs bat is going to be needed this coming week at the conference tournament.  Beall is staying consistent at the plate (3-4) as the SU lineup rolled through AU pitching staff giving them 9 runs earned.  Tomorrow should be a big day at Bridgeforth Field.  It's always nice to win the title on your home field.....

Don't get ahead of yourself, this year's Averett team is one of the better ones that I've seen in several years and they run-ruled CNU a couple of weeks ago.

[Richard of Funchester]

 I'm not one bit concerned about tomorrow....They might have done that to CNU, but Averett was at home not at Bridgeforth.....SU will win and clinch tomorrow, Claudio has pitched in games that have had higher implications than this, he will be ready and so will the rest of the lineup.  Averett should be starting Mitchell (LEFTY).  SU as a team is hitting .394 vs. lefty with 6 players in the lineup batting over .400....I know that these numbers are just an indication of what has happened but personally I feel comfortable enough to know that SU will win.

[narch]

mu beats gc 6-2 behind a sterling performance by tre britt...7 ip, 3 hits, 8 k's - the monarchs got just 3 hits on the game, but turned a ton of walks into 6 runs - lancaster took the first pitch of the game out of the park - his first career collegiate hr - mu improves to 23-11 on the season...i'm hoping to see another sunday win

[rolln2]

I don't think AU will be throwing Mitchell because he is not a lefty and because he is not a conference starter.  The lefty you are referring to would be Tyler Long.  It is also never a good idea in this conference to count your chics before the eggs hatch.

I'm not one bit concerned about tomorrow....They might have done that to CNU, but Averett was at home not at Bridgeforth.....SU will win and clinch tomorrow, Claudio has pitched in games that have had higher implications than this, he will be ready and so will the rest of the lineup.  Averett should be starting Mitchell (LEFTY).  SU as a team is hitting .394 vs. lefty with 6 players in the lineup batting over .400....I know that these numbers are just an indication of what has happened but personally I feel comfortable enough to know that SU will win.

[PNeal7]

I agree. While I think SU will handle AU today in Winchester, you sure are showing some signs of cockiness there. In the USAS, anybody can beat anybody on the weekend. Yes, when AU run ruled CNU, it was @ AU; but, AU could beat SU. It's not like they are playing the Deaf and Blind; AU can play a little bit. I wouldn't get to over-confident/cocky there "Funchester."Plus, Claudio isn't exactly a big time pitcher. AU could EASILY explode for runs off of him; if they did it to the CNU pitching staff, they can certainly do it to Claudio, whom is certainly not anywhere close to being one of the top pitchers in the conference.

On another note, if you haven't figured this out yet, Regular Season USAS Title means absolutely nothing. Yes, it's nice to be termed the "Regular Season Champs," (something SU has yet to do outright  ), but the Tournament is what matters. And, as I've noted before, HR numbers at Bridgeforth aren't that hard to do.

I apologize if this comes off as any form of an attack, because it is not meant to be. It's just the cockiness your portray in your two posts below is what makes it so easy for certain people to dislike SU.

[D-BAT]

SU is the regular season USA-South Champs and will get an easier road to the USA-South Tournament championship game with a 11 to 3 win over Averett.