BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

Boysofsummer21 · January 26, 2013, 09:58:05 PM

PNeal that is a good pick up for your team! I hope that he has a really good season for you guys.

BaseballGuru82 · January 28, 2013, 01:17:15 PM

Came across the Players to watch list today. Noticed several USA South Players on the List! Good luck to all teams and i cant wait to catch a few games! Go Ferrum!!

USASfan · January 29, 2013, 11:53:42 PM

Who is on the list? Where can it be located? I'm new to the board, but have been following NCWC baseball since '05, as well as the rest of the USA South.

BaseballGuru82 · January 30, 2013, 11:26:27 AM

I found it while scanning the shenandoah baseball page. They have a link there leading to a PDF file listing everyone in the country

http://www.suhornets.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/files/collegiatebaseball13.pdf

USASfan · January 31, 2013, 12:32:21 PM

Quite a few USA south members on that list. CNU has afew i saw ferrum up there. Piedmont had a couple outfielders. USA is very competitive. Tyler Clark- catcher from NCW is not up there. I thought for sure he would be a top player.

rolln2 · February 01, 2013, 10:20:41 AM

Well most of the teams in the USAS open up this weekend. With that said Conference play is only a week away. The first weekend shows Averett/Maryville, Ferrum/CNU, Piedmont/Greensboro, Methodist/LaGrange, and NCW has the first bye. Any predictions on how the first conference series will turn out? Should be some highly contested series.

LTBB1971 · February 01, 2013, 10:52:31 AM

USAS fan,
Tyler Clark with surprise a lot of people this year. He receives well behind the plate, has a good arm and can hit to all parts of the field. Trouble is I believe coaches will begin pitching around him once they see a lack of protection in the lineup.

narch · February 02, 2013, 12:47:06 PM

just read the mu season preview...http://www.mumonarchs.com/news/2013/2/1/BB_0201133706.aspx

lots of question marks, in my mind...i hope i'm wrong, but this could be another season like last for mu unless the young arms can put it together...

we'll see starting today...gonna try to make it out for a few innings if it warms up a bit

rolln2 · February 02, 2013, 07:09:03 PM

The USAS and the ODAC played 6 games against each other today. The USAS came out on top 4-2 as AU swept Sydney, MU beat Roanoke and Piedmont beat Guilford. EMU recorded the 2 wins for the ODAC as they swept NCW. MU and Ferrum will get a chance to add two more wins for the USAS if they can beat EMU and Roanoke on Sunday.

narch · February 02, 2013, 07:19:11 PM

the monarch bats were hot today, even if it was cold outside...they pounded out 17 hits in a 15-7 win - it was a bit of a tough start for ayers and the mu defense early, but the monarch bats come to life in a big way in the 4th when mu scored 9 runs - lots of running and clutch 2 strike hitting from the monarch offense - i left after the 4th (did i mention it was COLD), but it appears that judge pitched well, going 4 innings without an earned run

power had a really nice day behind and at the plate...he made two great throws to get roanoke runners with plenty of time to spare and he went 3-5 with 3 rbi's - looks like the monarchs won't miss trey such

LTBB1971 · February 02, 2013, 08:44:15 PM

NCWC started worst than I expected. Got swept at home by EMU to open up the season. These are 2 games I counted on the win column for the bishops. Many upper class man missing from team, so not exactly sure if they were suspended or what.
pitching was A+. Both closers from last year started and played extremely well. Defense made 6 errors in 14 innings...not good. Hitting was MIA.

narch · February 04, 2013, 12:52:19 PM

i'll take a 2-0 start for the monarchs, even if it is against roanoke - looks like the monarchs got solid pitching from the sophomore tandem of inman and royer on sunday, giving up zero er's and recording 8 k's - royer got his first collegiate win after converting from the middle infield last year - the next 9 games are conference games (lagrange, ncwc, fc), so it's time to play big-boy baseball - if the monarchs can win 6 games in that stretch, i'll feel really good

PNeal7 · February 04, 2013, 09:32:59 PM

CNU opens with a 16-5 win over Hampden Sydney. Freshman catcher Bryant Lowery had 3 RBI's on the day, and JR SS Billy Steel had 2 hits and 2 RBI's. CNU's bullpen combined to throw 7 IP while allowing on 4 hits, 3 BB's, 0 Runs, and 10 K's. Starter Nick Santalucia lasted only 2 innings, giving up 6 hits, 2 BB's, and 5 earned runs. It's nice to see the young lineup producing 16 runs in their first game on the year. Next up for CNU is Ferrum this weekend in Newport News.

rolln2 · February 06, 2013, 08:43:03 PM

Looks like Ferrum had a tough loss at home today vs Roanoke. They have played two tough games vs two of the lower tier teams in the ODAC preseason poll. Beating EMU 7-5 and losing to Roanoke 2-1. Not looking good for the USAS w/ the preseason #2 having games like this. But it is early, and they have to go to CNU for 3 games this weekend.

Boysofsummer21 · February 07, 2013, 10:24:21 AM

Rollin - Starting to wonder about Ferrum. They had to come from behind to beat EMU and then where completely shutdown by Roanoke. I mean down 1 in the nineth with a runner at 3 no outs and could not get him home, ouch. So this weekend will be big for them. It will be interesting as they will go up against CNU front line pitching. Will also be interesting to CNU trot out their big arms for the first time this year. Looking forward to seeing the results.