BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[narch]

more snow...can't see the grass through the white stuff

listen, i love polar bears and it's sad to see them floating around on a random piece of ice, but if you ask me, global warming isn't happening quick enough

[WHEELIN WES]

more snow...can't see the grass through the white stuff

listen, i love polar bears and it's sad to see them floating around on a random piece of ice, but if you ask me, global warming isn't happening quick enough

I agree with you, or at least have an early spring after this winter, 6 1/2" of snow here and I hate snow!

[boysofsummer]

Yes woke up to more white stuff today, but did make it out to see the CNU and Hampton-Sydney game yesterday. It was cold but great to see baseball. Hopefully VWC will get to play this weekend would like to see more baseball. Oh and more sun!

[narch]

i think we all know what it's like to be a colorado rockies fan now...prior to today, i can't remember a methodist university baseball game which was snowed out...

[LTBB1971]

VWC and NCWC will play only one tomorrow at 1PM....hopefully....a lot of white stuff (snow) still on the grass.

[Southern BB fan]

Methodist snowed out today, tentatively scheduled a double header for tomorrow.

[D-BAT]

2/12/2010 7:14:22 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Hampden-Sydney built a 6-0 lead and then held off a CNU comeback, sending the Captains to an 8-5 defeat Friday afternoon at Captains Park in the season opener for both teams. The game was shortened to eight innings due to darkness.

The Tigers put two on the board in the second, with one run unearned. But then they added four in the fifth with the aid of four walks.

CNU immediately answered with three in the fifth, with a bases loaded walk to Steven Lindemuth, an RBI single by Chris Despins and a sacrifice fly by Steven Keener.

With single runs in the sixth and seventh the Captains cut the deficit to 6-5. The Tigers added two insurance runs in the eighth with another being unearned.

Despins finished with two hits and an RBI, as did freshman Drue Vernon and Parker Neal.

Josh Brinkman took the loss, going four innings.

CNU's scheduled game with St. Mary's Saturday has been postponed. The Captains will host Randolph-Macon in a doubleheader Sunday at noon.

[D-BAT]

Let's make it a habit of "posting" ALL game recaps, fair enough?   Then we don't have to search each school's website.  We'll have one spot, here on D3Sports to find out ALL of the USA-South action.

[D-BAT]

2/13/2010 6:49:47 PM

DANVILLE, Va. — Averett's offense lit up Roanoke College for a combined 24 hits in a doubleheader sweep on a brisk, windy Saturday afternoon at Owen-Fulton Field. Averett held off Roanoke 8-5 in the first game before demolishing the Maroons 10-4 in the second contest.

After winning the first game of the day, Averett offense continued to shine early in Game 2. The Cougars (2-1) put up three runs in the first inning, including two on sophomore Kyle Newcomb's double to left-center field. Senior Michael Moore drove in senior Jake Loye in the third inning to increase Averett's lead to 4-0.

The Cougars got into trouble in the top of the fourth. Roanoke (0-2) got three runs back, including two on bases-loaded walks. However, Averett got those runs back over the next two innings. Loye's 3-run double to right-center in the bottom of the sixth all but sealed the sweep for the Cougars.

Moore, Loye, junior Adam Higgins and freshman Jordan Kidd each had two hits in Game 2.

Senior Jesse Ferrell (1-0) earned the win in relief for the Cougars, while Cody Kidd took the loss.

In the opener, Averett grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Kyle Newcomb's RBI groundout. The Cougars then plated four more runs in the second inning, with two coming on Higgins' triple to right field. Averett increased its lead to 6-0 on senior Eric Sibrizzi's RBI double.

Allen Moore brought Roanoke back to life with a two-run homer to left field that cut Averett's advantage to 6-2 in the top of the fifth, but the Cougars countered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth.

The Maroons added three runs in the top of the seventh. Yet, Averett avoided the scare when senior reliever Brian Knowles notched the third out on a strikeout with two runners on base.

Higgins, Sibrizzi finished with two hits, while Kidd reached base safely three times.

Senior Chase Hall (1-0) earned the win for the Cougars.

Averett returns to action on Sunday when the Cougars host Guilford College at 2 p.m. at Owen-Fulton Field. That game was originally scheduled to be played at Guilford, but it was announced on Saturday that it would be moved to Danville. Prior to the Averett-Guilford game, Ferrum College will take on Roanoke at Owen-Fulton Field at 11 a.m.

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2/11/2010 5:58:27 PM

DANVILLE, Va. — A pair of solo home runs in the ninth inning helped Lynchburg College pull away to a 5-1 win over Averett in the season-opener for both teams on a chilly Thursday afternoon at Owen-Fulton Field.

Lynchburg (1-0), which was picked to win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, managed to piece together only four hits all afternoon. Yet, the Hornets spoiled the pitching debut of Averett senior Jake Loye, who had a no-hitter through the first five innings.

The Hornets broke a scoreless tie in the top of the sixth after Loye hit Matt Painter to lead off the inning. An Averett error put Ryan Litz on first and allowed Painter to advance to third. Jordan Watkins delivered Lynchburg's first hit of the game to score Painter. The Hornets added a second run on Cameron Grant's sacrifice fly to center field to put Lynchburg ahead 2-0.

Averett (1-0) got one run back in the seventh inning on freshman Jordan Kidd's RBI double, but the Cougars stranded a pair of runners in scoring position. For the game, Averett left 10 runners on base.

Lynchburg took advantage of another Averett error, and Jeff Taylor Jr. drove in Grant from second to push the Hornets' lead to 3-1. Keegan Ashbee and Litz both tacked on solo homers for Lynchburg in the ninth.

Ryan McDonough (1-0) earned the win for Lynchburg in relief. In two innings of work, he allowed just one hit.

Loye (0-1) struck out five, walked two and allowed just one earned run in six innings.

Senior Michael Moore led Averett at the plate with a 2-for-3 day, accounting for two of the Cougars' six hits.

Averett returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Roanoke College in a 12 p.m. doubleheader at Owen-Fulton Field.

[D-BAT]

RMC 11 CNU 1 - - after 4 innings complete

http://www.sidearmstats.com/cnu/baseball/

[D-BAT]

Feb 14, 2010

Five Yellow Jackets Go Deep in 20-4 Season Opening Win over CNU

NEWPORT NEWS, VA-Greg Mitro and James Bierlein both knocked two run homeruns in the first inning to spark the R-MC offense and send Randolph-Macon Baseball past Christopher Newport 20-4 in the 2010 season opener Sunday.

Adam Carpenter (Richmond, VA/ Mills Godwin) recorded the Yellow Jackets' first hit of the season with a one out single in the first and scored on a two run homer from Mitro (Richmond, VA/ Mills Godwin) in the next at bat. Jordan Walton (Mechanicsville, VA/ Lee-Davis) then ripped a single to set up Bierlein (Chesterfield, VA/ Matoaca) for another two run homerun, putting R-MC up 4-0.

Walton blasted a two run shot to right center in the top of the second, pushing the Randolph-Macon lead to 6-0.

Carpenter capped a five run third inning with a two run single to right center, giving the Yellow Jackets an 11-0 advantage.

Randolph-Macon would go on to score one run in the fifth, four in the sixth and two runs in both the seventh and eighth innings in route to a 20-4 victory.

The Captains pushed across one run in the fourth to break up the shutout and later tacked on a run in the seventh and two in the eighth on a Luke Saunders two run single.

Kyle Hicks (1-0) picks up the win for R-MC, going four innings and allowing just one run on four hits while striking out two. Byron Mendenhall allowed just one run in his three innings of relief while freshman Dale Langford recorded two innings and gave up two runs, striking out three.

Bierlein, Carpenter, Jay Lichter (Richmond, VA/Varina) , Mitro and Walton each had a two run homerun for the Yellow Jackets. Lichter finished with a 4-for-4 day, Both Bierlein and Carpenter complimented their homeruns with a double and four RBI.

Luke Saunders led CNU with a hit and two RBI while Steven Lindemuth hit a homerun in the seventh. Jason Jenkins picks up the loss after giving up 11 runs, 10 of them earned, on 10 hits in two innings of work.

The Yellow Jackets return to Newport News Wednesday, February 17th, to take on the Captains for a 2:00 p.m. game.

--YELLOW JACKETS--




2/14/2010 5:34:18 PM

DANVILLE, Va. — A five-run second inning doomed Averett in a 5-0 loss to Guilford College on Sunday at Owen-Fulton Field.

Guilford (2-1) put its first two batters on board and sacrificed them over a base. Senior Zack Ward, making his debut on the mound for Averett (2-2), notched a strikeout for the second out and it appeared the Cougars might escape unharmed. However, the Quakers plated five runs that inning — two on wild pitches, two on RBI singles and one thanks to an error.

From there, Averett kept Guilford off the scoreboard. Yet, a day after their offense couldn't miss, the Cougars couldn't manage to get any breaks when they were at the plate. Averett left nine runners on base.

Guilford used five different pitchers to shut out the Cougars. Will James earned the win after allowing just one hit in two innings of relief work.

Ward went seven innings and took the loss. Junior Adam Higgins accounted for two of Averett's six hits.

Sunday's game finished up play in the USA South/ODAC Challenge. Averett returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts Southern Virginia University at 2 p.m.



Roanoke College (6) Ferrum (5) at Averett University

[LTBB1971]

NCWC loses opener to VWC 9-6.  Really weird game...lead changes back and forth.  Had a 6-4 lead I believe in the 5th or 6th but 2 run HR by Mike Marion hurt the Bishops.  Hard to keep up with the game, since scoreboard was not on and there were no players announcement of who was hitting or pitching.

You figure with all the money VWC brings in with it's 45+ player roster, they would at least turn on the scoreboard and announce the players.

[D-BAT]

Marion's two-run homer helps Marlins win opener

February 14, 2010

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Mike Marion has picked up in 2010 where he left off in 2009.

The senior slugger from Springfield, Virginia (Alexandria Hayfield) emerged with the big bat once again for the Virginia Wesleyan College baseball Marlins as he ripped a two-run home run on Sunday to help send the Marlins to a 9-6 non-conference victory over perennial USA South Athletic Conference title contender North Carolina Wesleyan College.


Marion set VWC's single-season home run record last season, belting 12, and recorded his first of 2010 in the sixth inning to spoil an NCWC comeback.  The Bishops used a four-run surge in the top of the sixth to open up a 6-4 lead, before Virginia Wesleyan responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to push in front 7-6.  Marion rip into left center field scored two runs to give the Marlins a lead they would not relinquish.

Rookie Josh Miller (Norfolk, Va./Chesapeake Greenbrier Christian) started VWC's sixth with a double into left.  He advanced on a wild pitch and scored when senior Matt Elliot (Centrville, Va./Chantilly Westfield) hit the left side again with a single.  The veteran Bishops, defending USASAC champions, recovered long enough to record a pair of outs, before senior Max Axelrod (Chesapeake, Va./Greenbrier Christian) waited out the pitching to draw a walk.  Marion followed him in the lineup and came through with the lead-taking blast.

Virginia Wesleyan's defense and the pitching of junior Alex DeJesus (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) and sophomore Cameron Butler (Virginia Beach/Landstown) retired the next six consecutive Bishops and allowed just a pair of singles from Daniel Moore (Nashville, N.C./Northern Nash) and Justin Rahm (Sugar Hill, Ga./North Gwinnett) in the top of the ninth. Butler struck out NCWC's final two batters in the ninth to end the game.

While the Bishops were unable to score in the final three innings, the Marlins put the game away with a two-run eighth, helped by an RBI-single by sophomore Mike McCutcheon (Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek) and a Bishop error.  Rookie Pike Brynildsen (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) led off the inning with a single.

Virginia Wesleyan took the lead early, scoring four runs in the bottom of the second inning.  VWC's first six batters reached base in the inning, which started with a McCutcheon single to left, and a run-scoring double to left from sophomore Gage Collins (Newport News, Va./Menchville).  Elliot came through with a scoring hit and Marion scored another Marlin on a sacrifice fly.

NCWC cut into VWC's 4-0 lead with solo runs in the fourth and fifth innings, before taking the lead with the four-run sixth.  The Bishops belted three hits in the inning, highlighted by Joel Creef's two-run double to right.

The visiting Bishops finished with a 10-9 edge in hits overall, led by Patrick Laffin (Norwell, Mass./Norwell), Moore and Rahm with two each.  Elliot, Marion and McCutcheon connected with two hits each for Virginia Wesleyan.  Marion finished 2-for-2, driving in four runs, and scoring two.  Elliot recorded three RBI.

Both teams utilized deep pitching staffs, using five hurlers each.  Rookie Davis Hall (Reston, Va./Herndon) sstarted for Virginia Wesleyan and worked four innings, scattering four hits and striking out two batters.  Junior Gary Bulman (Chesapeake, Va./Greenbrier Christian) followed for an inning, before senior Kevin Finder (Asheville, N.C./Asheville) entered and worked long enough to pick up the win.  DeJesus and Butler finished out for the Marlins.  The VWC staff struck out seven batters.  Chad Womble (Rocky Mount, N.C./Rocky Mount) absorbed the loss for NCWC.

Virginia Wesleyan returns to competition on Wednesday, Feb. 17, hosting No. 7 ranked Salisbury University at Marlins Field at 2:30 p.m.

[vabaseball]

RE: CNU game. When a pitcher doesn't have it, he doesn't have it, and it should be obvious before 11 runs come in. It's not fair to him or the team to dig such a big hole so early in the game.