BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[cnuball25]

Thanks for the heads-up Hokieone...I'm heading down in that direction here shortly. It was terrible last week...no exaggeration, every 3-5 miles I'd see a cop in the median, sometimes back-to-back. I understand they're trying to keep speeders at a minimum, but give me a break.

[D-BAT]

Team Batting Avg:
.340 - AU   
.332 - GB   
.322 - FC    
.305 - SU   
.298 - MC   
.295 - CNU   
.265 - NCW   

Team ERA Avg:
3.41 - MU   
4.27 - FC    
4.73 - SU   
4.77 - AU   
4.87 - CNU   
5.05 - NCW   
6.92 - GB   

[D-BAT]

Thanks for the heads-up Hokieone...I'm heading down in that direction here shortly. It was terrible last week...no exaggeration, every 3-5 miles I'd see a cop in the median, sometimes back-to-back. I understand they're trying to keep speeders at a minimum, but give me a break.

That's easy ... more tickets = more money!

[D-BAT]

CNU (0) Ferrum (4)

Penn State-Harrisburg (0) Shenandoah (18)

Penn State-Abington (3) Methodist (16)


Conf/Overall
2-0  06-9 ... NCW
3-1  12-4 ... AU
1-1  08-2 ... FC
2-2  08-3 ... SU
2-2  11-5 ... MU
2-2  09-4 ... CNU
0-4  04-8 ... GB


The USA-South is 58-35 overall.

[cnuball25]

Bad loss today by the Captains. Like I've said before, I firmly believe that if a team can split on the road and take care of business at home they'll be in the thick of things. But I also think there are "good" splits and "bad" splits on the road. Splitting at Methodist, NCWC, or recently Shenandoah could be considered a "good" split. When you're on the road against a team like Averett or Ferrum and you manage to win the first game, you gotta have that killer instinct and go for the sweep...getting a sweep on the road would have been huge. I hate the 2-game conference series (I think, conference wise, it's essentially worthless and doesn't prove much), but I understand why the USAS went to that type of format.

Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk...CNU has Va Wesleyan again followed by NCWC...hopefully my boys can get back on track...

[usasouthisnumber1]

CNU (0) Ferrum (4)

Penn State-Harrisburg (0) Shenandoah (18)

Penn State-Abington (3) Methodist (16)


Conf/Overall
2-0  06-9 ... NCW
3-1  12-4 ... AU
1-1  08-2 ... FC
2-2  08-3 ... SU
2-2  11-5 ... MU
2-2  09-4 ... CNU
0-4  04-8 ... GB


The USA-South is 58-35 overall.

Congrats to Ferrum for a big win over CNU. It seemed as they could have won the first game also, but couldn't quite hang on in the late innings. This just goes to show that it's gonna be another dog fight in the USA South and any team is capable of winning.

[D-BAT]

Bad loss today by the Captains. Like I've said before, I firmly believe that if a team can split on the road and take care of business at home they'll be in the thick of things. But I also think there are "good" splits and "bad" splits on the road. Splitting at Methodist, NCWC, or recently Shenandoah could be considered a "good" split. When you're on the road against a team like Averett or Ferrum and you manage to win the first game, you gotta have that killer instinct and go for the sweep...getting a sweep on the road would have been huge. I hate the 2-game conference series (I think, conference wise, it's essentially worthless and doesn't prove much), but I understand why the USAS went to that type of format.

Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk...CNU has Va Wesleyan again followed by NCWC...hopefully my boys can get back on track...

CNU should of been swept by Ferrum except that Ferrum's D let them down in the top of the 9th as the Panthers were up by 1 starting the 9th.

Christopher Newport 9th - CAULEY-S to dh. ALVAREZ to 3b for PHILLIPS. EASTERLY-T to p for WILSON. LINDEMUTH singled, advanced to second on an error by 3b. SAUNDERS out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; LINDEMUTH advanced to third. NEAL flied out to cf, SF, RBI; LINDEMUTH scored, unearned. ROMETT grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.

[vabaseball]

That was a back and forth game that could have gone either way. 

"Ferrum trailed 6-5 heading into the bottom of the 8th inning and scored a pair of runs to take a 7-6 lead. CNU was able to plate the tying run in the top of the 9th on Parker Neal's sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Steven Lindemuth. Neal also had a solo homer in the 7th inning."

Both teams had three errors. CNU prevailed.

Fine pitching job yesterday by Mays.

[hokieone]

    Mays pitched a beaut; he kept everything was low and away, all day long. CNU wore out the warning track but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.  Too many long flies, but credit Mays for pitching so that a lot of balls went 375-390, but to dead center where the fence is 400. Good pitching. Chitsaz pitched well for CNU, dancing around some  trouble, but giving up only two runs should be good enough to win normally.

   CNU tried all game long Saturday to give it to Ferrum-I think 4 guys were picked off-but came through with some clutch hits.  The pitching looks like it is both good and deep, but the sticks aren't really hitting on all cylinders yet. Hopefully a nice time to peak would be tournament week, amazingly only about 5 weeks away.

[Cannons22]

I have to agree, what a great job by Mays pitching Monday.  I followed the game on the internet, and it seemed like a good game with no errors (compared to 3 by each team Sunday) with ALOT of flyballs by CNU to the outfield.  Of course I couldn't tell how deep they were from the internet, but I'm glad they were of the 375-390 ft. variety.  I was surprised to see so many strikeouts looking (10).  I don't know if this is unusual, but it did seem high to me compared to Sunday's game.     

[D-BAT]

Just maybe Ferrum is another surprise this year in the USA-South?  The perception is that they have two legit starters on the mound.

[D-BAT]

   Hopefully a nice time to peak would be tournament week, amazingly only about 5 weeks away.

I've heard this is all because of Averett due to the fact that they graduate a week or two earlier than everyone else.

I'm like that individual on the USA-South Men's basketball board ....

GO CAPTAINS!!!

FIRE CJ WOOLLUM!

But I am all about this ...

GO USA-SOUTH ... KICK AVERETT UNIVERSITY OUT!!!!!

So we can have a logical time of the year for the USA-South tournament vs. middle of April.

Can I get an amen on that?  

[hokieone]

Be careful what you wish for. USAS is a great baseball league, but Shenandoah is most certainly departing, probably after this year, leaving the league one team short.   Discussions are under way about all kinds of things, which is as much as I can say with any certainty.  No use fueling a rumor mill, but change will happen sooner or later.

[D-BAT]

Be careful what you wish for. USAS is a great baseball league, but Shenandoah is most certainly departing, probably after this year, leaving the league one team short.   Discussions are under way about all kinds of things, which is as much as I can say with any certainty.  No use fueling a rumor mill, but change will happen sooner or later.

Where's Shenandoah University going?

[Ralph Turner]

Be careful what you wish for. USAS is a great baseball league, but Shenandoah is most certainly departing, probably after this year, leaving the league one team short.   Discussions are under way about all kinds of things, which is as much as I can say with any certainty.  No use fueling a rumor mill, but change will happen sooner or later.

Thanks for the heads-up.

I have postulated the solution many times.  Let me see if the USA-South agrees.