BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

cnufan · March 12, 2010, 10:38:17 AM

I am really impressed with the conference batting averages so far. For the worst batting average to be .265 thats pretty darn good. Thats not a slap in the face to NCWC either they run a good program down there and are always competive no matter what. But wow, if I were a team comming in to play anyone from the USA South I would a little worried after seeing how well everyone is swinging it thus far.

D-BAT · March 12, 2010, 11:10:06 AM

The most intriguing match-up for the weekend is Shenandoah visiting Methodist.

The leagues hot hitters with a team .350 average take on the leagues best pitching staff with a league low of a 3.30 ERA.

Who wins and why?

LTBB1971 · March 12, 2010, 04:08:02 PM

My guess is pitching will win. Good pitching usually shuts down good hitting. Methodist has a good 1-2 in L. Jordan and T. Britt.

Calling for a lot of rain this weekend in Newport News, just wondering if NCWC will get this one in.

hokieone · March 12, 2010, 08:36:53 PM

CNU-NCWC may go to Sunday- Monday, or two on Monday..stay tuned...and dry.

cnufan · March 13, 2010, 10:06:05 AM

As of now its really good weather in Newport News, weather.com says the rain will hold off until 4 so we should be able to get one game in today. As for sunday thats another story, the only thing we really have going for us on sunday is that its only like a 30-40% chance of rain but who knows. GO CAPTAINS!!!

D-BAT · March 13, 2010, 03:59:34 PM

Shenandoah (4) Methodist (2) ... SU's VanSickler throws a 4-hitter as SU bangs out 15 hits. Landon Jordan gets chased after going 6.2 IP, 12hits, 4runs, 3er, 1bb and 5KO's.

NC Wesleyan (8) CNU (12)

Piedmont (10) Greensboro (4)
Piedmont (8) Greensboro (7)

Conf/Overall
3-1 15-05 ... AU
2-1 07-10 ... NCW
3-2 11-03 ... SU
3-2 12-05 ... CNU
1-1 09-02 ... FC
2-3 12-06 ... MU
0-4 04-12 ... GB

The USA-South is 70-43 overall.

Here's something WHAT IF everyone did a split one year? How would a conference champion be determined if everyone has a 6-6 conference record?

LTBB1971 · March 13, 2010, 08:59:45 PM

Outrageous offensive game today at Newport News. CNU beats NCWC 12-8. Pretty poor pitching by NCWC until Richard Wall took the mound. Starters are being left in the game too long. Offense finally got on track.

CNU looked horrible defensively but they hit enough to win. JR Webb vs SO Chitsaz going tomorrow I assume. May be a high scoring game again.

vabaseball · March 14, 2010, 11:21:48 AM

LTHSDad: Curious about why you said CNU looked horrible defensively. I only have the benefit of the boxscore to go by, but it says they made 1 error. They've been averaging more than that in every other game -- definitely would be nice to see them tighten up.

WHEELIN WES · March 14, 2010, 12:14:48 PM

From listening to the game yesterday, the Bishop's defense made some key error's which lead to the big 5th inning (all 5 unearned runs). The defense has to improve for us to win. The Bishop's have hurt themselves all year with poor defense. Hopefully that will be cleaned up over upcoming games.

hokieone · March 14, 2010, 08:12:00 PM

CNU plays flawless defense, gets excellent pitching, and earns the sweep of NCWC, 9-4. CNU bullpen continues to be impressive. Chitsaz throws another nice game, 7 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, but got the big outs when he really needed them.

Gb_South · March 14, 2010, 08:20:54 PM

FC(11) AU(10)
Averett had 14 hits with 4 errors.
Ferrum had 10 hits and no errors.

vabaseball · March 14, 2010, 08:25:08 PM

Good news all the way around for CNU. Nice to see Chitsaz on the way back.

D-BAT · March 14, 2010, 09:31:05 PM

Shenandoah (1) Methodist (13) ... MU's Kurt Kelly goes 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 1run, 4bb's with 1KO and Methodist banged out 20 hits on the day.

NC Wesleyan (4) CNU (9)

Piedmont (14) Greensboro (5)

Averett (10) Ferrum (11)

Conf/Overall
(1) 4-2 13-05 ... CNU
(2) 2-1 10-02 ... FC
(3) 3-2 15-06 ... AU
(4) 3-3 11-04 ... SU
(4) 3-3 13-06 ... MU
(6) 2-2 07-11 ... NCW
(7) 0-4 04-13 ... GB

The USA-South is 72-45 overall.

D-BAT · March 14, 2010, 10:08:05 PM

After the 3rd weekend of conference play complete, well almost with Averett and Ferrum going tomorrow at 7pm.

My prediction is not looking very good back on Jan. 9th as I have NOBODY picked correctly.

Quote from: USA-South_Fan on January 09, 2010, 10:35:37 PM
Quote from: NoVa Baseball on January 09, 2010, 10:11:22 AMShenandoah is no secret - they will be the team to beat this year. That said, there are several teams bunched up right behind them ready to take their place.
If you don't bring your A-game then you will not win in the USA-South. From what I saw last year during the USA-South tourney and with what everyone has returning.

1-Methodist
2-SU
3-NCWC
4-CNU
5-Ferrum
6-Greensboro
7-Averett

Boysofsummer21 · March 14, 2010, 10:19:40 PM

Well I would not say anyone is out of it yet, so you still have a chance. From what I have seen so far it really has been a mixed bag, one day good pitching the next a offensive war. The one thing I thing I have noticed the most is teams don't seem really confident in their bullpens. A lot of starts are being left in to long. So as the season continues I think the team that prepares their pens the best will come out on top. I have really been impressed with the hitting this year and most teams are starting to really pick up steam there. Good luck to everyone and thanks for all the good baseball to watch.