BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[Boysofsummer21]

Big weekend for our friends and soon to be conference teams - Piedmount - need the lions to have a big weekend!

[narch]

the monarchs get a split vs. emory, but perry takes his 2nd loss of the season - he went 6 ip and gave up 5 er...looks like he was a bit wild today, with 3 walks

in the nightcap, such and thigpen both homered

[D-BAT]

I can remember just like it was yesterday when others where questioning the opponents of SU and the cupcakes.

Well take a look at #10 Misericordia 32-6.   




2012 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 week 10
Through games of Sunday, April 29

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Marietta (16)   30-5   612   1
2   St. Thomas (7)   28-4   599   2
3   Keystone (2)   32-4   576   3
4   Salisbury   30-7   517   6
5   Cortland State   31-7-1   508   7
6   Christopher Newport   30-7   490   4
7   Birmingham-Southern   35-7   439   11
8   Adrian   27-6   437   9
9   Wheaton (Mass.)   32-7   397   5
10   Misericordia   32-6   374   12
11   Kean   28-10   363   10
12   St. Joseph's (Maine)   35-5   316   17
13   Trinity (Texas)   34-10   300   8
14   UW-Stevens Point   25-9   268   13
15   Eastern Connecticut   26-9   265   16
16   Concordia (Texas)   33-9   216   14
17   Rowan   28-11   195   20
18   Washington and Jefferson   25-4   178   19
19   UW-La Crosse   27-9   173   22
20   Texas-Tyler   33-10   146   18
21   Lynchburg   34-8   140   25
22   Shenandoah   29-11   139   21
23   DePauw   30-10   105   15
24   Aurora   29-8   102   23
25   Montclair State   27-12   57   -
Dropped Out: No. 24 Ramapo.

Also receiving votes: Western New England 48, Alvernia 47, Amherst 29, St. Scholastica 29, Ithaca 10, Trinity (Conn.) 9, Ramapo 9, St. John Fisher 7, William Paterson 6, Franklin 3, Farmingdale State 3, Huntingdon 3, Linfield 3, North Park 2, Concordia (Ill.) 2, Bridgewater State 1, UW-Whitewater 1, Keene State 1.



The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.

[OshDude]

The same Misericordia that swept Shenandoah and Alvernia, won two of three against rival DeSales, lost to Keystone and Neumann, and will play Cortland? That Misericordia or a different one?

[narch]

I can remember just like it was yesterday when others where questioning the opponents of SU and the cupcakes.

i remember it just like it was the last few years

here are the facts...for the first time in my recent memory, su played a schedule in which their owp was ranked in the top 75 nationally - their schedule currently ranks 58th, good for 4th best in the usasac behind cnu (24), ncwc (47) and mu (51) - perhaps it is not coincidental that su had its lowest winning percentage in the last 5 years...

btw...mu has played 8 games vs. those top 25 teams this year (going 3-5)

[espn123]

I'm new to the board and first off I would like to say congrats to CNU and I hope they can continue to have success in the postseason.  But, Why are so many people on Trey Such's side? Yes he has had a great career, but Methodist could have had a much better season if he could have thrown more people out, with a lot less past balls and if he could have been more clutch this yr offensively. They also could have been better if balls could have been caught in right field, and if there offense wasnt one of the worst team ba in the country. The monarchs staff was good enough to win 30+ games this year, but when the offense only averages 2 runs a game in conference it puts a lot of pressure on the young arms the monarchs have.  Next year will be kind of the same story unless the monarchs find some consistent offense besides younger. Let me know what you all think..

[narch]

I'm new to the board

welcome to the board...don't make this your only trip to share your insight

But, Why are so many people on Trey Such's side? Yes he has had a great career, but Methodist could have had a much better season if he could have thrown more people out, with a lot less past balls and if he could have been more clutch this yr offensively.

in some ways, you have answered your own question...trey has had an outstanding career and i think most of the praise he has rec'd this year is appreciation for said career, but here are some of his offensive ranks in the usasac this year:

avg - tie 5th
hr - tie 5th
rbi - tie 16
walks - 1st
on base % - 2nd
slugging % - 7th
OPS (on base + slugging...not an official stat, but an important metric) - 3rd

i can't find any conference-wide situational statistics to refute your claim that he wasn't "clutch" in comparison to the rest of the conference, but i will say that it's hard to be clutch when you are being pitched around - such took 38 walks this season (he walked approx. 20% more times than any other player in the conference) - there were 8 players in the entire conference that had more than 20 walks - only beall from su (30 rbi) and thigpen (36 rbi) had more rbi's than such (27 rbi) among that group - the mu statistics package does have situational statistics, and trey such hit .426 with runners on base, and led the team by a long-shot (with runners on base armstrong hit .368, thigpen hit .316 and younger hit .270) - with runners in scoring position, such was 2nd on the team with a .400 ba (thigpen hit .412 with risp and younger was 3rd among regular players with a .281 ba w/ risp) - i'm not sure exactly how you would define clutch, but these are the most typical metrics

and with regard to his defense...well, i don't think anyone has ever heaped praise upon trey such for his defensive prowess, although in 2011 he did throw out 20 of 45 runners before slumping to just 13 of 53 this year...maybe the veteran pitchers last year did a better job of controlling the running game

They also could have been better if balls could have been caught in right field, and if there offense wasnt one of the worst team ba in the country.

i won't disagree...don't forget to point out the poor fielding by the entire infield - when the ss and primary 3b each have a .902 fielding %, it's not good

The monarchs staff was good enough to win 30+ games this year, but when the offense only averages 2 runs a game in conference it puts a lot of pressure on the young arms the monarchs have.

i thought the arms were solid coming into the season, as well, but beyond perry and white, nobody pitched consistently well - the talent is there, though, no question...these guys just need to put it together and pitch well on a consistent basis (and mu averaged a little over 3 runs/game offensively, not 2...but your point is still valid)

Next year will be kind of the same story unless the monarchs find some consistent offense besides younger. Let me know what you all think.

i like the improvement from younger, but he's got to be bigger in big situations...he had just 1 rbi and a .286 ba in conference games, his ba dropped when runners were on base and in scoring position - thankfully thigpen should be back, and he drove in 7 runs in conference despite a .152 conference ba - he's too good a hitter to hit .152 again next year...

[Boysofsummer21]

I'm new to the board

Welcome and have fun as this is a good board with a lot of smart baseball people.

The monarchs staff was good enough to win 30+ games this year, but when the offense only averages 2 runs a game in conference it puts a lot of pressure on the young arms the monarchs have.

Not really sure of this as you have a very good number 1 but.... a 4.24 overall and 4.20 confernce ERA are not that of a 30+ team. What Methodist needs to do is develop depth and yes they need to hit but the overall pitching staff needs to work hard to get better also. There is no way a team can win 30+ with just one side carry the load.

[rolln2]

Well the end of an era in the USAS is now over and will begin a new in 2013.  I have to say I will miss the rivalry that has developed between SU, and CNU.  Since 2008 the two teams have played each other 3x for the conference tourney championship, and have won 4 of the last 5 w/ exception of 2009 when NCW won it.  So the USAS will start 2013 w/ its' three new members, and w/ CNU competing in its' last season before going to the CAC.  So I hope that 2013 will be every bit as exciting as 2012.  Everyone have a great summer, and I can't wait for 2013.  We all have a while to pick and predict the 2013 season.

[narch]

i saw that bsc's maxwell went in the 2nd round...pretty awesome to see a d3 position player go that high

i'm interested to see if perry's name gets called tomorrow...

[narch]

perry selected with the 540th pick in the 17th round by the cardinals...

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2012/draftcaster.jsp

if I'm not mistaken, that makes him the 3rd d3 pitcher selected this year, and 4th d3 player...

http://www.mumonarchs.com/news/2012/6/6/bb_0606124903.aspx

http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/06/06/1182752?sac=fo.sports

[BCEagle97]

Just curious to know if there are any rumors circulating about coaching turnover in the USAS this summer.  NCWC has fallen off pretty significantly the past few years and Long has been there forever it seems.  What about Austin at Methodist (not that they have fallen off, but he is about at retirement age isn't he)?  Just curious to know anyone's thoughts.

[narch]

Just curious to know if there are any rumors circulating about coaching turnover in the USAS this summer.  NCWC has fallen off pretty significantly the past few years and Long has been there forever it seems.  What about Austin at Methodist (not that they have fallen off, but he is about at retirement age isn't he)?  Just curious to know anyone's thoughts.

TA is still kicking strong...i suspect that he'll stick around at least long enough to potentially coach his sons, who are in their early teens, if i'm not mistaken

[Boysofsummer21]

Narch - heard any updates on Perry and how he is doing?

[OshDude]

Narch - heard any updates on Perry and how he is doing?

Perry's Twitter feed says he made it through a bullpen without pain.