BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[narch]

Does anyone have any info on Greensboro College? Specifically baseball, but also football and the college in general?

i would encourage you to visit gc along with some of the other schools in the conference (specifically mu ) and decide for yourself if it is a good fit for you/your son/whoever it may be you are inquiring for - they are behind most of the conference from an athletic facilities standpoint and have had lots of turnover in the athletic department over the last few years, but that doesn't mean it's not the right fit

on the field, i can't remember the last time they were a real threat in the conference from a baseball standpoint and they've only had a winning record in the conference in football twice and they've never been above .500 (although they did play mu VERY tough in football this year)

[narch]

i like 3 game weekends when the monarchs win 'em all

howard pitched 7 strong innings, and 1/3 not so strong, but got the win, striking out 8 in 7.1 and giving up 4 er (he had given up 1 er through 7) - ayers got his 4th save on the season

[CCHoops]

The conference looks to be strong this season. Huntingdon, Covenant, Piedmont, Methodist and Ferrum have all gotten off to great starts. A few of those schools even have some solid non-conference wins.

Covenant swept NC Wesleyan this weekend. Bishops have not played well in conference play yet having been swept in each of the first two weekends. Covenant scored 27 runs in the three games and gave up just two runs in the doubleheader on Saturday.

A couple of really good series this next weekend as Covenant goes at Huntingdon and Methodist hosts Piedmont.

[stafford]

Does anyone have any info on Greensboro College? Specifically baseball, but also football and the college in general?

i would encourage you to visit gc along with some of the other schools in the conference (specifically mu ) and decide for yourself if it is a good fit for you/your son/whoever it may be you are inquiring for - they are behind most of the conference from an athletic facilities standpoint and have had lots of turnover in the athletic department over the last few years, but that doesn't mean it's not the right fit

on the field, i can't remember the last time they were a real threat in the conference from a baseball standpoint and they've only had a winning record in the conference in football twice and they've never been above .500 (although they did play mu VERY tough in football this year)

Thanks for that info. We kind of visited GC one day when we were in Greensboro. We tried to drive around campus and look around, but it was fall move-in day and and it was terribly crowded and some of the streets were blocked off. We took a quick drive through and went to find the baseball field at the rec center 15 minutes away. Of course, we had to drive right by Guilford College on our way to see where Greensboro College plays baseball. So, we drove through Guilford's campus. Guilford is a very nice campus with very nice facilities - top notch for any level.

On the plus side, we know of a local kid who went to Greensboro College for baseball and is getting playing time as a freshman. But they don't seem to be winning much.

[narch]

the monarchs improve to 9-2 with an 11-4 victory over guilford - johnny wholestaff pitched for mu and the monarchs got significant offensive production from almost every guy in the lineup

big boy games this weekend with a 3 game set vs. piedmont...

[narch]

piedmont takes 2 of 3 from the monarchs, winning 4-2 and 2-1 and losing 5-3...those three games were as close as you can get

[stafford]

Fishing for info again. Just general information. This time asking about Ferrum? Baseball-Football, the school in general?

We have been to and seen the following: NC Wesleyan, Greensboro, Piedmont, and Methodist. Pretty much getting a feel for the USA South. So, it's time to ask about Ferrum.

Anything anyone can provide would be helpful.

[Scots13]

Fishing for info again. Just general information. This time asking about Ferrum? Baseball-Football, the school in general?

We have been to and seen the following: NC Wesleyan, Greensboro, Piedmont, and Methodist. Pretty much getting a feel for the USA South. So, it's time to ask about Ferrum.

Anything anyone can provide would be helpful.

I had some teammates in high school that went to Ferrum and did not enjoy their time there (very short stay), but I have some friends that went and enjoyed it.  If you like a  small town feel, I'm sure you'd love it. I've been on the campus several times and it's beautiful-- athletic facilities are pretty good in my opinion. I actually thought about going there. If I'm not mistaken it's one of the cheaper schools in the USA South (At least it was 8 years ago).

I'm not sure about the baseball program, but the football program is generally pretty good. They had a tough season last year, but don't expect them to be down for long.  They always seem to get good athletes to run the option.

[narch]

the monarchs improve to 13-4 on the season with a 6-3 win to cap off the three game sweep of the scots today - 3 game sweeps are nice

[narch]

the vwc pitchers shut down the monarch bats today, winning 3-1...the monarchs made 4 errors, but got solid pitching from a combination of shumate, leggett, judge and morrison - mu falls to 13-5

the circus...err, jumbos ...come to town on wednesday...hopefully the monarchs can get back on track

[narch]

since it's just me posting to me in here, i won't mention that the monarchs took a bad loss tonight...

[Ralph Turner]

since it's just me posting to me in here, i won't mention that the monarchs took a bad loss tonight...

Okay.  thanks.   

[LTBB1971]

NCWC struggles continue...took 2 of 3 from Averett this weekend but defense is beyond terrible...

With 53 errors in 23 games, that's more than 2 per game, how can you expect the pitching staff to hold it together?  Infield defense is letting Bishops down and the carrousel of changing players to find someone with a glove continues from game to game. 

Bright stars have been fresh OF Luis Palencia (.352 avg, 16 SB), jun 1B/DH JJ Rodriguez (.356 avg, 7 doubles), soph SS/P Ciro Norzagaray (.345 avg, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 5 SB).

[narch]

with no conference tournament, the end of the usasac season should get interesting with lots of matchups between the top 5...

ferrum in 1st place (14-3), still has covenant, huntingdon and piedmont
covenant in 2nd place (12-3), still has ferrum and mu
piedmont in 3rd place (9-4), still has ferrum
huntingdon in 4th place (11-6), still has ferrum and mu
methodist in 5th place (9-5), still has covenant and huntingdon

personally, this is what i'm hoping for...
fc loses vs. au, then goes 1-2 vs. covenant, huntingdon and pc, putting them at 17-10 in conference
covenant goes 2-1 vs. fc, 0-3 vs. mu, 2-1 vs. au and m'ville to finish 18-9 in conference
pc loses vs ncwc then goes 2-1 vs. fc and wins  6 vs. lagrange, au and m'ville to finish 17-10
huntingdon finishes the win vs. m'ville then goes 2-1 vs. fc, 2-1 vs. au and 0-3 vs. mu to finish 16-11
mu wins all 13 of their remaining games against greensboro, ncwc, covenant, huntingdon and lagrange to finish 22-5

[narch]

it will be interesting to see how things shape up from a regional standpoint, as well...

mu has 2 good wins vs. emory (20-9) and a solid win vs. cnu (12-10) as well as 3 losses to teams with solid records (tufts at 12-1, lynchburg at 15-4 and hsc at 21-7) - the only non-conference game left for mu is vs. rmc who is 12-8 (and possibly lynchburg if that game is made up)...the non conf schedule for mu was sufficiently strong, but the results may not be what they need to be should mu not win the regular season crown - the vwc loss is really the only unsightly blemish for the monarchs to this point (still lots of baseball to be played, and i don't care what the record is...lagrange, greensboro and ncwc are all tough teams) - pool c is an outside possibility if they get to 27/28 wins

huntingdon has a bad loss to oglethorpe, but no signature non conf wins at this point (they have a game vs. bsc and three vs. emory on the slate still, so that could change) - if hc finishes with 27-28 wins, their schedule is back-loaded with some tough teams that will help schedule strength...could be interesting if they don't claim the aq

covenant doesn't have any stand-out wins in non conf play, but they don't have any bad losses, either - i think they need to win the conference for a bid

pc has two good non conf wins (emory and bsc, 21-6), and 2 of their non conf losses are to emory, but they do have a not-so-pretty loss to depauw (4-7) - i think pc is similar to mu and hc...if they get in the 27/28 win mark, they've got a solid schedule and an outside shot at a pool c

ferrum has a solid win vs. bridgewater (14-7), but two losses to roanoke (7-11) -  i think they need to win the conference for a bid

realistically, i think the conference champion is going to have 6 to 8 conference losses, which means any of these 5 teams will be very happy to get to 28+ wins...

of course, if shenandoah were to lose the odac tournament, they are almost assured of 30 wins with their schedule and would probably be ahead of any usasac team - lynchburg and hsc have some possible favorable head-to-head comparisons with usasac schools and are likely to be in the 26 to 28 win range...

it's looking like this could be one of the best one-bid leagues in the country...that's what you get with 3 game weekends