BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[vabaseball]

Umpires need to develop thicker skin for championship games.  BS to eject players on clearly close and hotly contested plays.  That's just a big ego who wants to insert himself into a close game.

I don't think any favors are coming CNUs way.  Don't know where you get that impression.

[vabaseball]

Lineups for game 2 are posted.  And guess what NCWC?

The ejected players are not in the lineup.

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Conference rules I believe state you have to sit the very next game after you've been ejected. Good start for the Captains as Despins stakes Kenny to a 2-0 lead.

[vabaseball]

Yes, every ejection comes with a big price.

[A.G.]

CNU tacks on another to make it 3-0.

[JAF]

12 - 0 CNU thru 7-1/2

K-MO  is tossing a gem.

[A.G.]

Guess its not too early to congratulate the Captains.  They played a great tournament and the conference did a nice job with the live stats and video stream. 

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Kenny's done, 7 2/3 innings, 2 runs on five hits, no walks and 7 strikeouts. Not a bad line going on two days rest. Baring a collapse, he should improve to 11-0 on the year with a 102 strikeouts in 93.2 innings.

[JAF]

Congrats coach Harvell & the CNU Captains


USA SOUTH 2008 CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!

[vabaseball]

Absolutely!  Top notch coaching today, top notch performances.  Congratulations to the Captains. Players really stepped it up.

[narch]

great job captains...moreland is a complete beaststud

just one little bone to pick - the monarchs go 2-2 in the tournament and get nobody on the all-tournament team, yet gc goes 1-2 and gets 2 - i won't argue the of that made it...he had a great weekend at .583, 2hr, 6 rbi...but poholsky gets the second pitcher slot after an 8 inning, 5 h, 1er performance against a team that went 10-21 on the season (and 2-10 in conference) while a guy like jordan (8.1 ip, 5h, 1 er vs. su [17-20/5-7]) or baumann (8 ip, 5 hr, 2 er vs. mu [25-14-1/7-5]) or, to a lesser degree, robertson (9 ip, 7 h, 2 er vs. au [14-22/2-10]) get left off - it's a shame for any of those guys, but i think baumann and jordan had much better and more important performances for their teams than did poholsky

[Catfishncwc]

Well I guess the Bishops better start hoping for that at large bid.  Good luck coach Long. 
Congrats to the Captians. 

[hokieone]

NCWC,

  Truce on the rain stuff, which is academic now anyway, but it looked for a while like the weatherman missed it again as the rain fell. Field crew knew their field and got it ready and wet conditions weren't an issue.

  Oddly enough, CNU's bullpen came through big time, especially  after the 14 walk affair against Methodist in game 2. Lots of pitching heroes came out of the pen and did their job time and time again in  the final four games.

  Lots of good hitting, and some very timely hitting won the title game, together with a pitcher named Moreland.  3 subs started for the two ejected guys and the injured 3B, and all; three came up big at the plate and in the field. The backup 3B, David Fennesey, played great and actually made the all tournament team. Shane Kersey at second base made some Alex Owen- like plays, and had two hits, and Joey Martin, who actually has started quite a few games in  the outfield, did everything he needed to do when it was needed-sac bunts, hits, nice defense.

  I sincerely hope NCWC gets a bid-they're clearly a top notch squad deserving of a bid. Oddly, but kind of neat, many CNU and NCWC players are friends and when they play, lots of friendly "how the heck are ya's"  are going on while the teams fight it out.  Some great kids on that team and it's nice to see the genuine friendships between such big rivals.

[A.G.]

Looks like NCWC is going to be pulling for the Hornets this week 

[Catfishncwc]

Looks like NCWC is going to be pulling for the Hornets this week 

I am the biggest Hornet fan this weekend.  Go Hornets.