D 3 softball

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OAC Update:  ONU 1, Muskingum 0  Muskies batting in bottom of 1st.

MIAC Update:  Tommies still up, 2-0 on St. Olaf going into the top of the 5th. A Tommie outfielder made a great catch on a ball that was hit pretty deep in the outfield in the 4th.

WIAC:  Oshkosh 1, Whitewater 0, 1st inning.

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Update--

Skyline:  Farmingdale State 2, Manhattanvile 0 Top 6th 1 out.

Farmingdale State has just scored a run in the top of the 6th with nobody out on 2 hits and 1 Manhattanville fielding error.

Update:  Farmingdale State 2, Manhattanville 0 after 5 1/2 innings.

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Update

Skyline:  Farmingdale St 2, Manhattanville 0  Bottom of 7th 1 out.  Manhattanville has runners on first and second.  A home run now will clinch the AQ for the Valiants.

2nd out comes on a called strike 3 looking.

Final out comes on a strike 3 swinging.

Final score of Game 1 today (double elimination)  Farmingdale State 2, Manhattanville 0  Each team now has 1 loss in this double elimination tournament.

The Skyline Conference Championship Game will start in approx 20 to 30 minutes.

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St. Thomas 2, St. Olaf 0 going into the top of the 7th. Tommies need get 3 outs in bottom half, (but as Yogi Berra said) "It ain't over 'til it's over"

ONU 2, Muskingum 0 3rd inning

Oshkosh 2 Whitewater 0, 3rd inning

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My Roku TV is set to the SCIAC TV channel for the Redlands v Chapman championship final game(s).

First pitch scheduled to start at 11 AM Pacific/2 PM Eastern.

Redlands needs 1 win for AQ, while Chapman needs 2 wins.

11 AM Pacific update-- The game announcer is just announcing lineups.  Chapman is the designated home team this game for scoring updates.

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Update--

First pitch for the Skyline Conference Championship Game now set for 2:15 PM Eastern.

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St. Thomas added a run in the Top of the 7th. Now we find out if St. Olaf's has a 3 spot to pull out of the hat to extend (or more to force another game:  3-0 Tommies.

Here we go:

Infield ground-out  1 Out
Pop-up to catcher   2 Outs
Strike-out              3 Outs!

St. Thomas is in the dance, as the MIAC AQ! Congratulations, Tommies!

Key element:  St. Olaf hitter Matheis (the same player that got the walk-off hit that eliminated Concordia-MN) was kept in check. She took an intentional walk her first time up, her second time up, with a 2 strike count on-the Tommie catcher appeared to set up for a second walk-but the next pitch induced Matheis to strike out. Tommies' pitcher Kierstin Anderson-Glass tossed a complete-game shut-out, getting a lot of Ole hitters to ground out.

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ONU 2, Muskingum 0 Bottom of 5th

Oshkosh 3, Whitewater 0 5th inning.

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Updates--

SCIAC:  Redlands 3, Chapman coming up to bat after 1/2 inning.  The runs came on a 3 run homer.

Skyline Conference Championship Game is underway.

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Muskingum just put a 3-spot up on ONU in the bottom of the 5th to take a 3-2 lead. ONU now batting in the top of the 6th.
         (Muskie runs came on a bases loaded single-a fielders' choice DP in which the second run scored and a fielding error which allowed a runner on 3rd to score the go-ahead run).

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Teams already in the 2021 NCAA DIII Softball Tournament through automatic qualification:

Updated through games played as May 16, 2021-- 2:18 PM Eastern

Atlantic Region:

1.)  Centennial-- Gettysburg
2.)  Coast to Coast-- Salisbury
3.)  Landmark-- Moravian (clinched 5/16/2021)
4.)  ODAC-- Virginia Wesleyan (clinched 5/9/2021 at approx 5:17 PM Eastern)
5.)  Southern Athletic Association-- Birmingham-Southern
6.)  USA South-- Piedmont (clinched 5/9/2021 at approx 3:06 PM Eastern)

Central Region

1.)  Allegheny Mountain-- Penn State Behrend (clinched May 15)
2.)  Heartland-- Mt. St. Joseph (clinched May 15)
3.)  Michigan IAA-- Calvin (clinched May 15)
4.)  North Coast Athletic Conf-- DePauw (clinched May 14)
5.)  Ohio Athletic Conf--
6.)  Presidents-- Geneva

East Region

1.)  CUNYAC-- No teams playing this season
2.)  CSAC-- Cedar Crest
3.)  MAC-Commonwealth-- York (PA) (clinched May 15)
4.)  MAC-Freedom-- Stevens (clinched May 15)
5.)  NJAC-- The College of New Jersey (clinched May 14)

Great Lakes Region

1.)  CCIW-- Millikin (clinched May 15)
2.)  Midwest-- Illinois College (clinched May 15)
3.)  Northern Athletics CC-- MSOE (clinched May 15)
4.)  WIAC--

Midwest Region

1.)  American Rivers-- Luther (clinched May 15)
2.)  Minnesota IAC-- St. Thomas (MN) (clinched May 16)
3.)  SLIAC-- Webster
4.)  Upper Midwest-- UW-Superior (clinched May 15)

New England Region

1.)  Commonwealth Coast-- Endicott
2.)  GNAC-- Emmanuel
3.)  Little East-- Eastern Connecticut State (clinched 5/15)
4.)  MASCAC-- Bridgewater State (clinched 5/15)
5.)  NECC-- Eastern Nazarene (Clinched 5/9 approx 3:46 PM Eastern)
6.)  NESCAC-- Tufts
7.)  NEWMAC-- Babson (clinched 5/15)
8.)  North Atlantic-- Husson (clinched 5/15)

Northeast Region

1.)  Empire 8-- Alfred (clinched 5/15)
2.)  Liberty League-- Rochester (clinched 5/15)
3.)  NEAC-- Penn College (clinched 5/15)
4.)  Skyline--
5.)  SUNYAC-- SUNY-Geneseo (clinched 5/15)

West Region

1.)  ASC-- East Texas Baptist
2.)  Northwest-- Linfield
3.)  SCIAC--
4.)  SCAC-- Texas Lutheran

Selection announcement on ncaa.com Monday, May 17 at 1 PM Eastern.

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Update

Skyline

Manhattanville 0, Farmingdale State coming up to bat after 1/2 inning.

In the top of the first, Manhattanville had runners on second and third, but a 6-4-3 double play ended the scoring threat.

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Update

SCIAC--

Redlands 3, Chapman 0 after 1 inning

"Enter Sandman" by Metallica playing before the second inning starts.

(Note: If "Sandman" Jim Fullington opened up a can of beer and smashed it on his head at this ballgame, he would be ejected from the ballpark for violation of the no alcoholic beverage rule.  Original ECW reference there.)

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Update

Skyline:

Farmingdale State 1, Manhattanville 0 after 1 inning.

After a Farmingdale State runner was thrown out at home on the second out, the run scored on an RBI single by the next batter.

Farmingdale State scored 1 run on 2 hits and no Manhattanville errors in the bottom of the first.

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Good one. (Sandman reference.)

Muskingum still up 3-2 on ONU, top of 7th. Polar Bears on their last at-bat. Here we go.

Swinging strike out--1 Out
Throwing error, tying run on 2nd (now the chess game begins)
Fly ball dropped, tying run scores- ONU winning run at 2nd, 1 out
Ground out, 2 outs-winning run still at 2nd
Ground out, 3 outs-

Now its' Muskingum's turn in the bottom of the 7th to see if this thing gets settled in regulation, or we go to extras--