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WLCALUM83 · April 28, 2022, 09:29:30 AM

ASC Update: Belhaven, ETBU, the Cru, Hardin-Simmons, UT-Dallas, McMurry and SRSU have clinched ASC Tournament spots. Concordia-TX and LeTourneau are in contention for the #8 seed.

Concordia-TX: 3 games vs. McMurry
LeTourneau: 3 games vs. Ozarks

LeTourneau would own the tiebreaker, having beaten Concordia-TX 2 out of 3 head to head.

American Rivers Conference update:

After Wartburg (9-5 in-conference) this is a real dogfight yet. Only Simpson is on extremely thin ice at the moment.

UMAC: Bethany Lutheran, UW-Superior and MN-Morris have 3 of the 4 spots. 4 squads are in contention for the last one.

MIAC: Bethel-MN, St. Olaf, St. Benedict and St. Catherine are in great shape for the top 4 seeds at the moment. Below that, 6 teams alive for the last 2 spots.

MWC: Lake Forest and IL College have clinched conference tournament spots. Grinnell, Monmouth and Cornell-IA are in contention for the last 2.

justafan12 · April 28, 2022, 11:17:27 AM

"ASC Update: Belhaven, ETBU, the Cru, Hardin-Simmons, UT-Dallas, McMurry and SRSU have clinched ASC Tournament spots. Concordia-TX and LeTourneau are in contention for the #8 seed."

Belhaven needs 1 win in final 3 games to secure #1 seed and host conference tournament. Last year they hosted the conference tournament but played the games at nearby Mississippi College. I have heard rumors of where the tournament will be played if they host this year. Probably will not be announced unless Belhaven clinches.

WLCALUM83 · April 28, 2022, 04:20:24 PM

Play-In Game Results:

4/25: Wesleyan-GA 4. Maryville-TN 0 (Scots eliminated)
4/26: Methodist 6. NC Wesleyan 1, (NC Wesleyan eliminated)

4/28: #1 W Piedmont 7. #4 E Methodist 3
#2 E Greensboro 2, #3 W Covenant 0. Cheyanne Cox tossed a 3 hit shutout.

#5 W Wesleyan-GA 6, #1 E Pfeiffer 3 in a mild upset (wild 7th inning. Wes-GA plated 4 in the top half and then got out of a bases-loaded no-out jam in the bottom by inducing 2 strike outs sandwiched around a pop up to 2nd base.) Pfeiffer is on the brink of elimination.

#2 W Huntingdon 4, #3 E Wm Peace 0. (Katelyn Holcombe hurled a 5-hit CG shutout; 3rd inning 3-spot provided some distance.

WLCALUM83 · April 28, 2022, 06:35:10 PM

Atlantic East Conference: "The Numbers""

Squad to watch: Marywood (unexpectedly took reg season title from favored Cabrini)

Team: Rank (Natl/Conf) Category: Number:

Cabrini: 16, 1 Stolen Bases 88
" 7, 1 SB/Game 3.14
Marywood 1 Total Runs 180
" 1, 1 Fewest Hit Batters 2

Ind. Player Conf. Rank Category Number

Arienda Merinda, Cabrini 1 BA ,458
" " 6, 1 SB 38
" " 3, 1 SB/Game 1.46
Shanyn Burch, Marymount 1 CG's 14*
Cat Knoll, Immaculata 1 RBI's 28
* -5 other in-conference pitchers had between 9 and 13 complete games

Let's see how good a run the 2 leaders have to make to the final.

4/29: Marywood Pod:
#1 Marywood/#6 Centenary NJ
Neumann/Centenary
Marywood/#4 Neumann

4/29: Cabrini Pod:
#2 Cabrini/#5 Marymount
#3 Immaculata/Marymount
Cabrini/Marymount

justafan12 · April 29, 2022, 04:52:57 PM

Belhaven wins game 1 over UTD 4-3 and will host the ASC tournament.

WLCALUM83 · April 29, 2022, 04:59:30 PM

4/29 Conference Tourney Results:

USA South: Methodist 4, Covenant 3 (Covenant eliminated)
Pfeiffer 14, Wm. Peace 4 6 innings (Wm. Peace eliminated)
Piedmont 4, Greensboro 1
Wesleyan-GA 4. Huntingdon 3 top of 7th
UPDATE: That score is now final. (Despite giving up 9 walks, Wesleyan pitching holds off
Huntingdon's offense just enough to get the win here).
Methodist/Greensboro up shortly. (Greensboro loss ends their season.)

ODAC: Lynchburg 5, Eastern Mennonite 2
Roanoke 1, Bridgewater 0 (Rachel Sirbaugh drove in the game's only run, and Jada Karnes kept
Bridgewater off the board, scattering 6 hits for the win.)
VA Wes 7. Ferrum 0 (Emily Seale pitched 5 innings to get the Marlin win)
Randolph-Macon 14, Shenandoah 3 5 innings

Shenandoah/Ferrum just underway.
Same for Bridgewater/Eastern Mennonite

Lynchburg/Roanoke & VA Wes/Randolph-Macon later.

Atlantic East: Marywood 13, Centenary NJ 0 5 innings.
Centenary-NJ 12, Neumann 8
Marywood/Neumann (Neumann loss ends the season for them)

Cabrini 8, Marymount 0 5 innings
Marymount 11, Immaculata 5
Cabrini/Immaculata next (Immaculata loss eliminates that squad)

WLCALUM83 · April 29, 2022, 06:38:03 PM

Atlantic East Conference: Cabrini 12, Immaculata 0 5 innings (Immaculata eliminated)
(A. Mirenda 4 for 4 with 4 RBI's and 3 runs scored)
4/30 Cabrini Pod schedule: Cabrini/Marymount. Marymount needs 2 wins to take the pod.
Marywood Pod: Marywood 11, Neumann 3 5 innings (Neumann eliminated).
(Nina Kozar 3 for 4, 4 RBI's 1 run scored
4/30 Marywood Pod: Marywood/Centenary-NJ; Centenary NJ needs 2 wins to take the pod.

ODAC: Bridgewater 8, Eastern Mennonite 0 5 innings (Eastern Mennonite eliminated)
Ferrum 7. Sheanandoah 1 bottom of 6th (elimination game)
(Update: this is now a final, Shenandoah eliminated.

USA South: Pfeiffer 3, Huntingdon 0 4th inning (elimination)
Greensboro/Methodist tied 0-0 9th inning
(K Simmons and A Barwick in a real pitchers' duel)
UPDATE: Methodist 1, Greensboro 0, Greensboro eliminated)
(a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded brought in the lone run,
giving A Barwick the win)

WLCALUM83 · April 29, 2022, 07:48:15 PM

Pfeiffer 7. Huntingdon 0, Final Huntingdon eliminated.

USA South 4/30 schedule:

Piedmont/Methodist

Pfeiffer/Wesleyan-GA

WLCALUM83 · April 30, 2022, 10:07:40 AM

4/29 evening finals:

Roanoke 3, Lynchburg 2 (A save for Jada Karnes)

VA Wesleyan 4, Randolph-Macon 3 (A 7th inning RBI single by Arianna Rolle plated the winning run. Another win for Emily Seale.

4/30: Ferrum/Lynchburg and Bridgewater/Randolph-Macon in elimination games.
VA Wesleyan/Roanoke later.

SAA: BSC/Berry DH Tourney Final later today. That should be a good one.

WLCALUM83 · April 30, 2022, 11:26:53 AM

Final: Cabrini 5, Marymount 0 (Cabrini takes the pod. Avery Byrnes tosses a 1 hit shutout).
Marywood up 6-2 on Centenary-NJ in the 6th in the other pod at the moment.

Gotta prep for band rehearsal. Later.

UPDATE: Final: Marywood 9, Centenary-NJ 3

Cabrini-Marywood for the Atlantic East AQ.

WLCALUM83 · April 30, 2022, 05:41:34 PM

SAA results:

4/29 Game 1 Berry 7. BSC 3 (Blair Hall got the win here.)
4/30 Game 2 Berry 10, BSC 0. (Hannah Gore pitched a shutout.)

Welcome to the NCAA Tournament. Berry!

ODAC: Lynchburg 6. Ferrum 1 Ferrum eliminated
Randolph-Macon 5. Bridgewater 2 Bridgewater eliminated
Roanoke/VA Wes and Randolph-Macon/Lynchburg on deck

USA South: Piedmont 6. Methodist 0 (Martina Maloch tossed a 4 hit shutout; Drew Graham 3-3 with an RBI
and 2 runs scored.) Methodist eliminated.
Pfeiffer 2, Wesleyan-GA 1 4th inning
Piedmont awaits Pfeiffer/Wesleyan-GA winner.

WLCALUM83 · April 30, 2022, 08:00:37 PM

Are you sitting down?

Good.

2 USA South Tourney Finals to report. Pfeiffer 7, Wesleyan-GA 3 Pfeiffer's offense frustrated Wesleyan's main starting pitcher, hitting 2 HR's among other things in the opener. . .
#5 Seed Wesleyan-GA 2, Pfeiffer 1 Pfeiffer eliminated.. /. so Weslayan's manager went with their other starter, a Sabrina Bowen 4th inning triple drove in the game winning runs and Tihana Supanic held Pfeiffer in check the rest of the way to get a complete game, and a very historic win.

It's Piedmont vs. Wesleyan-GA for the USA South AQ.

(That definitely beats the year in which Wesleyan-GA gave D1 Mercer a good run for its' money in Wesleyan's opener. Mercer resorted to several late double-steals to get the win that time.)

Wesleyan-GA was picked to finish 7th in their division in the pre-season coaches' poll.

WLCALUM83 · May 01, 2022, 08:19:12 PM

ODAC: VA Wes 9, Roanoke 1 5 innings
Lynchburg 5, Randolph-Macon 4 9 innings (Randolph-Macon eliminated)
Roanoke 8, Lynchburg 0 (Lynchburg eliminated).
Roanoke/VA Wes final; Roanoke needs 2 wins to advance.

American Rivers Conference--The tourney teams are: Buena Vista, U of Dubuque, Coe, Wartburg, Luther-IA and NE Wesleyan

Skyline Conference Tourney teams in are: Farmingdale State, Manhattanville, Mt. St. Mary, both St. Joseph's squads and Old Westbury

SCAC: Texas Lutheran takes the AQ from this conference. (justafan12 cheering)

WLCALUM83 · May 01, 2022, 09:36:31 PM

"The Numbers"

American Rivers Conference:

Team: Nat'l/Conf Rank: Category: Number:
Wartburg 1 BA ,332
Buena Vista 21, 1 Doubles 70
Luther-IA 2 ERA 2.43
NE Wes 1 Fielding Pct. .967
Wartburg 8, 1 HR's 37

Player/Team Nat'l/Conf. Rank: Category: Number:
Carlee Guyett, Buena Vista 11, 1 Doubles 17
" " " 2 Hits 50
Kaylie Springer, Wartburg 2 " 50
" " " 5 Stolen Bases 39
Ella Link, Wartburg 17, 1 HR's 10A
Sam Thompson, Luther-IA 2 ERA 2.22
Kailey Meyer, NE Wesleyan 3 " 2.29
Kendra Cooper, Luther-IA 15, 1 Shutouts 6
A. White, Coe 9, 1 Saves 3

1) Coe and Wartburg were picked to finish in a first place tie. To give an idea of how wild this conference race was, Wartburg was the only team to make good on that projection. Several ARC Tourney qualifiers finished with .500 in-conference records. Central-IA needed to win its' second game today, but Coe run-ruled that squad to eliminate the Dutch. Per Central-IA audio feed, the word is, its' AQ or bust for the ARC this year. (Coe had one of its' key staring pitchers (Ellie Thurow) out for a while, but she's back now, and the Kohawks still did well enough to qualify for conference tourney.

Skyline Conference:

Team: Nat'l/Conf Rank Category No.
St. Joe's Brooklyn 2, 1 BA .401
" " 2, 1 Doubles 84
" " 1, 1 On Base Pct. .495
Farmingdale State 5, 2 " " ..St455
Farmingdale State 7, 2 BA .382
" " 5, 1 Fielding Pct. .974
" " 1 ERA 2.24
Manhattanville 20, 1 HR's 27
St. Joe's L I 21, 1 Triples 15*
*-Farmingdale State had 12 triples (I'm glad I was able to include both St. Joe's squads in these statistics-if Billy Joel is a softball fan, he'd be happy.)

Player/Team: Nat'l/Conf. Rank Category Number
Jenna DeFina, St. Joe's LI 1 1 BA .588
Ashley Hartwing, St. Joe's Brooklyn 5 2 " .550
G Liggett, Manhattanville 1 HR's 8
" " 1 RBI's 37
Lindsey Shaw, Farmingdale St. 6 1 Slugging Pct. .963
Lauren Crawford, St.Joe's LI 2 1 Triples 8

Farmingdale State, Manhattanville and Mt. St. Mary were in a real dogfight at regular season's end in the conference. I could get interesting if someone other than Farmingdale State gets the AQ. Old Westbury made a nice recovery just to put itself in a position to be in this thing, but they're very up and down.

justafan12 · May 02, 2022, 09:21:36 AM

TLU wins the SCAC tournament going 3-0.

TLU 1 Schreiner 0 8 innings
TLU 2 Trinity 1 9 innings
TLU 5 Trinity 1

TLU gets the AQ