D 3 softball

[justafan12]

ASC update

#7 McMurry  2 #6 UT-Dallas  1   UTD liminatied
#5 Sul Ross State  6  #8 LeTourneau  3   Letourneau eliminated

[WLCALUM83]

Region III (New York) conference tournaments

Empire 8 (at Alfred) May 5-7, 4 team double elim
1) Alfred (22-13, 11-3 E8) vs. 4) Nazareth (17-17, 8-6 E8)
2) St. John Fisher (15-17, 11-3 E8) vs. 3) Russell Sage (15-19, 8-6 E8)

Liberty League (at Rochester) May 5-7, 4 team double elim
1) Rochester (23-13, 13-1 LL) vs. 4) Skidmore (24-12, 7-7 LL)
2) Ithaca (20-15, 11-3 LL) vs. 3) RPI (23-15, 10-4 LL)


SUNYAC (at Geneseo) May 5-8, 6 team double elim
1) Geneseo (30-4, 16-2 SUNYAC) vs. 6) Plattsburgh (13-17, 9-9 SUNYAC)
2) Cortland (23-13, 14-4 SUNYAC) vs. 5) Fredonia (14-24, 9-9 SUNYAC)
3) Oneonta (22-11, 13-5 SUNYAC) vs. 4) New Paltz (25-15, 12-6 SUNYAC)
**note: this bracket could go a number of different ways depending on how many teams are left at various points.**

Skyline (5/3 at higher seeds; then at Farmingdale State) May 3, 5-7, single elim on Tuesday, double elim starting at 4
6) Old Westbury (9-21, 9-9 SKY) at 3) Mount Saint Mary (19-16, 15-3 SKY)
5) St. Joseph's (Bklyn) (22-12, 10-8 SKY) at 4) St. Joseph's (L.I.) (16-13, 11-7 SKY)

1) Farmingdale State (26-3, 17-1 SKY) vs. SJCLI/SJCBK
2) Manhattanville (24-14, 16-2 SKY) vs. MSMC/OW

Pool C chances: Geneseo would probably get one if necessary, maaaaayyyybe Farmingdale. Don't see the E8 or LL being multi-bid under any circumstances.

E8: St. John Fisher 1, Russell Sage 0; Alfred 3, Nazareth 2 8 innings.
  Alfred 5, St. John Fisher 1; Nazareth 4, Russell Sage 3; St. John Fisher 5, Nazareth 3 Russell Sage and Nazareth eliminated.
5/7:  Alfred/St. John Fisher; Alfred only needs 1 win to take the E8 AQ.
        St. John Fisher 6, Alfred 2. This forces a deciding game.
         Alfred 9, St. John Fisher 0 Welcome to the NCAA Tournament, Alred!

LL_ Rochester 9, Skidmore 0 5 innings. RPI 1, Ithaca 0 (lone run came in on an A. Ledger RBI single in 4th)
5/6: Rochester 6, RPI 4; Ithaca 7, Skidmore 0;  RPI 5, Ithaca 2 Skidmore and Ithaca eliminated.
5/7:  RPI/Rochester for the LL AQ:  RPI needs 2 wins to advance.
            Final:  Rochester 2, RPI 1. Rochester's in!
   
SUNYAC: Geneseo St. 4, Plattsburgh St. 3; Cortland St. 6, Fredonia St. 0; New Paltz St. 8, Oneonta St. 2
               Plattsburgh 6, Fredonia 4. Fredonia eliminated.
5/6: Cortland 5, New Paltz 3; Geneseo 6, Cortland 4; Geneseo 9, Oneonta 3; New Paltz 7, Plattsburgh 1.
5/7:  Cortland 4. New Paltz 1; New Paltz eliminated. Cortland gets Geneseo, who needs only 1 win to take the SUNYAC AQ.
     Final:  Geneseo 7 Cortland 0-Welcome to the NCAA Tournament-Geneseo!.

Skyline: 
5/3:  St. Joe's-Brooklyn 6, St. Joe's-LI 4  St. Joe's LI eliminated.
        Mt. St. Mary 9, Old Westbury 1. Old Westbury eliminated.

5/5:  Farmingdale St. 8, St. Joe's-Brooklyn 0 5 innings.
        Manhattanville 3, Mt. St. Mary's 0 .

5/6: Farmingdale St. 8, Manhattanville 3
       St. Joseph-Brooklyn 17, Mt. St. Mary's 5 Mt. St. Mary's eliminated.
       St. Joseph-Brooklyn 4, Manhattanville 3 suspended in 2nd inning.
5/8: Manhattanville won the suspended game. St. Joseph's Brooklyn eliminated.
             Farmingdale St. 6, Manhattanville 2. Farmingdale State gets the Skyline AQ!

[WLCALUM83]

ASC update

#7 McMurry  2 #6 UT-Dallas  1   UTD liminatied
#5 Sul Ross State  6  #8 LeTourneau  3   Letourneau eliminated

Cru/McMurry game suspended in 4th  inning. Game will resume tomorrow.

[CNU85]

C2C:
5/5:  2 Salisbury/3 Mary Washington; 1 CNU/Game 1 winner 5/6-7 TBD
     Salisbury 6, Mary Washington 2;  CNU/Salisbury  Salisbury wins 5-0.
    (IMHO, it'd be a shock if both CNU and Salisbury do not get in (one as an at-large).

Oops. You got that backwards. CNU won 5-0

[justafan12]

ASC update

#7 McMurry  2 #6 UT-Dallas  1   UTD liminatied
#5 Sul Ross State  6  #8 LeTourneau  3   Letourneau eliminated

Cru/McMurry game suspended in 4th  inning. Game will resume tomorrow.

#3 UMHB wins 3-2 and moves to double elimination portion of the bracket.  Plays #2 ETBU at 2:00 PM
#5 Sul Ross vs. #4 Hardin Simmons is next

[justafan12]

#4 Hardin Simmons 2  #5 Sul Ross 1  Sul Ross elimated
Hardin Simmons vs. #1 Belhaven later today.

Next up #3 UMHB vs. #2 ETBU

[CNU85]

CNU wins C2C with 10-4 win vs 2nd ranked Salisbury.

I expect Salisbury will get an at-large bid and do some damage in the post season.

[justafan12]

CNU wins C2C with 10-4 win vs 2nd ranked Salisbury.

I expect Salisbury will get an at-large bid and do some damage in the post season.

Salisbury is a lock for an at-large bid.  The danger you have is will the NCAA put them in the same regional as CNU.  Logic tells you no way but then the NCAA, at the D3 level, does not use logic.

[justafan12]

#4 Hardin Simmons 2  #5 Sul Ross 1  Sul Ross elimated
Hardin Simmons vs. #1 Belhaven later today.

Next up #3 UMHB vs. #2 ETBU

#3 UMHB / #2 ETBU headed to extras tied at 1.

[Caz Bombers]

CNU wins C2C with 10-4 win vs 2nd ranked Salisbury.

I expect Salisbury will get an at-large bid and do some damage in the post season.

Salisbury is a lock for an at-large bid.  The danger you have is will the NCAA put them in the same regional as CNU.  Logic tells you no way but then the NCAA, at the D3 level, does not use logic.

they are both #1 ranked teams in their regions; there are 10 evaluation regions and 16 host sites for the first weekend; meaning even if they treated every region like they were exactly the same strength-wise (of course they are not), all 10 #1s and 6 of the 10 #2s would be expected to play at home. Surely even the D3 selcomm is not so derelict as to not put both schools as host sites.

[justafan12]

I TOTALLY agree that they should both host BUT when the NCAA comes to spending money at the D3 level, well they don't like to.  If they can save a buck or two on travel costs they will.

[justafan12]

#4 Hardin Simmons 2  #5 Sul Ross 1  Sul Ross elimated
Hardin Simmons vs. #1 Belhaven later today.

Next up #3 UMHB vs. #2 ETBU

#3 UMHB / #2 ETBU headed to extras tied at 1.

ETBU wins it in the ninth 2-1.

[Caz Bombers]

I TOTALLY agree that they should both host BUT when the NCAA comes to spending money at the D3 level, well they don't like to.  If they can save a buck or two on travel costs they will.

Ehhh. CNU has some ODAC, USA South and oh let's say a CSAC team they will host. Salisbury can get an NJAC, a MACC/MACF and oh let's say Atlantic East champ.

I think it's much harder to screw up and create Group of Death and Baby Town Frolic Regional type setups under the regional/super regional format than it was in the old 6 and 8 team regional days.

[WLCALUM83]

FYI, to save space, I've been posting updates on the previous page to this one. There have been a ton of east region games washed out, and conference tourneys going single elimination.

[WLCALUM83]

Bids Clinched:

NWC: Linfield:
SAA:  Berry
SCAC:  Texas Lutheran
ODAC:  Va Wesleyan
UAA:  CWRU finished first.

5/7: American Rivers: Wartburg
5/7: UMAC:  Bethay Lutheran
5/7: Little East: ECSU
5/7: CCC: Endicoitt
5/7  MIAC: Bethel-MN
5/7: USA South:  Piedmont.
5/7: SLIAC:  Fontbonne
5/7: SUNYAC:  Geneseo State
5/7: Liberty League: U of Rochester
5/7: E8: Alfred
5/7: MIAA:  Trine
5/7: C2C:  CNU

5/8: MASCAC:  Framingham St.
5/8:NJAC:  Rowan
5/8: NECC:  Lesley
5/8: NESCAC: Amherst.
5/8: NACC:  Concordia-WI
5/8: N Atlantic Conf. Husson
5/8:  AMCC:  PSU-Behrend
5/8:  Skyline:  Farmingdale State.
5/8: GNAC:  J&W-RI
5/8: OAC: OMU
5/8: NEWNAC:  WPI
5/8: Midwest Conference: IL College.
5/8: WIAC: Eau Claire
5/8: Atlantic East:  Cabrini.
5/8: MAC-Commonwealth: Messiah.
5/8:  MAC-Freedom:  Stevens
5/8:  PAC:  Waynesburg
5/8: CCIW:  IL Wesleyan.
5/8:  HCAC:  MSJ
5/8:  NCAC: Hiram
5/8:.Centennial; Muhlenberg
5/8: SCIAC:  Chapman
5/8: Landmark: Susquehanna
5/8:  CUNYAC:  Hunter
.5/8: ASC Belhaven
5/8: United East: PSU-Berks
5/8: CSAC: Wilson


Pool C's in:  ETBU, Salisbury, Roanoke,  Good chances for BSC, Millikin, Tufts and DePauw.
On the bubble: Redlands, Babson, Randolph-Macon, Lynchburg, Manhattanville, MSOE, TCNJ, CWRU, St Benedict-MN  Ithaca, Cortland State, George Fox, Wash-MO,  Mary Hardin-Baylor; Tufts, . Question is, with either IL Wes or North Central-IL getting the CCIW AQ--something else has got to give in that  region. Who'll be left out? MSOE/Concordia-WI runner-up or other?  Same for Hiram knocking off DePauw in the NCAC final. It;ll be interesting to see who else gets left out.