BB: Regionals (South) 2012 CNU

[Boysofsummer21]

I think it will be;

1. CNU
2. Salisbury
3. Shenandoah
4. Haverford
5. Lynchburg
6. John Hopkins

[rolln2]

I think it will be;

1. CNU
2. Salisbury
3. Shenandoah
4. Haverford
5. Lynchburg
6. John Hopkins

Don't see Haverford and Hopkins coming south.  They are both from same conference and Haverford won tourney so I think Hopkins is out.

[D-BAT]

Final Reg'l Rankings:
         
(1) 35-07, 35-07 Birmingham-Southern      
(2) 21-07, 30-07 Christopher Newport      
(3) 27-06, 31-07 Salisbury      
(4) 26-09, 29-11 Shenandoah   
(5) 26-11, 26-11 Emory   
(6) 24-12, 30-12 Huntingdon   

[D-BAT]

It's official!

Hosted by Christopher Newport, Newport News, Va.
1   Christopher Newport (30-7)
2   Salisbury (31-7)
3   Shenandoah (29-11)
4   Rowan (30-13)
5   Lynchburg (34-8)
6   Messiah (19-23)


First-round matchups for the championship site will be as follows:

• Rhodes regional winner vs. Eastern Connecticut State regional winner
• Farmingdale State regional winner vs. Kean regional winner
• Wisconsin-Whitewater regional winner vs. Christopher Newport regional winner
• Marietta regional winner vs. Linfield regional winner

[NoVa Baseball]

Looks like I was right about two Mid-Atlantic teams coming to the South Regional, but wrong about which two.  Messiah and Rowan are good adds to this group and will make for a really competitive tournament.  Messiah doesn't have an impressive won-loss record, but a close look at their schedule shows a win against Salisbury (6-3) and an extra-inning loss to Shenandoah (8-9).  Sounds like a team that can hang with the others in this Regional.   

Let's hope for great weather at beautiful Captains Park on Wednesday. 

Go Captains!

[narch]

good luck to both usasac teams!

[gr8day4bsbll]

I agree; very competitive regional bracket.  Should be a lot of fun.  Good luck to ALL the teams, but especially to Lynchburg...   

[rolln2]

Boy I will agree on this being a good regional.  This regional being only a six team tourney still has the most top 25 ranked teams.  The south currently has five top 25 teams in CNU,Salisbury,Shenandoah,Lynchburg and Rowan.  That is two more than any other regional in the tournament.  It is funny how one of the smaller regionals got stuck w/ the most ranked teams per tourney site.  Should be fun to watch.

[Ralph Turner]

Boy I will agree on this being a good regional.  This regional being only a six team tourney still has the most top 25 ranked teams.  The south currently has five top 25 teams in CNU,Salisbury,Shenandoah,Lynchburg and Rowan.  That is two more than any other regional in the tournament.  It is funny how one of the smaller regionals got stuck w/ the most ranked teams per tourney site.   Should be fun to watch.

Because many fans complain about the weaker conferences in other parts of the country that do not have a team "worthy" of getting a tourney bid, sometimes to their perceived detriment of letting their favorite team get a "do-over" Pool C bid.

There are no such conferences in this part of the country.


Here is the last team in each Regional that was a Pool C bid.  The number of teams in each bracket is given.

Central/6                   IWU #6  (These are about the only 6 teams that could be bussed to Memphis.)
Mid-Atlantic/8            Neumann #5
Mideast/8                  St John Fisher #4
Midwest/8                 Concordia-Chicago #5
New England/8           Bowdoin #7
New York/6               Misericordia #4  None
South/6                    Rowan #4
West/6                     Trinity TX #2

All of the remaining seeds in each bracket is Pool A (Automatic Qualifier) except Pool B WashU and Ithaca.

[lordcharles]

Boy I will agree on this being a good regional.  This regional being only a six team tourney still has the most top 25 ranked teams.  The south currently has five top 25 teams in CNU,Salisbury,Shenandoah,Lynchburg and Rowan.  That is two more than any other regional in the tournament.  It is funny how one of the smaller regionals got stuck w/ the most ranked teams per tourney site.   Should be fun to watch.

Because many fans complain about the weaker conferences in other parts of the country that do not have a team "worthy" of getting a tourney bid, sometimes to their perceived detriment of letting their favorite team get a "do-over" Pool C bid.

There are no such conferences in this part of the country.


Here is the last team in each Regional that was a Pool C bid.  The number of teams in each bracket is given.

Central/6                   IWU #6  (These are about the only 6 teams that could be bussed to Memphis.)
Mid-Atlantic/8            Neumann #5
Mideast/8                  St John Fisher #4
Midwest/8                 Concordia-Chicago #5
New England/8           Bowdoin #7
New York/6               Misericordia #4
South/6                    Rowan #4
West/6                     Trinity TX #2

Alll of the remaining seeds in each bracket is Pool A (Automatic Qualifier).

. I believe Misericordia was an automatic bid not a pool c - no?

[Ralph Turner]

Boy I will agree on this being a good regional.  This regional being only a six team tourney still has the most top 25 ranked teams.  The south currently has five top 25 teams in CNU,Salisbury,Shenandoah,Lynchburg and Rowan.  That is two more than any other regional in the tournament.  It is funny how one of the smaller regionals got stuck w/ the most ranked teams per tourney site.   Should be fun to watch.

Because many fans complain about the weaker conferences in other parts of the country that do not have a team "worthy" of getting a tourney bid, sometimes to their perceived detriment of letting their favorite team get a "do-over" Pool C bid.

There are no such conferences in this part of the country.


Here is the last team in each Regional that was a Pool C bid.  The number of teams in each bracket is given.

Central/6                   IWU #6  (These are about the only 6 teams that could be bussed to Memphis.)
Mid-Atlantic/8            Neumann #5
Mideast/8                  St John Fisher #4
Midwest/8                 Concordia-Chicago #5
New England/8           Bowdoin #7
New York/6               Misericordia #4 None!
South/6                    Rowan #4
West/6                     Trinity TX #2

Alll of the remaining seeds in each bracket is Pool A (Automatic Qualifier).

. I believe Misericordia was an automatic bid not a pool c - no?

My bad!  +1!

There are no Pool C bids in the New York Regional.

[D-BAT]

Looks like one of ole' SU's cupcakes got CNU today ... how 'bout that!

[D-BAT]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - No. 19/21 Shenandoah University opened up its 2012 NCAA Newport News Baseball Regional Wednesday evening with a 5-4 victory over No. 18/24 Rowan (N.J.).

The Hornets (30-13) rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to take out the Profs (30-14).

Shenandoah, the third-seed in the six-team regional, advances to take on second-seeded Salisbury on Thursday at 4:30.

Wednesday's contest was originally scheduled for a 4:30 start at Captains Park on the campus of Christopher Newport University, but was moved to Plumeri Park at the College of William & Mary after thunderstorms were forcast for the Newport News area.

SU struggled a bit with the delay, as RU jumped on Hornets starter Vince Claudio (7-1) for two runs on four hits and one walk in the first.

Claudio helped himself out by picking off a runner and then got a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat.

The twin killing was one of three that Shenandoah had on the day - reliever Kyle Scallion closed the book on the game by getting designated hitter Kevin McMenamin to ground into a bases loaded 6-3 DP.

Scallion posted his fifth save of the spring by recording the final five outs of the contest - coming on with runners on second and third in the eighth, he induced a lineout and groundout to first to put SU three outs from victory.

In the ninth, he recorded an inning-opening strikeout, but then saw the Profs get two singles before intentionally walking four-hole hitter Nick Turano to load the bases.

McMenamin then ground the ball three steps to the left of second base, where Kurt Krout scooped it up and relayed to Cory Nelson at first for the final two outs of the game.

Trailing 3-1 after RU scored two runs in the first and one in the second, Shenandoah tied the game with a two-run third.

Nelson had the first RBI, on a single to left before Nick Beall evened matters with a single to right.

Beall, who was one of four SU players with two hits, gave the Hornets the lead in the fifth with a single to right center. His single plated Nelson from second, who had reached on a two-base throwing error by Rowan third baseman Mark Benak.

Freshman Michael Paul had the eventual game-winning RBI with a double to right center to score Tucker Brown. Brown reached on a single to left.

Claudio allowed four runs (three earned) on 11 hits and two walks while striking out one.

Steven Melchiorre (5-2) took the loss for Rowan. He gave up the five runs (four earned) on 11 hits and one walk.

Melchiorre struck out five.

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[vabaseball]

I don't think anyone ever called Messiah a cupcake team.  Perennial champs in every sport... D3 monster.

Disappointing loss for CNU though.  Very glad they came through today. 

Must have been nice for Shenandoah to play at Plumeri Park.  What a great spot!

[D-BAT]

Keep it going Shenandoah!

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The No. 19/20 Shenandoah University baseball team posted its second straight victory of the Newport News Regional with a 6-1 win over No. 4/6 Salisbury University Thursday afternoon.

Senior Cory Nelson (6-4) threw 8 2/3 innings of seven-hit ball to propel the Hornets (31-11) past Salisbury (32-8).

With the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, SU skipper Kevin Anderson turned to closer Kyle Scallion, who induced a lazy fly ball to right for the final out of the contest.

The save, Scallion's sixth of the season, was his second in less than 24 hours.

The win makes Shenandoah the lone remaining undefeated team in the regional. The Hornets will now await the winner of the Messiah/Salisbury game tomorrow; those two teams play at 9:30 a.m. with the winner facing the Hornets at 4:30.

A Shenandoah win tomorrow gives the Hornets two chances to win the South Region title and make their third trip to Appleton in the past four years.

After the two teams each scored one run in the fourth, SU scored one run in the sixth before breaking things open with a four-run seventh.

Senior Jake Pendergraft, who led the 11-hit attack with a 4 for 5 afternoon, had the big blow in the seventh with a two-run single up the middle.

Pendergraft's hit drove in the final two runs of the game.

In the sixth, the Hornets had taken the lead for good on a Nick Beall RBI single to left. The RBI was the second of the game for Beall, who had plated the victors first run with a fourth inning groundout.

Beall now has four RBI in the regional.

The four-run seventh gave Nelson all of the cushion he needed - he retired the Gulls in order in the first, second (with the help of a double play) and seventh while throwing just 110 pitches in earning his sixth victory of the year.

Beall and Joey Donofrio both had two hits to back up Pendergraft.

View video of Pendergraft's two-run single.

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