BB: Regionals (South) 2012 CNU

[D-BAT]

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!

Yes they did, just a couple-few years ago they did and many times as it was all over this board as the cup-cakes on SU's schedule was a hot topic for some.

[PNeal7]

I'll be the first one to admit to calling Messiah a cupcake a few years back, as they have perennially been a .500/sub .500 team in a weak conference. SU having a cupcake schedule was not mentioned this year, as this is the first year in recent memory where they scheduled some tough out of conference games. It would be nice to see a CNU v. SU Regional Championship game, as that would represent the USAS very well.

[Ralph Turner]

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.

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[vabaseball]

So tough loss for Shenandoah in 14 innings.  I sure would like to know how many pitches the Salisbury starter threw in 12.1 innings.  Geez....  12 hits, a couple walks and a hit batter too, so its not like it was a perfect game.

[narch]

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!

Yes they did, just a couple-few years ago they did and many times as it was all over this board as the cup-cakes on SU's schedule was a hot topic for some.

well...despite a strong showing in their conference tourney and a first-round upset of cnu, messiah was a sub-.500 team this year, not exactly a juggernaut

i'm disappointed to see su/cnu in an elimination game...i was hoping that would be the regional championship, but both have played a really good tournament to this point...that salisbury/su game must have been a great game to watch - with 23 hits and 9 walks, it had to seem like the game was on the brink of being over almost every inning

[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.

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It's sent to me via e-mail, that is why I quoted it.  I been over this previously.

[NoVa Baseball]

Seems like CNU and SU are fated to play at the end of every season.  Fun game to watch last night (SU/Sal).  Gutsy showing by the Sal starter.  SU's closer went 6-7 innings.  All the games at this regional have been affected by gale force winds blowing in from CF.  Hope the Captains bats continue to heat up after the long layoff.  They have been getting stronger each game. 

Go Captains!

[hokieone]

Killing us not to be there, but    Go Captains Go!!!    Don't even let SU leave the USAS winning a regional title on your field...but what a great and fun rivalry!        I hope these two keep scheduling each other, but the future USAS has lost a wonderful annual competition.  Kudos to both programs for getting and staying at a national level...but come on Captains, beat 'em!

[Boysofsummer21]

SO in looking over the D3Baseball all-region team had a question---

First and foremost great work on this. I do not envy you for having to do this and you did a great job.
While I do not agree with all the selections I understand how diffuclt it is. Oh and I am a USA South guy so....

1 question - well really 2.
1. Fleischmann CNU - as of 5/18/12 10 saves 1.86 era and .198 b/avg and doesn't get a whiff. He has the most saves in the south region more saves than Cook and a better ERA and B/avg than Cook.
2. When I went to the NCAA stats page Cook from Piedmount does not show up at all in the save stats. I know that Piedmont and the NCAA differed on the save count as they had him at 9 and the Piedmount site has him at 10. Now none of Piedmount stats at all. Does anyone know why that is? http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/ranksummary

The answer--

Without speaking to this specific situation, let me first point out that in some cases, some of the answers to such questions are going to be "he wasn't nominated."

As for Piedmont, perhaps the team or conference didn't file its stat report on time for baseball.

Hard to beleive that CNU didn't nominate their whole pitching staff!!!!! If true that is a WOW!

[Goose_13]

Congrats to the Captains and Head Coach John Harvell! Way to come back after dropping their first game and fighting thru the losers bracket to earn a trip to Appleton! Represent the USA South proud boys!

[CNU85]

Wow! Beating Shenandoah is tough enough. But then to have to play a second game against another opponent in Salisbury and win that one 12-3. Wow! On to Wisconsin!!  A funny note- I was at messiah game when it started. CNU lost. The next game I was late. Showed up in bottom of first. CNU wins. So, I show up yesterday in bottom of first. CNU won. So this morning I show up in bottom of first. CNU wins again. So going into final game, I left in between games. I went home and came back in bottom of first! CNU wins! Maybe I should go to Appleton and show up in bottom of first! 

[CNU85]

This must have been the Super Regional. 6 teams and 5 are ranked!! I just looked at top 25. Thursday CNU beats #19 Lynchburg to stay alive. Friday they beat #18 Rowan and then today CNU beats two ranked teams in the same day - #20 Shenandoah and #5 Salisbury. Like I said in a previous post - wow!

[PNeal7]

Congrats to Coach Harvell and the Captains. This year's senior class has collectively been one of the most productive CNU has ever had. Connor Madden will finish up as one of the top hitters in Captains history, with Saunders, Mark, Lindenmuth, Keener, Lenda, and Shoemaker all having very solid careers at CNU. Between Madden, Saunders, Mark, Lindenmuth, and Lenda, there are almost 700 career collegiate starts, with all 5 of them starting full-time at least 3 seasons. 

[narch]

Wow! Beating Shenandoah is tough enough. But then to have to play a second game against another opponent in Salisbury and win that one 12-3. Wow! On to Wisconsin!!  A funny note- I was at messiah game when it started. CNU lost. The next game I was late. Showed up in bottom of first. CNU wins. So, I show up yesterday in bottom of first. CNU won. So this morning I show up in bottom of first. CNU wins again. So going into final game, I left in between games. I went home and came back in bottom of first! CNU wins! Maybe I should go to Appleton and show up in bottom of first! 

it's all because of you, 85

congrats to the captains...that's a tough road to go, losing the first game and winning the regional...every game is an elimination game...

[Boysofsummer21]

First of congrats to CNU! It was a weekend that feature many really good games and even with the 30 MPH winds the weather was nice. I do find this a bit bittersweet as it was the last game for Shenandoah as a member of the USA South and the CNU Shenandoah rivalry had turn into one of the best. I can only hope that it continues in Regionals! So good luck Captains make us proud and good luck Shenandoah on the ODAC!