BB: Top Teams in West Region

[Westside]

Whittier is for real. Whitworth was a flash in the pan?

All I can think about with Whittier is their four games against NWC teams.

L 13-1 to George Fox
L 18-5 to Whitman
L 5-4 to PLU
L 16-0 to Linfield

Anyway, Linfield's sweep sets up a huge series next weekend when they take on 2nd place PLU. If Linfield sweeps, they effectively take the conference. A win by PLU would open the door for PLU, George Fox, and Willamette.

[gregger1258]

I attended the Linfield - UPS game today.
Even in sketchy weather, Linfield methodically took UPS apart inning by inning with great pitching, excellent defense and timely hitting.
Last two games did not  give up a run.  They are an experienced, tough team with the best coaches in the conference - if not in the country in D3.
I honestly do not give any other team in the conference a chance of catching up to them.
Maybe Fox or PLU gets in to the regionals as a second NWC team, but Linfield keeps it rolling.... and have a big advantage at West regionals since they are hosting.

[Ralph Turner]

Welcome aboard gregger1258.  Thanks for the report.  +1!   

[sportsfan]

what happened to Trinity this weekend? see they lost 3 one run games.  Looks like they left a lot of runners on base all weekend.  Is that Speers and Walkers first loss ever?

[108 Stitches]

From what I heard the middle of the order bats went silent, left way too many runners in scoring position.

Speer's first since 2012, Walker not sure. TU is definitely in a funk right now. 

[108 Stitches]

Took a quick look at the TU hitting stats. 3 games at Hendrix and the normal middle of the order bats were 0.143.

That is not going to get it done.

[CrashDavisD3]

4/1/2014

CrashDavis Top West Teams

1) Linfield
2) Cal Lutheran
3) Concordia Texas
4) Trinity Texas
5) Long list of maybe's

[SoCalSoxFan]

4/1/2014

CrashDavis Top West Teams

1) Linfield
2) Cal Lutheran
3) Concordia Texas
4) Trinity Texas
5) Long list of maybe's

Crash:  1 year ago you had

CDD3 TOP 6 for the Regional 4-8-2013

1-Cal Lutheran 22-6-1 **** 15-1 last 16 games
2-Linfield 22-5-1         **** 2 losses in past 4 games
3-Texas-Tyler 25-8      *** Beat Centenary 2 of 3
4-Texas-Lutheran 25-8 * 11-1 in Conference Games
5-Pomona-Pitzer 22-7   * Next 3 games with Linfield
6-Trinity-Texas 26-7    ** Lost 4 games to Centenary * Lost to 6-14 Rockford  Needs to play top ASC Teams some year


Cal Lu, Linfield and Trinity are the constants.

[SoCalSoxFan]

Crash, based on last years results... I'm going to agree with your Top 4 picks.


Last year at this time:
CDD3 TOP 6 for the Regional 4-8-2013

1-Cal Lutheran 22-6-1 **** 15-1 last 16 games
2-Linfield 22-5-1         **** 2 losses in past 4 games
3-Texas-Tyler 25-8      *** Beat Centenary 2 of 3
4-Texas-Lutheran 25-8 * 11-1 in Conference Games
5-Pomona-Pitzer 22-7   * Next 3 games with Linfield
6-Trinity-Texas 26-7    ** Lost 4 games to Centenary * Lost to 6-14 Rockford  Needs to play top ASC Teams some year


All six ended up going to the Regionals
1. Linfield
2. Cal Lu
3. Texas-Tyler
4. PP
5. Trinity (Texas)
6. Texas Lutheran

[Ron Boerger]

CTX lost one of three to LeTourneau last weekend and dropped a 2-1 decision in extras to Texas Lutheran today.   Hard to figure out what's going on here in Texas.

[108 Stitches]

CTX lost one of three to LeTourneau last weekend and dropped a 2-1 decision in extras to Texas Lutheran today.   Hard to figure out what's going on here in Texas.

Global Warming.....

Actually there is pretty good balance this year, CTX and TU are clearly the best two teams, but any mid range team can beat them if they don't come to play. There is also a lot of young teams that have good coaching and they are getting better and more competitive as the season progresses. A lot is on the line the next couple of weeks so it will be interesting to see what happens.

[CrashDavisD3]

Crash, based on last years results... I'm going to agree with your Top 4 picks.


Last year at this time:
CDD3 TOP 6 for the Regional 4-8-2013

1-Cal Lutheran 22-6-1 **** 15-1 last 16 games
2-Linfield 22-5-1         **** 2 losses in past 4 games
3-Texas-Tyler 25-8      *** Beat Centenary 2 of 3
4-Texas-Lutheran 25-8 * 11-1 in Conference Games
5-Pomona-Pitzer 22-7   * Next 3 games with Linfield
6-Trinity-Texas 26-7    ** Lost 4 games to Centenary * Lost to 6-14 Rockford  Needs to play top ASC Teams some year


All six ended up going to the Regionals
1. Linfield
2. Cal Lu
3. Texas-Tyler
4. PP
5. Trinity (Texas)
6. Texas Lutheran

I only see 3 of these teams from 2013 making the 2014 West Regional.

[108 Stitches]

I would agree with Crash, Massey has the West as:

1. Linfield
2. CTX
3. Trinity
4. GFox
5. CLU
6. UMHB
7. LeTo
8. Chapman
9. PLU
10. TLU

A lot is going to happen over the next couple of weeks and then the conference tournaments. The only team that appears to be a lock for the Regional is Linfield and everyone else better win their conference. 

[Ralph Turner]

I like the Centenary, TLU, Trinity round robin that is coming up in April in the SCAC.

[SCAC_BaseballFan]

It will definitely be an interesting next few weeks in the SCAC. All 3 teams have been very inconsistent lately, yet when they play well they are good enough to beat most teams (Centenary handled Letourneau fairly easily a few weeks ago, but has lost to Schreiner and Southwestern in weekend games) (TLU beat Concordia Tuesday but lost 2 of 3 to Southwestern last weekend). Will these teams be able to put it together for a month stretch run or will we continue to see the Jekyl and Hyde performances?