BB: Top Teams in West Region

[CrashDavisD3]

Heard yesterday that UTTyler has put in for the West Regional. 

Depending on who else has submitted an application, I would guess they have a good shot at it. Beautiful facility and field, would be a great venue.

That would be a great place simply because it would be new.  Seems like it has been in the same 2 spots over and over (probably not, just what I feel) and this would be a good change.  Nobody in the SCIAC will host and Linfield seems to be the only option in the NWC.  No idea about the TX schools other than Concordia.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was at Linfield again.   

Well, that pretty much makes it official* that it will be in Oregon again.

*It really doesn't but WC11 is a pretty connected guy so I will take my chances on him being correct.

Linfield make sense for several reasons to host West regional AGAIN

Nice venue
They know what their doing and have done it several times
Linfield has a great chance of making the regionals

Bad things
HUGE home field advantages for Linfield
Home cooking/No travel no hotels no bus rides or flights
Turf field experience is an advantage
Home crowd
Bad Weather gives Linfield advantages. Games could be played in Rain, Wind, Cold

[108 Stitches]

I have been to 3 of the last Regionals and 2 of them have been at Linfield. I think it would be a mistake to put it back there again if there were another credible application. Linfield did not win because they were at home, they were the better team and they won once there and once in TX. The location is a bit problematic mostly for the lack of hotels nearby, and distance for most of the West teams, but this is made up for with the abundance of wineries.

The folks at UTT seemed to think it was coming there, but we will have to wait for the NCAA to announce something.

[SoCalSoxFan]

I have been to 3 of the last Regionals and 2 of them have been at Linfield. I think it would be a mistake to put it back there again if there were another credible application. Linfield did not win because they were at home, they were the better team and they won once there and once in TX. The location is a bit problematic mostly for the lack of hotels nearby, and distance for most of the West teams, but this is made up for with the abundance of wineries.

The folks at UTT seemed to think it was coming there, but we will have to wait for the NCAA to announce something.

As an added bonus, Linfield is a great location for UFO aficionados!  I don't think UTT can top that!

[108 Stitches]

As an added bonus, Linfield is a great location for UFO aficionados!  I don't think UTT can top that!

Nope, but you only need to see it once.

.....however Tyler has one of the better BBQ places I have been.

[wildcat11]

Heard yesterday that UTTyler has put in for the West Regional. 

Depending on who else has submitted an application, I would guess they have a good shot at it. Beautiful facility and field, would be a great venue.

That would be a great place simply because it would be new.  Seems like it has been in the same 2 spots over and over (probably not, just what I feel) and this would be a good change.  Nobody in the SCIAC will host and Linfield seems to be the only option in the NWC.  No idea about the TX schools other than Concordia.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was at Linfield again.   

Well, that pretty much makes it official* that it will be in Oregon again.

*It really doesn't but WC11 is a pretty connected guy so I will take my chances on him being correct.

Oh no...I was just joking around.  I have ZERO idea where the regional is going to be this year.

[SoCalSoxFan]

As an added bonus, Linfield is a great location for UFO aficionados!  I don't think UTT can top that!

Nope, but you only need to see it once.

.....however Tyler has one of the better BBQ places I have been.

I think I'd rather have BBQ than UFO parades

[TexasBB]

For what it is worth they have held the DIII regional Softball tournament at the same UTT facility that houses the baseball field. The two share the same park. The DIII softfall tourney has the same needs  hotel and logistics wise as baseball.

[Mr. Ypsi]

As an added bonus, Linfield is a great location for UFO aficionados!  I don't think UTT can top that!

Nope, but you only need to see it once.

.....however Tyler has one of the better BBQ places I have been.

I think I'd rather have BBQ than UFO parades

Yeah, but you haven't lived 'til you have BBQ ON a UFO!

[CrashDavisD3]

I have had BBQ in Abilene at a regional. I have seen the UFO parade on McMinnville. Also spent lots time at the Wooden Nickel in Appleton. It is all good when it is playoff baseball for 5 years straight

[Westside]

I don't really care who hosts the regional as long as six teams from the West make it this year

[CrashDavisD3]

Top Records in the West

ASC - ETBU 6-2

NWC - Willimette 7-0
NWC - Linfield 7-1
NWC - Pac Lutheran 6-2

SCAC - Texas Lutheran 6-2
SCAC - Trinity - 4-2

SCIAC - Cal Lutheran 3-0
SCIAC - Redlands 5-1
SCIAC - Pomona-Pitzer 6-2

[CrashDavisD3]

Top Records in the West

ASC - Concordia-Texas 10-3
NWC- Williamette 12-1
NWC- Pacific Lutheran 10-4
SCAC - Trinity 8-2
SCIAC - Cal Lutheran 8-1
SCIAC - Occidental 10-2
SCIAC - Pomona-Pitzer 11-3

[108 Stitches]

Some major shifts happening in the West.

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   UW-Whitewater (24)   0-0   624   1
2   St. Thomas (1)   0-0   594   2
3   Cortland State   0-0   530   4
4   Salisbury   2-0   529   5
5   Cal Lutheran   8-1   442   9
6   Southern Maine   0-0   439   7
7   Kean   1-0   434   10
8   Emory   6-3   403   3
9   Concordia-Chicago   1-0   401   8
10   Birmingham-Southern   8-0   398   14
11   UW-Stevens Point   0-0   373   11
12   Marietta   0-0   372   12
13   Rowan   0-0   305   13
14   Linfield   9-5   293   6
15   Case Western Reserve   0-0   281   15
16   Trinity (Texas)   8-2   263   18
17   Shenandoah   0-0   237   17
18   Webster   1-2   172   16
19   Baldwin Wallace   0-0   151   20
20   Bridgewater (Va.)   1-0   132   21
21   Rhodes   10-2   132   25
22   Eastern Connecticut   0-1   106   19
23   Pacific Lutheran   10-4   105   23
24   Misericordia   2-0   89   24
25   Tufts   0-0   70   22
Dropped out: none

Others receiving votes: Willamette 41, Endicott 35, La Roche 24, Wesleyan (Conn.) 24, Frostburg St. 20, Randolph-Macon 17, Heidelberg 14, Adrian 13, Pomona-Pitzer 13, Moravian 9, Rose-Hulman 7, Amherst 6, Concordia (Texas) 6, Ithaca 4, Buena Vista 3, Wash. & Jeff. 3, UW-La Crosse 3, Alma 2, Huntingdon 2, Johns Hopkins 2, Concordia-Moorhead 1, Millsaps 1.

The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.

[Whatagame]

Right now, it looks to be a super competitive year in the NWC, which is exciting relative to post season bids because of the inaugural NWC Conference Tournament (4 top teams are in)

Six teams look to be in play right now (Willamette, UPS, Linfield, PLU, Whitworth and GFU) The remaining three teams have lineups that have already proven to be able to take games from the upper tier, making weekend sweeps difficult. 

The UPS offensive outburst versus all three Linfield starters was very, very impressive (getting 10 hits and 6 runs off Haddeland in 7 IP was pretty impressive)  Nobody wants to face Dan Scheibe from Whitworth right now - NASTY, best D3 stuff I've personally seen in the conference, recently, asides from Lubking.

Really is going to be a great season to the end

[CrashDavisD3]

Some major shifts happening in the West.

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   UW-Whitewater (24)   0-0   624   1
2   St. Thomas (1)   0-0   594   2
3   Cortland State   0-0   530   4
4   Salisbury   2-0   529   5
5   Cal Lutheran   8-1   442   9
6   Southern Maine   0-0   439   7
7   Kean   1-0   434   10
8   Emory   6-3   403   3
9   Concordia-Chicago   1-0   401   8
10   Birmingham-Southern   8-0   398   14
11   UW-Stevens Point   0-0   373   11
12   Marietta   0-0   372   12
13   Rowan   0-0   305   13
14   Linfield   9-5   293   6
15   Case Western Reserve   0-0   281   15
16   Trinity (Texas)   8-2   263   18
17   Shenandoah   0-0   237   17
18   Webster   1-2   172   16
19   Baldwin Wallace   0-0   151   20
20   Bridgewater (Va.)   1-0   132   21
21   Rhodes   10-2   132   25
22   Eastern Connecticut   0-1   106   19
23   Pacific Lutheran   10-4   105   23
24   Misericordia   2-0   89   24
25   Tufts   0-0   70   22
Dropped out: none

Others receiving votes: Willamette 41, Endicott 35, La Roche 24, Wesleyan (Conn.) 24, Frostburg St. 20, Randolph-Macon 17, Heidelberg 14, Adrian 13, Pomona-Pitzer 13, Moravian 9, Rose-Hulman 7, Amherst 6, Concordia (Texas) 6, Ithaca 4, Buena Vista 3, Wash. & Jeff. 3, UW-La Crosse 3, Alma 2, Huntingdon 2, Johns Hopkins 2, Concordia-Moorhead 1, Millsaps 1.

The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.

With 5 losses not sure how Linfield remains in TOP 25.