BB: Top Teams in West Region

[Ron Boerger]

Can't really say I'm excited to see a team going to D1 next year playing for a D3 national championship.   Go Salisbury!

[cubs]

Was there another school that made the move from D3 to D1 for baseball in the last 10-15 years, or am I just imagining things?

[Ron Boerger]

Was there another school that made the move from D3 to D1 for baseball in the last 10-15 years, or am I just imagining things?

I don't remember anything in that timeframe.   It is very unusual for a school to go straight from D3 to D1 and in fact the NCAA had to grant them special dispensation to support St. Thomas (MN) making a two-division leap in a reduced timeframe.   According to this AP article UST will be the first school to make a two-division leap since Buffalo in 1993.

I could see UT-Tyler, which had a strong D3 baseball program and just went D2 a couple of years ago, eventually making the leap to D1. 

[cubs]

Was there another school that made the move from D3 to D1 for baseball in the last 10-15 years, or am I just imagining things?

I don't remember anything in that timeframe.   It is very unusual for a school to go straight from D3 to D1 and in fact the NCAA had to grant them special dispensation to support St. Thomas (MN) making a two-division leap in a reduced timeframe.   According to this AP article UST will be the first school to make a two-division leap since Buffalo in 1993.

I could see UT-Tyler, which had a strong D3 baseball program and just went D2 a couple of years ago, eventually making the leap to D1.

Thanks Ron!  UT-Tyler was who I was thinking of, but I forgot they "only" jumped to D2, not D1.

So did you pull for Texas Lutheran to knock them off in the 2018 Championship since they were going to D2?   

[Ron Boerger]

Of course.  I'm a Trinity(TX) guy so had to rep the fellow SCAC member ... plus the D3>D2 situation 

[Ralph Turner]

Over the weekend...

Cal Lutheran went 4-0 versus Puget and Whitworth (x3)
This weekend, they travel to Demorest GA for CNU, B-SC and Piedmont. That will be a great series.

Willamette split with ETBU and swept Centenary.

TLU lost twice to PLU; a 3rd game was canceled due to weather.

Pacific when 2-1 vs Oxy.

[Jim Dixon]

In the SCIAC -NWC crossover weekend, the top teams did okay. Everyone is off to a good start.

[Ralph Turner]

The season is winding down. It is Tourney time in the Northwest Conference.

Linfield plays Pacific today.

In the NWC, Lewis and Clark and Whitman finished tied for 7th in a 9-team conference with 11-13 records, 3 games behind 1st place.
Talk about a tight conference!

The NWC Pool A is my dark horse for the "West Regionals".

[Ralph Turner]

In the SCIAC, Chapman controls its destiny with series against P-P and La Verne in the next 2 weekends.

Those are the 3 leading teams in the conference.

[Jack Parkman]

First Regional Rankings are out (sort of) and a few items of interest...

Cal Lu
ETBU
La Verne
Pomona
TX Lutheran
UT-Dallas
Trinity

*For whatever reason, the first release is simply in alphabetical order.

Chapman is not present as of now, but they really raise their stock by winning their next two series against Pomona and La Verne.

Pacific has already punched their ticket, but are not ranked.

I would figure the SCIAC gets two in, SCAC gets two in, the ASC gets one, and NWC gets one (Pacific). Who knows what matchups would be as I am not sure about conference teams being paired up in a Regional. Could be NWC at SCIAC (two team Regional) and a flight for one SCIAC team headed to TX with the other three??? Anyone have more insight on that?

[Ralph Turner]

First Regional Rankings are out (sort of) and a few items of interest...

Cal Lu
ETBU
La Verne
Pomona
TX Lutheran
UT-Dallas
Trinity

*For whatever reason, the first release is simply in alphabetical order.

Chapman is not present as of now, but they really raise their stock by winning their next two series against Pomona and La Verne.

Pacific has already punched their ticket, but are not ranked.

I would figure the SCIAC gets two in, SCAC gets two in, the ASC gets one, and NWC gets one (Pacific). Who knows what matchups would be as I am not sure about conference teams being paired up in a Regional. Could be NWC at SCIAC (two team Regional) and a flight for one SCIAC team headed to TX with the other three??? Anyone have more insight on that?

Logical for the fewest flights.

Then the 2 regionals pair up for the Super Regional.

[Ralph Turner]

Pacific is my darkhorse out of Region 10.

They were regular season champs but had to win 2 on the last to earn the Pool A.
The Northwest Conference was extremely balanced. Pacific was first (14-10). The two teams tied for 7th had 11-13 records, just 3 Games Behind!

In the Regional last year, Pacific was just one out away from the 2021 World Series against the eventual runner-up (St Thomas), I believe the conference is balanced and strong.

[Ralph Turner]

Regional rankings #2

1   Trinity (TX)   28-8   29-8
2   La Verne   28-6-1   29-7-1
3   Chapman   28-9   28-9
4   Pomona-Pitzer   26-8   26-8
5   East Tex. Baptist   28-11   28-11
6   Texas-Dallas   28-12   28-12
7   Cal Lutheran   24-13   24-13

I am skeptical of getting more than 1 -2 Pool C bids out of this region.

Maybe Trinity, if they lose in the tourney, and/or the SCIAC runnerup.

[Ralph Turner]

Region 10 seems either down or incredibly balanced in 2023.
We may do well to get 1 Pool C bid, probably from the SCIAC.

[Ralph Turner]

Region 10 seems either down or incredibly balanced in 2023.
We may do well to get 1 Pool C bid, probably from the SCIAC.

Of course I was wrong in 2022.