BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

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BCQBFAN

Finally time for some baseball (hopefully the games will get played) this weekend.  BC at NC Wesleyan tomorrow and Sunday.  Hitting the road tomorrow morning. ;D

BCQBFAN

Bridgewater took two from NC Wesleyan in Rocky Mount today.  Eagles win easily in game 1 8-1 and take game 2 5-3 behind a Bay Liskey homer.

D-BAT

#1172
SU (2-0) finally takes the field for the 1st time this year and gets a clean sweep of Susquehanna by the scores of 3 to 0 and 7 to 1. 

Vince Claudio (SR) tossed a 1-hitter in the opener and Darrell Thompson (SO) gets the win in game two.

D-BAT

Shenandoah (3-0) recorded its second shutout victory in three games this season with a 16-0 non-league win over Mount Aloysius. Five Hornet pitchers combined on the eight-hit shutout.

D-BAT

SU (11-2) Baseball is killing it ... 47 runs on 65 hits over the last 3 ODAC games! 

DH sweep over HSC Saturday and a win on Friday at EMU.  SU hosts #8 Cortland St. at 2pm in Winchester.

http://www.suhornets.com//sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/20140315o80rfg

D-BAT

#1175
SU (12-2) knocks off #8 Cortland State (10-4) today in Winchester by the score of 13 to 10.

http://suhornets.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/boxscores/20140316_rmsq.xml


SU has scored 60 runs on 76 hits in the last 4 games!


Jim Dixon

I am high on Shenandoah this year.  They are justifying my position with their play.  I would not be surprised to see them in Appleton if they continue to play at such a high level.

D-BAT

SU (13-2) bangs out 22 hits in defeating EMU 21 to 6 today in Winchester.

Last 5 games ... SU has 81 runs on 96 hits!

LynxCat39

Quote from: D-BAT on March 20, 2014, 07:58:17 PM
Last 5 games ... SU has 81 runs on 96 hits!

that's only ~16 runs and ~19 per 9 innings... What's the big deal?

LTBB1971

VWC has a make up game today vs Randolph Macon...pitching has really been a problem with team ERA at 5.95.  With the exception of JR Alex Tucci and SO Sean Greiser, staff is struggling to get outs.  I was actually hopingto see FR Taylor Erby getting a chance to throw more.  Kid was pumping 87-88 MPH in high school which is plenty hard enough to give DIII batters a challenge.

LTBB1971

Good win by the Marlins 3-2 over HSC. Pitching actually held up well with Alex Tucci throwing 7 quality innings and VWC coming back from behind in late innings.  With so many freshman starting in this team, I'm hoping the future is bright.  Need more quality arms like Alex Tucci to develop and help this team out.  Offense has been clicking all year but errors on the field have derailed VWC from getting more than 13 wins.  One last series with W&L on the 19th.

hasanova

#1181
Quakers are finishing strong with their 8th win in a row yesterday at LC, 8-6 in 11 innings.  Doubleheader tomorrow at RMC will decide whether they finish with a winning ODAC record (9-9), overall record (19-18) and a playoff spot (currently in 5th).  Go Quakers!

D-BAT

QuoteFauber: Hornets impressive in ODAC title run


Shenandoah University's baseball team captured its first Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship when the Hornets beat visiting Bridgewater to claim the regular-season crown on Thursday evening.

The Hornets beat Bridgewater in dominating fashion by getting an outstanding starting pitching performance from Sherando grad and sophomore Darrell Thompson, who was backed by plenty of run support in the 9-0 win.

Thompson hurled a complete game -- his third straight -- to pick up his eighth win of the season while striking out 12 batters. Offensively, Shenandoah tallied nine hits, including four for extra bases.

SU's impressive win over the Eagles was the perfect ending to equally impressive run through the ODAC regular season. The Hornets will head into next week's ODAC tournament as the conference's top seed with a 17-3 record in league play (28-7 overall). Shenandoah -- which has maintained a foothold in the national rankings for much of the season -- is currently ranked 12th in the D3baseball.com Top 25 and 18th in the American Baseball Coaches Association poll.

Throughout the season, the Hornets have done exactly what they did on Thursday -- pitch well on the mound and score a lot of runs.

Of those two facets -- pitching and hitting -- the Hornets' offense has been the most impressive. Shenandoah led the ODAC in nearly every major statistical category on offense heading into Thursday's game, including team batting average (.362), slugging percentage (.514), on-base percentage (.438), runs scored (338), hits (454), RBIs (288), doubles (87) and home runs (27). And that's not counting Thursday's numbers, which included three more doubles and a home run.

The Hornets are also in or around the top five in all of NCAA Division III baseball in those categories. SU has scored 10 or more runs in 18 of its 35 games this season.

Three players are batting at least .400 for the Hornets -- junior third baseman Michael Paul (.450), sophomore infielder Billy Arens (.413) and senior catcher Joe Bittner (.411) -- and eight players have at least 20 RBIs this spring.

Paul has been by far the biggest bat in Shenandoah's potent lineup and has put together one of the finest individual batting performances in Division III this spring. The junior from Red Hill, Pa., has hit eight home runs and leads the ODAC with 56 RBIs. He is also slugging .743 and has hit 15 doubles and scored 48 runs. Paul has 63 hits in 140 at-bats.

On the mound, the Hornets have surrendered large chunks of runs at times, but they still rank third in the ODAC with a 3.90 ERA. Shenandoah was also second in the conference in opponent batting average (.262) prior to Thursday, and the Hornets' 7.68 strikeouts per nine innings leads the ODAC.

Thompson (8-1) has led the Hornets' pitching staff this season, as the left-hander has pitched to a 2.38 ERA in 68 innings that span nine starts. Thompson was leading the ODAC with 64 strikeouts following Thursday's victory, and he has issued just 11 walks.

Shenandoah has also gotten a quality effort at the top of its rotation from senior Vince Claudio, who is 6-1 in eight starts and has a 3.78 ERA in 47 2/3 innings pitched. The right-hander also has 46 strikeouts.

The Hornets entered the 2014 season with high hopes of making it back to the NCAA tournament after failing to do so last year, and SU appears poised to make a deep playoff run this season with its strong balance of hitting and pitching. But first and foremost, I'm sure the Hornets have their eyes on that conference tournament trophy after a disappointing showing in their inaugural ODAC campaign in 2013.

Contact sports writer Brad Fauber at 540-465-5137 ext. 184, or bfauber@nvdaily.com. Follow on Twitter @BradFauberNVD

hasanova

Quote from: hasanova on April 18, 2014, 10:19:10 AM
Quakers are finishing strong with their 8th win in a row yesterday at LC, 8-6 in 11 innings.  Doubleheader tomorrow at RMC will decide whether they finish with a winning ODAC record (9-9), overall record (19-18) and a playoff spot (currently in 5th).  Go Quakers!
Quakers dropped two 1-run games on the road at RMC to go 0 for three in my wish list.  Even a split with the Yellow Jackets would have gotten GC in the ODAC tournament as the Quakers had the tie-breaker over LC if both were 10-10.  Wish the ODAC would expand to an 8-team format.  C'est la vie!

Jeremybozz

 Bridgewater defeats Shenandoah 5-3 in NCAA tourney. Now, Shenandoah is down 8-1/3rd Inning vs Emory in an elimination game. Bridgewater is 3-0 in the NCAA's so far.