D3 Softball Post Season 2023 (CWS)

[WLCALUM83]

On paper, Moravian is the most likely underdog going into this thing:  All of these teams have very strong pitching:  Trine appears to be on a mission-with getting 3 ECSU transfers who now get the chance they were longing for all season--Salisbury, Berry and Trine are the most likely on-paper favorites, given their year-long Top 25 Poll positions. I'll submit my choice a bit later.

[justafan12]

Curious to know if teams are staying in Marshall or drawing into Longview for hotels and food.  Marshall does not have much to offer.

[Ron Boerger]

Curious to know if teams are staying in Marshall or drawing into Longview for hotels and food.  Marshall does not have much to offer.

Do they have any choice, or do they have to go wherever the NCAA assigns them?

Interesting results so far ...
#7 Coe pulls the upset of the day with a 3-0 upset over #2 Linfield
#8 Moravian says hold my beer, winning 4-1 over top-seeded Salisbury
#5 Berry continues the theme with a 3-0 victory over #4 CNU
#3 Trine plays #6 Rowan later this evening

[Ron Boerger]

Curious to know if teams are staying in Marshall or drawing into Longview for hotels and food.  Marshall does not have much to offer.

Do they have any choice, or do they have to go wherever the NCAA assigns them?

Interesting results so far ...
#7 Coe pulls the upset of the day with a 3-0 upset over #2 Linfield
#8 Moravian says hold my beer, winning 4-1 over top-seeded Salisbury
#5 Berry continues the theme with a 3-0 victory over #4 CNU
#3 Trine plays #6 Rowan later this evening

And Rowan made it 4-4 for underdogs with an 11-4 thrashing of Trine.  Today's games:

#1 Salisbury vs #4 CNU, loser eliminated
#8 Moravian vs #5 Berry, winner to semis on Sunday, loser to elimination against above winner on Saturday (two games if necessary)
 
#2 Linfield vs #3 Trine, loser eliminated
#7 Coe vs. #6 Rowan, winner to semis on Sunday, loser to elimination against above winner on Saturday (two games if necessary)

[WLCALUM83]

If someone would have told me Salisbury/CNU and Trine/Linfield would be elimination games this early, I wouldn't have believed them.

I knew Rowan had a good offense, but I didn't expect the Profs to come out THAT strong vs. Trine.

That CNU/Berry pitching matchup (Alger vs. Gore), well, something had to give on that one either way.

Coe's Ellie Thurow pitched superbly in the Kohawk opener. Coe's offense will be put to the test against Rowan (particularly if Lutz starts for the Profs).

Let's see if things get any crazier today.

[phil]

Crazy post season. I had hotel reservations with my daughter in hope that CWRU made the field. Now I wish I went anyway to watch the underdogs all prevail on day 1. As for the location, I can't imagine the NCAA could have put them in a better facility in a more out of the way location. It would have been a 3.5 hour drive for us, but for those flying, your choice is Dallas and a two hour drive, or connecting through somewhere else to get to Shreveport and a 40 minute drive.

[justafan12]

Curious to know if teams are staying in Marshall or drawing into Longview for hotels and food.  Marshall does not have much to offer.

Do they have any choice, or do they have to go wherever the NCAA assigns them?

Interesting results so far ...
#7 Coe pulls the upset of the day with a 3-0 upset over #2 Linfield
#8 Moravian says hold my beer, winning 4-1 over top-seeded Salisbury
#5 Berry continues the theme with a 3-0 victory over #4 CNU
#3 Trine plays #6 Rowan later this evening

I thought teams made their own travel plans and were reimbursed up to the amount that NCAA gives.  i know of one team that rented vans versus a charter bus as a way to pay for extra folks in their travel party.

[WLCALUM83]

Curious to know if teams are staying in Marshall or drawing into Longview for hotels and food.  Marshall does not have much to offer.

Do they have any choice, or do they have to go wherever the NCAA assigns them?

Interesting results so far ...
#7 Coe pulls the upset of the day with a 3-0 upset over #2 Linfield
#8 Moravian says hold my beer, winning 4-1 over top-seeded Salisbury
#5 Berry continues the theme with a 3-0 victory over #4 CNU
#3 Trine plays #6 Rowan later this evening

And Rowan made it 4-4 for underdogs with an 11-4 thrashing of Trine.  Today's games:

#1 Salisbury vs #4 CNU, loser eliminated
#8 Moravian vs #5 Berry, winner to semis on Sunday, loser to elimination against above winner on Saturday (two games if necessary)
 
#2 Linfield vs #3 Trine, loser eliminated
#7 Coe vs. #6 Rowan, winner to semis on Sunday, loser to elimination against above winner on Saturday (two games if necessary)

Salisbury over CNU -Captains eliminated
Trine 3, Linfield 2  8 innings -Linfield eliminated
Berry 8, Moravian 1
Coe 2, Rowan 1 (H Ausenhus the win, E Thurow the save)

Berry and Coe are in semi-finals.

[WLCALUM83]

That opening game loss vs. Moravian put a fire under Salisbury. The Gulls have proceeded to eliminate CNU, Rowan, and Berry to get to the Championship Series.

Ditto for Trine's loss to Rowan, since then the Thunder has eliminated Linfield and Moravian, and has Coe on the ropes after beating the Kohawks yesterday.

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Trine 4, Coe 1

It'll be a Trine/Salisbury best of 3 for the title!