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.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on June 01, 2023, 07:12:03 pm

Quote from: justafan12 on June 01, 2023, 04:16:40 pm

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.

I'm surprised Fannosaurous Rex hasn't responded on this thread yet. (While WLC's band numbers aren't large enough for a marching band yet, they do have a drum-line, which I heard during the Warriors' last FB home game vs. Concordia-Chicago.)

Top 25-How they fared 5/23-29/23:

  1. Salisbury (2-0): Both wins over Lebanon Valley
  2. Berry (2-0):  Both wins over ARV Belhaven 
  4. Linfield (2-0):  Both wins over #11 Bethel-MN
  5. Trine (2-0):  Both wins over #14 Concordia-WI
  9. Randolph-Macon (1-2):  All results vs. #20 Rowan
10. CNU (2-1):  All results vs. #13 VA Wesleyan
11. Bethel-MN (0-2):  Both losses to #4 Linfield
13. VA Wesleyan (1-2):  All results vs. #10 CNU
14. Concordia-WI (0-2): Both losses to #5 Trine
16. MIT (1-2):  All results vs Moravian
20. Rowan (2-1):  All results vs. #9 Randolph Macon
21. Coe (2-0):  Both wins vs. Hiram

ARV Belhaven (0-2):  Both losses to #2 Berry.

 (All other ranked/ARV squads' seasons have concluded.)

FINAL:  Linfield 1, Bethel-MN 0 (An Ashley Sutton 5th inning RBI single holds up.) Linfield advances.

Randolph Macon making things interesting in the bottom of the 7th vs. Rowan. Profs still up 5-3.
   Update: It's a final, Rowan 5, Randolph Macon 3. (A late Randolph Macon rally falls short as Rylee Lutz comes in in relief with 1 out, gives up a single, and then gets Gracie Ellis to line into a game-ending double play. Now we know all 8 College World Series squads.

Are you sitting down II?

Good.

FINAL:  Moravian 8, MIT 0  5 innings  (Something between games must have lit a fire under the Greyhounds-they came out of the gate scoring 5 runs in the 1st inning and never looked back.)  Unless I'm missing something, this is the first College World Series berth for Moravian since they got in the same year East Texas Baptist (Lya Swaner & Co.) took the D3 Title--

Berry 1, Bellhaven 0 going into bottom of 9th (Vikings got an RBI double from Lauren Cothern.
      Update: 1-0 it's now a final- 9 innings--with 2 runners on and 2 out, Vikings' Holloway induces a pop-up out from Belhaven's McNeer to end this one. Berry advances!

Game 3 pitching matchup: 
MIT Becca O'Connor (12-1, 2.55 ERA) vs. Moravian (right back to Madi Cunningham)

Game 3 pitching matchup:
Randolph-Macon (right back to Baughan) vs. Rowan (Emily McCutcheon 11-1, 1.78)