^^^^  updated standings to go along with the above post.

MAR   13-3   
OTT   12-4   
B-W   10-4   
JCU   9-7   
MUC   8-8   
CAP   6-8   
ONU   6-8   
MUS   6-8   
HEI   5-11   
WIL   1-15   

updated standings....

MARIETTA   9-3   
OTTERBEIN   8-4   
JOHN CARROLL   8-4   
BALDWIN WALLACE   8-4   
CAPITAL   6-6   
MUSKINGUM   5-5   
OHIO NORTHERN   5-7   
MOUNT UNION   4-6   
HEIDELBERG   4-8   
WILMINGTON   1-11   

Interesting year so far, this definitely seems to be a down year for the Conference. Does anyone have the pitching to make it out the first weekend of the playoffs?

do you mean win a Regional?  there is only one weekend of the playoffs before the World Series.

anything can happen in mid May, that's still a long way off, lots of games to be played.  Once you're in a Regional, everyone has a shot.

Looks like Otterbein's DH at Capital got moved to Thursday, and Otterbein is still playing their DH with Marietta as scheduled for Wed. 

Helps Otterbein, as now they'll have their top 2 pitchers vs Marietta's #3/4.  But then Otterbein has to play a DH on thurs at Capital, and another dh on Saturday vs John Carroll.

big news for the Marietta alumni....

Matt DeSalvo (Marietta, 2003) will be inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, as part of the 2016 class.  Matt becomes the first DIII Pitcher to ever be inducted, and only the fourth overall DIII person inducted.  He joins his former coach Don Schaly, Tim Jorgensen from Oshkosh, and former ECSU coach Bill Holowaty.

I played with Matt, and as a Marietta alum, we couldn't be more proud.  He was a great player, teammate, and representative for Marietta for many years.

http://pioneers.marietta.edu/news/2016/3/31/matt-desalvo-02-named-to-2016-national-college-baseball-hall-of-fame-class.aspx

Congrats to all OAC guys who made the ABCA all-region team...along with the guys who made the d3baseball.com all-region team.

Especially the Marietta guys; Hanahan, Herstine, and Winpigler!


Mideast - ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. III Mideast All-Region First Team
Pos.   Player   Cl.   School   State
C   James Weber   Jr.   Mount Union   OH
1B   Jamie Lackner   So.   Wooster   OH
2B   Zach Gray   Sr.   Allegheny   PA
3B   Frank Vance   Sr.   Wooster   OH
3B   Ryan Hanahan   Sr.   Marietta   OH
3B   Jordan Nieman   Sr.   Manchester   IN
SS   Ryan Dorow   So.   Adrian   MI
OF   Michael Fischbach   Jr.   Albion   MI
OF   Grant VanPutten   Sr.   Calvin   MI
OF   Derek Hug   Jr.   Heidelberg   OH
DH   Donovan Pogue   Jr.   Thomas More   KY
UT   Mark Zimmerman   Jr.   Baldwin Wallace   OH
P   Derek Hendrixson   So.   Heidelberg   OH
P   Drew Doring   Sr.   John Carroll   OH
P   Eric Schmidt   Sr.   Adrian   MI
 
NCAA Div. III Mideast All-Region Second Team
Pos.   Player   Cl.   School   State
C   Cole Heberling   Sr.   Anderson   IN
C   Aaron Caputo   Jr.   Ohio Wesleyan   OH
1B   Trent Smith   Jr.   Thiel   PA
2B   Bobby Sabatino   Sr.   John Carroll   OH
2B   Cole Nieto   So.   Baldwin Wallace   OH
3B   Kyle Smith   Sr.   Washington & Jefferson   PA
SS   Mike Castro   Sr.   Bluffton   OH
OF   Jake Dunn   Sr.   Kenyon   OH
OF   Christian Verde   Sr.   Heidelberg   OH
OF   Jeff Gertley   Jr.   Adrian   MI
OF   Dan Belliveau   Sr.   Ohio Northern   OH
OF   Jake Craft   Sr.   Anderson   IN
DH   Devin Van Winkle   So.   Ohio Wesleyan   OH
UT   Matt Elko   Jr.   Thiel   PA
P   Karson Nixon   Jr.   Rose Hulman   IN
P   Christian Herstine   Jr.   Marietta   OH
P   Riley Groves   So.   Washington & Jefferson   PA
P   Brian Resnik   Jr.   Waynesburg   PA
P   Adam Manner   Sr.   Heidelberg   OH
P   Tyler Ferguson   Sr.   La Roche   PA
P   Michael Houdek   So.   Wooster   OH
P   Kevin Zullo   Fr.   Ohio Weleyan   OH
 
NCAA Div. III Mideast All-Region Third Team
Pos.   Player   Cl.   School   State
C   Chris Winpigler   Sr.   Marietta   OH
1B   Cory Podvasnik   Sr.   La Roche   PA
1B   Tailur Szarenski   So.   Manchester   IN
1B   Jake Simmerman   Jr.   Otterbein   OH
3B   Joe Killian   Jr.   Allegheny   PA
SS   John McLain   Sr.   Wooster   OH
OF   Jameson Brock   Sr.   Franklin   IN
OF   John Watson   Sr.   La Roche   PA
P   Jack Herzing   So.   Penn State Behrend   PA
P   Jordan Frayer   Jr.   Adrian   MI
P   Ben Yoder   Jr.   Anderson   IN
P   Tanner Wilt   Sr.   La Roche   PA
P   Jake Shields   Jr.   Case Western Reserve   OH
 
Mideast Region Position Player of the Year: Jamie Lackner, Wooster
Mideast Region Pitcher of the Year: Drew Doring, John Carroll

Couldn't hold on after the heroic HR...end up losing 3-2 in extras.

Great job BERG!!

Marietta and Heidelberg will both need a pitcher or two to step up huge tomorrow, and hopefully those bats they had last weekend show up in GA and PA.