Summary of D3 Baseball Conferences

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mr_b

#16
Ralph,

Great work on the conference summary.  For the CCIW, it's Saturday DH/Sunday single game (except for Wheaton, which does not play on Sundays), with some mid-week singles/DH's necessary.  All games are 9's as of this season.


EDIT:  Thanks and +1!   :)  I have changed the table.
/Ralph

mr_b

Quote from: mr_b on April 29, 2009, 06:53:46 PM
Ralph,

Great work on the conference summary.  For the CCIW, it's Saturday DH/Sunday single game (except for Wheaton, which does not play on Sundays), with some mid-week singles/DH's necessary.  All games are 9's as of this season.


EDIT:  Thanks and +1!   :)  I have changed the table.
/Ralph
Thanks for the +1.  One minor correction, however: given the crowded conference schedule, teams can't fit all CCIW games into seven weekends.  Each team is required to play some mid-week conference games some time during the season.  For example, North Park hosted Carthage for a doubleheader on a Tuesday afternoon (noon start), then traveled to Kenosha for a single Wednesday afternoon contest the following week.  The CCIW rule on make-ups, as I understand, is that the teams must play on the first available day during the upcoming week.  This has become a real challenge, given the cold and rainy spring we've experienced.  North Park hosted Augustana on Saturday, and we got in the first game before lightning and rain halted play.  Sunday was a wash-out.  On Monday, Augustana had already committed to a make-up game vs. Carthage, which, not surprisingly, got rained out.  On the next available day -- Tuesday -- Augustana came back to Chicago for a night DH -- the first pitch was at 6 PM, and the final out of game two was at 11 PM.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: mr_b on April 30, 2009, 07:53:37 AM
Quote from: mr_b on April 29, 2009, 06:53:46 PM
Ralph,

Great work on the conference summary.  For the CCIW, it's Saturday DH/Sunday single game (except for Wheaton, which does not play on Sundays), with some mid-week singles/DH's necessary.  All games are 9's as of this season.


EDIT:  Thanks and +1!   :)  I have changed the table.
/Ralph
Thanks for the +1.  One minor correction, however: given the crowded conference schedule, teams can't fit all CCIW games into seven weekends.  Each team is required to play some mid-week conference games some time during the season.  For example, North Park hosted Carthage for a doubleheader on a Tuesday afternoon (noon start), then traveled to Kenosha for a single Wednesday afternoon contest the following week.  The CCIW rule on make-ups, as I understand, is that the teams must play on the first available day during the upcoming week.  This has become a real challenge, given the cold and rainy spring we've experienced.  North Park hosted Augustana on Saturday, and we got in the first game before lightning and rain halted play.  Sunday was a wash-out.  On Monday, Augustana had already committed to a make-up game vs. Carthage, which, not surprisingly, got rained out.  On the next available day -- Tuesday -- Augustana came back to Chicago for a night DH -- the first pitch was at 6 PM, and the final out of game two was at 11 PM.
Thanks.  As I understand you, the schedule for the CCIW has mid-week games already listedwhen the schedule is released in January prior to the start of the season and before the make-up games start piling up?

mr_b

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 30, 2009, 10:18:46 AM
Thanks.  As I understand you, the schedule for the CCIW has mid-week games already listedwhen the schedule is released in January prior to the start of the season and before the make-up games start piling up?
I believe that is right.  The challenge faced by CCIW coaches is to fit in the rest of the non-conference schedule, which is either mid-week once conference games start, or in the week(s) prior to the start of conference play.  North Park, for example, had six games versus NathCon teams (one Saturday DH and the others during the week) before playing CCIW rival Millikin.  We are still short two games because of a DH rainout at the start of the season.

Ralph Turner

SCIAC has changed its format to a 3-game Friday single home then Saturday Away DH for the first time thru the schedule.  Later in the season, the teams play a round robin of single games.  That makes 28 conference games.

Tip of hat to LA Mike.

Ralph Turner

NWC  has changed format back to 3-game series after a 2-year experiment.

Linfield's schedule only shows a 32-game season, reflecting the loss of one game against each of the 8 NWC foes.

Ralph Turner

The North Eastern Athletic Conference and the North Atlantic Conference have signed a multi-sport affiliation agreement to preserve access to the AQ  for the 2 conferences in several sports.

The impact on baseball is that these two conferences will play division games and then send the post-season tourney winner to the playoffs as the AQ.

The East Division has the NAC teams:  Castleton St. Husson, 4th-year provisional Lyndon State, ME-Farmington and Thomas.

The West Division has the NEAC teams:  Cazenovia, Keuka, Keystone, PSU-Abington (1st-year provisional), PSU-Berks, PSU-Harrisburg (4th-year provisional), SUNY-Cobleskill (2nd-year provisional) and SUNYIT.

http://www.neacsports.com/sports/bsb/2009-10/standings-divisions

Ralph Turner

Correction:  Immaculata University (Colonial States Athletic Conference) added baseball in 2009.

The CSAC had seven members in 2009 and will have 7 in 2010.

ECSUalum

#24
Ralph, Osh, RSSmith, others,

Just ran across below web sit today.  Looks to be similar to Boyd's but much more organized.

Anyone familiar with it.

http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cbase

Will2Win

Stealing a little info from the USA SOUTH website and the USA SOUTH message board on here....Piedmont College in Demorest, GA has officially announced their acceptance to the USA SOUTH starting 2012-2013 school year. USA SOUTH keeps conference automatic bid with the addition. Maryville College and LaGrange College are also considering a move to the USA SOUTH.

:)

Ralph Turner

#26
Update of this topic covers the basic data for the conferences in D-III for the 2011 season. (In progress.)


I encourage fans to go to your favorite conference websites and then post the information about the conference on this site.  Consider this an open board.  Cut and paste as needed.  Please proofread and correct as needed. This should help us become more familiar with D-III.  If you do not want to bother with the tabular format, then post the information in the format listed below, and we can put it in later.  Thanks to all who contribute.  As always, corrections and contributions are always appreciated.

Conference| Region |Divisions (Yes/No) |Divisions (e.g.,East/West)| Round Robin (Single/double) |# of Conf/ Division games |Format (e.g., Friday 9 Sat 7/9 DH)| Tourney to determine the AQ (Yes/No)




Pool A Conferences


Conference RegionDivisions (Yes/No) Divisions (East/West)Round Robin (Single/double) # of Conf/Div gamesConf/Div Game FormatTourney (Yes/No)
AMCCMideastNoN/ASingle/2 gm18DH's various days 7/7Yes; Top 6
ASCWestYesEast/WestSingle/3 gm18/21FR 9; SA 7/9 DHYes
CACSouthNoN/ASingle/3 gm18FR 9; SA 7/9Yes
CCMid-AtlNoN/ASingle/2 gm18DH 7/9Yes
CCCNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/2 gm22DH 7/7Yes
CCIWCentralNoN/ASingle/3 gm21DH = 9/9; Sat DH/Sun single games*Yes
CSACMid-AtlNoN/ASingle/3 gm15Single 9/ DH 7/7Yes
GNACNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/2 gm147/7 DH's Sa/SUYes-Top 6
HCACMideastNoN/ASingle/3 gm24Single 9/ DH 7/9Yes
IIACCentralNoN/ASingle/3 gm24Single 9/ DH 7/7Yes
LANDMA,NY,SNoN/ASingle/3 gm18SA 7/7; SU 9Yes
LECNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/2 gm149/9 DHYes
LLNew YorkNoN/ASingle/4 gm24DH/DH 7/7 or 7/9Yes
MACCMid-AtlNoN/ASingle/3 gm15Single Home Fr/ DH Away SaYes
MACFMid-AtlNoN/ASingle/2 gm16VariableYes
MIAAMid-EastNoN/ASingle/4 gm28Home DH/ Away DHNo
MIACMidwestNoN/ASingle/2 gm20DH; H or AYes
MWCCentralYesNorth/SouthSingle/4 gm16/129/9 DH usually Sa/SuYes
NESCACNew EnglandYesEast/WestSingle/ 3 gm12Single 9/DH 7/9Yes
NEWMACNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/2 gm12DH 7/9Yes
NJACMid-AtlNoN/ASingle/2 gm18DH 9/9Yes
NACNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/4 gm16DH's 7/7 and 7/7Yes
NATHCMidwestNoN/ASingle/2 gm22DH's 9/9Yes
NCACMid-eastYesEast/WestSingle/ 4 gm16DH's Sa 7/7 & Su 7/7Yes
NEACNY,MANoN/ASingle/2 gm12DH 7/7Yes
NECCNew EnglandNoN/ASingle/2 gm10DH 7/7Yes
NWCWestNoN/ASingle/4 gm32Sa DH/Su DHNo
OACMid-EastNoN/ASingle/2 gm18DH 7/9Yes
ODACSouthNoN/ASingle/2 gm187/9 DHYes; top 6
Pres ACMid-EastNoN/ASingle/3 gm18Single 9/DH 7/7Yes
SCIACWestNoN/ASingle/3 gm21FR 9 Home; SA 9/9 AwayNo
SCACME,S,WYesEast/WestSingle/ Double15*/20See notesYes
SKYNew YorkNoN/ASingle/2 gm16DH 9/7Yes
SLIACCentralNoN/ASingle/Double24Home 9 Away 7/7Yes
SUNYACNew YorkNoN/ASingle/3 gm18*Yes
UMACMidwestNoN/ASingle/3 gm21Fr DH 7/7 Sa 9Yes
USACSouthNoNoSingle/2gm129/9Yes
WIACMidwestNoN/ASingle/4 gm24SaSu DH 9/9 twice or Wed DH 9/9Yes

Notes:  (Legend.  DE =Double Elimination)

AMCC: 10-team conference (Franciscan Steubenville is provisional year 2). Tourney format -- May 2nd single (play-in) games; #6 at #3; #5 at #4; #1 & #2 Byes. May 8-9 4-team tourney, DE.

ASC:  East - 7 teams; West - 8 teams.  Friday single 9-inning game;  Saturday 7/9 DH; Division opponents only count towards tourney standings. East teams play 18 division games; West teams play 21.  Top 4 in each division play best 2-of-3 in first round at #1 and #2 in each division. 4 winners hosted at highest East seed in 2009.

CC:  10-team conference. 4-team DE tourney; First day #1 & #2 host. #4 at #1; #3 at #2. Day-2 at #1 seed.  May 1,2,3.

CCC:  12-team conference. 8-team DE tourney over 5 days.  Apr 28,29, May 1,2,3.

CCIW:  10-run rule used in conference games. Tourney is 4-team DE at the #1 seed.  May 7,8,9.  Wheaton does not play games on Sunday.  Make-up games occur in mid-week. (Thanks to mr_b.)

CSAC:  4-Team (?) tourney; #1 & #2 host on May 6th; highest seed hosts on May 8 & 9.  Baptist Bible College did not declare for baseball in the CSAC this season.  (Baptist Bible is competing in NCCAA II East Region.)  There are only 6 teams in the CSAC this year after the departure of Alvernia, Eastern and Misericordia.

GNAC:  8-team conference.  6-Team tourney;  Single elimination play-in for #3-#6 teams in the 1st round.  #1 and #2 get 1st round byes. "Tourney Top 6- #6@#3, #5@#4 4/21. Quarterfinals @ #1 & #2 seed 4/23. Semifinals 4/25 @ St. Joe's College. Finals 4/26 @ St. Joe's College."  (Stump correctly copied the GNAC web site.  sic)  Thanks Stump

HCAC:  9-team conference; 4-team DE tourney May 7-9.

IIAC:  9-team conference; 6-team DE tourney at Cedar Rapids on May 7-9.

LAND: 7-team conference. Pool A status in 2010. Multi-region conference, Mid-Atlantic, New York and South Regions.  (Goucher does not play baseball.)  Plays season-ending post-season tourney; top 4 DE tourney at #1 seed.

LEC:  8-team confernece.  Six  teams qualify for tourney. Double Elikmination.  Finals by May 15.

LL:  7-team conference. 4-team DE tourney. Rochester has dual membership with the UAA.

MACC:  Has 6 teams in 2009. 3-game series each weekend. Single game played at Team A on Fr then DH at Team B on Sat. Alvernia moves to the Commonwealth from the Freedom in 2010. Tourney is 4-team DE, May 1-3 at Albright.

MACF:  Has 9 teams in 2009.  Teams play either DH or single game Home/Away series.  Tourney has single play-in game #5 at #4 on Apr 28, then 4-team DE Apr 30-May 2 at Boyertown.

MIAA:  Eight team conference. Four-game series back-to-back home away DH's.  No tourney

MIAC:  Eleven-team conference.  4-team DE Tourney.  May 7,8,9

MWC:  North Division has 5 teams; South Division has 4; (no Lake Forest); 4-team tourney; Top 2 from each division; DE.  North hosts in 2009.  May 8-9. (Thanks Hickory Cornhusker.)

NESCAC:  10-teams in 2 divisions (no Connecticut College).  Tourney is top 2 each division at West #1, DE.  Tourney is May 8-10 at West highest seed.

NEWMAC:  7-team conference.  Plays 6-team DE tourney.  First 2 rounds at higher seed on Apr 22-23, final 2 days of games at highest seed, Apr 25-26.

NJAC:   10-team conference. Plays 6-team DE.  Apr 28, 30, May 2,3.

NAC:   5-team conference.  4-team DE.  NAC will not have the required 7 schools to qualify for Pool A bid. Therefore, the NAC will affiliate with the NEAC (in multiple sports) in 2010 to preserve access to the AQ, (for both conferences).

NCAC:  4-team tourney, best of three 9-inning between top 2 teams from each division.  Winners play best-of-3 nine inning games the May 8-9.

NEAC:  7-team conference. (PSU-Harrisburg is 2nd-yr provisional; SUNY-Cobleskill is 1st-yr provisional.) Post-season tourney Top 4 double elim.  (Accepts affiliation by the North Atlantic Conference in 2010 to preserve access to the AQ.)

NATHC: 12-team conf. Tournament - Top 4 Qualify, standard DE at Rockford.

NECC:  Lesley will add baseball in 2010-11 to make a 7-team conference.  Earned the Pool A bid in 2011.)

NWC:  No additional notes.

OAC:  Tourney top 4 teams DE.

ODAC: 10-team conference (no Randolph College).  Saturday 7/9 DH vs 7 opponents, 2 9's in mid-week vs 2 opponents.  Top 6 of the 10 teams advance to DE tournament. .

Pres AC:  Geneva Provisional yr #2 and St Vincent Provisional yr #3.  Single 9 inning home; 7/7 Away DH. Tourney is 4-team DE.

SCIAC:  Plays Friday game 9 innings at home/away and then Saturday 9/9 DH away/home.  No tourney.

SCAC: * 2nd-year provisional Birmingham-Southern (BSC) games are not "in-region"; East 5 teams plus BSC; West 5 teams, no Colorado College.  East is playing single round-robin 3-games series.  West plays 2/3;H/A  Double Round Robin with a 2-game series at home/away and then a 3-game series away/home on another weekend.   Multi-region conference.  6-team DE tourney.

SKY:  Tourney #3-#6 single game play-in on April 29th, then remaining four DE tourney on May 1-3. (Bard doesn't play baseball.)

SLIAC:  Home 9 away 7/7 DH; Top 4 teams, DE tourney at Highland IL on May 7-9.

SUNYAC: 4-team DE on May 1-3.  (No Buffalo, Geneseo, Potsdam)

UMAC:  Earned the Pool A bid in 2011.

USAC:  7-team DE tourney April 16-19, 2009; conference cut back to 12 conference games to improve chances at better, less internecine regional records for conference members.

WIAC:  No UW-EC, no UW-RF.  24 conference games, two 9/9 DH's. Tourney is "DE", double elimination.; Top 3 teams.




AMCC   =  Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conf
ASC      =  American Southwest Conf
CAC      = Capital Athletic Conference
CC        =  Centennial Conf
CCIW    =  College Conf of Illinois and Wisconsin
CSAC     = Colonial States Ath Conf
MACC    =  Commonwealth Conf
CCC       =  Commonwealth Coast Conf
MACF    =  Freedom Conf
GNAC    =  Great Northeast Ath Conf
HCAC    =  Heartland Collegiate Ath Conf
IIAC     =   Iowa Intercollegiate Ath Conf
LAND     = Landmark Conference
LL        =    Liberty League
LEC      =    Little East Conf
MASCAC  = Massachusetts State College Ath Conf
MIAA      =  Michigan Intercollegiate Ath Assn
MWC     =   Midwest Conf
MIAC     =   Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf
NECC      = New England Collegiate Conference
NESCAC  = New England Small College Ath Conf
NEWMAC = New England Women's and Men's Ath Conf
NJAC       =  New Jersey Ath Conf
NAC        =  North Atlantic Conf
NCAC   =  North Coast Ath Conf
NEAC     = North Eastern Ath Conf
NATHC = Northern Athletics Conf
NWC    = Northwest Conf
OAC    = Ohio Athletic Conf
ODAC  = Old Dominion Ath Conf
PrAC   = President's Ath Conf
SKY    =  Skyline Conf
SLIAC  = St. Louis Intercollegiate Ath Conf
SCIAC  = Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf
SCAC   = Southern Collegiate Ath Conf
SUNYAC  =  State University of New York Ath Conf
UMAC    = Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
USAC   = USA South Ath Conf
WIAC   = Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath Conf



Pool B  Conferences

Conference RegionDivisions (Yes/No) Divisions (East/West)Round Robin (Single/double) # of Conf/Div gamesConf/Div Game FormatTourney (Yes/No)
CUNYACNew YorkNoN/ASingle/2 gm10DH 7/7Yes
E8New YorkNoN/ASingle/4 gm16Sa/Su DH's 7/7 & 7/7No
GSACSouthNoNoSingle9DH 9/9 +single 9No
UAANE, NY, S, ME, CNoN/A****

Notes:   (Legend -- DE = double elimination)

CAC:   7-team conference (no Hood or Marymount VA). Plays 6-team DE tourney.  Pool B conference; should earn Pool A status in 2010.

CUNYAC:  6-team conference including Baruch, CCNY, College of Staten island (CSI), John Jay, Lehman and affiliate (4th-yr provisional) Mitchell.  Plays 4-team DE tourney.

E8:    5-team conference including Ithaca, Rochester Inst of Tech (RIT), St John Fisher, Stevens and Utica.
 
GSAC:  4-team conference.  Pool B members. No post-season tourney. Piedmont made 2008 NCAA's as a Pool B bid.

UAA:   * 5-team conference including Brandeis, Emory, CWRU and Wash StL.  Rochester carries dual membership in Liberty League. (Chicago does not compete in UAA).  Conducts 5-team conference tourney in Florida every March.




CUNYAC    = City University of New York Athetic Conference
E 8           =  Empire 8
GSAC        = Great South Athletic Conference
UAA         = University Athletic Association




Pool B independents

RegionTeams
CentralChicago, Neb Wesleyan
Mid-AtlLancaster
MideastFinlandia
Midwestnone
New EnglandUniversity of Maine-Presque Isle
New Yorknone
SouthRust
West Chapman, Dallas

cubs

Ralph,
The WIAC is the Top three teams, not four.  #2 vs #3 with the winner taking on #1.  Tournament at the home field of the regular season champion.
2008-09 and 2012-13 WIAC Fantasy League Champion

2008-09 WIAC Pick'Em Tri-Champion

Just Bill

The NATHC plays no 7/7 DH's. They are all 9/9.
"That seems silly and pointless..." - Hoops Fan

The first and still most accurate description of the D3 Championship BeltTM thread.

Ralph Turner

Thanks to cubs and JustBill!  +1! to both.  :)