2018 Adrian Regional: Nicolay Field , Adrian, Mich (hosted by Adrian)

Started by Ralph Turner, May 07, 2018, 01:26:31 PM

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wally_wabash

Wabash stays alive with 3-1 and 4-0 wins over Ithaca and Adrian, respectively.  I was really surprised to not see Parsons from Adrian today which leads me to believe that he simply wasn't available today. 

Wabash will play Wooster tomorrow for the regional championship.  LGs obviously need to win a pair.  Why not? 
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Pops33

Great for the NCAC, they have a guaranteed participant in the World Series.  Tomorrow's game will be the sixth time the two teams meet this season with Wooster winning 3 and Wabash winning 2.  Wabash is on quite a streak and the Little Giants are playing very good baseball.   Wooster seems to be playing well also and getting some good pitching.  Wooster's staff may be better rested since they have only played 3 games this weekend, but when it gets to this point it's all hands on deck for every team.  I am looking forward to a great game tomorrow.


wally_wabash

Wooster wins 4-2 (again) over Wabash to claim the Adrian Regional championship.  Gritty stuff again from Wabash pitching today, but just a couple of miscues in the 6th inning turned a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit.  Wabash drew four walks in the 8th to get it back to a 3-2 game, but couldn't quite get that one more hit they needed.  As Wooster posts slowpitch softball scores against everybody else they play, I'm sure the Scots are thrilled to get as far away from Wabash as possible. 

Great rip through this tournament for Wabash.  The LGs took out half of the region, posted a program high for wins in a season, and set a new highwater mark for advancing in the NCAA tournament.  Coach Martin has a lot of positive things to build on this offseason.  Good luck to the Scots in Appleton.  WAF!
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wally_wabash

The other #8 seeds in the tournament went 0-8 for some context on what Wabash did this past weekend. 
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Jim Dixon

Quote from: wally_wabash on May 21, 2018, 03:19:37 PM
The other #8 seeds in the tournament went 0-8 for some context on what Wabash did this past weekend.

No doubt Wabash has had one of the better Mays

Pops33

Interesting note, the NCAC went 6-0 against out of conference opponents in this regional.  Hopefully, this goes a long way with the selection committee in the future.  There may be some laggards at the bottom of the conference that drag the strength of schedule down, but the top of the conference is always strong.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Pops33 on May 22, 2018, 07:14:53 AM
Interesting note, the NCAC went 6-0 against out of conference opponents in this regional.  Hopefully, this goes a long way with the selection committee in the future.  There may be some laggards at the bottom of the conference that drag the strength of schedule down, but the top of the conference is always strong.
Thanks for the comment.

Past conference performance is not a criterion for the selection. However, as one looks at the criteria, the committee probably looks at the non-conference record very closely to see how a team performed against regionally ranked (especially) non-conference teams. What a NCAC team does with the other 22 games on the regular season schedule is critical to building the case to be selected as a Pool C.

The fields are becoming more balanced every year.  A comment was made about the #8 seeds going 0-8. The scores in the first round (#1 v #8) were 15-1; 5-4; 4-2 (Wabash v Wooster); 9-0; 6-4. There were 2 blowouts with #1 v #8. My guess is that the blowouts were by # 1 pitching aces.

In the elimination round, where #8 was playing a #4 or a #5, the #8's lost by 4-1; 3-2; 4-3 and 8-6.  None of those were blowouts and we can assume the both teams used #2 pitchers

The field is just incredibly balanced and reputation does not carry a team very far.  In the West Regional final game, Texas Lutheran was the #3 SCAC conference seed and the #4 Regional Seed. Willamette was the Northwest Conference #3 seed and the #6 regional seed in a 6-team bracket. In the Central, UT-Tyler was a #4 ASC conference seed and #3 Central Region seed and defeated Rhodes a #2 SAA seed and a #4 Central Regional seed.

Going to Wisconsin are #1's Wooster, Concordia-Chicago and Randolph-Macon, #2 Oswego, #3 UT-Tyler, #4 Texas Lutheran and #5 Misericordia.


Jim Dixon

Quote from: Pops33 on May 22, 2018, 07:14:53 AM
Interesting note, the NCAC went 6-0 against out of conference opponents in this regional.  Hopefully, this goes a long way with the selection committee in the future.  There may be some laggards at the bottom of the conference that drag the strength of schedule down, but the top of the conference is always strong.

While past performance is not a criteria, it sneaks in.  A good conference will give you a better SOS, adding to the chances of any team making the tournament.  Look at the number of OAC, NJAC teams year to year and you see how a conference that is good top to bottom helps a team in a playoff selection.