2018 D-III World Series

[Purple Heys]

With the West Region winning the last 3, and 4 of the last 6...can we finally retire that annual screed of West Region teams not having the pitching alignment to handle the game volume in reduced time frames?

[TexasBB]

The difference this year was that UTT had a very durable starting group. They may not have been as dominant as TLU but were effective. They got a lot of innings out of their top 3 starters at both the regional and World Series. That turned out to be the difference as TLU top 2 starters were not as durable and they were forced into their bullpen more. UTT top 2 starters threw complete games and then came back on 3 days rest and pitched deep into those games. TLU was not that fortunate.

[Ralph Turner]

The difference this year was that UTT had a very durable starting group. They may not have been as dominant as TLU but were effective. They got a lot of innings out of their top 3 starters at both the regional and World Series. That turned out to be the difference as TLU top 2 starters were not as durable and they were forced into their bullpen more. UTT top 2 starters threw complete games and then came back on 3 days rest and pitched deep into those games. TLU was not that fortunate.

... which is how Cal Lu did it last year.  I will let the Trinity fans comment on 2016.