I believe it is Nate Freisthler from Rutgers. He was walk on and did not play this year. Will certainly give them depth at the center position.

Agree Trinity should be number 1. Lose 2 players from their top 10 and still have the 4 core now senior players.

Nescac1 you provide great lists of the players in the portal. From last year and this years list, seems that lots of players don't find new homes.  Do you know if most just go back to original school.

That's a very solid analysis Dr.

Sheesh Trinity is going to be a unanimous preseason number one I suspect.  Just loaded at every spot with a lot of guys who will have to sit who'd play big roles elsewhere.  Any intel on who this transfer is? 

Tufts looks stacked as well, a top ten team for certain, and yet hasn't come close to Trinity's level. 

Quote from: HansenRatings on May 22, 2025, 02:22:47 PMThat

Quote from: IC798891 on May 22, 2025, 12:10:38 PMThough it was an independent era schedule, the 2001 Buffalo State schedule ended up being the greatest I have ever seen

11-2 Rowan, NCAA Semifinalist
11-2 Ithaca, NCAA Quarterfinalist
11-1 Washington & Jefferson, NCAA 2nd round
9-2 Montclair, NCAA First round
9-2 Brockport, NCAA First round
8-2 Albion
5-5 Cortland
Non-D3 Robert Morris
Non-D3 Mansfield

That Buffalo State schedule is a monster. I'm surprised I haven't noticed it before. I have that as a 0.898 SOS, which would be the top regular season SOS in the country most years, and even better than the SOS for teams who make deep playoff runs. UWEC and UMHB (including playoffs, excluding the non-countable opponent, because they don't count) would have been the only two in 2024 with a higher SOS.

It gets better. Here are those D3 opponents' records when their H2H games with each other are removed:

Washington & Jefferson: 11-1
Rowan: 9-1
Ithaca: 9-0
Montclair: 7-0
Brockport: 7-0
Albion: 8-2
Cortland: 4-2

They went 55-6 when not playing someone else on Buff State's schedule.

Unlikely we'll ever see anything like it again. It's also a bummer for them it was the year Jerry Boyes left, because no one else has managed to keep them even remotely competitive

Considering the outcomes of the 1st of the super-regionals by the NPI's, there is a high probability #9 Trinity should beat #41 McMurry by 5 runs. Only Messiah confounded the model with their upset of Salisbury.

After really not hitting the ball that well in Adrian the WARHAWKS bats came alive today. 18 hits in 8 at bats. Holland and Cootway with 5 RBI apiece. We generally don't hit Brinkman that hard. Hansen was sharp.  I think that was the first 9 inning complete game by one of our pitchers this season. It was Hansen's third. Defense was spot on with several nice plays from Jackson and Thies.

Though I like our odds tomorrow baseball is weird game and anything can happen.  I expect we'll throw Huseboe.

GO HAWKS

Quote from: Inkblot on Yesterday at 01:24:07 PMNot having to go through the waiting period 26 years ago is a fair point, but I don't see any problems with the current setup.

Agree with this 100%! The MAC is also looking to grow and there are several institutions lined up and waiting. A couple are obvious, natural fits. A couple, not so much. There is also a very slim chance that if this planned growth to a magic 20 teams occurs, if a couple of the schools that are deep in the evaluation process of adding football make the decision to do so, the MAC could also become a 12 team, 2 division football conference and could really insulate themselves (as is the plan) from losing a couple of schools due to closing/merger or even dropping athletics.

With what is going on with the Conference Carousel/Conference Roulette across the country, the MAC could set themselves up beautifully, to be able to afford some attrition. In football, a 12 team, 2 division conference could easily revert to becoming a 10 team (like now) conference. Look at how many conferences are a school or two away from losing the AQ and/or their conference evaporating. The MAC could set themselves up for years to come with nary a worry if they can get to 20 institutions.

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 02:38:49 PM

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 01:39:38 PMWhitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play...  Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.

Whitewater chases Brinkman two batters into the 5th inning and has opened up an 11-1 lead...

UWO on their way to falling to 1-6 on the season against Whitewater.

Whitewater takes Game #1 14-1...

Hansen with a 103 Pitch CG, retiring each of the last 12 UWO hitters.

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 02:43:23 PM

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 01:39:08 PMWhitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play...  Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.

Whitewater chases Brinkman two batters into the 5th inning and has opened up an 11-1 lead...

UWO on their way to falling to 1-6 on the season against Whitewater.

Whitewater takes Game #1 14-1...

Hansen with a 103 Pitch CG, retiring each of the last 12 UWO hitters.

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 01:39:08 PMWhitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play...  Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.

Whitewater chases Brinkman two batters into the 5th inning and has opened up an 11-1 lead...

UWO on their way to falling to 1-6 on the season against Whitewater.