The 2012 New England Regional will be held at the Mansfield Complex, in Mansfield CT, hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University.
Has anyone punched a ticket yet?
Ralph or anyone that might know
I see that Castleton won the NEAC East Division and plays Penn State Berks for the overall conference title. My question is this.....
If Castleton wins do they go the NCAA New England Regional and if Penn State Berks wins do they go to the Mid-Atlantic region. If Penn State Berks wins does that free up another spot in the New England regional for another team? Maybe another Pool C bid that was not available before. Thanks for any kind of answer cause im lost on this one
The winner gets an automatic where ever the NCAA wants to seed them. The loser goes back into the pool and if their record is good enough they will get a bid.
Great news going back to ECSU. Have never been impressed with Whitehouse. ECSU did things well, better field and facilities, no fog :P
WNE punches their ticket with a 6-3 win over RWU. RWU came into tournament hot and thigns look bright for them next year but in the end, the start by Bretton was just too much and held the hot RWU hitters in check. Timely hitting, and the bats just too much for RWU to handle.
Interested to see how WNE does in Regionals this year. Nugent has solidified himself as the #1 on the rotation, should be fun to see what happens with the rest.
Good news for other leagues as WNE wont take a pool c
Also i see that Castleton won the NEAC/NAC bid and are heading to a regional. NY or New England? Someone usually gets sent out and Castleton is closer to up state NY than most of the other teams that will win their conference. I think that they will get sent out to NY based on their location, but we shall have to see.
Ok here is what we know so far
TCCC- WNE
Newmac- Wheaton
MASCAC- Bridgewater State
NEAC- Castleton
GNAC- St Joes
NECC- Daniel Webster
NESCAC TBD
LEC TBD
So far the tournaments have gone chalk... means good things gor NESCAC and LEC teams as an upset wont have a wheaton or a wne taking a pool c bid
KSCfan-
New York regional is in Farmingdale this season. We are speculating that Castleton might be shipped out but this could be another case like 2009 where Western New England is shipped to New York. The Golden Bears were shipped there is 2009 and were the No. 2 seed I believe. Due to the lack of high quality in the NY Regional, you could that happen again and keep Castleton in New England as a seven or eight seed.
Quote from: Hobbesy on May 08, 2012, 09:46:13 AM
KSCfan-
New York regional is in Farmingdale this season. We are speculating that Castleton might be shipped out but this could be another case like 2009 where Western New England is shipped to New York. The Golden Bears were shipped there is 2009 and were the No. 2 seed I believe. Due to the lack of high quality in the NY Regional, you could that happen again and keep Castleton in New England as a seven or eight seed.
WNE was the #5 seed in New York that year and absolutely buried the #2 seed Ithaca 16-5. They then lost close games to RPI and Clarkson. That may have been the luckiest draw a team has ever received in the NCAA, if I recall correctly, that was the year Trinity, ECONN, and S.Maine were all ranked in the Top 5, creating a juggernaut of a New England Regional.
Wildthng-
You are absolutely right. That was an amazing regional. Lots of quality teams. You just hope that three top five teams dont end up in a regional again. This year's regional at Eastern, as it looks now, should be wide open.
Quote from: KSCfan on May 07, 2012, 07:56:48 PM
Ok here is what we know so far
TCCC- WNE
Newmac- Wheaton
MASCAC- Bridgewater State
NEAC- Castleton
GNAC- St Joes
NECC- Daniel Webster
NESCAC TBD
LEC TBD
So far the tournaments have gone chalk... means good things gor NESCAC and LEC teams as an upset wont have a wheaton or a wne taking a pool c bid
Yes. Every Pool C team in the country has appreciated that.
I think that there are several teams in the NESCAC and LEC who can win their conference tourney and
not knock out a Pool C from some other region. (Trinity Amherst and maybe... Bowdoin. KSC, ECSU and maybe... RIC. I think that Bowdoin and RIC are on the bubble, depending on their last week's play. We will see the Thursday Regional Rankings.)
As weak as some regions are this year (West, South, Central, Mideast, New York), I think that New England might have 3-4 Pool C bids.
Trinity won the NESCAC and Southern Maine captured the Little East title
2012 NCAA tournament field announced.
New England regional set:
1. Wheaton
2. St. Joseph's
3. Trinity
4. Keene St.
5. Western New England
6. Southern Maine
7. Bowdoin
8. Bridgewater St.
My thoughts:
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/ncaa-tournament-field-announced-new-england-regional-set/
Does anyone have game times yet?
Another great job by Tristan Hobbs with the NE Regional teams:
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/
Quote from: KSCfan on May 14, 2012, 10:24:11 AM
Does anyone have game times yet?
Only thing I could find so far was this:
May 16
USM vs Trinity TBA
WNEU vs Keene St @ 10:00 am
Below web site also has the Live Stats and Video links
http://www.littleeast.com/sports/bsb/2012/schedule
ncaa.com or Eastern web site should have full Regional schedule posted shortly
New England regional schedule announced. First game is 10:00 a.m. on Wed. Keene faces Western New England. Wheaton and Bridgewater St. play at 1:45, Trinity and Southern Maine at 4:30 and St. Joseph's and Bowdoin at 7:45
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/new-england-regional-schedule-released/
The Wheaton - Bridgewater game is 1:15
Looks to be a very competitive regional, all very good teams. Good luck to all. Hope the coverage is as good as the last time Eastern hosted the regional.
Hobbesy--- are you going to be involved in the coverage? You did an excellent job last time around.
Thanks Stump. I will be working again. Broadcasting the games and trying to do everything else!
Quote from: Hobbesy on May 14, 2012, 12:45:41 PM
New England regional schedule announced. First game is 10:00 a.m. on Wed. Keene faces Western New England. Wheaton and Bridgewater St. play at 1:45, Trinity and Southern Maine at 4:30 and St. Joseph's and Bowdoin at 7:45
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/new-england-regional-schedule-released/
I'm picking KSC over WNEU ( make-up for an embarrassing loss)
Wheaton over Bridgewater State ( Wheaton is too consistent but has shown vulnerability.
USM over Trinity. ( USM just two hot right now)
St Joe's over Bowdoin.
Quote from: kscer on May 14, 2012, 09:43:23 PM
Quote from: Hobbesy on May 14, 2012, 12:45:41 PM
New England regional schedule announced. First game is 10:00 a.m. on Wed. Keene faces Western New England. Wheaton and Bridgewater St. play at 1:45, Trinity and Southern Maine at 4:30 and St. Joseph's and Bowdoin at 7:45
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/new-england-regional-schedule-released/
I'm picking KSC over WNEU ( make-up for an embarrassing loss)
Wheaton over Bridgewater State ( Wheaton is too consistent but has shown vulnerability.
USM over Trinity. ( USM just two hot right now)
St Joe's over Bowdoin.
WNE takes down KSC
Wheaton nips BWSt
Trinity rips USM
St. Joe's struggles but overcomes Bowdoin
I will be posting regional team capsules throughout the day today on the blog. Have posted Bridgewater St., Bowdoin and Southern Maine so far.
Lots of firepower in this regional. Going to be some exciting games.
Keene over WNEC
USM over Trinity
Wheaton over Bridgewater
St Joes over Bowdoin
My picks for 1st day:
WNEC over KSC
Trinity over USM
Wheaton over Bridgewater
St. Joe's over Bowdoin
If I was to pick an upset in 1st day it would be Bowdoin. Lots of power in this regional. No pushovers
Quote from: kscer on May 14, 2012, 09:43:23 PM
I'm picking KSC over WNEU ( make-up for an embarrassing loss)
Wheaton over Bridgewater State ( Wheaton is too consistent but has shown vulnerability.
USM over Trinity. ( USM just two hot right now)
St Joe's over Bowdoin.
I'll take Keene over WNEU
Trinity over USM
Bridgewater over Wheaton for my upset special
and St. Joes over Bowdoin, the team I predict to win the regional.
Weather at Willimantic is like 85% humidity, but rain is suppoused to hold off.
Here is the link to video for todays games. Little East TV does a great job
http://littleeast.tv/
Final WNEC 7 KSC 1
Nugent just mowing them down right now, keep it low and throw strikes...
WNEU 7 KSC 1
Pelkey did not have it today. Keene will have to fight out of the loser's bracket.
Can you say slider on the outside corner. As I live and breathe.........as I live and breathe.........
Great start for WNE..nice to get an early cushion in tourney play.
Final Bridgewater State 2 Wheaton College 6
WNE came into today's opening round match-up against Keene St with a 1-6 record against NCAA tournament teams, with that one win ironically being over the same Keene St club (add another one against the owls!!). WNE will play the winner of Wheaton-Bridgewater St, teams they combined to go 0-3 against in the regular season. Whoever comes out victorious in the Wheaton-Bridgewater St game will be a tough match-up for WNE. However, their bats are hot and with Nugent throwing that gem today, the Golden Bears look to be in good shape because they did not have to use Lawlor and company at the back end of the bullpen. It should be a fun regional to watch. Go Bears!!!
Tristan Hobbs doing just a fantastic job with the play by play today as I watch Bridgewater vs Wheaton!!! Refreshing!!!
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 16, 2012, 02:13:28 PM
Tristan Hobbs doing just a fantastic job with the play by play today as I watch Bridgewater vs Wheaton!!! Refreshing!!!
It's tough doing a game alone and he's doing a great job!!
Quote from: Trincoll14 on May 16, 2012, 02:43:03 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 16, 2012, 02:13:28 PM
Tristan Hobbs doing just a fantastic job with the play by play today as I watch Bridgewater vs Wheaton!!! Refreshing!!!
It's tough doing a game alone and he's doing a great job!!
I got news for you, its not Tristen Hobbs doing the game, its some professional ringer like Dave O'Brien or Brent Musburger. Cause this guy is real good. A Natural, informative, good pipes....must be a regular on TV not "our" Hobbes...... ;)
Final USM 8 Trinity 13
Quote from: wordsmith on May 16, 2012, 03:27:49 PM
Quote from: Trincoll14 on May 16, 2012, 02:43:03 PM
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 16, 2012, 02:13:28 PM
Tristan Hobbs doing just a fantastic job with the play by play today as I watch Bridgewater vs Wheaton!!! Refreshing!!!
It's tough doing a game alone and he's doing a great job!!
I got news for you, its not Tristen Hobbs doing the game, its some professional ringer like Dave O'Brien or Brent Musburger. Cause this guy is real good. A Natural, informative, good pipes....must be a regular on TV not "our" Hobbes...... ;)
I am going to tell Trist
An, you said that!! ;D
Seems Coach Decker's son Kyle is playing for Trinity as a freshman this year
Final Bowdoin 0 St Joe's 2
Quote from: wordsmith on May 15, 2012, 08:20:30 AM
http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/new-england-regional-schedule-released/
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WNE takes down KSC
Wheaton nips BWSt
Trinity rips USM
St. Joe's struggles but overcomes Bowdoin
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Day 1 in the books and 4-0 on the day, but those were the easy picks. Now the fun begins.
But before the next round of picks, let's give a high five, a gold star and kudos to our intrepid reporter Mr. Hobbes. Outstanding job of calling the games. Thank you for providing insightful commentary, solid play calling and informative entertaining banter.
Need a bit of sleep and I'll return later for my picks in Round 2.
2 teams go home today. Will the LEC bow out early? Can the Polar Bear avoid hibernation? Are the Monks blessed this time around? Is WNE Golden and will their luck "bear" out again this year. Oh my as Dick Enberg would say. Stay tuned for another exciting day of As the NE Regional Turns.
My picks for today
Keene over Bridgewater
USM wins the battle for Maine against Bowdoin
Wheaton beats WNE
Trinity over St Joes
Day 2 of as The NE Regional Turns:
Bridgewater and Keene a battle of state "institutions"....goes to.....Bridgewater State, err, no, not that BWS, the University, dummy :P
USM vs Bowdoin - picture a battle of NATIONAL Powers - women's basketball winter 2002-03 - the chants begin from the USM sidelines - "Trust Fund babies, Trust Fund babies", to which the return chant from the Bowdoin sidelines is "SAT's, SAT's, SAT's" classic stuff...so this battle unlike that one goes to......USM.
Wheaton beats WNE - The winner of this game will be Regional Champs; so who wins between a bear and a Lyon? Tough to beat a team 3 times in 1 year unless you are destined to go to the big dance.....Win goes to Wheaton "Y" the Lyons
Trinity over St Joes; Monks are bless-ed but Trinity is triple blessed. Win goes to F,S,& HG
Final KSC 3 Bridgewater 2
KSC has bases loaded and Bergstrom up with two outs. Balboni who has had control issues this inning fans him on 3 straight swinging strikes. Momentum change?
What happened to Bates? i saw him walking off holding his elbow?
KSC holds the damage to two runs. Bates dove for a ball and injured his right shoulder. He was in great pain. I would suspect shoulder separation?
What is it with Keene State and first pitch swinging. Are they trying to make life easier for a pitcher who has thrown 120 pitches?
Good win for Keene State. I think they lost Greg Bates for the tournament. It will hurt not having his bat in the lead-off spot.
Good win for the owls.... good pitching, timely hitting. This time of the year just win baby. Who would they play next? Is it the winner of the USM and Bowdoin, or is it the loser of the 1-0 teams? Not sure. Looking for a little help.
Quote from: KSCfan on May 17, 2012, 01:23:26 PM
Good win for the owls.... good pitching, timely hitting. This time of the year just win baby. Who would they play next? Is it the winner of the USM and Bowdoin, or is it the loser of the 1-0 teams? Not sure. Looking for a little help.
They play the loser of Game 8 which is between Trinity and St Joe's....
Final Bowdoin 6 USM 4
This ump/coach discussion is like Mike hargrove the Human Rain Delay.
Thanks for the info Hockeyfan. Much appreciated !! +1
Who does KSC play.The Mansfield and KSC schedule says Wheaton. But Wheaton is a winner and should be playing another 2-0 team. Shpould not Keene play the loser of St Joe and Trinity?
Is there nobody to give Tristan a break.... 10am to 11pm a loooog day.............unbelievable, hope he doesn't lose his voice.
Great job man 8-)
Quote from: kscer on May 17, 2012, 10:03:05 PM
Who does KSC play.The Mansfield and KSC schedule says Wheaton. But Wheaton is a winner and should be playing another 2-0 team. Shpould not Keene play the loser of St Joe and Trinity?
Gm 9: #7 Bowdoin vs. #5 Western New England
10:00 a.m.
Gm 10: #2 Saint Joseph's (ME) vs. #4 Keene State
1:15 p.m.
Gm 11: #1 Wheaton vs. #3 Trinity
4:30 p.m.
Gm 12: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 winner
7:45 p.m.
Good Win for the Bantams! Ed Donovan with the complete game shutout. Move on tomorrow to take on Wheaton at 4:30. Lyons were impressive in their thumping of WNE 10-3.
Gm 9: #7 Bowdoin vs. #5 Western New England - WNEU slams Bowdoin 10:00 a.m.
No idea of scores so here goes for Day 3:
#2 Saint Joseph's (ME) vs. #4 Keene State - St. Joe's takes KSC down 1:15 p.m.
Gm 11: #1 Wheaton vs. #3 Trinity - Wheaton rolls 4:30 p.m.
WNE leads Bowdoin 5-1 in the 8th.
Bowdoin had bases loaded and 1 out WNE went to the pen and they got a pop-up and a K to end the threat and probably salt it away.
KSC over St Joes. The bats come alive and the pitching holds up.
Trinity takes Wheaton
Did Lawlor come in to shut the door for WNE?
Wheels are coming off for KSC...6 runs 3 walks, 4 errors. Big hole to dig out of.
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 17, 2012, 11:05:24 PM
Is there nobody to give Tristan a break.... 10am to 11pm a loooog day.............unbelievable, hope he doesn't lose his voice.
Great job man 8-)
Ditto that. Great job Hobbesy! Long days but what I've heard has been very good. Keep up the good work!
Just as it looked like it would be
Down Goes Wheaton, Down Goes Wheaton, Down Goes Wheaton, and Trinity is as composed as can be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZEIMQ42-oU
We see a stunning comeback as:
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, took the last train to the coast
The day the Wheaties won
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Y_XRiJsCI
And I'll take WNE over St.Joe's in tonight's game.
Haha...what was up with the ECSU grounds crew at the end of the WNE vs St. Joe's game. They started to rake home plate as the teams started to lineup to shake hands, actually raking around them. Finally the the teams shook hands near the back stop. It was too funny. They were pretty much, its late and we've been here all day, forget this we're getting this done so we can get out of here.
So the final (maybe) day of NE Regionals is upon us:
WNE vs Trinity - I think FSHG is the better team but I think WNE is the grittier team - tough call but I'm picking WNE and Coach L.
Wheaton waits in the wings - and will defeat either team who makes it through.
WNE walks off on Trinity!! Bring on the Wheaties! It's gonna be tough to beat Wheaton twice based on the way they are playing, but it will also be tough for Wheaton to beat WNE four times in one year. Let's hope for an entertaining game(s) at least.
Go Bears!!!
Can MattyL punchup the boys for one more maximum effort?
Final installment of as the Regionals turn......I'll say it again...Wheaton is the better team, but WNE is grittier. I'll will stick with Wheaton thou and it breaks my little pea pickn' heart to say that but ePod finds a way to move the Wheaties to Wisconsin.
Go WNE....
It's tough to play in a conference where you play seven inning games all year the come into a regional where you have to play nine. That said I am hoping for WNE because I think Wheaton has become a mechanical monster in NE and deserves to have its gears jammed.
Congratulations to Coach Podbelski and the Wheaton College Lyons on a well deserved NCAA NE Regional Championship!!!
Best of luck in the 2012 Division III College World Series :)
PS, Tristan, your a true professional...wonderful job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent broadcast of the regional on www.littleeast.tv
IMHO, there is no finer conference webstreaming in D-III.
Thanks for all of the baseball!
First - Congratulations to Wheaton, the players, coaches and fans for leading start to finish in the 2012 New England D-III season. Good luck to you in the WS.
Secondly, Congrats to Coach LaBranche and the WNE players. Gritty bunch of winners. Be proud of your accomplishments.
Thirdly, great job by all involved with the LEC broadcast of this year's Regional action. Superb job by Tristian Hobbes, outstanding work big guy. You are going places.
Fourth, great job by all the posters this year on the LEC & other boards.
Lastly, thanks to the folks that sponsor, administor, and monitor these boards giving all of us an outlet to vent, cheer, boast, whine, strut, trade barbs and write silly stuff that sometimes amuses only the author.
Be well all, enjoy life and remember Ohio State Buckeye football is less than 4 months from kicking-off. O-H-
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2012, 02:17:47 PM
Excellent broadcast of the regional on www.littleeast.tv
IMHO, there is no finer conference webstreaming in D-III.
Thanks for all of the baseball!
Was it my imagination or was there instant replay during the NE Regionals in previous years? If so I wonder what happened this year? Would have been nice as there was some fantastic defensive plays in this tournament. Oh, BTW, ECSU, did another wonderful job hosting this tournament 8-)
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 20, 2012, 03:13:19 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2012, 02:17:47 PM
Excellent broadcast of the regional on www.littleeast.tv
IMHO, there is no finer conference webstreaming in D-III.
Thanks for all of the baseball!
Was it my imagination or was there instant replay during the NE Regionals in previous years? If so I wonder what happened this year? Would have been nice as there was some fantastic defensive plays in this tournament. Oh, BTW, ECSU, did another wonderful job hosting this tournament 8-)
ECSU,
Yeah compared to the past 5 or so years, this was awful. In past years, they have had multiple camera angles, instant replay, stat lines. It was almost the equivilent to a minor league TV broadcast. This year it was just one camera behind home plate. Huge differnece between this year and the past. The only thing that saved this year was Tristan. He does an absolutely amazing job.
Wild,
Your absolutely correct, multiple camera angles, stats the whole nine yards. I think Bridgewater TV was responsible for all the good stuff, Yes?
Quote from: ECSUalum on May 20, 2012, 03:39:56 PM
Wild,
Your absolutely correct, multiple camera angles, stats the whole nine yards. I think Bridgewater TV was responsible for all the good stuff, Yes?
Bridgewater TV did the broadcast last year, but 2 years ago when Eastern hosted, Little East TV did the broadcast and they had mutiple cameras, instant replay, stat lines, etc...
Wild, +1 thanks
Compared to many of the other sites, the LEC TV production is among the best in D-III.
Linfield only had live stats. Trinity TX broguht their own crew. (BTW Trinity TX's amateur crew won an ESPY for its "Miracle in Mississippi" in 2007. Here is that link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU). Always a classic!)
I don't think that Rhodes had live TV for all games.
I could not get sound on the Marietta site.
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2012, 05:28:04 PM
Compared to many of the other sites, the LEC TV production is among the best in D-III.
Linfield only had live stats. Trinity TX broguht their own crew. (BTW Trinity TX's amateur crew won an ESPY for its "Miracle in Mississippi" in 2007. Here is that link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU). Always a classic!)
I don't think that Rhodes had live TV for all games.
I could not get sound on the Marietta site.
Ralph,
I agree 100%. Compared to the other regions, New England is one of, if not the best. But compared to the previous 5 or so years, it was not very good, except for Tristian, he was awesome.
Tristan,
Great job! Keep up the good work, thank you's are few and far between in baseball.
Look forward to your future endevors regarding D3 Baseball.
Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Runner-up Fan
I add my kudos to Tristan. Great job broadcasting. You definitely added to my enjoyment of the tournament. Thanks
Thanks guys!
Glad I was able to make this tournament a bit more enjoyable for all of you.
It was a fantastic tournament and probably some of the best defense I have seen played in a long time.
One other note, tournament was totally dominated by pitching. I believe the team batting average was below .250. Partly due to great pitching and partly due to an enormous strike zone from some of the umpires. Certain guys were giving batters box to batters box.
All in all, a fantastic regional. The voice held up somehow and WNE and Wheaton made this one of the most memorable tournaments to date. BTW, that was the first "IF" game since 2002. Good to see Wheaton wasn't haunted by the demons of regionals past.
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 20, 2012, 05:28:04 PM
Compared to many of the other sites, the LEC TV production is among the best in D-III.
Linfield only had live stats. Trinity TX broguht their own crew. (BTW Trinity TX's amateur crew won an ESPY for its "Miracle in Mississippi" in 2007. Here is that link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbzQoXuxdU). Always a classic!)
I don't think that Rhodes had live TV for all games.
I could not get sound on the Marietta site.
Rhodes and CNU had live webcasts of each game. Whitewater had webcasts of UWW games only. Etta had silent, static video that could have been supplemented with local radio broadcasts for the host's games. Farmingdale and Kean didn't have video.
Quote from: Hobbesy on May 21, 2012, 12:12:18 AM
Thanks guys!
Glad I was able to make this tournament a bit more enjoyable for all of you.
It was a fantastic tournament and probably some of the best defense I have seen played in a long time.
One other note, tournament was totally dominated by pitching. I believe the team batting average was below .250. Partly due to great pitching and partly due to an enormous strike zone from some of the umpires. Certain guys were giving batters box to batters box.
All in all, a fantastic regional. The voice held up somehow and WNE and Wheaton made this one of the most memorable tournaments to date. BTW, that was the first "IF" game since 2002. Good to see Wheaton wasn't haunted by the demons of regionals past.
Tristan,
Do you know why there wasn't the camera coverage, ie 1st, 3rd base and Center field and no replay as was seen in previous years? Also, They also should have had someone give you a break now and then. I hope you were compensated for your excellent work!!!
All the listeners and the NCAA NE Regionals were fortunate to have you doing the play by play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To my understanding it was because the Little East was not involved this week due to prior commitments. I guess BTV9 was going to come but they didn't do the softball regional the week before so they didn't see it fair to have them come to one over the other.
Quote from: Hobbesy on May 21, 2012, 03:23:18 PM
To my understanding it was because the Little East was not involved this week due to prior commitments. I guess BTV9 was going to come but they didn't do the softball regional the week before so they didn't see it fair to have them come to one over the other.
Thanks Hobbesy +1