Quote from: D-BAT on January 27, 2014, 06:54:13 PM
ODAC school's endowment status as of 2012:

1,261,553,000 ... Washington & Lee University
  154,465,000 ... Hollins University
  135,271,000 ... Randolph College
  128,988,000 ... Hampden-Sydney College
  118,586,000 ... Randolph-Macon College
  113,871,000 ... Roanoke College
   84,725,000 ... Sweet Briar College
   79,931,000 ... Emory & Henry College
   74,074,000 ... Lynchburg College
   65,932,000 ... Guilford College
   62,823,000 ... Bridgewater College
   52,670,000 ... Shenandoah University
   48,640,037 ... Virginia Wesleyan College
   20,828,000 ... Eastern Mennonite University


After reviewing the endowment status of each school, Roanoke College's $113,871,000 status of 2012 grabs my attention because their baseball program is the only program within the ODAC that does not have their own baseball facility and are constantly fighting battles to get a facility just to practice on.

The baseball staff is making great strides in turning this program around.  Why cannot the admin take some money from the endowment and build their own softball/baseball complex or give the City of Salem some cash to upgrade Kiwanis field? 

Is this fair to the student-athletes not having a dedicated field to call their own to practice on?

The parents of the baseball program as well as the softball program will need to unite to voice their concern to the administration.

Nothing was more frustrating than showing up to practice and watching a middle school game run 45 minutes into our practice time.

A lot of rumors were constantly floating around about a new facility on Elizabeth campus but apparently the neighborhood didn't light the idea of the lights at night. Watching Coach McGuire and his staff last year is very exciting, and I hope that with the success he will surely bring, a baseball facility will finally be put into the works.

I cant speak much of the softball program but if I'm not mistaken, isn't the D3 softball world series hosted in Salem where Roanoke plays?

Quote from: LTHSdad on March 20, 2012, 10:30:54 PM
VWC barely gets a split with Roanoke 1-10 and 8-7.  Really can't believe what's happened to the Marlins last 2 years as this program has derailed from the top of the ODAC.  Starting Justin Payne in game 1 I thought was the correct move as he has shown flashes of a good pitcher.  Game was over in 2 innings as the Maroons jumped on VWC early.

Game 2 saw VWC get down 4-0 again before they could blink but 4 9th inning runs made it a great comeback for Coach Boothe squad.  Not sure why Anthony Siracusa didn't pitch game 1 or 2 as he has been their best starter.

No light at the end of tunnel as VWC has next few vs very good Averett, Lynchburg, Tufts and Salisbury teams.

I spoke with some friends about these games and was glad to hear Roanoke was able to split. After just finishing my four years there it's good to see that they have started to get the talent to play with some ODAC and usas schools. I thin they just need some coaching changes and they will be good to go.

I hope to see two unfamiliar teams in the tournament this year, Roanoke and E&H. This is probably very wishful thinking though :-)

Is it true that vwc lost some seniors bc of coaches? Or is that just some false rumor?

Not that we (Roanoke) scored many runs against anyone this year but I definitely think the 1 2 combo that Bridgewater has is a solid one. I think they are my choice to win the ODAC this year. I think they will see LC in the championship.

Given the fact that we havent played any games yet I cant say much about the other ODAC teams yet but Roanoke is young this year and have some talented guys at the plate. We lost almost our entire starting lineup from last year but I think we are still as strong as we were last year (with a lot less power). We return a few pitchers with a lot of innings from last year and I am the only person now to be with the program for 4 years (1 other senior who transferred in), so hopefully this year and the next few Roanoke baseball can make a name for itself. We also lost some key players due to injuries and its showing in the Errors column. We start odac play at Macon this weekend. Looking forward to playing on their new field.

Im surprised that the only team in the ODAC with a good record is HS. Its still early but I expected Va Wes and LC to get off to a much better start than they have.

I agree that some of the all conference selections can be confusing. I am biased as well towards Roanoke, but last year Thacker at shortstop hit .421 and only managed to get Honorable mention and the first team all odac shortstop hit .307 (Those are season stats I didnt check out conference only stats)

Roanoke and Lynchburg split today. Roanoke won the 7 inning game while Lynchburg took the 9 inning game

Bridgewater swept Roanoke over the weekend....Roanoke blew a 4 run lead in the bottom of the 6th and then a 3 run lead in the second game in the bottom of the 8th.

First game was a great one...each pitcher had 5 shutout innings and the only runs scored were in the 6th. Roanoke had a 1 hitter going into the 6th. An error with 2 outs in the 6th inning by the second baseman allowed for the 2 out rally by bridgewater to take the lead. Second game had some foolish mistakes in the field by both teams allowing each team to score plenty of extra runs.

We managed to snag a win at guilford today with the typical score of a guilford home game 18-12. Was a really ugly game, despite there being only two errors Roanoke managed to screw up every way possible on the base paths while guilford managed to make plenty of mistakes in the field (not getting leather on the ball avoiding errors for the most part).


Score by Innings                               R  H  E
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Roanoke College..... 350 001 027 - 18 23  0
Guilford College....... 000 025 050 - 12 21  2
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Guilford 3-6 in ODAC
Roanoke 4-4 in ODAC

hey,

new to the boards here. I have been reading them for a while mainly watching USAS and ODAC. Just thought I might give some more updates and opinions on some of the games. I play for Roanoke but ill try not to keep my opinions and stats too one sided towards my team or teammates  .

to start things off....

Roanoke beat guilford wednesday in a good game 8-6.

VWC swept Roanoke Saturday 3-10 and 6-17. VWC put out 8 homeruns in the second game and I think 3 in the first. Marion had 3 in the second game with 7 RBIs, and shipp went 4-6. We had no response on offense as both of their pitchers game only a few outs of throwing complete games before getting pulled.