NCAA DIII Baseball NPI summary report has been released for games played through Sunday, April 27--

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/44396

UAA teams in the NPI baseball rankings--

1.)  CWRU-- AQ-- #11 nationally-- NPI of 59.733-- down 1 spot from #10 last week.
2.)  Emory-- #24 nationally-- NPI of 58.284-- up 4 spots from #28 last week.
3.)  UChicago-- #28 nationally-- NPI of 57.810-- down 2 spots from #26 last week.
4.)  WashU-- #30 nationally-- NPI of 57.613-- up 9 spots from #39 last week.
5.)  NYU-- #94 nationally-- NPI of 54.243-- up 5 spots from #99 last week.
6.)  Brandeis-- #228 nationally-- NPI of 48.805-- up 20 spots from #248 last week.

Emory, UChicago, and WashU are in very good positions to get at-large bids to the NCAA DIII Baseball tournament at this time with a little less than 2 weeks left.

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 27, 2025, 03:48:20 PMSpartans took Gamw 4 today 15-3.

It appears that CWRU won every conference series this year.

CWRU won their series vs WashU 3 games to 1.

CWRU won their series vs Emory 3 games to 1.

CWRU won their series vs UChicago 3 games to 1.

CWRU won their series vs NYU with 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie.

CWRU won their series vs Brandeis 3 games to 1.

That accounts for the 14-5-1 in UAA play for the Spartans.

Game has now gone final in Chicago--

FINAL-- UChicago 3, NYU 1 (7 innings).

UChicago finishes UAA play at 12-8 in the UAA and is now at 26-13 overall with 1 scheduled non-conference game remaining to be played.

NYU finishes UAA play at 8-11-1 in the UAA and is now at 20-16-1 overall with 3 scheduled non-conference games yet to be played.

UAA baseball conference play for 2025 has now concluded for the season.

UChicago leads 3-0 over NYU after 6 innings in a game scheduled for 7 innings in Game #2 of a doubleheader-- Final game of the 4 game series.

Update-- Game video bug says 4-0 lead for UChicago, but live stats only have UChicago leading 3-0.  I will go with the live stats. 

NYU now down to their last at-bats in the top of the 7th.

Game has gone final in Waltham, MA

FINAL score-- CWRU 15, Brandeis 3  (7 innings, 10 run rule).

CWRU finishes UAA play at 14-5-1 in the UAA and improves to 25-12-1 overall with 2 scheduled non-conference games remaining.

Brandeis finishes UAA play at 3-17 in the UAA and drops to 11-27 overall with 2 scheduled non-conference games remaining. 

Brandeis did not score in the bottom of the 6th.

In the top of the 7th with 1 out, CWRU is now leading 15-1.

CWRU can win this game in the bottom of the 7th by preventing Brandeis from scoring at least 5 runs.

Brandeis did not score in the bottom of the 5th.  In the top of the 6th, CWRU has just hit a 2 run homer with 1 out to extend their lead to 12 runs over Brandeis at 13-1 in favor of the Spartans.

Brandeis now needs to score at least 3 runs in the 6th and 7th to avoid having this game end early on the 10 run rule.

In Waltham, MA-- CWRU is now leading over Brandeis, 11-1 after 4 1/2 innings.   Brandeis has the bottom of the 5th, 6th, and 7th to cut into this Spartan 10 run lead and to prevent being run-ruled out in 7 innings.   

While we wait for the remainder of UAA baseball play to go final today, here are the remaining non-conference games left for UAA baseball teams to play over the next 2 weeks.

Emory, WashU, and UChicago are candidates for 3 of the 23 at-large bids at this time based on the national NPI rankings through games of Sunday, April 20.   An updated report reflecting games played through today is scheduled to be released no later than Monday morning.

The 2025 UAA Baseball champion and AQ-- CWRU-- has 2 home non-conference games remaining at Nobby's Ballpark.  CWRU is scheduled to play Baldwin-Wallace this Tuesday, April 29, and is scheduled to finish the regular season vs John Carroll next Sunday, May 4.

WashU and Emory have finished their regular seasons.

1.)  UChicago has an away game vs Concordia-Chicago scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 to finish their regular season.

2.)  NYU finishes their regular season with a scheduled home Senior Day doubleheader on Staten Island vs Mount St. Vincent on Thursday, May 1.  The Violets then are scheduled to play an away game at Scranton on Friday, May 2 to conclude regular season play.

3.)  Brandeis finishes their regular season with 2 home games in Waltham, MA-- vs Amherst on Tuesday, April 29, and their Senior Day game vs Curry on Wednesday, April 30.

In Atlanta in the bottom of the 9th, M. Sicoli of Emory has just hit a 2 run homer to tie the game vs WashU at 4-4.

Emory can win the game with 1 more run-- extra innings will be played if Emory does not score another run this inning.

Update--  Emory's winning run is now on second base-- still nobody out.  Halloran with the potential winning run on second.

2nd update-- Emory now has the bases loaded with nobody out.   A single advanced Halloran to third, and an intentional walk has loaded the bases.

Ball game is over!   Liu's hit brings in Halloran to score, and the Emory Eagles come from behind to take the final game of the 4 game series vs WashU, 5-4.   Emory scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th while not getting a single batter out.

FINAL-- Emory 5, WashU 4.

Emory finishes the regular season at 12-8 in UAA play, 26-14 overall.

WashU finishes the regular season at 10-10 in UAA play, 25-15 overall.

Emory and WashU have no non-conference games remaining to be played over the next 2 weeks.

Both Emory and WashU will now be watching the updated DIII Baseball NPI reports via the NCAA stats site over the next 2 weeks to see if each team will secure one of the 23 at large bids to the NCAA DIII Baseball tournament when DIII finishes regular season play on May 11.  An updated report is scheduled to be up Monday morning. 

1st game of the Sunday doubleheader at UChicago's Kyle Anderson Field has gone final.

1st of 2 7 inning games.

FINAL-- NYU 8, UChicago 3  (7 inn).

NYU improves to 8-10-1 in UAA play and gets their 20th win of the season.

UChicago drops to 11-8 in UAA play-- 25-13 overall.

Game #2 (Final game of the 4 game series) in approx 30 minutes-- Senior Day festivities for UChicago will be held before the start of Game #2.   We will see if they can complete this game before NYU's mandatory get away time.   It seems that the time to stop play so that the Violets can get to the airport will be no later than 4 PM CT, 5 PM ET.-- since this doubleheader is scheduled for 2 7 inning games rather than 2 9 inning games.  The UChicago PBP announcer has yet to announce by what time the second game of the doubleheader must end play.   

The UAA Baseball Code of Conduct as it relates to Sunday games states that any UAA doubleheaders played on the final day of a  3 day weekend are played as 7 inning games if the get away time is fewer than 7 hours from the start of Game #1 of the doubleheader.  If the get away time is more than 7 hours after the start of the doubleheader, then the games are played as 9 inning games.  Since today's doubleheader between NYU and UChicago is being played as 2 7 inning games, then it can reasonably be deduced, that since Game 1 started at 9 AM CT/10 AM ET today, then the get away time is no later than 4 PM CT/5 PM ET.

Start time for Sunday's CWRU at Brandeis game has been delayed to 1 PM ET, but the game will now be played on the Brandeis campus at Stein Diamond.   Tbe 2 hour delay is to get the field into playing shape after yesterday's rain.   The game had initially been scheduled for an off campus 11 AM ET start at Yetten Field at Waltham High School. 

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on April 27, 2025, 07:32:41 AMGO SPARTANS!!!!

Great to see CWRU win the first true "full table" UAA conference baseball schedule, clinch the championship, and become among the first teams to punch its ticket to the NCAA tourney with an AQ conference title.

Actually, CWRU is the first team to officially punch its ticket in the NCAA DIII baseball tourney this year with the AQ.

Sunday action now underway in Chicago-- The starting Chicago pitcher did not last through the first inning-- gave up 4 runs and 5 hits to NYU and Chicago has now called in a long relief pitcher from the bullpen.

Starting pitcher for UChicago only lasted 2/3 of an inning this morning.

The first relief pitcher out of the bullpen then got the third out on a strikeout to end the top of the first.

Middle of first at UChicago's Kyle Anderson Field-- NYU 4, UChicago 0

First game of a doubleheader-- Doubleheader scheduled for 2 7 inning games due to get away day for NYU.

Rest of the final scores from Saturday's UAA action--

1.)  WashU 5, Emory 1-- Game #2 of Saturday DH in Atlanta-- Game #3 of the 4 game series.

2.)  Chicago 18, NYU 3--  7 innings-- 10 run rule--  Game #2 of Saturday DH in Chicago-- Game #2 of the 4 game series.

UAA Baseball standings going into the final day of UAA league play--

1.) CWRU-- 13-5-1 in UAA play-- 24-12-1 overall

2.) Chicago-- 11-7 in UAA play-- 25-12 overall.

3)  Emory-- 11-8 in UAA play-- 25-14 overall

4.) WashU-- 10-9 in UAA play-- 25-14 overall.

5.) NYU-- 7-10-1 in UAA play-- 19-15-1 overall.

6.) Brandeis-- 3-16 in UAA play-- 11-26 overall.

After a marathon game that lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes today, CWRU has clinched the 2025 UAA Baseball title and the first-ever UAA Baseball AQ to the NCAA DIII Baseball Tournament with a 25-18 win over Brandeis today.  Game started at 12:30 PM ET and just ended at approx 4:42 PM ET.   No rain delays, although the game was played off campus at Yetten Field at Waltham High School due to rain earlier today and rain in the forecast.  The first 2 games of the Brandeis/CWRU series were played yesterday due to forecasted weather conditions.

That win, combined with losses by Chicago today and Emory yesterday, guarantees that CWRU will finish UAA play with the best win/loss percentage in UAA play (Minimum 15 UAA games played).

CWRU is now 13-5-1 in the UAA with 1 game left to play.
Emory is now 11-7 in the UAA with 2 games left to play.
UChicago is now 10-7 in the UAA with 3 games left to play.

Emory, UChicago, and WashU out of the UAA vying for 3 of the 23 at-large bids.