2025 Playoffs

[cubs]

La Crosse drops their second game of the day to CMS today, this time 6-2, which ends their 2025 season...

WIAC finishes 8-3 in Regional Play this year, after starting 7-0.

[Ralph Turner]

At Game 7, ETBU's Ben Lee hit a HR OVER the 60' screen that protects the scoreboard in left field.

ETBU 2 Trinity TX 1. ETBU batting in the bottom of 5th.

Two great games...

[Ralph Turner]

ETBU's Luke Bumpus clears the left field screen. ETBU 3-1, no out, bottom of the 6th.

[Ralph Turner]

Top of the 8th
Trinity gets 2 HRs of ETBU pitcher Carson Speegle in 0.2 IP.
TU goes up 4-3.

All 7 runs in the game scored on HRs.
Going to the bottom of the 8th.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity up 7-4, ETBU batting with two outs B10, routine grounder to SS but 1B drops the low throw (edit: error charged to the SS).  Tying runner comes to the plate with runners at the corner.

[Ron Boerger]

ETBU ends up loading the bases but the PH ended up striking out swinging.  The SCAC is also assured a representative in the D3CWS as McMurry will travel to San Antonio.

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the 16 teams that went 0-2. The legend is NPI ranking for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#4; #42;  Bridgewater St A #100 MASCAC
#3; #20;  Bethany Lutheran A #81 UMAC
#5; #29;  Marymount  A #131  AEC
#8; #25;  Grove City A #64 Pres AC
#24; #35; Beloit A #80 MWC
#30; #74; Ohio Northern C #34 OAC
#12; #18; Husson A #174 NAC
#10; #38; Keene St A #107 LEC
#2; #57;  Manchester A #107 HCAC
#19; #80; Rhodes A* #40 SAA
#7; #37;  JWU Providence A #69 GNAC
#72; #5; Brockport A #11 Empire 8
#1; #63;  Farmington St A #126 Skyline
#60; #17; North Central A #117 CCIW
#39; #93; Millsaps C #23 SAA
#6; #33;  Whitworth A #78 NWC

A* Rhodes won the Pool A bid due to Rain outs which canceled the completion of the SAA tourney
Emboldened NPI rankings are lower than the team's NPI, a nominal upset.

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the 8 teams that went 1-2, W, L, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#80, #28, #35  Gustavus Adolphus  A #14 MIAC
#34, #3, #74   WashU StL          C #30 UAA
#18, #8, #18   Middlebury         A #45 NESCAC
#38, #8, #38   PSU-Harrisburg     C #36 UEC
#88, #19, #88  Webster            A #15 SLIAC
#63, #1, #63   Rutgers Camden     A #28 NJAC
#17, #13, #17  Arcadia            A #60 MACF
#78, #41, #33  La Verne           A #6  SCIAC

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the 8 teams that went 1-2, L, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#27, #100, #27  Oswego          C #42 SUNYAC
#26, #81,  #26  Buena Vista      A #20 ARC
#21, #131, #21  Maryville        C #29 CSS
#47, #64,  #47  Mount Union      C #25 OAC
#31, #84  #31    PSU-Behrend      A #57 AMC
#32, #69,  #32  Ramapo          C #37 NJAC
#48, #11, #72    Randy Mac        C #22 ODAC
#9,  #23, #39    Huntingdon      A #93 CSS

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the 6 teams that went 2-2, W, L, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then win #2, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#42, #4, #42, #4      Concordia Texas    C  #27 SCAC
#29, #5, #29, #5      Emory              C  #21 UAA
#25, #12, #25, #12    Catholic          A  #47 LAND
#57, #2, #57, #2      Keystone          A  #13 UEC
#37, #7, #37, #7      Baldwin Wallace    A  #32 OAC
#11, #48, #22, #48    Methodist          A  #72 USAC

Here is the 1 team that went 2-2, W, W, L, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win, and win #2, for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#81, #26, #26, #26    UW-Lacrosse      C #16  WIAC

Here are the 7 teams that went 2-2, L, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening loss win and for win #1, win #2 then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#3, #34, #30, #3      Adrian          A #74    MIAA
#41, #78, #6, #41    Pomona-Pitzer  C #33    SCIAC
#60, #117, #60, #13  Centre          C #17    SAA
#28, #126, #28, #1    RPI            A #63    LL
#36, #107, #36, #10  TCNJ            C #38    NJAC
#45, #174, #45, #8    Cortland        A #18    SUNYAC
#15, #40, #15, #19    Belhaven        A #88    NACC

[Ralph Turner]

Here is the team that went 3-2, W, L, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then Win #2, win #3 and then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference


#23, #9, #93, #9, #9      ETBU       A  #29, ASC

Here is the team that went 3-2, L, W, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening loss and then wins #1, #2,  #3 , then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference

#24, #80, #14, #24, #24  Chicago    C #35  UAA

[Ralph Turner]

Regional winners tomorrow

[Ron Boerger]

Impressive, Dr. T.  Thanks!

[Ralph Turner]

#19; #80; Rhodes A* #40 SAA

Rhodes had won 2 games in the SAA tourney and had beaten both Millsaps and Centre. Thus, they won a "single elimination" tourney. I honestly believe that 2 losses in a double elimination tourney would have dropped them below Redlands at #43. Millsaps at #23 and Centre at #13 could have sustained another loss and still earned a Pool C bid.