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Heartbreaking loss for Amherst. Avoidable throwing error led to winning run in bottom of 8th. Son is taking it pretty well. He had a decent game. Started in center, 1/4, single started Amherst's 2 run rally that put them ahead. Will know their opponent later tonight. No one is really standing out yet in the regional.
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I hate it when a play like that decides a game. Welp, it's not for nothing that they don't want to rent cars to kids until they are 25yo, even if they go to a school like Amherst. Good luck in the next one! BTW... YUGE upset win for Willamette today out West over #1 seed Chapman. Congrats to the Bearcats!
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West region all the lower seeds won in the first round. Including the Willamette bearcats. I got a dog in that race. Tomorrow the 1 and 2 seeds play each other in the losers bracket, so one team will be eliminated. All our games started on time but each ran late. One went 10 innings the others had lots of action. The late game was supposed to start at 6 on original schedule, it just finished at 11 pm. Back to SOS, most of the teams hosted Swarthmore this year. It was the first time in s...
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Played Swarthmore twice this, they are solid team. I wasn't surprised at all to see them win game one.
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Surprised that Swarthmore is doing so well. Good for them...not exactly a baseball factory, there.
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And now they've won Game 2, beating Cortland 2-1. That region is bananas: 6 of the 7 games so far have been low-scoring one-run games. Two of those have gone into extras. Amherst, sadly for me, is out, losing 2-1 to St. Joseph's Long Island, which got an amazing pitching performance. Amherst's was good, too, but St. J's was even better.
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Thanks for the update both schools are somewhat local to me. Shame your kid's season ended, it looked like a great game.
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My boy’s team was eliminated at the New York Regional today. Particularly tough on him because he was knocked out with an injury after winning Game 1. He had started every game this season. Heartbreaking to watch. Saw some excellent pitching here over the 3 days. Lots of close games. The bats just never caught fire for our guys. Very emotional scene after the game for all the seniors and their teammates who will miss them dearly.
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Two NCAC teams in the Mideast regional championship. Wooster and Wabash. I am torn. I think Woosterbwould go farther in the next round, however I have trouble rooting for the Scots, being a Bishop fan. I also like the head coach at Wabash, Jake Martin. So I guess I will be rooting for the Little Giants. I just hope I did not jinx them.
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mid-atlantic final game...misericordia vs. babson...mis has to win two in a row...going to be tough.
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Quality work by the boys from Misericordia, as best as I could tell there was one weak team in that bracket and Mis didn't play them. So many games decided late, one swing or one play can change a season. Follow up from earlier in the thread - Swarthmore wins NY going undefeated and earns trip to the WS. Well done.
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"The region’s top three seeds have a combined 74 NCAA tournament appearances, 27 trips to the Division III World Series and three national championships." Swarthmore had one previous Regional appearance. Pretty cool.
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My son tells he felt that Swarthmore was the best team they faced this year, that includes 2 teams still fighting for WS berth today, and 5 or 6 more that were playing in the regionals this past weekend...Including 2 who were ranked top 10 this season. Opinions are what they are but it seems clear to me that Swarthmore was flying to far under the radar.
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Concordia-Chicago beat UW-Oshkosh and now there are zero Wisconsin teams at the last D3 World Series in Wisconsin! That's too bad, but it is also OK, of course. Congrats to the winners, and congrats to those who finished up their season on a successful run but didn't quite make it.
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It looks like the majority of their starters come from baseball hotbeds (CA, TX, FL, NC).
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Oh, I am sure they are. As has been pointed out before. A team has to be good for a long time before getting the benefit of the doubt. Historically they are a bottom to a middle feeder in the Centennial Conference. A few more seasons like this and they wont fly under the radar so much.
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Funny thing is they beat us in walk off. Some of our parents were stunned, me being freshman parent who doesn't know a damn thing was dumb enough to say "I thought they were pretty damn tough" one of the SR dads just smiled at me and said I would learn. We were both right, he was correct in I would learn a lot this spring and I was correct in that they were pretty damn good!
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The ride is over for the Willamette Bearcats. Started the season 9-11. Finished third in NWC conference but was hot at the end and won the tournament bid. Shows up as a 6 seed in the West region. Made it all the way to the 10th inning of the Championship game, but fell short of CWS losing to #6 Texas Lutheran. One of final 16 teams standing on Sunday afternoon. Best team in the history of Willamette. Even though we have some great Seniors that we are proud of and will graduate, we return...
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Swarthmore can be difficult to recruit to. Many D3 schools recruit students from all over the country. They are more National than a regional school. The Administration's at these schools, many times want the Diversity of the athletes to match the Diversity of the general population of the schools. This can require large coaching staffs and large recruiting budgets to see enough players who have the academic chops and are the proper level of athlete to play well at the D3 level. Then you...
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My 2017 was recruited by Swarthmore. Frankly, they dropped out when they got his grades, which were good enough to get him into similar schools but not that one. I think it's hard to understate how difficult it is for coaches at a school like Swarthmore to have successful recruiting seasons year after year when its players are held to very lofty academic standards, especially as compared to other schools in conference, and they have to face fierce competition in recruiting top talent not...
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JCG, you are spot on. Wooster moves on in the Mid East region. Looks like I did Jinx Wabash. Good Luck to Wooster.
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South #1 Randolph-Macon New England #2 Oswego New York #5 Swarthmore West #4 Texas Lutheran Midwest #1 Concordia-Chicago Mideast #1 Wooster Central #3 Texas-Tyler Mid-Atlantic #5 Misericordia
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Right you are! If you want to get good those are the states to recruit in.
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My 2018 was recruited to, and offered, at Swarthmore. He ultimately chose another school. Swat wasn't on our radar, at all, so when they contacted him he had to do some research. If he had any connection in the area he might've gone- great school- but he had a couple of other D3's that were also attractive, and more known to him. Quite a feat for such a rigorous school like that to compete. I know that in my neck of the woods, Carleton, which has similar tough academic standards, has a hard...
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Lets keep this going, D3 World Series starts in a couple days. Anybody got a dog in the fight: https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/baseball/d3
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I will probably be rooting for Swarthmore. If Wooster goes very far, they will be insufferable in the NCAC. Who am I kidding they are already Insufferable.
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For the first time in a very long time, no dog that I know of, so I'm with you with the underdog.
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This is a great post and worthy of repeating! The MAC Freedom teams feel the same about Misericordia!! Swarthmore has plenty yappers on that squad as well...however there are very few innocents in the dugouts of college baseball teams.
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College baseball is about 9 on the field and 26 in the dugouts, doin their thing. As long as it is in good sportsmanship manner, that is the way it is played. That is one of the reasons the game is more enjoyable than MLB. No taunting just rowdiness and occasional jabs. Willamette, I must say has one of the loudest dugouts in the NWC. I think the team feeds off that energy. They have rituals, don Glamm glasses after a home run, idiotic/stupid sayings but they just are trying to come up with...
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Yes agree with above, we found Swat to be absolutely insufferable. Noise and fun and even chirping is all in good fun but they went way beyond that. Not very sportsmanlike. They are on a powerful run however so it seems to be working. Lets see if their pitching can stand up in Appleton, as they can hit.
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2018 is headed to Misericordia in the fall to play ball...this is their first trip, so we are hopeful it will be a successful one. Watched every regional game on our phones, so hoping to check out the series the same way as well.
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First round CWS games start at 11:00am EDT today. As per usual, weather in Appleton could be an issue. http://www.d3baseball.com/play...dule?date=2018-05-25
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Watching the first game right now... dialed into swings, speed, gloves, and throwing mechanics of all the players. First time I've seen a D3 game. My 2018 looked at Swarthmore as well...super nice HC. I'm in Northern IL, I thought Appleton was closer, just looked at google maps, not happening.
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watching it now as well...would be nice to see a radar gun display though...a much needed addition to any game
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Thanks for linking to the webcam. I haven't seen much DIII baseball and was interested to see the level of play, size of the players, etc... to compare to what I have seen in our area (DI, DII and HS). Watching the Texas-Tyler/Oswego game, the hitting looked pretty strong, but hard to tell about the pitching without knowing MPH. Anyone know what MPH the pitcher's were sitting at or the average for a DIII pitcher's FB? Also, I'm not sure if it was due to the video quality, but the players...
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Not sure about today's games, but I'm guessing that the majority of D3 pitching is in the 80-85 mph range (FB). I think there's a pretty close correlation between general athleticism and the college baseball hierarchy (top D1 through bottom D3). D1 guys are probably taller at most positions; taller corner OFs and corner IFs, taller pitchers. D1 guys in general probably weigh more, too. More muscular. You won't see many skinny position players in high level D1 baseball. I'm sure strength and...
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Thanks for the reply MIDATLANTIC DAD. 80-85 looks about right based upon what I am seeing in the video broadcast. (Note: As a hitter's dad, I have been somewhat surprised by the seemingly large strike zone the plate umpire has in the latest game. I may need to change him into a pitcher. ) Also, your thoughts regarding genetics make sense. My son is relatively early in the process (incoming HS freshman) and still growing so I'm not sure where he may fit in size-wise once things settle out.
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FWIW — The top four freshman at my son’s D3 are (RHP) 86-88, (RHP) 84-86 (RHP (85-87) and (LHP) 84-86. All have three pitches that can be thrown for strikes.
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My son's D3 team had a starting infield of 6'3, 6'4, 6'3 and 6'0 although it would be hard to tell from the streaming broadcast.
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and also the 80-85 mph might be true for OVERALL average of D3 pitching but just not the case for son's team or league or schedule. I bet it is the same for these teams that made it to Appleton too. MAM said what the 4 freshman are throwing at their school and all 4 above 85. It is tough to get recruited to D3 nowadays at 80-85. Almost every D3 team seems to have guys much higher - it is the depth that falls off for most schools. Son's team has several 90+ guys, and most guys are 85+.
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My D3 kid says most teams in his conference have at least one starter and one reliever who throws 90. Sadly his team is not one of them!
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You'll get some guys in D3 who were throwing 84 MPH when they were recruited as a rising HS senior, but by the time they are Juniors/seniors in college they are throwing high 80's. I would say that it is rare for a D3 pitcher in my neck of the woods to be touching 90's consistently, though. I do see others at lesser D3's(baseball wise) who are still throwing around low 80's.