army56mike
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RE: Baseball & Softball
Our Flames softball had a spectacular season! Dot Richardson has done an astounding job. And we should have a solid foundation to build on with the Bishop twins, Via, McFarland, and DiMartino.
I think the fellas are gonna be challenged in the A-Sun. Hope they are up to the challenge.
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WesternSkillet
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RE: Baseball & Softball
For fun, I looked up some 2018 baseball (RPI) and softball (MBR) conference rankings.
Baseball
ASun 7
Big South 24
Big East 12
A-10 19
Softball
ASun 9
Big South 19
Big East 21
A-10 24
Having LU in the ASun is a major upgrade for baseball and softball. I put the BE and A10 as a comparison if LU even had the chance to go to either conference in the future. Basically, M/W basketball would be significantly upgraded but baseball and softball would take a step back in terms of conference strength.
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/conferencerpi
https://herosports.com/rankings/college-softball
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army56mike
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RE: Baseball & Softball
Was more interested in.....
#4 - AAC
#11 - C-USA
..... baseball rankings. That’s where I figure we’ll eventually end up over time.
I couldn’t find the softball rankings for those comferences.
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army56mike
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RE: Baseball & Softball
#3 Baseball (29-26) drop their first game of the BSC tourney to #6 Radford. We now face #7 CSU in elimination game.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
Baseball is on a tear right now.
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army56mike
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RE: Baseball & Softball
And the season comes to an end with a semifinal loss to Campbell and a 32-26 record.
Overall a very underwhelming season. Unless we have some real gems coming in as freshmen next year it may be much the same.
I expect at least 36 regular season wins and less than 20 losses per season.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
That might be a bit harsh. Our pitching staff was decimated by injuries and hopefully will be back next season. I suspect we lose Artis but considering the circumstances I am good with the results.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
(05-26-2018 05:17 AM)army56mike Wrote: And the season comes to an end with a semifinal loss to Campbell and a 32-26 record.
Overall a very underwhelming season. Unless we have some real gems coming in as freshmen next year it may be much the same.
I expect at least 36 regular season wins and less than 20 losses per season.
We’ve got a decent bit coming back. I think we will be better next year. The team looked pretty good in the tourney and they have an entire offseason to correct some of the issues.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
We have a coach entering his third year at the helm. His recruits should be leading the team for the most part next year so we'll see what he's made of. Add in a new conference and there are lots of variables.
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(05-26-2018 10:38 AM)GE and MTS Wrote: We have a coach entering his third year at the helm. His recruits should be leading the team for the most part next year so we'll see what he's made of. Add in a new conference and there are lots of variables.
Coach Jackson was hired in the summer before his first season. Baseball recruiting season was over at that point. Any coach hired midsummer gets a pass on that year's recruiting class.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
Projections for Next Season:
C - Tre Todd. - .315, 10 HR
1B - Dylan Allen. - .240, 3 HR
2B - Ben Highfill. - .238, 0 HR
3B- Tyler Galazin. - .286, 4 HR
SS- Cam Locklear. - .258, 4 HR
LF- John Embry. - .239, 6 HR
CF- Brandon Rohrer. - .251, 3 HR
RF- Ayden Karraker. - .224, 2 HR
DH- Logan Mathieu. - .243, 4 HR
SP- Garrett Price. - (7-3), 3.99
SP- Noah Skirrow. - (4-3), 4.75
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RE: Baseball & Softball
NCAA Baseball Tournament
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
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RE: Baseball & Softball
The A-Sun will be a test for both our baseball & softball teams. The latter is better prepared of the two right now.
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RE: Baseball & Softball
(05-28-2018 05:04 PM)army56mike Wrote: NCAA Baseball Tournament
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
IIRC the ASUN has two tournament bids this year compared to one bid for the Big South.
I agree with Slyfox. The ASUN will really test LU baseball and softball. Hopefully two years of stronger recruiting will help make LU competitive in the conference.
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army56mike
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(05-28-2018 05:04 PM)army56mike Wrote: NCAA Baseball Tournament
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
Stetson 8 - 4 Hartford
Jacksonville 5 - 3 FAU
Campbell vs. Georgia
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(06-02-2018 05:02 AM)army56mike Wrote: NCAA Baseball Tournament
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
Florida 3 - 2 Jacksonville (1-1)
Stetson (2-0) 10 - 3 Oklahoma St.
Georgia 18 - 5 Campbell (0-1)
Duke 16 - 8 Campbell (0-2) Eliminated
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(06-03-2018 12:32 PM)army56mike Wrote: (06-02-2018 05:02 AM)army56mike Wrote: NCAA Baseball Tournament
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
Florida 3 - 2 Jacksonville (1-1)
Stetson (2-0) 10 - 3 Oklahoma St.
Georgia 18 - 5 Campbell (0-1)
Duke 16 - 8 Campbell (0-2) Eliminated
ASun baseball is really going to test our program.
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(06-03-2018 12:32 PM)army56mike
[b' Wrote: NCAA Baseball Tournament[/b]
1. Stetson 2. South Florida 3. Okahoma St. 4. Hartford
1. Florida 2. Jacksonville 3. FAU 4. Columbia
1. Georgia 2. Duke 3. Troy 4. Campbell
FAU 12 - 7 Jacksonville (1-2) Eliminated
Stetson (3-0) 10 - 1 Oklahoma St. Stetson advances to Super Regionals
Duke 16 - 8 Campbell (0-2) Eliminated
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Congrats to Stetson on reaching the Super Regionals. Hope you get to host. Way to rep the A-Sun!
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