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Post by elonfirefighter on May 16, 2012 7:17:21 GMT -5
Today we start the last series and are playing for position in the socon tourney. We could climb as high as first or fall to 5th. first or 5th will only happen if WCU sweeps app and we win out or loose out. If we win 2 we will at least have 3rd, 2ed if CoC looses out. we can clench 2ed if we win out and CoC wins 1. A lost still can happen and anyone can win the tourney.
We play at 630 tonight and the rest of the teams start play tomorrow. Go Phoenix
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Post by phoenixphanatic21 on May 16, 2012 11:30:17 GMT -5
Interesting note: ESPN says we are still in the field of 64 as of now.
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 16, 2012 11:36:43 GMT -5
bottom line is we need to win at least 2 to get into 3rd place. If it ended today we would be 4th and play 5th WCU, and we all know what happened last year. Issue is with GSU and WCU are tied. If we moved to 3rd right now we would play 6th GSU, but GSU WCU could swap in this final series week. Bottom line win out and get to the championship and I think we sneek in, or we could just win the crown.
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Post by topher99 on May 16, 2012 12:56:55 GMT -5
Right now GSU would be the 5 over Western. Southern won that series.
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 16, 2012 12:59:51 GMT -5
ahhh I was going off of the Socon site. I forgot they ranked by overall record as tie breakers on there standings on the home page.
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Post by phoenixphanatic21 on May 16, 2012 19:53:56 GMT -5
Good start with the victory today. Heard the game only lasted 1 hour, 52 minutes. Quickest baseball game ever?
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 17, 2012 9:00:57 GMT -5
Elon pitched 2 more batters then the minimum i believe. Great job by the pitchers, and great job by kennedy making the quick decision in the 9th to pull the pitcher and preserve the win. With 2 outs to go, it was tempting to chance the complete game but for us the tourney started yesterday. Here are todays games
Baseball Western Carolina vs. Appalachian State 5:00 PM Baseball UNCG vs. College of Charleston 6:00 PM Baseball Elon vs. Citadel 6:30 PM Baseball Furman vs. Davidson 7:00 PM Live Stats
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 18, 2012 6:22:29 GMT -5
Elon wins game 2 18-5 to clench 3rd place over Samford. Right now App and Coc are 1st and 2 both with 20 wins. If we win today the best we can do is tie both teams. CoC won game 1 yesterday with ease and looks like the could run over UNCG. APP struggled and is down 5-0 in a suspended game 1 wich will pick up today in game 1 of a double header. If app looses out and CoC continues its domination of UNCG we could slip into 2 place. A lot of questions will be answered tonight
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Post by elonpride on May 18, 2012 9:16:20 GMT -5
At least 19 conference wins in each of the last 5 seasons.
That's a good streak.
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 18, 2012 9:54:05 GMT -5
Also another 30 win season added to the streak
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Post by bhill483 on May 18, 2012 14:21:12 GMT -5
HUGE If... App gets swept and CofC lost the final 2 games and Elon wins the final game against Citadel, it would be a 3 way tie and we took the series from each of the other teams, so I assume the 1 seed would go to Elon. I think it is WAY more likely that we stay put in the 3 spot and get either Western or GSU in the first round.
Right now we are up 4-1 in the top of the 8th...
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 18, 2012 14:23:22 GMT -5
The way app played yesterday I could see them getting sweeped, the way CoC played, there is no way they loose 2. I could see us slide into the 2 spot but i think we will end up at 3rd
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Post by bhill483 on May 18, 2012 14:51:23 GMT -5
Well Elon did their part... the sweep is complete. Just have to wait and see if they are slotted into the 3rd spot or if the teams ahead of us falter.
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Post by elonfirefighter on May 18, 2012 14:53:21 GMT -5
Even if we end up third we might of played our way back into the last 10 out. If we can get to the championship game I think we could earn an atlarge.
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Post by elonpride on May 18, 2012 15:36:56 GMT -5
Brooms. Nice sweep today.
Winning 31 games with this schedule was quite the challenge. Though we played more than twice as many games against the top 50 as the conference leader(s), we still managed the most top 50 wins.
Good regular season fellas. Finish strong in the tourney!
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