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SLC Standings after 3/25/18 games:

Top 8

SHS 6-0
SLU 7-2
UCA 7-2
MSU 6-3
UIW 5-4
NWS 3-3
HBU 3-3
SFA 3-3

Do not be fooled by Demons 3-3 SLC record...........they won series vs Nicholls and won only one vs TAMCC....out of SLC they have 2 wins each over Binghamton, Penn, UALR and single wins over La Tech, ULM and Nebraska and lost 7-6 to Texas A&M.....

NWS @ UCA

Game 1:

Could have used a few of those runs at the Farris Center tonight vs Yale..........and maybe next two games at Bear Field............79 hits in last six games..........

NWS 1-6-3 (3-4/13-13)
UCA 12-15-0 (8-2/16-10)

HRs by Hancock, Presley and Smith..........Strong stays hot with 4/5 and a run scored plus 3 rbis.......Somedecerf, Smith, Aguilar, Hancock and Black each collected 2 hits and a combined 6 rbis.........3 by Aguliar...........by the way, Gray goes to 3-0 as he glided through 7 innings giving up one run while tallying 10ks........Go Bears!!

Game 2 Friday at 6pm and Game on Sat at 1pm...............

Top 8: Following Easter weekend series’
Standings- Overall / Conf / Combined Rec of conference opponents played
SHS 20-7 / 9-0 / 6-27
UCA 17-11 / 9-3 / 24-21
SELA 21-10 / 9-3 / 19-25
UIW 19-11 / 8-4 / 16-29
McN 10-17 / 7-5 / 25-17
HBU 11-17 / 5-4 / 15-18
NWS 14-13 / 4-5 / 15-15
Nich 9-18 / 4-5 / 16-14

Combined record is for the conference games played to this point. Obviously after the halfway point those records won’t mean much but it does shed some light.

Top 8
RPI / SOS
SHS 43 / 120
UCA 105 / 106
SELA 130 / 255
NWS 136 / 181
UIW 156 / 243
McN 173 / 70
HBU 188 / 161
Nich 252 / 179

UCA’s RPI hit 186 after the OK St. game. Was 121 day of WSU and 120 after. Hit 97 after game 2 vs the Demons. Need to keep winning series on the weekends. Revenge against the Shockers would help!!

Mid-week RPI #s (4/5/18) for SLC:

SHSU - 41
UCA - 101
TAMUCC-107
UNO - 127
NWS - 129
SELA - 131
UIW - 152
McN - 162
HBU - 172
LAM - 246
ACU - 248
NICH - 253
SFA - 260

HBU @UCA

Tough home series....lose 2 of 3 to Cougars to get to 10-5/18-13...............plenty of pitching to have swept this series...........

3-5, 1-3 and 5-0.......

Game 1: Moyer gave up 2 in top of 9th..........Gray went a solid 5.1 in the start.......

Game 2: Wiley pitched complete game in the loss.......3 runs on 3 hits and only 1 BB and 8Ks.........unfortunately Cougar pitcher also had CG and held Bears to only one run.....albeit a solo HR by Tyler Smith...........

Game 3: Davenport pitched a stellar CG one hit shutout with no BBs ( did have 1 HBP) and 7 Ks.......Bears had 4 extra base hits with 2 doubles by Presley, one by Aquilar and a 3-bagger by Strong.....

Now a week off from SLC play with a trip to UAPB on Tuesday then a weekend home series vs UTM........

Top 8 as of April 5-7 Series. Things I noticed: the Bears’ conference opponents to this point have the best record of anyone in the top 8 by a wide margin. Also, 4th best SOS along with 4th best overall record, Conf record, and RPI.

Overall / Conf / Rec of Conf Opponents
SHSU 23-8 / 11-1 / 14-30
SELA 24-11 / 11-4 / 29-40
UIW 21-12 / 8-4 / 20-37
UCA 18-13 / 10-5 / 37-29
McN 13-19 / 9-6 / 33-36
HBU 14-18 / 7-5 / 29-28
NWS 16-14 / 6-6 / 22-29
UNO 16-16 / 7-8 / 30-42


There is a jumble of SLC teams in that 100-150 range. Just need to keep winning. After this week, our “opportunities” to boost our RPI come for sure!!
SHSU 44 / 148
TAMCC 106 / 60
SELA 123 / 249
UCA 125 / 103
HBU 138 / 143
NWS 145 / 192
UNO 149 / 170
McN 169 / 78
UIW 171 / 254
Nich 223 / 110
ACU 239 / 228
Lam 241 / 64
SFA 255 / 209

UCA@UAPB

UCA 9-8-0 (19-13)
UAPB 1-3-5 (11-14)

Wow...5 errors by Lions.......Strong 2/4 with 2 rbis and Presley 2/4 with 3 runs scored.........Aquilar and McCarty each had tow rbis.......midweek pitching by committee..........one hit shutout thru 7 by winner Brand and mid reliever Bonvillain......

Home this weekend fro three vs UTM............

UTM@UCA

Bears on 4 game win streak.......now 21-13

Game 1:

UTM 4-12-2 (5-26)
UCA 10-12-1

Wiley gets win with 6.2 innings and one run on 8 hits............Bears scored in first then added 7 in 3rd ..........Somdecerf solo HR in 3rd to start the scoring run..........Bears also had 3 doubles and a triple.............Somdecerf, Aquilar, Polvin and Black each had 2 hits........

Game 2:

UTM 0-3-2 (5-27)
UCA 3-7-0

Gray gets complete game shutout win with 12Ks and only 94 pitches..........Presley's 3-run HR in first was all the scoring........he, Aquilar and Polvin each had a stolen base .......

Game 3 on Sunday at 1pm.........Go Bears!!!

UTM@UCA

Bears win in walk off in 12 to extend Skyhawks losing streak to 16........and Bears win streak to 5.....now 22-13 on season.....

Game 3:

UTM 3-12-2
UCA 4-11-3

tough day on pitchers with each team using 3 and each team's crew needing 190+ pitches..cold and wind apparently not good for fielders either with a total of 5.......Davenport got the start and went a solid 5, then Brand did 2 in the middle and Moyer finished with final 5 and the win..........8Ks in all..........but 6 BB/HBPs.....UTM had nearly 20 base runners but could only get two across........Hunter was 3/5 with one run and one rbi........Somdecerf was 3/6 and 1/1..........Hancock hits walk off HR...Bears never trailed......

Off to Wichita State for Tuesday game then to Huntsville for weekend series with BearKats..........big week for RPI and SLC standings

RPI Entering Tuesday, 4/17:


Team / RPI / SOS / RPI Change from 4/9
SHSU 65 / 140 / -21
NWS 125 / 170 / +20
SELA 130 / 224 / -7
UCA 135 / 175 / -10 (After a 4-0 Week vs low RPI teams)
HBU 141 / 138 / -3
McN 146 / 82 / +23
TxAMCC 162 / 128 / -56 (Biggest SLC Drop)
UIW 168 / 261 / +3
UNO 204 / 195 / -55
Nich 215 / 114 / +8
SFA 218 / 159 / +37 (Biggest SLC Riser)
Lam 235 / 102 / +6
ACU 245 / 219 / -6

8-0 good guys in the top of the 8th against the Kats

UCA: 8 / 14 / 0
SHS: 0 / 2 / 1

And T. Gray is DEALING!!!

Top 9: 2 singles and 5 walks has given us 3 more runs. Still only 1 out. 11-0 Bears

Final: 13-2. Tyler Gray with a complete game. He didn’t get the shutout but dang what a way to start the series!!

Go BEARS!!!

Great win. Always good to get a win a Huntsville!

Lose 5-3 in Game 2. Weren’t able to keep the foot on the gas pedal after scoring 3 in the first. Gotta take the series tomorrow to close the Kats lead to 2 games.