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Spiders had 14 hits.Spiders hit into 6 double plays.Both runs scored by Rams were unearned.Jacob went 3-5 with single,double,triple and 2 RBI's.
Too bad we lost hat second game. We really need to win 2 of 3 against VCU if we want to make the A10 playoff.
Spiders fall in the first game, 6-3, plating two in the ninth to make it somewhat respectable. Spiders were in 6th heading into today, a game up on St. Joe's and GW. GW won to pull into a tie with us, although we hold a tiebreaker over them having swept them earlier this year.
St. Joe's lost today, so they remain a game back of us, although they'd have the first tiebreaker over us by virtue of a 2-1 series win head-to-head.
Butler also beat X today to join St. Joe's one game back of us and GW.
St. Joe's lost today, so they remain a game back of us, although they'd have the first tiebreaker over us by virtue of a 2-1 series win head-to-head.
Butler also beat X today to join St. Joe's one game back of us and GW.
We lose again. 5-4 this time. Pressure is on tomorrow.
This post was edited on 5/17 2:05 PM by MolivaManiac
This post was edited on 5/17 2:05 PM by MolivaManiac
Spiders jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but VCU scored five unanswered to win Game 2.
Now we're not even backing in...in desperate need of a win tomorrow in order to get in, and even then may not be certain.
GW is currently up 1-0 on LaSalle after three and would move a game ahead of us with a win. That would hurt a lot since our sweep of them would be key in tiebreakers.
St, Joe's is down 8-3 to URI in the third, so that could help us, as with a loss they'd stay a game behind us. Don't want to end up in a tie with them since they have a head-to-head series victory over us.
Butler down 1-0 to X in the third as well...if Butler and St. Joe's lose we'll definitely control our own destiny tomorrow since they'd still be a game back. But I'm not sure how all of the other tiebreaker scenarios play out if one or both of them win today.
Now we're not even backing in...in desperate need of a win tomorrow in order to get in, and even then may not be certain.
GW is currently up 1-0 on LaSalle after three and would move a game ahead of us with a win. That would hurt a lot since our sweep of them would be key in tiebreakers.
St, Joe's is down 8-3 to URI in the third, so that could help us, as with a loss they'd stay a game behind us. Don't want to end up in a tie with them since they have a head-to-head series victory over us.
Butler down 1-0 to X in the third as well...if Butler and St. Joe's lose we'll definitely control our own destiny tomorrow since they'd still be a game back. But I'm not sure how all of the other tiebreaker scenarios play out if one or both of them win today.
Up to the minute situation:
6. GW (13-9): tied 1-1 with La Salle at home, bottom 8th
7. Richmond (13-10)
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8. St. Joe's (12-10): trailing URI 12-5 at home, top 7th
9. Butler (12-10): trailing X 4-3 at home, heading to bottom 9th
Series records:
UR 3-0 over GW
St. Joe's 2-1 over UR
No other head-to-head series played among 6th-9th place teams.
Second level tiebreaker after head-to-head is winning percentage vs. common conference opponents.
Third level tiebreaker is winning percentage vs. highest common opponent in standings, then descending order. Charlotte currently in the driver's seat with a two game lead over SLU, URI, and La Salle, all with two games left to be completed. Charlotte records against 6th-9th teams:
Charlotte 2-1 over UR
Charlotte 3-0 over GW
Charlotte 3-0 over Butler
Charlotte and St. Joe's did not play.
6. GW (13-9): tied 1-1 with La Salle at home, bottom 8th
7. Richmond (13-10)
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8. St. Joe's (12-10): trailing URI 12-5 at home, top 7th
9. Butler (12-10): trailing X 4-3 at home, heading to bottom 9th
Series records:
UR 3-0 over GW
St. Joe's 2-1 over UR
No other head-to-head series played among 6th-9th place teams.
Second level tiebreaker after head-to-head is winning percentage vs. common conference opponents.
Third level tiebreaker is winning percentage vs. highest common opponent in standings, then descending order. Charlotte currently in the driver's seat with a two game lead over SLU, URI, and La Salle, all with two games left to be completed. Charlotte records against 6th-9th teams:
Charlotte 2-1 over UR
Charlotte 3-0 over GW
Charlotte 3-0 over Butler
Charlotte and St. Joe's did not play.
Xavier beats Butler. So unless St. Joe's can find a way to overcome an eight run deficit in its final five outs, the Spiders will control their destiny tomorrow. At the moment:
6. GW (14-9)
7. Richmond (13-10)
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8. St. Joe's (12-10): trailing URI 13-5 at home, bottom 8th
9. Butler (12-11)
6. GW (14-9)
7. Richmond (13-10)
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8. St. Joe's (12-10): trailing URI 13-5 at home, bottom 8th
9. Butler (12-11)
St. Joe's indeed falls to URI, 13-8. So here are the current standings:
6. GW (14-9)
7. Richmond (13-10)
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T-8. St. Joe's (12-11)
T-8. Butler (12-11)
And here is what I think can happen tomorrow:
**If UR wins, they are in as the seventh seed if GW beats La Salle, or in as the sixth seed if GW loses.
**If UR loses, GW becomes a non-factor and there are three relevant scenarios:
1. St.Joe's beats URI, and Butler beats X: Three-way tie for seventh among UR, SJ, BU. Butler did not play either UR or St. Joe's, so no head-to-head tiebreaker. Second tiebreaker is record against common opponents (SLU and Fordham are the only ones). UR gets the final tournament spot with a 4-2 record. Butler at 3-3 and St. Joe's at 2-4.
2. St. Joe's beats URI, and Butler loses to X: UR and SJ tie for seventh, but SJ gets the spot due to 2-1 series win head-to-head. UR out.
3. Butler beats X and St. Joe's loses to URI: UR and Butler tie for seventh, but no head-to-head tiebreaker. Second tiebreaker is record against common opponents (Charlotte, SLU, Fordham, and VCU). Butler gets the spot with a 6-6 record vs. 5-7 for UR. UR out.
So in summary, win and we're in. If we lose, we need Butler and St. Joe's to either both win or both lose.
6. GW (14-9)
7. Richmond (13-10)
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T-8. St. Joe's (12-11)
T-8. Butler (12-11)
And here is what I think can happen tomorrow:
**If UR wins, they are in as the seventh seed if GW beats La Salle, or in as the sixth seed if GW loses.
**If UR loses, GW becomes a non-factor and there are three relevant scenarios:
1. St.Joe's beats URI, and Butler beats X: Three-way tie for seventh among UR, SJ, BU. Butler did not play either UR or St. Joe's, so no head-to-head tiebreaker. Second tiebreaker is record against common opponents (SLU and Fordham are the only ones). UR gets the final tournament spot with a 4-2 record. Butler at 3-3 and St. Joe's at 2-4.
2. St. Joe's beats URI, and Butler loses to X: UR and SJ tie for seventh, but SJ gets the spot due to 2-1 series win head-to-head. UR out.
3. Butler beats X and St. Joe's loses to URI: UR and Butler tie for seventh, but no head-to-head tiebreaker. Second tiebreaker is record against common opponents (Charlotte, SLU, Fordham, and VCU). Butler gets the spot with a 6-6 record vs. 5-7 for UR. UR out.
So in summary, win and we're in. If we lose, we need Butler and St. Joe's to either both win or both lose.
Spiders fall short, losing 5-0 in a rain-shortened 8 inning game. So now we need help.
St. Joe's also lost today, so per my scenarios outlined above, we need Butler to lose to X in order to secure a spot.
If Butler loses, we have seventh place outright with a 13-11 record while St. Joe's and Butler would finish at 12-12.
If Butler wins, it goes to a tiebreaker. We didn't play head-to-head, so then it goes to record against common opponents, and as I noted yesterday, Butler wins that tiebreaker and we'd be out.
Butler and X are currently tied 3-3 in the top of the 8th.
St. Joe's also lost today, so per my scenarios outlined above, we need Butler to lose to X in order to secure a spot.
If Butler loses, we have seventh place outright with a 13-11 record while St. Joe's and Butler would finish at 12-12.
If Butler wins, it goes to a tiebreaker. We didn't play head-to-head, so then it goes to record against common opponents, and as I noted yesterday, Butler wins that tiebreaker and we'd be out.
Butler and X are currently tied 3-3 in the top of the 8th.
X wins, giving the Spiders the final spot in the A-10 championship. We play the #2 seed, which looks to be either Charlotte or Rhode Island.
If SLU beats Charlotte today, it's a three-way tie atop the standings, with tiebreakers yielding seeds of #1 SLU, #2 Charlotte, #3 Rhode Island, so we'd play Charlotte.
If Charlotte beats SLU, Charlotte wins the regular season title outright, Rhode Island has sole possession of second, and SLU gets #3 in a tiebreaker over X, so we'd play URI.
SLU currently leads Charlotte, 2-1 in the top of the 7th.
If SLU beats Charlotte today, it's a three-way tie atop the standings, with tiebreakers yielding seeds of #1 SLU, #2 Charlotte, #3 Rhode Island, so we'd play Charlotte.
If Charlotte beats SLU, Charlotte wins the regular season title outright, Rhode Island has sole possession of second, and SLU gets #3 in a tiebreaker over X, so we'd play URI.
SLU currently leads Charlotte, 2-1 in the top of the 7th.
more drama than the kardashians. all they have to do is do a 180 and be as hot next week as they were cold this week. have shown flashes and let's hope we can pull together and just do it.
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