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Post by longsuffering on May 5, 2024 11:48:31 GMT -5
HC up 5-0 in the bottom of the sixth. Two outs, potential last HC batter of the season up now. Looking at ending the season with a sweep. Field looks great, shame to end the season when softball weather finally arrives. We need a New England Championship tournament for all N.E. teams not going to the NCAA tournament.
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Post by purplehaze on May 5, 2024 12:43:02 GMT -5
I think even the HC players with a 14-35 record are ready to get ready for finals and head home for the summer - could you call your competition really a ‘championship’? Another wacky idea
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Post by rgs318 on May 5, 2024 13:13:05 GMT -5
Call it an "Invitational". If this is something the team wants, that could work.
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Post by longsuffering on May 5, 2024 15:14:10 GMT -5
The issue to me is starting the season in the middle of the winter and waiving the period of time the sport was meant to be played in. Perhaps limiting play in the New England Invitational-good name idea RGS-to three weekends in May, with teams going deep in their league tournament receiving a bye for one or two weekends, would address conflicts with final exams.
If teams were guaranteed two games in the post season it might allow them to cut down on games played in the winter. It would also give teams like HC something to shoot for since they are shut out of the PL tournament.
I was luke warm about Southern trips for Spring sports anyways but the tragedy with the rowing team made me think about ways to extend Spring outdoor sports deeper into the appropriate weather for them.
It also would give HC a chance to play more local teams. Other than Hockey East for the women, HC student athletes spend a ton of time on busses traveling out of the region for league games.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 5, 2024 22:45:11 GMT -5
The issue to me is starting the season in the middle of the winter and waiving the period of time the sport was meant to be played in. Perhaps limiting play in the New England Invitational-good name idea RGS-to three weekends in May, with teams going deep in their league tournament receiving a bye for one or two weekends, would address conflicts with final exams. If teams were guaranteed two games in the post season it might allow them to cut down on games played in the winter. It would also give teams like HC something to shoot for since they are shut out of the PL tournament. I was luke warm about Southern trips for Spring sports anyways but the tragedy with the rowing team made me think about ways to extend Spring outdoor sports deeper into the appropriate weather for them. It also would give HC a chance to play more local teams. Other than Hockey East for the women, HC student athletes spend a ton of time on busses traveling out of the region for league games. BU doesn't have an excuse as they are entering the PL tournament with a 49-4-1 record with non conference wins over Big Ten members Minnesota, Michigan State (2x). They also have an extra inning loss to South Carolina and lost to Duke who was top ten at the time by two runs. Last I knew, the BU indoor facility isn't anywhere as good as Luth.
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Post by longsuffering on May 6, 2024 5:42:43 GMT -5
B.U. wouldn't participate in this proposed post season New England tournament as they will surely be in the NCAA tournament. This is a proposal to adjust this Spring sport schedule a little more into the Spring in New England and a little further away from the Winter out of the region. B.U. deserves praise for the success of their program.
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