Boshamer is a great college baseball setting and the seating is well. Parking should not be an issue now but if you do park in a spot where you should not be count on getting a ticket and they are not cheap. I am picking Liberty to come out on top but you never know.

(05-28-2019 07:23 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  Yep. Broke the leg bone right behind the ankle and the ankle. Needs a screw for the ankle bone and a plate for the leg bone. A month before we move. Couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Damn. Sorry to hear that man. Where are you moving to again?

I can't find the article, but the last time I went to a UNCW-UNC game at Chapel Hill, Mike Fox complained about how loud the UNCW fans were compared to the many UNC fans in attendance. A "Sea!!! Hawks!!!" chant that went unanswered in the 8th inning was mentioned in particular.

Who started that chant? This guy. lol.

Yes, I'm still proud of that insignificant event.

UNC's history (since 2000) when hosting a Regional:

* 2006: Reached College World Series (National Runner-Up)
* 2007: Reached College World Series (National Runner-Up)
* 2008: Reached College World Series (Defeated UNCW in Regional Final)
* 2009: Reached College World Series
* 2011: Reached College World Series
* 2012: Eliminated in Regional (Regional Champion: 3-seed St. John's)
* 2013: Reached College World Series
* 2017: Eliminated in Regional (Regional Champion: 4-seed Davidson)
* 2018: Reached College World Series

(05-29-2019 08:13 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  I can't find the article, but the last time I went to a UNCW-UNC game at Chapel Hill, Mike Fox complained about how loud the UNCW fans were compared to the many UNC fans in attendance. A "Sea!!! Hawks!!!" chant that went unanswered in the 8th inning was mentioned in particular.

Who started that chant? This guy. lol.

Yes, I'm still proud of that insignificant event.

I was there for a good few games there. Isn't that when Elon was in our regional as well and we had a huge comeback?

Elon game was in cary. 08 is talking about a game in chapel hill

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(05-29-2019 08:31 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 08:13 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  I can't find the article, but the last time I went to a UNCW-UNC game at Chapel Hill, Mike Fox complained about how loud the UNCW fans were compared to the many UNC fans in attendance. A "Sea!!! Hawks!!!" chant that went unanswered in the 8th inning was mentioned in particular.

Who started that chant? This guy. lol.

Yes, I'm still proud of that insignificant event.

I was there for a good few games there. Isn't that when Elon was in our regional as well and we had a huge comeback?

No this was a regular season game that we lost 4-2. I haven't been able to attend any of the Regionals in the years where we went to Chapel Hill/Cary. Only Raleigh and Greenville. That will change this year, as I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday.

The Regional you're talking about was 2008 in Cary, when we reached the Regional Final against UNC. We'd beaten Elon 5-2 then lost to UNC 5-1, facing Elon again in an elimination game. Elon had an 11-4 lead in the top of the 9th inning, and we put up 11 runs to win 15-11. This was that inning's play-by-play:

UNC Wilmington 9th - Rooney singled to center field (2-2). French pinch
hit for Hill, A.. French flied out to rf (1-0). Hargrave singled to shortstop
(1-1); Rooney advanced to second. Appel singled to right field, RBI (1-1);
Hargrave advanced to second; Rooney scored. Carver singled to left field, RBI
(1-2); Appel advanced to second; Hargrave scored. Hall, N. doubled down the lf
line, 2 RBI (0-0); Carver scored; Appel scored. Girdwood to p for Kernodle.
Leeper singled up the middle, RBI (3-1); Hall, N. scored. Miller, R. walked
(3-1); Leeper advanced to second. Snyder walked (3-1); Miller, R. advanced to
second; Leeper advanced to third. Locklear pinch ran for Snyder. Rooney singled
up the middle, 2 RBI (2-1); Locklear advanced to second; Miller, R. scored;
Leeper scored. French doubled to right center, 2 RBI (0-2); Rooney scored;
Locklear scored. Holt, M. pinch ran for French. Jones to p for Girdwood.
Hargrave singled through the left side, RBI, advanced to second on the throw
(0-0); Holt, M. scored. Hargrave advanced to third on a wild pitch. Appel
popped up to ss (2-2). Hargrave scored on a wild pitch. Carver struck out
swinging (3-2). 11 runs, 9 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.


Simply amazing. We had 1 on with 1 out. Then 8 hits and 2 walks later and 11 runs were in. There weren't even any errors. Just pure offense that got us the W and advanced us to the Regional Final.

(05-29-2019 08:59 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 08:31 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 08:13 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  I can't find the article, but the last time I went to a UNCW-UNC game at Chapel Hill, Mike Fox complained about how loud the UNCW fans were compared to the many UNC fans in attendance. A "Sea!!! Hawks!!!" chant that went unanswered in the 8th inning was mentioned in particular.

Who started that chant? This guy. lol.

Yes, I'm still proud of that insignificant event.

I was there for a good few games there. Isn't that when Elon was in our regional as well and we had a huge comeback?

No this was a regular season game that we lost 4-2. I haven't been able to attend any of the Regionals in the years where we went to Chapel Hill/Cary. Only Raleigh and Greenville. That will change this year, as I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday.

The Regional you're talking about was 2008, when we reached the Regional Final against UNC. We'd beaten Elon 5-2 then lost to UNC 5-1, facing Elon again in an elimination game. Elon had an 11-4 lead in the top of the 9th inning, and we put up 11 runs to win 15-11. This was that inning's play-by-play:

UNC Wilmington 9th - Rooney singled to center field (2-2). French pinch
hit for Hill, A.. French flied out to rf (1-0). Hargrave singled to shortstop
(1-1); Rooney advanced to second. Appel singled to right field, RBI (1-1);
Hargrave advanced to second; Rooney scored. Carver singled to left field, RBI
(1-2); Appel advanced to second; Hargrave scored. Hall, N. doubled down the lf
line, 2 RBI (0-0); Carver scored; Appel scored. Girdwood to p for Kernodle.
Leeper singled up the middle, RBI (3-1); Hall, N. scored. Miller, R. walked
(3-1); Leeper advanced to second. Snyder walked (3-1); Miller, R. advanced to
second; Leeper advanced to third. Locklear pinch ran for Snyder. Rooney singled
up the middle, 2 RBI (2-1); Locklear advanced to second; Miller, R. scored;
Leeper scored. French doubled to right center, 2 RBI (0-2); Rooney scored;
Locklear scored. Holt, M. pinch ran for French. Jones to p for Girdwood.
Hargrave singled through the left side, RBI, advanced to second on the throw
(0-0); Holt, M. scored. Hargrave advanced to third on a wild pitch. Appel
popped up to ss (2-2). Hargrave scored on a wild pitch. Carver struck out
swinging (3-2). 11 runs, 9 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Yup, that's what i was thinking about! I should be there Sat

(05-29-2019 08:44 AM)tke75hawk Wrote:  Elon game was in cary. 08 is talking about a game in chapel hill

Correct. Boshamer Stadium was getting renovated, so UNC played their entire home schedule at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary that year, and that's where their Regional took place as well.

I know numbers can basically be thrown out when a Regional setting comes around, but here's some W-L records of interest anyways. For whatever they're worth.


UNC's home record in 2019: 31-6

Road records:

* Tennessee: 7-9
* Liberty: 12-13
* UNCW: 11-12

Neutral records:

* Tennessee: 4-1
* Liberty: 5-1
* UNCW: 4-1

Non-Conference Records and SOS:

* UNC: 21-4 (# 52)
* Tennessee: 14-16 (# 82)
* Liberty: 22-9 (# 120)
* UNCW: 16-16 (# 161)


Based on this information, Tennessee isn't all that impressive as a 2-seed. Liberty, however, is a quality 3-seed.

How do we rank compared to other 4 seeds? I gotta think we would be one of the better 4 seeds

(05-29-2019 09:25 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  I know numbers can basically be thrown out when a Regional setting comes around, but here's some W-L records of interest anyways. For whatever they're worth.


UNC's home record in 2019: 31-6

Road records:

* Tennessee: 7-9
* Liberty: 12-13
* UNCW: 11-12

Neutral records:

* Tennessee: 4-1
* Liberty: 5-1
* UNCW: 4-1

Non-Conference Records and SOS:

* UNC: 21-4 (# 52)
* Tennessee: 14-16 (# 82)
* Liberty: 22-9 (# 120)
* UNCW: 16-16 (# 161)


Based on this information, Tennessee isn't all that impressive as a 2-seed. Liberty, however, is a quality 3-seed.

I saw Liberty play twice this year and they are very good. But having seen all the history and stats from 08 my prediction for a Liberty win there is pretty damn shaky.

(05-29-2019 11:02 AM)solohawks Wrote:  How do we rank compared to other 4 seeds? I gotta think we would be one of the better 4 seeds

Based on RPI, we're actually middle of the pack:

1. Jacksonville St. (37-21): # 89
2. Cincinnati (30-29): # 96
3. Harvard (27-14): # 100
4. Mercer (35-27): # 107
5. Sacramento St. (39-23): # 117
6. Ohio State (35-25): # 126
7. Fordham (38-22): # 135
8. Stony Brook (31-21): # 138
9. UNCW (32-29): # 147
10. Army (35-24): # 150
11. Quinnipiac (29-27): # 177
12. Central Connecticut (30-21): # 183
13. UIC (28-21): # 187
14. Omaha (31-22-1): # 198
15. Southern (32-22): # 206
16. Florida A&M (27-32): # 235

Obviously RPI doesn't do a great job of adding extra weight to games played later in the season, so take these rankings with a grain of salt. Nor does it take into account retiring coaches, lol.

You also have to factor in that Coach Scalf has NEVER gone down 0-2 at a regional. We've won at least one game in every Regional we've been in, regardless of what seed we entered as. So we may well be the most dangerous 4-seed in the nation.

On a side note, wouldn't it be cool if 4-seed Omaha reached the College World Series? Every game there would be like a home game.

Expanding on Coach Scalf's success at the Regionals:

* Scalf's overall record at Regionals: 15-18
* Regional Championship Appearances: 6 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2018)
* Elimination of host team: 1 (ECU, 2018)

The takeaway? At least one of the other teams in this Regional is in trouble, if not all 3. Because its highly unlikely we go down without eliminating at least one other team. We've done it before, even as a 4-seed.

We've been one of the last 48 teams standing in all 8 of our Regional Appearances, and one of the Final 32 in 5 of them. If this were the NCAA Basketball Tournament, it would be the equivalent of Coach Scalf winning a 1st round game 5 out of 8 times. We build our roster in such a way that we're ready for this, and Scalf preps our team every year for success in a Regional.

And Scalf accomplished all of this with one of the smallest budgets in the nation (LSU's for instance, is 10 times bigger -- we've faced them in a Regional Final twice), and a program that still isn't fully funded, unlike most of his perennial NCAA Tournament counterparts.

Not too shabby.

It's my understanding that our fans were mistreated because of their enthusiastic cheering. This time at JMU. I wasn't there, but I have been at a number of venues thru the years. This has been a problem for us that truly do not understand. I have never witnessed our fan base being nasty. Overall, our fan base has been complemented be other fan bases. It it puzzling how we have been singled out by the regimes of Yeager and Yeager 2.0.

(05-29-2019 12:31 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  It's my understanding that our fans were mistreated because of their enthusiastic cheering. This time at JMU. I wasn't there, but I have been at a number of venues thru the years. This has been a problem for us that truly do not understand. I have never witnessed our fan base being nasty. Overall, our fan base has been complemented be other fan bases. It it puzzling how we have been singled out by the regimes of Yeager and Yeager 2.0.

Most college baseball fans outside of SEC country suck. They just want to sit on their hands during a baseball game and be quiet. It's a shock to system when a passionate fanbase invades their park. They're not ready for it.

It's the main reason why our fans have a much better time in a great college baseball environment like LSU. There's mutual respect at places like that, for the most part.

We have always had pretty awesome atmospheres at games, particularly important ones.

The 2006 championship with VCU was incredible. The crowd willed that team to a championship

(05-29-2019 01:54 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 12:31 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  It's my understanding that our fans were mistreated because of their enthusiastic cheering. This time at JMU. I wasn't there, but I have been at a number of venues thru the years. This has been a problem for us that truly do not understand. I have never witnessed our fan base being nasty. Overall, our fan base has been complemented be other fan bases. It it puzzling how we have been singled out by the regimes of Yeager and Yeager 2.0.

Most college baseball fans outside of SEC country suck. They just want to sit on their hands during a baseball game and be quiet. It's a shock to system when a passionate fanbase invades their park. They're not ready for it.

It's the main reason why our fans have a much better time in a great college baseball environment like LSU. There's mutual respect at places like that, for the most part.

Could be outside the SEC or could just be that's what you deal with in Whine n Cheese country. Hell, i know Tarheel fans that complain about the whine n cheesers that sit close and sit quietly during basketball games.

(05-29-2019 02:07 PM)solohawks Wrote:  We have always had pretty awesome atmospheres at games, particularly important ones.

The 2006 championship with VCU was incredible. The crowd willed that team to a championship

That 2006 team was loaded. Hatcher, Raynor, Poulk, Brad Holt (who had a terrific freshman year), etc.

We underachieved a bit in the regular season but damn if we didn't come through with the title in an "up year" for the CAA.

That was the year I really fell in love with the UNCW Baseball program. The 2003 title season was before my time as a student, and I only started coming to games midway through that 2005 season. But '06 was when I started to realize just how special this program was and what it could be.

My guess is UNC will throw their Friday guy at us. That would be junior righty Tyler Baum. In 14 starts, Baum is 7-3 with a 3.76 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 88 K's and 24 BB's over 81.1 IP. Opponents have hit .259 against him.

At the ACC Tournament in Durham, Baum went 7.1 innings against Virginia, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, striking out 6 and walking 2. He also faced a batter in relief 4 days later against Georgia Tech and got him out.

Outside of Baum, starting pitching hasn't been a huge strength for UNC compared to other elite teams in the country. They're more reliant on timely hitting and a solid bullpen.

UNC's defense is a little suspect too. They've committed 72 errors as a team (.967 fielding %) compared to 63 for opponents (.970). Middle infielder Ike Freeman and 3B Ashton McGee have been the biggest culprits, with 12 errors apiece and fielding % of .931 and .910, respectively. Freshman middle infielder Danny Serretti and another infielder, Dylan Enwiler, have 9 errors apiece as well.