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Mixed start for the conference.
UCF is probably the best story. 3 game sweep at Auburn and the Knights crack the poll in week 2 at #19.
ECU is 6-1 and ranked 21. The Pirates will be good until there's a regime change.
Tulane won 2-3 at Fullerton and is 6-1. Also swept a decent FGC team and won at previously ranked ULL. The Green Wave is good again this year but with improved pitching.
UCONN is 3-3 against a brutal schedule. They've handed #16 Michigan their only 3 losses. 3-1 against the Wolverines and also lost to #2 Vandy.
Houston is hard to figure out so far. They lost 2 of 3 to Youngstown State at home (both losses in extra innings) but then beat a ranked Stanford team, lost to undefeated #24 Tennessee and then lost a 3-2 10 inning thriller to current #5 Texas Tech. The Cougars are 2-4.
Memphis is 4-3 playing 6 of their 7 games at home against inferior competition and losing their only roadie so far at Central Arkansas 5-3.
Cincinnati is winless so far, but has played mostly solid competition. Lost all 3 at #9 Florida State and then in Georgia lost to #17 Georgia Tech but also lost to Kennesaw State and Georgia State. Small sample size and when half your games at FSU, your ERA is probably going to be elevated a bit and theirs is 8.49 six games in. They are also kicking it around a bunch fielding .954 and struggling behind the plate with 5PB and opponents successful on 80% of SBAs. I think Cincy is really well coached and overachieved last season. Let's see if they can continue that this season.
South Florida is a mess. 6 home games against Marist and Northeastern only got them 2 wins (against Marist) and NE shut them out twice. In between they lost to Florida A&M and FSU at FSU. Losing to the Seminoles is forgivable, but losing to the Rattlers is not. After beating the Bulls 5-1, the Rattlers are now 1-5 with 2 losses to Mercer and 3 to Eastern Illinois, all in Tallahassee.
Not a terribly interesting week in the conference.
ECU does host Indiana and Ole Miss along with High Point in a mini tournament this weekend.
Midweek matchups of interest include USF at Miami...that could be ugly. Cincy hosts the Trees tomorrow.
Most other schools have relative cupcakes this week.
UCF is probably the best story. 3 game sweep at Auburn and the Knights crack the poll in week 2 at #19.
ECU is 6-1 and ranked 21. The Pirates will be good until there's a regime change.
Tulane won 2-3 at Fullerton and is 6-1. Also swept a decent FGC team and won at previously ranked ULL. The Green Wave is good again this year but with improved pitching.
UCONN is 3-3 against a brutal schedule. They've handed #16 Michigan their only 3 losses. 3-1 against the Wolverines and also lost to #2 Vandy.
Houston is hard to figure out so far. They lost 2 of 3 to Youngstown State at home (both losses in extra innings) but then beat a ranked Stanford team, lost to undefeated #24 Tennessee and then lost a 3-2 10 inning thriller to current #5 Texas Tech. The Cougars are 2-4.
Memphis is 4-3 playing 6 of their 7 games at home against inferior competition and losing their only roadie so far at Central Arkansas 5-3.
Cincinnati is winless so far, but has played mostly solid competition. Lost all 3 at #9 Florida State and then in Georgia lost to #17 Georgia Tech but also lost to Kennesaw State and Georgia State. Small sample size and when half your games at FSU, your ERA is probably going to be elevated a bit and theirs is 8.49 six games in. They are also kicking it around a bunch fielding .954 and struggling behind the plate with 5PB and opponents successful on 80% of SBAs. I think Cincy is really well coached and overachieved last season. Let's see if they can continue that this season.
South Florida is a mess. 6 home games against Marist and Northeastern only got them 2 wins (against Marist) and NE shut them out twice. In between they lost to Florida A&M and FSU at FSU. Losing to the Seminoles is forgivable, but losing to the Rattlers is not. After beating the Bulls 5-1, the Rattlers are now 1-5 with 2 losses to Mercer and 3 to Eastern Illinois, all in Tallahassee.
Not a terribly interesting week in the conference.
ECU does host Indiana and Ole Miss along with High Point in a mini tournament this weekend.
Midweek matchups of interest include USF at Miami...that could be ugly. Cincy hosts the Trees tomorrow.
Most other schools have relative cupcakes this week.
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