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omavs.com wrote:The win marks Omaha's first road win over a Power-5 opponent since last season's 8-7 win at Nebraska on April, 18, 2018. After leading 12-1, the Mavericks survived eight unanswered USC runs and closed out the series with a three-run victory.
Omaha begins its home stretch with a three-game Summit League showdown against North Dakota State. The first game of the series is slated for Friday, March 15, at 4 p.m. in Seymour Smith Park.
Omaha baseball maintained its perfect league mark and matched its win total from last season with an 8-2 win over Western Illinois in the series opener.
Omaha completed its third-consecutive Summit League series sweep with 4-3 and 15-5 wins over Western Illinois in the Sunday doubleheader. The Mavericks are now 17-6-1 and a perfect 9-0 mark in league play.
Omaha welcomes in-town foe Creighton for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch this Wednesday, April 3, at Werner Park. The team then hits the road next weekend for a three-game Summit League series at South Dakota State April 5-7.
Omaha baseball stayed five games ahead in first place as the team split the opening day of the series against Oral Roberts Friday, April 12.
They take the tourney winner like basketball so they would need to win that in Tulsa, Oral Robert's city. Their RPI won't be high enough for an at large if they don't win there.bigredmed1 wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:29 pm Question: If UNO wins the Summit league, do they get into post season with a shot at the CWS?
Congrats to the Mavs! Yes, it would be great to see the tournament at Werner Park!iamjacobm wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:36 pm Mavs have clinched the outright Summit regular season title. By league rules the Mavs will host the conference tournament next season, will be interesting to see where they host. Would be nice if they could get the Storm Chasers on the road for that weekend.
Great win for the Mavericks. They've now won the Summit League regular season title 3 times: 2013, 2014, 2019Brad wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:52 pmCongrats to the Mavs! Yes, it would be great to see the tournament at Werner Park!iamjacobm wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:36 pm Mavs have clinched the outright Summit regular season title. By league rules the Mavs will host the conference tournament next season, will be interesting to see where they host. Would be nice if they could get the Storm Chasers on the road for that weekend.
Soccer with a 32 game schedule and half on the road played Mar - Oct A look at the current schedule shows they play games on Tue Wed Fri Sat and Sun. I would say that with a years notice and if Warner wanted it it can work out with soccer and Storm chaser games.omaha79 wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 6:54 amGreat win for the Mavericks. They've now won the Summit League regular season title 3 times: 2013, 2014, 2019Brad wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:52 pmCongrats to the Mavs! Yes, it would be great to see the tournament at Werner Park!iamjacobm wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:36 pm Mavs have clinched the outright Summit regular season title. By league rules the Mavs will host the conference tournament next season, will be interesting to see where they host. Would be nice if they could get the Storm Chasers on the road for that weekend.
It's also great that this clinches them the Summit League tournament in Omaha next year. I've been hoping it would be at Werner Park as well, but I'm not sure if it's feasible. Of course, there are the financials as to whether UNO would want to make that work, but I don't know if there will be room on the calendar.
My guess is that if there's no baseball that weekend, there will be soccer on the Saturday. I don't know what the changeover would be like, but the unfortunate thing is that they've said that with the soccer team next year there will either be baseball or soccer at Werner Park every Saturday starting in April. I'm not sure if it's possible to host baseball games and soccer in the same day, and with the need for soccer lines to be painted on the field, I'm not even sure the Summit League would want that either.
It will be interesting to see how it shakes out, but my guess is it's 50/50 at Seymour Smith.
I'm crossing my fingers!nebugeater wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 8:10 amSoccer with a 32 game schedule and half on the road played Mar - Oct A look at the current schedule shows they play games on Tue Wed Fri Sat and Sun. I would say that with a years notice and if Warner wanted it it can work out with soccer and Storm chaser games.omaha79 wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 6:54 amGreat win for the Mavericks. They've now won the Summit League regular season title 3 times: 2013, 2014, 2019Brad wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:52 pmCongrats to the Mavs! Yes, it would be great to see the tournament at Werner Park!iamjacobm wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:36 pm Mavs have clinched the outright Summit regular season title. By league rules the Mavs will host the conference tournament next season, will be interesting to see where they host. Would be nice if they could get the Storm Chasers on the road for that weekend.
It's also great that this clinches them the Summit League tournament in Omaha next year. I've been hoping it would be at Werner Park as well, but I'm not sure if it's feasible. Of course, there are the financials as to whether UNO would want to make that work, but I don't know if there will be room on the calendar.
My guess is that if there's no baseball that weekend, there will be soccer on the Saturday. I don't know what the changeover would be like, but the unfortunate thing is that they've said that with the soccer team next year there will either be baseball or soccer at Werner Park every Saturday starting in April. I'm not sure if it's possible to host baseball games and soccer in the same day, and with the need for soccer lines to be painted on the field, I'm not even sure the Summit League would want that either.
It will be interesting to see how it shakes out, but my guess is it's 50/50 at Seymour Smith.
The results made UNO (28-19-1) the first team to win the Summit championship during a year in which ORU was in the league since 1998. The Mavs claimed the regular-season title in both 2013 and ’14 when the Golden Eagles, chasing their 19th consecutive crown this spring, were in the Southland Conference.
UNO, however, was still going through its transition to the NCAA Division I level then and was ineligible for postseason play. The Mavericks will be the No. 1 seed for next week’s league tournament in Tulsa this time. UNO also earned the right to host next year’s tourney by winning the Summit championship.
The top-seeded Mavericks (30-21-1) and third-seeded Golden Eagles (28-25) play today at 11 a.m. UNO clinches the title with a victory. If ORU wins, a second championship game would be played later in the day.
Going to be tough. But we should be proud of UNO for their great season. If they pull out a round or two, even more proud.