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Wednesday, November 1
Fall 2006 Collegiate Baseball Tournament
| |  | | Players and Umpires Fall Tournament 2006 |
Once again the Southampton Mustangs hosted the Fall United Kingdom Collegiate Baseball Tournament on October 28th and 29th 2006. Four teams were able to attend the Tournament, Southampton Mustangs 1, Southampton Mustangs 2, the University of Nottingham Thieves and the University of Surrey Guilders.
The opening game featured the two Southampton sides, evenly matched, with Ben Davis and Dave Wrigley pitching for Mustangs 1 and new pitcher Michal Lewandowski on the hill for Mustangs 2. The game was very close with the final score in favor of Mustangs 2 at 10 - 8. The second game on Diamond 1 saw Mustangs 1 verses the University of Nottingham, with Nottingham outscoring the Mustangs 7 - 2. Game 3 on Diamond 2 featured Mustangs 2 and the University of Surrey, final score 7 - 3 in Southamptons favor. Game 4 featured Mustangs 2 verses the University of Nottingham on Diamond 2 ending in a win for Nottingham at 12 - 2. Mean while Mustangs 1 played the University of Surrey on Diamond 1 winning 15 - 8. The final game of the day featured the University of Nottingham and the University of Surrey, with Nottingham storming to a 18 - 1 win.
The following table shows the position of each team after day 1 in the Tournament with the 2 teams with the best record going through to the Final on Sunday afternoon.
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Team |
W |
L |
F |
A |
% |
GB |
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University of Nottingham Thieves |
3 |
0 |
37 |
5 |
1.000 |
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University of Southampton Mustangs 2 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
25 |
0.666 |
1 |
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University of Southampton Mustangs 1 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
14 |
0.333 |
2 |
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University of Surrey Guilders |
0 |
3 |
12 |
40 |
0.000 |
3 |
Sunday afternoon saw Mustangs 2 verses the Thieves competing for the trophy in the Tournament Final. The game started with Nottingham staking an early lead with 2 runs in the top of the first. Southampton were only able to answer with 1 in the bottom. The second inning saw the Thieves score 2 more runs whilst the Mustangs were unable to get anyone home. Come the third inning saw Mustangs starter Jon Lansdown get into a grove holding the Thieves to just 1 run in the remaining five innings whilst the Mustangs scored 1 in the third, 4 in the fourth, 1 in the fifth and 1 in the six. The seventh inning Lansdown gave way to a Nottingham batter who made his way round to third but was held there by the combination of excellent defense from catcher Allan Steynor and Lansdown's pitching to seal the victory for the Mustangs. Nottingham are without a doubt the toughest college team the Mustangs have faced in a while and pushed them all the way. However, the Mustangs once again fought hard playing some excellent ball to retain the Trophy.
Well done to the Mustangs. A big thank you to Nottingham and Surrey and our four Umpires Scott, Dom, Darrin Muller and James Norman, the Mustangs and those who organized the Tournament.
Monday, October 9
Important Information for all Club Members
-Club subs cost £40 and are due in November. Please write a cheque for the treasurer made payable to S.U. Baseball
-To join a sports club you must pay for AU membership (£15 one off payment for student/alumni and £11.50 annually for non students)
-To use wide lane and the sports hall you will need to pay for Sportsrec membership (which is your gym membership, including access to the pool and tennis courts etc.) This is £85 for students, and £135 for alumni/ non students who have been invited by the club.
-It is a club regulation that all members must have AU membership and sportrec membership by the end of October otherwise you are uninsured and not allowed to participate in training
or matches. The AU will check that our members are insured and will collect everyone's ID number.
-Just a reminder to finish with that we are holding a tournament on October 28/29th which will give everyone a chance for some real baseball games- please keep that weekend free and let the coaches know if you are available to play.
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