SoCon Baseball (Week #3 Updated Sunday)

This weekend the Southern Conference moves into week number three of conference play on Friday, April 22, through Saturday, April 24, 2022.  A couple teams have taken the early lead in conference play, with both Mercer and Wofford sporting 6-0 records in conference play. Their closest opponent is Samford at 4-2, and the SoCon still has one team with no conference wins, UNCG at 0-6. 

The big showdown occurs in Macon this weekend when the Bears host the Terriers in a three-game series. Will there still be an unbeaten team on Sunday?

This weekend's action has:

#1 Wofford  at  #1 Mercer
#6 Western Carolina  at  #6 The Citadel
#4 VMI  at  #4 ETSU
#3 Samford  at  #8 UNCG

Current conference ranking:
1. Mercer (6-0)
1. Wofford (6-0)
3. Samford (4-2)
4. ETSU (3-3)
4. VMI (3-3)
6. Citadel (1-5)
6. Western Carolina (1-5)
8. UNCG (0-6)

***Updated Friday***

Friday's games are complete and we now only have one team with an unblemished record in conference play. Wofford is now 7-0 after dominating the other unbeaten team, Mercer in Macon by a final score of 17-7. The Catamounts picked up their second conference win of the season beating the Citadel in Charleston.  ETSU scored a one-run victory over VIM and Samford kept UNCG winless in conference play. 

Today's scores:

Wofford 17 at  Mercer 7
Western Carolina 4 at  The Citadel 2
VMI 8  at  ETSU  9
Samford  5 at  UNCG 3

The standings after Friday's games:
1. Wofford (7-0)

2. Mercer (6-1)
3. Samford (5-2)
4. ETSU (4-3)
5. VMI (3-4)

6. Western Carolina (2-5)
7. Citadel (1-6)
8. UNCG (0-7)

***UpdatedSaturday***

Three teams won their series with a second win on Saturday; Western Carolina; and Wofford; & ETSU won today, going 2-0 in their respective series. Samford and UNCG split their series, as the Spartans took a 10-5 victory over Samford. Wofford remains unbeaten at 8-0 in the SoCon, and we no longer have a winless team with the Spartans win. ETSU and Samford are now tied for third place in the standings, while Western and VMI are tied for fifth.;

Today's scores:

Western Carolina 8 - The Citadel 1

Wofford 5 -  Mercer 0
VMI 5  -  ETSU  10
Samford  5  -  UNCG 10

The standings after Saturday's games:
1. Wofford (8-0)

2. Mercer (6-2)
3. Samford (5-3)
4. ETSU (5-3)
5. VMI (3-5)

6. Western Carolina (3-5)
7. Citadel (1-7)
8. UNCG (1-7)

***Updated Sunday***

We no longer have an unbeaten conference team, as the Terriers were the victims of a walk-off home run at the hand of the Mercer Bears on Sunday. All the home teams won on Sunday, meaning no teams got a sweep this weekend, as The Citadel & Mercer picked up a win in the third game of their series. The Spartans entered their series with Samford winless and picked up a series win going 2-1 versus the Samford Bulldogs.

Sunday's scores:

Western Carolina 0 - The Citadel 3

Wofford 10 -  Mercer 12
VMI 4  -  ETSU  10
Samford  1  -  UNCG 11

The standings after Sunday's games:
1. Wofford (8-1)

2. Mercer (7-2)
3. ETSU (6-3)

4. Samford (5-4)
5. Western Carolina (3-6)

5. VMI (3-6)

7. Citadel (2-7)
7. UNCG (2-7)

On The Road to Greenville......