Today we're going to look at the Summit League. This is a ten-member league, but four of these schools don't play varsity baseball. They do get one of those teams back in the form of Northern Coloardo, who plays baseball in this league as an associate member. This is also the D1 home of St. Thomas in Minnesota. If you don't know that history, St. Thomas had spent it's entire athletic history in D3, as part of the MIAC. Then, in 2019, St. Thomas was voted out of the league because of "competitive advantages." Instead of trying to find a new D3 home, St. Thomas instead asked the NCAA if they could move straight to D1, skipping the normal D2 step entirely. The NCAA said that was fine if they could find a D1 conference to take them. And the Summit League took them in with open arms. So, in 2021, St. Thomas became a full D1 school. For whatever it's worth, Wabash football only played St. Thomas once, in the regional final of the 2015 playoffs. Wabash lost that game 38-7, which is not good, clearly. I remember watching that game and thinking St. Thomas was pretty classless, though. It felt like they were running up the score, which absolutely needless in a playoff situation. So if that was any indication, I was just fine with the MIAC doing what they did. To bring this back to baseball, the Summit schools that do not sponsor baseball are Denver (1998), UMKC* (unsure if they ever had baseball), North Dakota (2016), and South Dakota (2004). Now let's look at the fields of the teams who do play ball. *I think they actually like to just go by Kansas City now, but I just couldn't get myself to do it. Another note: Alphabetically, this post should have been the Southland Conference. I just totally overlooked the folder and already had this one written, so the Southland will have to be the next post. Nebraska-Omaha MavericksStadium: Tal Anderson Field Capacity: 1500 Opened: 2021 Dimensions: 320 LF, 465 CF, 320 RF Surface: Synthetic Summit Championships: 3 (2013, 2014, 2019) Summit Tournament Championships: 1 (2019) National Titles: 0 North Dakota St. BisonStadium: Newman Outdoor Field Capacity: 4172 Opened: 1996 Dimensions: 318 LF, 408 CF, 314 RF Surface: Grass Summit Championships: 1 (2022) Summit Tournament Championships: 2 (2014, 2021) National Titles: 0 Northern Colorado BearsStadium: Jackson Field Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1952 Dimensions: 349 LF, 416 CF, 356 RF Surface: Grass Summit Championships: 0 Summit Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Oral Roberts Golden EaglesStadium: Johnson Stadium Capacity: 2418 Opened: 1978 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 330 RF Surface: AstroTurf infield, Grass outfield Summit Championships: 19 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) Summit Tournament Championships: 20 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) National Titles: 0 St. Thomas TommiesStadium: Koch Diamond Capacity: 250 Opened: 2006 Dimensions: 320 LF, 465 CF, 320 RF Surface: AstroTurf infield, Grass outfield Summit Championships: 0 Summit Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 South Dakota St. JackrabbitsStadium: Huether Field Capacity: 600 Opened: 2008 Dimensions: 330 LF, 395 CF, 325 RF Surface: Grass Summit Championships: 1 (2010) Summit Tournament Championships: 1 (2013) National Titles: 0 Western Illinois LeathernecksStadium: Boyer Stadium
Capacity: 500 Opened: 2006 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 330 RF Surface: Grass Summit Championships: 0 Summit Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Comments are closed.
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