2008 Woodie Awards
Snowfall stalls some spring sports
Colleen Sheehy
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Sports
Originally published: 4/19/07 at 3:36 PM EST
Last update: 4/19/07 at 4:44 PM EST
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Mother Nature's fantasy teams must not be doing so hot.
The recent winter weather that has swept the North Country has resulted in the postponement - and in some cases cancellation - of many baseball and softball games here at Plattsburgh State and across the SUNYAC conference.
A total of eight Cardinal softball games - four doubleheaders - have already been postponed to a later date, with two games - one doubleheader - being canceled all together.
The baseball team has had slightly better luck, only having six games - three doubleheaders - postponed because of last weekend's unseasonable weather. Track and field has only suffered one postponement, which is being made up this weekend.
Lacrosse, however, has yet to suffer a game cancellation this season. The turf field of the soccer/lacrosse complex makes it easier to play in the rain, being that the field is crowned.
One of the concerns with game postponements and cancellations lies in the athlete's ability to stay sharp. In many cases, practicing indoors does not have the same benefits as it does when practicing outdoors. Players begin to lack the live-game experience and may become rusty. Baseball Head Coach Kris Doorey found it hard to recreate the game element while practicing indoors.
"It's hard working on the defensive aspects of the game being that we can't get outside on the field," he said. "Out on the field is a whole different realm than practicing inside."
Another main concern is the rescheduling of these postponed games.
The PSUC softball team has just embarked on what will be a 20-game, 11-day stretch.
All 20 games are SUNYAC conference games, which are pivotal to the Cards' standings at the end of the season.
Eight of these 20 games were rescheduled because of a previous postponement and fit into some of the few days off the team had to spare.
The Lady Cards now have only one day off, being April 23. The team will not see another day off until May 1, only three days before the SUNYAC tournament on May 4.
Half of the games in this 11-day stretch will be away, with the other half being at home.
Between the stretch of April 25 and the SUNYAC tournament, the PSUC baseball team will also be seeing a lot of action.
The Cardinals will play 11 games in 10 days - three of which being SUNYAC conference doubleheaders, or six games - and only have two days off in a week and a half.
To make things more difficult, seven of the 11 games will be played on the road against Middlebury, SUNYIT, St. Michael's, RPI and Castleton. The Cardinals will have one of its two days off April 27 and another on May 3, the day before the SUNYAC tournament.
"This is what the guys have been waiting for all year," Doorey said. "These conference games are the most important and I'm sure the adrenaline will keep the team focused."
The recent winter weather that has swept the North Country has resulted in the postponement - and in some cases cancellation - of many baseball and softball games here at Plattsburgh State and across the SUNYAC conference.
A total of eight Cardinal softball games - four doubleheaders - have already been postponed to a later date, with two games - one doubleheader - being canceled all together.
The baseball team has had slightly better luck, only having six games - three doubleheaders - postponed because of last weekend's unseasonable weather. Track and field has only suffered one postponement, which is being made up this weekend.
Lacrosse, however, has yet to suffer a game cancellation this season. The turf field of the soccer/lacrosse complex makes it easier to play in the rain, being that the field is crowned.
One of the concerns with game postponements and cancellations lies in the athlete's ability to stay sharp. In many cases, practicing indoors does not have the same benefits as it does when practicing outdoors. Players begin to lack the live-game experience and may become rusty. Baseball Head Coach Kris Doorey found it hard to recreate the game element while practicing indoors.
"It's hard working on the defensive aspects of the game being that we can't get outside on the field," he said. "Out on the field is a whole different realm than practicing inside."
Another main concern is the rescheduling of these postponed games.
The PSUC softball team has just embarked on what will be a 20-game, 11-day stretch.
All 20 games are SUNYAC conference games, which are pivotal to the Cards' standings at the end of the season.
Eight of these 20 games were rescheduled because of a previous postponement and fit into some of the few days off the team had to spare.
The Lady Cards now have only one day off, being April 23. The team will not see another day off until May 1, only three days before the SUNYAC tournament on May 4.
Half of the games in this 11-day stretch will be away, with the other half being at home.
Between the stretch of April 25 and the SUNYAC tournament, the PSUC baseball team will also be seeing a lot of action.
The Cardinals will play 11 games in 10 days - three of which being SUNYAC conference doubleheaders, or six games - and only have two days off in a week and a half.
To make things more difficult, seven of the 11 games will be played on the road against Middlebury, SUNYIT, St. Michael's, RPI and Castleton. The Cardinals will have one of its two days off April 27 and another on May 3, the day before the SUNYAC tournament.
"This is what the guys have been waiting for all year," Doorey said. "These conference games are the most important and I'm sure the adrenaline will keep the team focused."
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