Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on May 07, 2011, 08:01:34 PM
Attempting to determine home field for the tourney (please check my calculations):

Having a winning record against everyone (except freakin' Elmhurst! ), IWU hosts if they win tomorrow.

If IWU loses, Carthage hosts with a win tomorrow.

I don't think NPU or NCC can host with any scenario.  And I can't find a scenario where Augie makes the tourney - I think they have been eliminated.  (Which makes me wonder if they will bother with the Augie/NPU make-up game.)

If IWU loses and NPU beats Carthage, I'm pretty sure IWU hosts, having a winning record against all teams they might tie with.  (It would be so much simpler if IWU had not laid an egg against freakin' Elmhurst! )

Sorry, jaybird, for saying 'freakin' Elmhurst' so may times in one post!

So here is a big what if. What happens if North Park beats Carthage tomorrow and North Central beats Illinois Wesleyan? Would Augustana and North Park have to make up there game to see who would actually host the tourney. And what would happen if Augustana were to beat North Park? Wouldn't that leave all teams in the conference tournament at 14-7? Who would host? Still IWU? Again, a big what if...

Augustana's strength numbers will take a major hit by the next regional rankings. They won a DH against Knox who is last in the MWC, won a DH against Dubuque who is in the bottom 4 in the IIAC, and should win all three against Millikin this weekend who is last in the CCIW.

Augie's only chance of making the conference tournament is Illinois Wesleyan losing all three to North Central (put's IWU at 9 losses in conference) or North Park losing all three to Carthage (put's Augie and NPU in a tie with Conference losses which would cause them to make up their last game of the series). I believe these are the only way that Augie gets into the Conference Tourney. If they do not make the Conference Tourney I have a hard time seeing them getting a Pool C.

Augie wins game two by a score of 10-3. Freshman Kurt Schmidt goes 4 for 6 and Junior Dave Hoffman went 5 for 6. Augie gets 26 hits on the day compared to Wesleyan's 10. Errors killed Augie in the first one. Augie sits at 2-3 in conference and Wesleyan moves to 4-1. Too bad they couldn't have come out of there with a sweep today. Tough to take two at Wesleyan though.

Augie loses game one of the double header in Bloomington by a score of 9-4. Looks like the 4 errors by Augie were costly as IWU only had 5 hits and put up a 6 spot in the 6th. The Vikings did manage 11 hits for the game but couldn't string them together. Game two is just under way.

My predictions for the Central Regional hosted in Rock Island:

1. Carthage
2. Wash U
3. - Team shipped from the South Region
4. Beloit
5. Wartburg
6. Fontbonne

Had a hard time placing Wartburg and Beloit. I think Wartburg is better but Beloit may possibly have better numbers. Just a guess. Also, I think Webster deserves a bid but their poor start hurts them especially playing in a weaker central region conference.

I see Carthage running away with this regional with pitching depth alone. Plus they always play well at Augustana's field.

Augie vs. Carthage is cancelled for tonight, rescheduled for May 4 at 6 pm. They will travel to North Park tomorrow for a doubleheader starting at 6 pm. They play a single 9 with IWU on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday. Sunday will be a make up with Monmouth college at home and Monday is the Carthage game. Could make for a very high scoring affair on Monday as I assume both Carthage and Augie will use 1,2,and 3 on Fri./Sat./Sun. in order for them to be prepared for the first games of the tourney in Kenosha. I'm sure it will be a very busy week for all teams in the CCIW. Should make for an interesting Tournament.

Augie gives up 4 in the top of the ninth last night to lose to Benedictine 9-7. The Vikings are currently 21-11 on the season. With this record it means the Vikings cannot reach the 30 win plateau in the regular season for a fifth straight season. During the four previous seasons they amassed a record of 133-48 for a .735 winning percentage. Not too bad. Hopefully they can get things together this weekend against North Park so they can give themselves an opportunity against IWU to get the #2 seed for the tournament in Kenosha. They will need to win the conference tourney to get a post season birth as there is no shot at pool C now. Too many in region losses.

Augie beats Carroll College today 16-5 as reported on the Carroll website. Details to follow later. The Vikings are now 9-2 on the year. They play again tomorrow at 3 pm against Babson.

Quote from: BigG296 on March 08, 2009, 11:00:09 PM
Wheaton split with Monmouth and Kolb extended his hitting streak to 29 games.  Does anybody know what the record is?  Kolb seems like the perfect guy to keep a long hitting streak going-he is fast, doesn't strike out, and oh ya, he's an incredibly talented hitter.

It appeared that Wheaton tried to use Kolb as the closer of the second game and he gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits to take the loss.


On a side note...anyone find it interesting that IWU is 4 games into the season and they haven't used Aronson yet? Did I miss something that he was injured? I heard Kulavic was but I didn't hear anything about Aronson.

Vikings take one on the chin today by a score of 17-3 according to the Thiel website. No box score yet so details to follow later. They finish up their trip tomorrow at 9am against Rose Hulman. Hopefully they can come away 9-1, which is a pretty successful trip in my eyes.

Should be great weather here in Illinois tomorrow. Wesleyan opens up tomorrow with a doubleheader at DePauw. Will be interesting to see how they do over there. Lets hope they can get it in.

Augie is now 7-0 on the young season. They defeated Northland yesterday 8-2. The Vikings got a strong performance on the mound from Junior Kyle Murphy going 7 innings and striking out 10. In 2 hours the Vikes face off against #22 Thiel. This will be a good test to see where they really are at on a national level. Have to believe Erickson will be throwing this game. Tomorrow will end their Spring Trip with a double dip against Rose Hulman. I am going to assume that they will see Hulman's top 2 pitchers. Hopefully Pagano will be available to throw again tomorrow.

Go Vikes!

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 03, 2009, 03:06:22 PM

Quote from: OshDude on March 03, 2009, 02:04:58 PM
Elmhurst's Cody Boals no-hit Concordia Wisconsin in a 12-0, 7-inning game on Sunday. EC went on to sweep CUW with a 19-5 win.

EC then got swept by Macalester yesterday.

NICE! CCIW moves to 8-2 as of last night. A few more games on tap today.

CCIW now 10-2 as Augustana moves to 6-0 with a doubleheader sweep of Maryville University. They won game 1 11-4 and game 2 by a score of 3-0. Sophomore Grant Loiselle and senior Kevin Dencker both throw complete games. Augustana takes on Northland tomorrow and #22 Thiel on Thursday.

Augustana is currently 4-0 on their Spring Trip. They picked up a 9-0 victory yesterday against Cornell College. Pagano moves to 2-0 on the season. He had 7 strikeouts and 4 walks in 7 innings of work. Kevin Schuetz had 3 hits and Ramos and Izzo had 2 a piece. They play again tomorrow in a doubleheader against Maryville. I assume that Erickson will throw game one since they went back to Pagano already. It will be interesting to see if they will go to Kyle Murphy in game 2 since he is only on 3 days rest this early in the season.

Augie gets another victory, 11-2, today over Hanover. Some things to point out per the box score. Ramos had a big day going 4-5 with 3 runs scored, a homerun, double, and a stolen base. Freshman Michael Barker and T.J. O'Donnell each had two hits. Good to see T.J. in the mix as he homered and doubled. Erickson went seven strong recording 4 strikeouts, no walks, 2 earned runs and giving up 9 hits. Nice to see that his ratio for K's/BB's is down so far.  Frede worked the ninth and got 2 strikeouts. It will be interesting to see who the Vikes throw on Friday against Grove City.

Augustana opens the season with a 4-1 win over Hanover. Pagano got the start and worked 5 innings with 7 strikeouts. He did give up one run, not sure if it was earned or unearned. Kulig came in relief for the last four innings. Hoffman and Wagle each had 2 hits for the Vikings. They play Hanover again tomorrow. I believe Erickson will throw for the Vikings since he didn't throw today.