I definitely agree on the pitching, they are loaded on their staff and don't even have to rely on Schuld. But I was just meaning to comment on the post that the Cobbers could flat out hit. I just wasn't really impressed with what I saw this past weekend from their lineup. Krause is legit, and a stud in the field, but no one else stood out at all. And even with UST struggling to score runs, they still led the league in team batting average. Cakewalk might not have been the appropriate term, but I'd put all my money on them to make it to Whitewater.

I just saw the Cobbers play Bethel this Sunday and needless to say I was not impressed. If the wind were not blowing in from center/right center the Royals would have hit at least 3 more homeruns than the lone one that they did. The Cobbers did not look good at all hitting. The majority of the hits that they had were off the end of the bat, or little seeing-eye singles that found holes just out of the middle infield's reach. Also, in the two games, I believe the Cobbers had one hit to the opposite field (Krause's lead off double to start game 1). They pretty much tried to pull the ball from what I could see.

It's a sad year for the MIAC and really shows how down the conference is as a whole when (in my opinion) two pretty poor teams get into the playoffs (Concordia and Augsburg) and Olaf is left out. This should be a cakewalk for the Tommies into regionals. And I too would have liked to see/hear about a Schuld/Murray Rematch