3/26 Scores

Aurora 4-12 Benedictine 0-0
Illinois Tech 2-8 Rockford 1-7
Concordia Wisconsin 7-17 Lakeland 10-1
Concordia Chicago 3-10 Dominican 4-0
Edgewood 12-4 Wisconsin Lutheran 2-12
MSOE 6-6 Marian 2-9

NACC Standings

Aurora 9-8 (4-0)
Dominican 10-7 (3-1)
Illinois Tech 7-9 (3-1)
MSOE 7-9 (3-1)
Concordia Wisconsin 10-7 (2-2)
Edgewood 6-9 (2-2)
Wisconsin Lutheran 5-10 (2-2)
Marian 6-8 (1-1)
Rockford 10-6 (1-3)
Benedictine 9-8 (1-3)
Concordia Chicago 10-9 (1-3)
Lakeland 7-10 (1-3)
St. Norbert 5-9 (0-2)

NACC Schedule through the weekend

3/27

Concordia Chicago at St. Norbert (DH)

3/28

Dominican at Concordia Wisconsin (DH)
Aurora at Wisconsin Lutheran (DH)
Lakeland at Benedictine (DH)

3/29

Rockford at Edgewood (DH)
Illinois Tech at Marian (DH)

3/27

Concordia Chicago 9-5 St. Norbert 1-1

3/28

Aurora 28-9 Wisconsin Lutheran 18-11 (WLC's first win over Aurora since 2014)
Concordia Wisconsin 20-8 Dominican 3-3
Benedictine 18-6 Lakeland 7-7

NACC Standings as of 3/31

Aurora 10-9 (5-1)
Illinois Tech 7-9 (3-1)
MSOE 7-9 (3-1)
Concordia Wisconsin 12-7 (4-2)
Edgewood 8-9 (4-2)
Concordia Chicago 12-9 (3-3)
Dominican 10-9 (3-3)
Wisconsin Lutheran 6-11 (3-3)
Marian 6-8 (1-1)
Benedictine 10-9 (2-4)
Lakeland 8-11 (2-4)
Rockford 10-8 (1-5)
St. Norbert 5-11 (0-4)

This league is a hot mess so far.

This week's matchups

4/1

Dominican at Lakeland (DH)
Aurora at Rockford (DH)
Benedictine at Concordia Chicago (DH)
Wisconsin Lutheran at Concordia Wisconsin (DH)
Marian at Edgewood (DH)
St. Norbert at MSOE (DH)

4/2

Beloit at Lakeland

4/3

Illinois Tech at Marian (DH)
Rockford at Eureka (DH)
Wisconsin Lutheran at Maranatha (DH)
Edgewood at UW-Platteville

4/5

Lakeland at Illinois Tech (DH)
Marian at Dominican (DH)
MSOE at Benedictine (DH)
Concordia Wisconsin at Rockford (DH)
Edgewood at Concordia Chicago (DH)
St. Norbert at Aurora (DH)

4/6

North Central (IL) at Illinois Tech

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on March 31, 2025, 06:19:44 PM4/1

Dominican at Lakeland (DH) Dominican takes them both
Aurora at Rockford (DH) Aurora takes them both
Benedictine at Concordia Chicago (DH)CUC takes them both in the biggest match up of the day
Wisconsin Lutheran at Concordia Wisconsin (DH)CUW gets both
Marian at Edgewood (DH)Split of these two
St. Norbert at MSOE (DH)MSOE takes two

Not a fully formed opinion yet, but I think that this league has 5 contenders (not in any particular order):
AURORA
BEN U
MSOE
CUW
CUC

After this week, I will put together a rating system for the contenders.

4/1 Scores

Dominican 4-15 Lakeland 8-2
Aurora 5-1 Rockford 3-3
Marian 10-10 Edgewood 1-1
Wisconsin Lutheran 8-3 Concordia Wisconsin 4-2
MSOE 7-7 St. Norbert 3-3
Concordia Chicago 3-6 Benedictine 0-7


NACC Standings after 4/1

MSOE 9-9 (5-1)
Aurora 11-10 (6-2)
Marian 8-8 (3-1)
Illinois Tech 7-9 (3-1)
Wisconsin Lutheran 8-11 (5-3)
Concordia Wisconsin 12-9 (4-4)
Concordia Chicago 13-10 (4-4)
Dominican 11-10 (4-4)
Edgewood 8-11 (4-4)
Benedictine 11-10 (3-5)
Lakeland 9-12 (3-5)
Rockford 11-9 (2-6)
St. Norbert 5-13 (0-6)

Remember when I said this league is a hot mess. Today confirmed that thought. WLC sweeping CUW is a shock. Aurora falls out of 1st for the time being while looking really pedestrian. St. Norbert is firmly in the basement for the time being while the two teams that were supposed to be down there are beating expectations for the time being.

Marian split with Illinois Tech yesterday losing 5-4 and winning 8-7.

Today WLC heads to Watertown to face Maranatha while Rockford hosts Eureka in non-conference play.

Yesterday's scores

Rockford 7 Eureka 1
Wisconsin Lutheran 20-11 Maranatha 3-2

4/5 Scores

Lakeland 11-2 Illinois Tech 4-6
Marian 13-3 Dominican 7-1: Sabers starting to round into form.
MSOE 10-11 Benedictine 4-1: Raiders have some momentum behind them. Benedictine's hole grows deeper.
Concordia Chicago 8-3 Edgewood 7-0: Starting to feel CUC might have a few things to say on the conference race before it's all settled here.
Concordia Wisconsin 8-2 Rockford 4-5
Aurora 6-16 St. Norbert 2-4: Spartans show their upside in a sweep.

NACC Standings

Aurora 13-10 (8-2)
MSOE 10-10 (6-2)
Marian 10-10 (5-3)
Wisconsin Lutheran 10-11 (5-3)
Illinois Tech 9-12 (5-3)
Concordia Chicago 15-10 (6-4)
Concordia Wisconsin 13-10 (5-5)
Edgewood 9-12 (5-5)
Dominican 11-12 (4-6)
Lakeland 10-13 (4-6)
Rockford 13-10 (3-7)
Benedictine 11-12 (3-7)
St. Norbert 6-14 (1-7)

Aurora gets a much needed sweep yesterday to hopefully get back into form. MSOE isn't far behind (Tied in the loss column but 2 behind in the win column) and looks to have momentum going for them. Then we have a 8 team logjam where 3rd through 10th are separated by a game and a half. Teams to watch will be CUC and CUW in that group. Benedictine's struggles have been perplexing since they were pegged as slight favorites. They aren't fully out of it but it's gonna be a long hard climb up.

This week's matchups

4/6

North Central at Illinois Tech (NC)

4/8

Northland at Lakeland (NC DH)
Edgewood at Beloit (NC)

4/9

Wisconsin Lutheran at Lakeland (DH)
Marian at St. Norbert (DH)
Concordia Chicago at Aurora (DH)
Dominican at Benedictine (DH)
Edgewood at Concordia Wisconsin (DH)
Illinois Tech at MSOE (DH)
Rockford at Beloit (NC)

4/10

Benedictine at North Central (IL) (NC)
Ripon at Marian (NC)

4/12

Illinois Tech at Wisconsin Lutheran (DH)
Rockford at Lakeland (DH)
Dominican at MSOE (DH)
Concordia Chicago at Marian (DH)
Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin (DH)
Benedictine at St. Norbert (DH)
Edgewood at Wheaton (IL) (NC DH)

4/9 Scores

Wisconsin Lutheran 14-10 Lakeland 2-8 (Lakeland did make things interesting in game 2 by pushing it to extras but could not finish it off. What a disastrous week so far for the Muskies).
Marian 7-7 St. Norbert 5-4

From 4/8

Northland 11-13 Lakeland 8-3: Hence what I said earlier, Lakeland laid a massive egg here against Northland.

MSOE 7 Ripon 5
Edgewood 9 Beloit 5

4/9 Matchups

Concordia Chicago at Aurora (DH): Can determine how good these Cougs really are. A split here could bolster their chances of contending for a top half finish.
Dominican at Benedictine (DH): Big series for the Eagles if they want to get back on track.
Ripon at Marian
Rockford at Beloit

4/10 Scores

Aurora 1-3 Concordia Chicago 2-1: Figured this would be a tight DH. Though Aurora seemed to have issues with a ton of runners left on base.
Benedictine 18-18 Dominican 8-0: Benedictine took out some frustration on Dominican in a much needed sweep.
Ripon 5 Marian 4
Beloit 9 Rockford 3

Today's Schedule

Edgewood at Concordia Wisconsin (DH): Both could use a a sweep here to keep up with the leaders. However I can see a split happening here too.
Illinois Tech at MSOE (DH): MSOE looks to close the gap between them and Aurora while Tech looks to stay ahead of the logjam behind them.
Benedictine at North Central (IL) (NC)

After doing a review of the balance of the season and the matchups still to be played, my April 11th predictions for the balance of the season is below.  I have now seen 6 of these teams live and have watched others on a screen and followed the scores. I know that I am probably totally off, but thought it would be fun to throw down a marker.

1) Aurora - 10 - 2 rest of the way (projected NACC record 19-5) - Two very good starters.  Defense is stellar. 
2) MSOE - 12 - 4 (Projected NACC record 18 - 6) All new team this year, but they are still good.
3)CUC - 10 - 2 (projected NACC record 17 - 7) Pitching Staff is VERY deep.  Allowing 3 rpg in conference play and they have played Aurora, MSOE and Ben U already.
4)Ben U 10 - 2 (15 - 9) Slow start, but they are putting it together now and given their schedule down the streach will climb the standings.
5)CUW - 8-6 (13-11) tourney qualifying team from last year.  Will finish strong despite a tougher schedule still ahead of them.
6)Edgewood - 8-6  (13-11) Will be an interesting battle for playoff spots with Marion. 
7) Marian - 6 - 8 (13-11)
8) IL Tech - 6 -10 (11 -13)
9) WI Lutheran - 3 - 11 (10 -14)
10) Rockford 4 - 10 (7 - 17)
11) Dominican - 3 - 9 (7 - 17)
12) St. Norbert - 5 - 9 (6-18)
13) Lakeland - 1 - 11 (5-19)

4/11 Scores

Edgewood 4-9 Concordia Wisconsin 3-1
MSOE 10-10 Illinois Tech 1-0
North Central (IL) 11 Benedictine 0

4/12 Matchups

Dominican at MSOE (DH): Dominican better shake off that shell shock from the Benedictine DH because they travel to face a hot MSOE team.

Concordia Chicago at Marian (DH): Another good matchup here. CUC is playing great ball right now and should feel good about itself after coming away with a split against Aurora a few days back. Marian will be a stiff test for the Cougs.

Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin (DH): CUW is scuffling at the moment losing 5 of their last 6. Good opportunity for Aurora to maintain some separation on the rest of the league but they got to convert on scoring opportunities it seems.

Benedictine at St. Norbert (DH): Schedule does get easier here on out for the Eagles. A outright conference crown might be out of reach but a run up the standings isn't. St. Norbert is struggling right now though they still have WLC and Lakeland to play yet but those teams have shown that they can play with teams stronger than themselves to this point.

Rockford at Lakeland (DH): Is Lakeland gravitating back to the norm here? Dropping a DH to WLC hurts  (blowing an opportunity to split in game 2 definitely stings) but dropping a DH to Northland should be sounding alarm bells.

Illinois Tech at Wisconsin Lutheran (DH): Big litmus test for the red hot Warriors here. Schedule ratchets up in intensity the rest of the way so any opportunity to split or sweep has to be taken. Probably have to take 4 or 5 more league games to feel really safe about being in the tournament but this is the best team since the early part of Schwall's tenure at the school.

Edgewood at Wheaton (IL) (NC DH)