BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BigPoppa]

I think the tournament has be completed by a certain time on Sunday because of the selection process.

You are correct... 6PM.

[BDB]

I see in the tournament schedule that if a game 7 is necessary, it would start at 6 pm Sunday. So, I wonder what would happen then.

Those will be some cold metal bats this weekend. 

Thank God for batting gloves.

[BigPoppa]

I see in the tournament schedule that if a game 7 is necessary, it would start at 6 pm Sunday. So, I wonder what would happen then.

Those will be some cold metal bats this weekend. 

Thank God for batting gloves.

Who knows... I am almost certain that the 6pm time is correct though. The NCAA committee needs to begin selecting teams and seeding them in the regions to have it annonunced early Monday. It's an amazingly long process.

[Spence]

FYI, the helicopter deal wasn't unique.

It was done in the 80s (not sure what year) when Marietta hosted the Series. Brought in a helicopter from the airport across the river.

[Just Bill]

The Tournament is underway!

SP leads WW 1-0 through 6 innings.  Point's Zimmerman has given up just 2 hits and has faced the minimum so far.

Tournament Live Stats:  http://www.uwsa.edu/wiac/baseball/2006Tourny/livestats.htm

[janesvilleflash]

Thanks for the link BDB, boy Point sure gave that one away.

[cubs]

Whitewater scores 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to come back and defeat Point, 5-4.

La Crosse scores 2 in the top of the 10th, and then holds Oshkosh to 1 run in the bottom half, to defeat Oshkosh 5-4 in 10 innings.

Point's Josh Perkins strikes out 15 Titans, to help Point defeat Oshkosh 3-0 in the first elimination game of the tournament.

[BDB]

Thanks for the link BDB, boy Point sure gave that one away.

Flash, I would like to take credit for posting the link, but we better give credit where it is due. 

Nice link, JB. Thanks.

[Just Bill]

Copy, paste, post.  Really, how much credit does anyone deserve for that?

Pointers roar back with three straight wins on Sunday to claim the tournament for the second straight year.  Point edges LC 10-9 before pasting WW 14-7 and 12-2.  At the onset I thought Point was the most talented team, but had a terrible time getting crucial hits and avoiding crucial mistakes in tight games.  After Game 1 against WW on Saturday I thought there was no way they were mentally tough enough to recover from a world class choke job like that.  They proved me wrong.

I heard a rumor that Rapids submitted a bid for a Regional?  I assume with Point as the host school.  Any truth to that?  Could it happen?

[BanditUWSP]

Trust me on this.  It is more than rumor.  Just waiting for the decision to see if it will happen. 

[Gustie13]

Wow, the brackets are out and no UW Whitewater in regionals (there is a link in the MWC thread). Coe (4th in reg season, winner of IIAC tourney) comes over from the Central region and keeps UWW out. Thats a shame, I think UWW is probably the 4th or 5th best team in the region but AQs from subpar conferences took up 3 spots.

[Barber Greene]

Congrats to the Warhawks for a great season and winning the regular season conference title. The team did better than many expected. Obvious weakness to me was pitching which hopefully will improve next season as the younger pitchers mature.

[badgerwarhawk]

Congrats and good luck to Stevens Point.  We won the war but they won the battle that counted.   

Not making the national tournament was disappointing.  I know 14 losses is a bit much but we also had 30 wins and we're the defending national champions.  But that wasn't enough for the NCAA.  At any rate we've only ourselves to blame.  We were in the driver's seat and all we had to do was take care of our own business but we didn't.   So it goes.

Realistically the season exceeded most everyone's expectations and next year, unlike this one, we'll be returning 7 of 9 starters and the #1, #2 so the future looks bright for WARHAWK[/color] baseball. 

To Nick Teach, Eddie Adamson and Andrew Keller....thanks for everything.

[Just Bill]

NCAA Division III Regional
at Witter Field, Wisconsin Rapids
Wednesday, May 17
Game 1 – 9:30 a.m. - #5 UW-Stevens Point (29-15) vs. #4 St. Scholastica (36-4)
Game 2 – 1 p.m. - #2 St. Olaf (28-8) vs. #7 Dominican (21-19)
Game 3 – 4:30 p.m. - #3 St. Thomas (29-9) vs. #6 Coe (26-17)
Game 4 – 8 p.m. - #1 Ripon (31-5) vs. Game 1 winner
 
Thursday, May 18
Game 5 – 9:30 a.m. - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 6 – 1 p.m. - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 7 – 4:30 p.m. - Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 8 – 8 p.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 6
 
Friday, May 19
Game 9 – Noon - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 10 – 3:30 p.m. - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
Game 11 – 7 p.m. - Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10
 
Saturday, May 20
Game 12 – Noon - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11
Game 13 – 4 p.m. - if necessary

[cubs]

Realistically the season exceeded most everyone's expectations and next year, unlike this one, we'll be returning 7 of 9 starters and the #1, #2 so the future looks bright for WARHAWK[/color] baseball. 

Just to compare, Oshkosh returns 8 of 9 starters (Josh Shere being the only graduate) and return all but one member of their pitching staff (Jim Ziegler.)

With that said, I would expect Oshkosh to improve on their record from this season, considering all but two players return, including eight freshman that saw significant playing time this season.