BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Could warhawks possibly go undefeated this year in conference? I could see point maybe pulling a game off if Erickson is on.  I was kidding in basketball not so much in baseball this year. Probably the worst the wiac has been in 20 years top to bottom but whitewater being so good helps.

Even if the WIAC is as bad this year as you're claiming it to be I don't see it happening. I wasn't around to see the UWO teams of the 90s play but I have a feeling if none of those groups could do it then it is going to be darn near impossible.

Coach Lechnir led UWO to an undefeated regular season in 1995, when the Titans went 12-0 in league play, and then swept Eau Claire for the WSUC Championship.

[Baseball Geek]

http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2017/2017Top25-week-7

Warhawks move to #3 as UWL dropped entirely from the rankings.

The sweep was definitely impressive, especially considering the number of runners UWW left on base over the course of the weekend. They have improved each week and key bats are starting to come alive. That said, I personally believe no one should ever underestimate the talent or will to win in the WIAC. Each team has the ability to put together very strong games, and I don't suspect anyone in the Warhawks clubhouse is thinking that this will be an every-series occurrence.

It will be fun to see how the Warhawks perform with a target on their backs. Most of this team has been there before.

[badgerwarhawk]

Standings & Results (Thru 4/12)

WARHAWKS: 12-3
Platteville: 15-4
Lacrosse: 10-5
Oshkosh: 8-7
Stevens Point: 7-7
Stout: 3-12

WARHAWKS: St Thomas (W 5-2, W 10-1), Concordia Moorhead (L 0-1, W 3-2), Wm Paterson (W 9-7), Webster (W 10-2), Rutgers-Camden (W 7-2), Southern Maine (W 5-4), Clarkson (W 3-1), Union (W 7-6), St Scholastica  (W, 10-5, L 8-10), Ripon (W 8-2, W 9-8), Concordia (Wi) (L 3-21)

Lacrosse: St Johns (L 0-1, W 6-0), Concordia-Chicago (W 6-2), College of New Jersey (W 6-4), Wm Paterson (L 4-5), Webster (L 0-4), Rampo (W 5-3), Southern Maine (W 4-2), Benedictine (W 10-5), Cornell (W 3-1,  W 10-2), St Mary's (W 4-3, W 7-3), St Scholastica (L 5-6, L 7-10)

Platteville: Fontbonne (W 6-4), Buena Vista (L 0-10), Ripon (W 8-2), Stockton (W 5-2), McDaniel (L 0-5), College of New Jersey (L 7-8), Minn Morris (W 7-2), Eastern Connecticut (W 7-4), Western New England (L 0-3), Simpson (W 14-7, W 10-2), Northland (W 5-3, W 6-1), Marian (W 6-1, W 4-3), Illinois Institute of Technology (W 6-4, W 3-2), Illinois Institute of Technology (W 14-10, W 10-5)

Oshkosh: Adrian (W 8-4), Birmingham Southern (L 3-6), Transylvania (W 8-4), Mass-Boston (L 3-4), Eastern Connecticut (L 5-17), Clarkson (L 14-16), Washington Jefferson (W 4-1), Bowdoin (W 6-1, W 10-0), St Thomas (W 3-2), Union (W 6-1), St Scholastica (L 4-5, L 3-4), St Mary's (L 1-4, W 8-3), Concordia (WI) (L 2-3), Ripon (W 14-2)

Stevens Point: St Thomas (L 2-6, L 5-7), Clarkson (W 6-5), Rampo (L 4-6, L 5-15), Westfield State (W 9-3), St Olaf (W 7-1), Worcester State (W 13-3), Southern Maine (L 4-6, L 4-6), Benedictine (L 1-11), Washington Jefferson (W 5-4), Ripon (W 6-1, W 15-14)

Stout: Bethel (W 1-0, L 0-8), Hamline (L 1-2, W 6-1), Augsburg (L 1-5, L 4-7), New York University (L 6-17), Wisconsin Lutheran (L 6-8), Skidmore (L 1-12), LaSalle (W 9-6), North Park (L 1-8), Western Connecticut (L 3-20), Edgewood (L 1-6), St Thomas (L 1-4, L 0-2)

WIAC: 56-39 (.590)

Out of conference only.

[TitanDoubles]

Could warhawks possibly go undefeated this year in conference? I could see point maybe pulling a game off if Erickson is on.  I was kidding in basketball not so much in baseball this year. Probably the worst the wiac has been in 20 years top to bottom but whitewater being so good helps.

Even if the WIAC is as bad this year as you're claiming it to be I don't see it happening. I wasn't around to see the UWO teams of the 90s play but I have a feeling if none of those groups could do it then it is going to be darn near impossible.

Coach Lechnir led UWO to an undefeated regular season in 1995, when the Titans went 12-0 in league play, and then swept Eau Claire for the WSUC Championship.

Thanks for the correction. Perhaps I misunderstood what I was told. My guess is that it hasn't been done since going to 24 games (now only 20 games) in conference.

[BigPoppa]

Could warhawks possibly go undefeated this year in conference? I could see point maybe pulling a game off if Erickson is on.  I was kidding in basketball not so much in baseball this year. Probably the worst the wiac has been in 20 years top to bottom but whitewater being so good helps.

Even if the WIAC is as bad this year as you're claiming it to be I don't see it happening. I wasn't around to see the UWO teams of the 90s play but I have a feeling if none of those groups could do it then it is going to be darn near impossible.

Coach Lechnir led UWO to an undefeated regular season in 1995, when the Titans went 12-0 in league play, and then swept Eau Claire for the WSUC Championship.

And then beat my Carthage squad at the World Series. Jarrod Washburn was unreal that day.

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS claim both WIAC Position and Pitcher of the Week honors.

Position
Blake Fleischman (Germantown, Wis./Germantown), Junior, Infielder Fleischman hit four home runs in six games last week to help the No. 4 Warhawks post a 6-0 record. He finished 10-for-25 (.400) at the plate and added two doubles, 10 runs scored, four walks and seven runs batted in, tallying at least one hit in all six contests. Fleischman homered in all four games against No. 15 UW-La Crosse over the weekend, recording a walk-off, solo homer in the 12th inning during UW-Whitewater's 4-3 triumph in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Eagles. He finished that game with three hits and one walk. Fleischman also hit a key two-run homer in the fifth inning of the Warhawks' 4-1 victory in Game 1 on Saturday. In the final game of the four-game set on Sunday, he reached based four times, scored three runs and knocked in two during the team's 6-2 triumph.

Pitcher
Ankur Shah (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North), Senior
Shah posted a 2-0 record last week and didn't allow an earned run to help the No. 4 Warhawks post a 6-0 record, including four wins over No. 15 UW-La Crosse. He started the week Wednesday by pitching 6 1/3 innings or relief, allowing only three hits and one unearned run while striking out seven to help UW-Whitewater to a come-from-behind 9-8 triumph in the second game of a doubleheader at Ripon. Shah finished the week Sunday on three days of rest with a complete-game victory, scattering seven hits and one walk over nine innings while striking out six in the team's 6-2 win over UW-La Crosse.

[Baseball Geek]

The Warhawks fall 21-3 to Concordia Wisconsin.

[cubs]

The Warhawks fall 21-3 to Concordia Wisconsin.

What??? 

I get that the guys that threw today aren't likely to touch the mound in WIAC play, but I would think that Whitewater's bats would have put up more than three runs.....

[Captain_Joe08]

The Warhawks fall 21-3 to Concordia Wisconsin.

What??? 

I get that the guys that threw today aren't likely to touch the mound in WIAC play, but I would think that Whitewater's bats would have put up more than three runs.....

When I saw that final I could not believe it. Prolly CUW had their best day hitting the ball.

[badgerwarhawk]

Concordia (WI): 21
WARHAWKS: 3

All I can say is that we played liked crap.  Our young pitchers were crushed and we couldn't really get anything going offensively.  Hopefully this is out of our system and we'll play like we're capable in Menomonie.  It was embarrassing to say the least.  Traveling intramural teams could have played better than we did yesterday.  I'm not sure how you put something this ugly behind you and move on but that's what will have to happen.   

[Jim Dixon]

Concordia (WI): 21
WARHAWKS: 3

All I can say is that we played liked crap.  Our young pitchers were crushed and we couldn't really get anything going offensively.  Hopefully this is out of our system and we'll play like we're capable in Menomonie.  It was embarrassing to say the least.  Traveling intramural teams could have played better than we did yesterday.  I'm not sure how you put something this ugly behind you and move on but that's what will have to happen.

expanding the number of experienced pitchers will benefit UWW in the long run.

[Baseball Geek]

Concordia (WI): 21
WARHAWKS: 3

All I can say is that we played liked crap.  Our young pitchers were crushed and we couldn't really get anything going offensively.  Hopefully this is out of our system and we'll play like we're capable in Menomonie.  It was embarrassing to say the least.  Traveling intramural teams could have played better than we did yesterday.  I'm not sure how you put something this ugly behind you and move on but that's what will have to happen.

expanding the number of experienced pitchers will benefit UWW in the long run.

I generally agree with both sentiments.

There is tremendous value in providing opportunity for more pitchers.

That said, I don't know if you call it the perfect storm or what, but the 8 hits the Warhawks did collect would never be enough when allowing 20 hits and committing 3 errors with 1 CS, 4 wild pitches, 10 BBs, 1 balk, and 2 HBP.

It will be very interesting to see how they respond this weekend and beyond, but I would expect some fire and intensity. Hopefully they can work in all four games in what appears to be a very soggy Menomonie.

UPDATE: Series relocated to UWW ... UW Stout remains the home team.

[badgerwarhawk]

Standings & Results (Thru 4/12)

WARHAWKS: 12-3
Platteville: 15-4
Lacrosse: 10-5
Oshkosh: 8-7
Stevens Point: 7-7
Stout: 3-12

WARHAWKS: St Thomas (W 5-2, W 10-1), Concordia Moorhead (L 0-1, W 3-2), Wm Paterson (W 9-7), Webster (W 10-2), Rutgers-Camden (W 7-2), Southern Maine (W 5-4), Clarkson (W 3-1), Union (W 7-6), St Scholastica  (W, 10-5, L 8-10), Ripon (W 8-2, W 9-8), Concordia (Wi) (L 3-21)

Lacrosse: St Johns (L 0-1, W 6-0), Concordia-Chicago (W 6-2), College of New Jersey (W 6-4), Wm Paterson (L 4-5), Webster (L 0-4), Rampo (W 5-3), Southern Maine (W 4-2), Benedictine (W 10-5), Cornell (W 3-1,  W 10-2), St Mary's (W 4-3, W 7-3), St Scholastica (L 5-6, L 7-10)

Platteville: Fontbonne (W 6-4), Buena Vista (L 0-10), Ripon (W 8-2), Stockton (W 5-2), McDaniel (L 0-5), College of New Jersey (L 7-8), Minn Morris (W 7-2), Eastern Connecticut (W 7-4), Western New England (L 0-3), Simpson (W 14-7, W 10-2), Northland (W 5-3, W 6-1), Marian (W 6-1, W 4-3), Illinois Institute of Technology (W 6-4, W 3-2), Illinois Institute of Technology (W 14-10, W 10-5)

Oshkosh: Adrian (W 8-4), Birmingham Southern (L 3-6), Transylvania (W 8-4), Mass-Boston (L 3-4), Eastern Connecticut (L 5-17), Clarkson (L 14-16), Washington Jefferson (W 4-1), Bowdoin (W 6-1, W 10-0), St Thomas (W 3-2), Union (W 6-1), St Scholastica (L 4-5, L 3-4), St Mary's (L 1-4, W 8-3), Concordia (WI) (L 2-3), Ripon (W 14-2)

Stevens Point: St Thomas (L 2-6, L 5-7), Clarkson (W 6-5), Rampo (L 4-6, L 5-15), Westfield State (W 9-3), St Olaf (W 7-1), Worcester State (W 13-3), Southern Maine (L 4-6, L 4-6), Benedictine (L 1-11), Washington Jefferson (W 5-4), Ripon (W 6-1, W 15-14)

Stout: Bethel (W 1-0, L 0-8), Hamline (L 1-2, W 6-1), Augsburg (L 1-5, L 4-7), New York University (L 6-17), Wisconsin Lutheran (L 6-8), Skidmore (L 1-12), LaSalle (W 9-6), North Park (L 1-8), Western Connecticut (L 3-20), Edgewood (L 1-6), St Thomas (L 1-4, L 0-2)

WIAC: 56-39 (.590)

Out of conference only.

[cubs]

Boushley flat out DOMINANT today, as he strikes out 12 in a complete game four hitter for La Crosse as they defeat UWO 5-0 in the opener of their four game series...  (UWO did load bases with one out in the 9th, but Boushley got a strikeout and fly out to squash the threat.)

Whitewater defeats Stout 11-1 in a seven inning "mercy rule" game behind the arm of Michael Kaska.  (Will be interesting to see if Jones starts in either game tomorrow, as he and Renz were "paired" up last weekend, and Renz is starting Game #2 today.)

Point leading Platteville 10-7 in the Top of the 8th inning...

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS: 11
Stout: 1

The WARHAWKS scored as many runs as they would need with three runs in their first at bat.  Chamberlain's sacrifice fly brought in the first run and RBI singles from Kuczynski and Aeillo brught in the other two.  Stout answered with their only run in the second inning with a ground out RBI.  Kruczynski and Aeillo each added a second RBI in the third which coupled with an RBI single from Aldridge and Borgardt's sacrifice upped the WARHAWKS advantage to 7-1.  The WARHAWKS finished the scoring with four more runs in the fifth.  Krause's bases loaded double accounted for three of the runs and a fielder's choice RBI by Makuski the fourth.  Kaska pitched a complete game allowing four hits and a single unearned run while walking one and striking out a pair to pick up his second win of the season and even his record.  Five WARHAWKS hitters had multiple hits in the thirteen hit offense.  Aeillo (3x4) led way while Wary (2x5), Fleischman (2x2), Krause (2x3) and Kuczynski (2x4) followed.  Seven WARHAWKS (Krause 3, Kuczynski 2, Aeillo 2, Chamberlain 1, Aldridge 1, Borgardt 1 and Makuski 1) drove in runs.


WARHAWKS: 10
Stout: 2

Renz picked up his fourth win of the season in game two.  The hard throwing right hander allowed four hits, a pair of runs (one earned) walked one and struck out six in seven innings.  Finn relieved pitching two hitless innings.  The WARHAWKS scored a single unearned run in the first inning courtesy of Blue Devil throwing error and added a second run in the fourth when Aeillo doubled.  Five WARHAWKS scored in the sixth pushing the lead to 7-0.  Aldridge and Wary each had RBI singles.  Makuski's fielders choice drove in another run and the WARHAWKS other two were scored on a passed ball and a throwing error.  The Blue Devils answered with a pair in the bottom of the inning but the WARHAWKS pushed three more runs across in the seventh on RBI singles from Aldridge and Helbing paired with a Wary fielders choice.  Wary (2), Chamberlain (2), Kuczynski (2), Aeillo (2) and Aldridge (2) had multiple hits.  Wary (2), Aldridge (2), Aeillo (1), Makuski (1) and Helbing (1) had RBIs. 

My understanding is that Jones and Westin will start on the mound tomorrow.