BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

Twelve WARHAWKS hitters pounded out a season high 22 hits and tied the fourth highest run output in program history in defeating St Norbert 22-8.  It was the sixth time in the last seven games the WARHAWKS have scored in double figures.  O'Sullivan started and got the win allowing 3 hits, 3 runs (2 ER) with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts bringing his season total to 28 in 20.2 innings pitched.  Muir relieved him giving up 5 runs (2 ER) on 4 hits and a walk with 4 strikeouts in 1.2 innings before Michalski secured the final out.  Doud continued his RBI run with 7 giving him 13 in the past two games.  Bryden had 4 hits and 3 RBI.  Fleischman also had 3 RBI.  Cho, Wary, Simpson, Feldner, Sturdevant and Schneider all had RBI.  Doud, Fleischman and Cho hit home runs. 

Elsewhere....

Point split with Concordia (WI) losing the first game 3-2 before winning the second 9-3.
La Crosse kept pace by sweeping Stout 8-5, 4-2

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWKS maintained a two game lead with a 3-1 weekend against Stevens Point.  Renz was sharp picking up his fifth win, 6-0, allowing 5 hits and striking out 10 in 5 shutout innings.  O'Sullivan finished the final 2 innings allowing a single hit and striking out 3.  Schrader (2 rbi), Aldridge and Aiello all hit homeruns as the team had 7 extra base hits.   Trailing 9-3 in the 7th the WARHAWKS rallied to 9-8 but the Pointers added 3 insurance runs in the ninth and won game two 12-8.  Heilenbach started but struggled allowing 10 hits and 9 runs (8 earned), walking and striking out 3 in 6 innings.  Makuski, Sigmund and Grutzmacher relieved allowing 3 earned runs in the final 3 innings.  Aldridge and Aiello each hit their second home run of the day.  Schrader had 4 hits and a pair of rbi.  Doud also homered and drove in a pair.  Bryden hit his second triple of the weekend and had an rbi.

Game three was run rule shortened.  Jones pitched out of some jams picking up his sixth win by pitching 6 innings, allowing 7 hits, 3 runs (earned) with 4 walks and 13 strikeouts.  Muir pitched a scoreless seventh allowing a hit and a walk while striking out 2.  Aldridge hit his third home run of the weekend and had a pair of rbi.  Aiello drove in 3 runs Santoro a pair.  Bryden, Schrader, Sturdevant, Szubert and Krause all drove in a run.  Kaska got his team leading 8th win striking out 11 and allowing just three hits and a single earned run in 8 innings.  O'Sullivan finished the game striking out 1 in a scoreless inning.  Bryden led the way with 4 hits including a home run and drove in 4.  Schrader had a air of rbi while Aldridge, Santoro and Aiello all drove in runs.

Around the league...
Oshkosh took 3 of 4 from La Crosse losing game one 9-8 before winning the final three by 4-3, 9-4 and 15-4 scores.
Platteville and Illinois Tech split with Tech winning game one 14-4 and the Pioneers prevailing in game two 17-5.  They play another pair today.

Point and Oshkosh meet for a twin bill during the week and then finish with Ill Tech.  The WARHAWKS will play an out of conference game (Concordia-Wi) during week and finish with four games in La Crosse. 

[badgerwarhawk]

Out of conference:

Illinois Tech (9-7):  Beloit (W 4-3), Mass. College of Liberal Arts (L 4-5, W 7-5),  Olivet (L 1-6), Cazenovia (W 5-2). Fitchburg State (W 4-0, W 1-0), Keene State (L 6-14),  Milwaukee School of Engineering (W 7-0, L 1-5), Wisconsin Lutheran (w 11-7, W 9-3), Carthage (L 3-13, L 0-15), Chicago (L 13-18), Arora (W 5-3)

La Crosse: (9-5):  St Thomas (W 2-0), Southern Maine (W 12-11), Spalding (L 2-4), College of New Jersey (L 2-3), SUNY Brockport (W 9-7), RIT (W 5-0), lllinois Wesleyan (W 18-5), Benedictine (L 4-5), Webster (W 4-2), Concordia - Chicago (L 3-8, L 8-14), St Scholastica (W 6-4, W 14-11), St Thomas (W 6-2)

Oshkosh (13-2): Wabash (L 4-5), Transylvania (W 9-1, L 10-14), St Thomas (W 4-3, W 6-3), Ripon (W 7-1), St Scholastica (W 4-2), Lawrence (W 15-1), Washington & Jefferson (W 11-1), Grinnell (W 8-0,), Benedictine (W 13-3), Thomas (W 20-0), Wis Lutheran (W 11-2), Milwaukee School of Engineering (W 12-2, W 10-7)

Platteville (6-10): Aurora (L 1-3), Olivet (L 6-7), Spalding (L 1-11), Anderson (L 5-9), Spalding (L 2-12), DePauw (W 15-13), Fonbonne (L 3-13, L 3-5), Rose Hulman (L 3-20), Chicago (L 6-7), Rose Hulman (W 8-6), Belhaven (L 5-10, W 10-8, W 15-12), Millsaps (W 8-7), Edgewood (W 6-4)

Stevens Point (8-4): St Olaf (W 3-1, W 9-6), Western New England (L 1-2), Washington & Jefferson (L 4-5, W 6-0), Keuka (W 20-0), St Thomas (L 1-6, W 5-2), Colby (W 4-2), Colby (W 10-5), Concordia (L 2-3, W 9-3)

Stout (3-10): Augsburg (L 0-3, L 5-8), Hamline (L 2-9, W 6-2), Edgewood (W 15-9), St Michael's (L 2-3, L 2-4), North Park (L 7-16), Lakeland (W 9-5), Augustana (L 3-5), SUNY-Plattsburg (L 7-10), Bethel (L 5-7, L 3-12)

WARHAWKS (10-2): Babson (W 5-3), Hope (W 11-1), Washington & Jefferson (W 8-1), Lawrence (W 9-4), Grinnell (W 16-4), St Olaf (L 3-6), St Thomas (L 0-3), Ripon (W 15-3, W 11-5), St Scholastica (W 13-1), St Norbert (W 22-8)

Through 4/07
Overall: 58-40 .591

[tomt4525]

Now that it looks likely UWSP won't be making a regionals again,  question is, how long is Point going to continue to accept mediocrity under Jirschele??  He's continued to put average WIAC teams on the field each year at the helm.  He's getting out recruited by Whitewater, Oshkosh and La Crosse.  Most coaches get 3 years to get their program going, he's taken it from a perennial contender to barely a .500 WIAC team.

Next year doesn't look any better as UWSP loses almost all of their pitching.

[cubs]

Now that it looks likely UWSP won't be making a regionals again,  question is, how long is Point going to continue to accept mediocrity under Jirschele??  He's continued to put average WIAC teams on the field each year at the helm.  He's getting out recruited by Whitewater, Oshkosh and La Crosse.  Most coaches get 3 years to get their program going, he's taken it from a perennial contender to barely a .500 WIAC team.

15-8, and 15-9 at worst is barely .500 these days?

Is this part of the new Common Core math?

[tomt4525]

Now that it looks likely UWSP won't be making a regionals again,  question is, how long is Point going to continue to accept mediocrity under Jirschele??  He's continued to put average WIAC teams on the field each year at the helm.  He's getting out recruited by Whitewater, Oshkosh and La Crosse.  Most coaches get 3 years to get their program going, he's taken it from a perennial contender to barely a .500 WIAC team.

15-8, and 15-9 at worst is barely .500 these days?

Is this part of the new Common Core math?

43-40 before this season, 21-19 in conference....so yes....barely over .500.  Is that too hard to comprehend??

[tomt4525]

I know it's hard for you to admit that Oshkosh's own golden child isn't getting it done at UWSP...but he isn't. 

[cubs]

I know it's hard for you to admit that Oshkosh's own golden child isn't getting it done at UWSP...but he isn't.

Golden Child?

He wouldn't even crack my Top 10....  But hey, just keep beating that drum if that's what works for you!!! 

[tomt4525]

I know it's hard for you to admit that Oshkosh's own golden child isn't getting it done at UWSP...but he isn't.

Golden Child?

He wouldn't even crack my Top 10....  But hey, just keep beating that drum if that's what works for you!!! 

I don't care where he ranks on your list.  Anytime anything is said negatively about him, you're the first to jump to defend him. 

You want to continue the barely a .500 WIAC team under Jirschele argument after you failed to look it up??

[cubs]

Now that it looks likely UWSP won't be making a regionals again,  question is, how long is Point going to continue to accept mediocrity under Jirschele??  He's continued to put average WIAC teams on the field each year at the helm.  He's getting out recruited by Whitewater, Oshkosh and La Crosse.  Most coaches get 3 years to get their program going, he's taken it from a perennial contender to barely a .500 WIAC team.

15-8, and 15-9 at worst is barely .500 these days?

Is this part of the new Common Core math?

43-40 before this season, 21-19 in conference....so yes....barely over .500.  Is that too hard to comprehend??

So this years's game don't count?

UWSP will be 36-28 in WIAC play over the last three years, which would be a .562 winning percentage

Over the same time period, UWO is 39-25 (assuming they win their final five games this season,)  which would be a .609 winning percentage.

Guess you would say the same about Tomasiewicz then too?

[tomt4525]

Now that it looks likely UWSP won't be making a regionals again,  question is, how long is Point going to continue to accept mediocrity under Jirschele??  He's continued to put average WIAC teams on the field each year at the helm.  He's getting out recruited by Whitewater, Oshkosh and La Crosse.  Most coaches get 3 years to get their program going, he's taken it from a perennial contender to barely a .500 WIAC team.

15-8, and 15-9 at worst is barely .500 these days?

Is this part of the new Common Core math?

43-40 before this season, 21-19 in conference....so yes....barely over .500.  Is that too hard to comprehend??

So this years's game don't count?

UWSP will be 36-28 in WIAC play over the last three years, which would be a .562 winning percentage

Over the same time period, UWO is 39-25 (assuming they win their final five games this season,)  which would be a .609 winning percentage.

Guess you would say the same about Tomasiewicz then too?

No, I wouldn't say the same for Tomasiewicz.  Oshkosh was struggling before he took over and he's improved the program.  UWSP was going to Regionals every year, had just played in the College World Series along with winning Conference Tournaments before Jirschele took over the program.  He hasn't improved it, he hasn't maintained it.  He's made it worse. 

And yes, this years' games count.  You figured it out yourself, .562 winning percentage in conference.  That's horrible from where the program was, barely over .500.

[Baseball Geek]

And Oshkosh takes two from Point.

Assuming Oshkosh wins all four against IIT, that makes the Whitewater/Lacrosse series much more interesting. AQ or not, no team is saying that winning the conference doesn't matter to them.

[BigSpotScott]

And Oshkosh takes two from Point.

Assuming Oshkosh wins all four against IIT, that makes the Whitewater/Lacrosse series much more interesting. AQ or not, no team is saying that winning the conference doesn't matter to them.

I doubt it will happen, but if UWO wins out and UWW splits with UWL, who wins the tie-breaker?

[cubs]

And Oshkosh takes two from Point.

Assuming Oshkosh wins all four against IIT, that makes the Whitewater/Lacrosse series much more interesting. AQ or not, no team is saying that winning the conference doesn't matter to them.

I doubt it will happen, but if UWO wins out and UWW splits with UWL, who wins the tie-breaker?

Since there isn't a conference tournament or Pool A bid, the tiebreaker really has little value this year....

In years past, UWO would win tiebreaker by virtue of going 3-1 against La Crosse while Whitewater would have gone 2-2.

[Ralph Turner]

And Oshkosh takes two from Point.

Assuming Oshkosh wins all four against IIT, that makes the Whitewater/Lacrosse series much more interesting. AQ or not, no team is saying that winning the conference doesn't matter to them.

I doubt it will happen, but if UWO wins out and UWW splits with UWL, who wins the tie-breaker?

Since there isn't a conference tournament or Pool A bid, the tiebreaker really has little value this year....

In years past, UWO would win tiebreaker by virtue of going 3-1 against La Crosse while Whitewater would have gone 2-2.

I have taken a poll of the senior, most respected posters on these boards, and we agree that UWO and UWW need to settle this by having a best of 7 series.