BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Both Whitewater and Stevens Point win game 7. There will be an all WIAC Super in Whitewater.

If I'm reading things correctly, it appears the Super Regional will be at Stevens Point next weekend...

EDIT:  Whitewater has now edited there schedule to list it as "Location TBD."  Earlier this evening it was listed as "At Stevens Point."

[ShineTime]

I was told by a Pointer player it's at Whitewater which is probably a good thing because baseballs aren't cheap and there will be a lot flying over the wall.

[badgerwarhawk]

It's official the games will be held on Prucha Field at Miller Park on the campus of UW-WHITEWATER   GO HAWKS!!

[tomt4525]

Point is doing a fantastic job of choking game 1 away.  Ferry comes into a 9-4 game and needed to get 6 outs, couldn't do it.

[cubs]

Point is doing a fantastic job of choking game 1 away.  Ferry comes into a 9-4 game and needed to get 6 outs, couldn't do it.

Actually, he got 7 outs... His defense didn't give him much support, as evidenced by the five runs he gave up all being unearned....

I'm more surprised at Point putting up 9 runs despite their starting OF/Top 3 hitters being a combined 2x15...

[mr_b]

Point is doing a fantastic job of choking game 1 away.  Ferry comes into a 9-4 game and needed to get 6 outs, couldn't do it.

Actually, he got 7 outs... His defense didn't give him much support, as evidenced by the five runs he gave up all being unearned....

I'm more surprised at Point putting up 9 runs despite their starting OF/Top 3 hitters being a combined 2x15...

Pinch-hitter Kyle Finger doubles home the winning run.  He's having quite a tournament: in the regional, he had a pinch-hit home run and a second home run in the same inning versus North Central.

[cubs]

Pinch-hitter Kyle Finger doubles home the winning run.  He's having quite a tournament: in the regional, he had a pinch-hit home run and a second home run in the same inning versus North Central.

No pinch hitter this time... He came in to catch in the top half when Richter pulled Ferry and went to Syvertson.

EDIT-I stand corrected... Looks like Finger entered at the START of the 9th inning as a defensive replacement and then promptly committed an error that led to three unearned runs and allowed Whitewater to tie the game.  With that said, I tip my cap to him as he got a chance to redeem himself and took full advantage of it with the aforementioned walk-off double.

[mr_b]

Pinch-hitter Kyle Finger doubles home the winning run.  He's having quite a tournament: in the regional, he had a pinch-hit home run and a second home run in the same inning versus North Central.

No pinch hitter this time... He came in to catch in the top half when Richter pulled Ferry and went to Syvertson.

Thanks for that correction, cubs.  He sure is coming up big for the Pointers in the tournament.

[cubs]

Pinch-hitter Kyle Finger doubles home the winning run.  He's having quite a tournament: in the regional, he had a pinch-hit home run and a second home run in the same inning versus North Central.

No pinch hitter this time... He came in to catch in the top half when Richter pulled Ferry and went to Syvertson.

Thanks for that correction, cubs.  He sure is coming up big for the Pointers in the tournament.

Agreed... Not always an easy thing to do when you've been sitting on the bench all day.

[ShineTime]

Next year they'll be able to have Finger catch primarily and have Tomczak dh or vice versa which will help a ton

[cubs]

Next year they'll be able to have Finger catch primarily and have Tomczak dh or vice versa which will help a ton.

When you look at Point's roster, it's a pretty young team overall... They'll have to replace two OF's next season (WIAC POY Simmons and Nelson,) DH (Luedtke) and one pitcher (Krommenaker.) Other than that, everyone else is eligible to return so the run they're making this year is all the more impressive!

[cubs]

Lucas Luedtke is having a MONSTER seven day stretch!

After going 10x12 with 2 HR's and 10 RBI's against North Central on Regional Championship Sunday, he has followed that up with a 3x4 day this afternoon which includes THREE HR's and 4 RBI's as UWSP leads Whitewater 6-3 in the Top of the 7th inning today.

Each pitch must look like a beach ball coming in for Luedtke right now!  It couldn't have come at a better time for the Pointers as Simmons looks like a mere mortal at the plate this weekend, and not the WIAC POY level he performed at for much of the season.

[cubs]

Korman having a day himself, as his second HR of the day ties things up 6-6...  If Whitewater comes back to win the opener, I'm not sure either team will have much pitching for the nightcap!

[mr_b]

Korman having a day himself, as his second HR of the day ties things up 6-6...  If Whitewater comes back to win the opener, I'm not sure either team will have much pitching for the nightcap!

It looks like there is quite a strong wind blowing from right to left, but the batters are getting some good swings.  Luedtke and Korman are having big days.

[cubs]

So your season is on the line with the bases loaded and one out in a 7-6 game in the 8th inning...  Who do you go to?  A kid that has 4 IP on the season...  Hmm...

Edit: Matson promptly greets him with a grand slam on the second pitch of the at-bat to give the Pointers an 11-6 lead.