BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BigPoppa]

The WIAC composite schedule shows that Platteville scores 60 runs in 4 games.  WOW - where did that come from? 

Anyone know anything about their competition?  Fontbonne and Maryville - Both from Missouri.

Fontbonne and Maryville are middle of the road schools in the SLIAC which is a relatively weak conference. They would both finish at the bottom of the WIAC.

[Titan20]

Oshkosh's roster is up on their website

[ShineTime]

Point destroyed Fontbonne MO today in Florida both games.  Looks like Point has a solid 1-2 with Nix and Barry and the bats came alive.  Surman homered twice the first game Jeremy Richter had either 4 or 5 hits in the 2 games.  I'm glad to see Point didn't load up their N/C schedule like previous years and can give some younger guys a chance.  I don't know for sure though that Point will play anyone on their break that will give an indication of where their at early in the year.

[BaseballFan]

Washington Nationals 5th starter Jordan Zimmerman didnt start but was the first in relief in todays game. He picked up the win going 4 innings, 6Ks, giving up 2 hits and walking none and not surrendering a run.

[BaseballFan]

UWS swept Westminster today 12-2, 11-0

[Dagger]

Another convincing day for point yesterday against greenville college.  Granted they haven't played any real competition yet, but their bats are coming alive and the pitching staff is looking to live up to all the hype so far!  If their bats stay hot like they are right now....look out.  Lot of successes early in the year for almost all the WIAC teams, conference games will be very exciting to watch this season...don't take your eye off of UWS just yet either, they're looking pretty strong thus far!

[OshDude]

Another convincing day for point yesterday against greenville college.  Granted they haven't played any real competition yet, but their bats are coming alive and the pitching staff is looking to live up to all the hype so far!  If their bats stay hot like they are right now....look out.  Lot of successes early in the year for almost all the WIAC teams, conference games will be very exciting to watch this season...don't take your eye off of UWS just yet either, they're looking pretty strong thus far!

Hemi's shaky IP against a weaker team concern you at all?

[szlongball]

A few errors didn't help that inning. I think he'll be fine. Hard to be perfect when you haven't pitched in over a year. Will just take some time to get the cobwebs out of the system.

[Dagger]

Hemi's inning is a little concerning to me...for several reasons.  He's been out for a substantial amount of time, and coming back and being effective may take a long time.  The good thing about that I suppose is that if he comes around it should be right in time for the postseason push.  However, the WIAC has a pretty condensed season (as does everyone else I suppose) so taking time to find his groove may take too much time to really contribute this year!  I also worry about his physical condition being that he hasn't thrown in so long, and his injury was pretty severe so hopefully his rehab will hold up throughout the season.  I'm also a little concerned about the mental side of him being able to compete, as many of you know pitching is largely dependent on your mental strength and ability to stay emotionally strong!  If he gets beat up for several outings in a row that could very well knock his confidence down and render him less effective.  Of course I hope and believe that he will be just fine as the year progresses, and will prove to be an integral part of the rotation!  Those are just possible scenarios which have run through my mind, I think he'll be just fine in the end...It may take a couple games for him to find himself but he'll find it again! 

[titan2000]

Another convincing day for point yesterday against greenville college.  Granted they haven't played any real competition yet, but their bats are coming alive and the pitching staff is looking to live up to all the hype so far!  If their bats stay hot like they are right now....look out.  Lot of successes early in the year for almost all the WIAC teams, conference games will be very exciting to watch this season...don't take your eye off of UWS just yet either, they're looking pretty strong thus far!

Hemi's shaky IP against a weaker team concern you at all?

My Hemi was shaky too; bad motor mounts in the Chryslers.

[poly god]

Sounds like Richter is having a great trip for Point. Is anyone else standing out? How are the Freshman doing?

[Brewers20]

Sounds like Richter is having a great trip for Point. Is anyone else standing out? How are the Freshman doing?

sounds like point has been reeking havoc on the base paths.  koback apparently hits the ball on the ground and has a base hit and steals 2nd whenever he wants.  the freshman have been contributing down in florida, and kevin thomas who was a pitcher last year, has been hitting the ball well.  the pointers face a little tougher competition today so hopefully their bats stay hot and they get a couple of big Ws.

[Dagger]

The young guys are playing well, as are the older guys for point so far...keep in mind, as stated by others, they haven't played any competition down there yet and they know that!  Today against Ripon will be their first decent challenge down there.  Then they close out with washington and jefferson the last day.  I also believe that the team from tennessee they play (rhodes I think) is pretty legit too.   All those games will be a better gauge as to where they are standing.   With a such a young team though I like them getting some convincing wins early on like that to build up the younger players confidence levels heading into some bigger challenges.

To touch on a previous posting, I'm very concerned now that I thought about it more, about Hemi and his arm strength.  he's been out for a long time and from all reports he's just not where he needs to be.  he's been maxing out in the upper 70's!  granted he was never a real fireballer, but that's less then what he should be at at this stage in his comeback!  If he at least had his velocity and was just missing some spots I wouldn't worry too much, but that's a pretty concerning number popping up on the gun.  Hopefully he'll regain strength as the season roles on, however I wouldn't rely on him to be a significant contributor to the staff this year.  I see point viewing him as a bonus should he get healthy, but not something that they were really counting on anyway, so if he is in-effective I don't see it hurting them all too much!  I'm still holding out that he'll be fine, but the pessimist in me says it aint going to happen!  time will tell.

[Brewers20]

not sure about game 1 vs ripon, but point won game 2 8-6 in 10 innings against Rhodes(TN) here are the game stats http://livestats.internetconsult.com/rhodes/baseball/
looks like archambeau and schoch had the big games offensively; arch 2-5 2 RBI, schoch 3-5 2 RBI. IDK much about Rhodes but I think thats the best competition point has faced in florida. Big win in extras for the Pointers. If anyone knows about the Ripon game, please let us know.

[Brewers20]

Got the info on game 1 UWSP vs Ripon.  Point won 11-4, it was a 9 inning game, apparently Ripon was winning 4-3 through the 5th, but then they turned the game over to their bullpen who point lit up.  So two solid wins for the Pointers today.  Another note from game 2, hemi pitched a solid four innings against a better hitting team than Greenville, so hopefully the cobwebs are out and he's back on track.