BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Point 11
UWO 0

FINAL (8 innings)

Point opens things up with a four spot in the 6th inning.....

Freshman Brandon Lenz came in to relieve Kannenberg.....
Westphal relieves Lenz and strikes out three of the four batters he faces....
Buchkowski finishes the game on the mound for UWO.

Williams with the CG victory....

Spurney not in the line-up Game #1.....

[cubs]

Cubs, where are you getting your UWO/Point updates?

Buddy texting me from the field.....

[UWBadgers]

Any idea if any radio stations are there?

[cubs]

Not that I know of.....

[cubs]

Game #1 Finals
Stout 8
Superior 7

Point 11
Oshksoh 0 (8 inn.)

Platteville 3
Whitewater 2

Game #2 Finals
Point 2
Oshkosh 0

Stout 5
Superior 1

Whitewater 5
Platteville 3

[Dagger]

does anyone have a point uwo update.  I see points site says 2-0 in the 7th but who's up?  You never know with that site, as sometimes they list losses as 5-3...wtf...if you lost its 3-5...anyway just wondering if anyone had an update

[ShineTime]

It was 2-0 Point top of the 9th with Zielke on the hill.  Berry pitched awesome today and Richter had a 2 run HR in the 6th or 7th.  Unfortunately had to get home by 5:30 so couldn't see the end.  Oshkosh going 17 innings without a run would be unreal.

[cubs]

Williams and Berry absolutely DOMINATED the UWO hitters today.....  UWO was only able to muster eight hits in 17 innings, and did not score a run.  A very good pitching performance from Ryan Demmin is about the only positive for the Titans today.

Kudos to the Pointer pitchers and defense today!!

[Dagger]

let the wacky wiac weekend begin!  wow is all I have to say right now...wow!

[cubs]

Standings (Through 4/29/09)
Point 13-7
Whitewater 15-9
Oshkosh 12-8
La Crosse 9-11
Platteville 9-11
Stout 9-11
Superior 5-15

So what do these mean heading into the weekend?

1.  Whitewater needs Point to lose at least two games to Platteville and Oshkosh to lose one to Superior.  If that happens, they hold the tie-breaker in a three-way tie, and would be the #1 seed and host.  If it's a two-way tie with Point, they win the tie-breaker, but lose the tie-breaker in a two-way tie with Oshkosh.

2.  Oshkosh needs to win all four and hope for Platteville and Point to split, for them to get the #1 seed and host.  (In essence, they need to win two more games than Point this weekend, since they lose the tie-breaker with Point.)  If they win three out of four at Superior this weekend, the worst they can do is a #2 seed, which as we all know holds a little more importance this year.

3.  Point needs to win three out of four from Platteville and they are the #1 seed and host.

4.  If either Stout or La Crosse can take three out of four from the other this weekend, they are likely the #4 seed and make the WIAC Tournament, unless of course Platteville would sweep Point this weekend.  Both Stout and La Crosse hold the tie-breaker over Platteville by taking three out of four from the Pioneers earlier in the season.  If La Crosse and Stout split, and Platteville splits with Point, the edge CLEARLY goes to Stout, as I believe it resorts back to teams that finished ahead of them due to the fact that head-to-head both La Crosse and Stout would be 5-3, whereas Platteville would be 2-6.  La Crosse and Stout both went 2-2 against Whitewater, however La Crosse went 0-4 against both Oshkosh and Point, while Stout hold victories over both schools.

I hope I got everything correct on this, but feel free to correct me or add to it.  Regardless, it's nice to see six of the seven teams alive for a berth in the WIAC Tournament this year.  It makes for some exciting baseball the last weekend of the season.

[cubs]

Couple of extra tidbits I came across:

1.  Spurney did not play in either game of the DH today against Oshkosh.  Was he suspended, or did Coach Bloom just choose to sit him.

2.  Petrasko has not played at all for Whitewater over the past four games.  Was he injured, or is Coach Vodenlich just choosing to "sit" him?

[ShineTime]

Spurney received a 3 game suspension from the commissioner from Superior game.  I was told it was BS but that of course is from UWSP fans.  I was not there to witness it so I can say nothing on it.  It will be huge to have him after game 1 on Sat because Surman is starting to play like Surman again and Spurney can DH.  DH was a huge hole for Point today having Bloom and Iverson in there instead of Spurney or Surman.  As I've said before Bloom should not be seeing the field for any reason the rest of the year and I was VERY surprised to see him in there today game 1 especially with the magnitude of the game.  I was also surprised to see that Coach Bloom would not use Schoch as a DH since he's been far more productive than either guy he used today.  Either way I am in shock over how well Point has played the past three weeks as I was one of the first to write them off.  I almost feel guilty still going to the games but I have always been there win or lose even before the success of the past few years.  Does anyone think there's any chance that Point can get a regional bid if they win the regular season title but not the conference title?  If Point completes the tough task in front of them this weekend and gets to host will they host it at Witter Field or at their home field?  Do they have a choice?  I would guess if they could they would have it at Witter since they have lights and their field has brought a lot of success to us.

[badgerwarhawk]

2.  Petrasko has not played at all for Whitewater over the past four games.  Was he injured, or is Coach Vodenlich just choosing to "sit" him?

Injury, he's out for the the season.

[ShineTime]

Let me be the first to congratulate Whitewater on another tremendous regular season.  You guys battled through adversity from before the season all the way through and are still going to make the tourney.  I can't tell you how pissed I would be to find out that 8 of my teammates weren't playing especially after the success you guys had last year and you probably would've made the world series again this year with Munn, Donovan's, Stine, and a healthy Petrasko.  I know success is taken for granted some times but you guys overcame a lot this year. 

[ShineTime]

If your a Pointer fan who do you consider your ace right now or better yet who would you want on the hill in a must win game?  Here is how I'm ranking their staff from here on out.
1.  Williams  2. Delorit  3.  Berry  4.  Koback  5. Nix  I have my fingers crossed that I'm wrong and that Nix will throw a gem on Saturday and get the first game win.  Williams has looked good recently and Berry looked like the Berry Pointer fans were expecting all year against Oshkosh.  I just hope Point plays with a sense of urgency this weekend because Platteville has a few tough lefties and Point really struggles against lefties especially Arch.  I am taking the trip down there with a newborn so please guys let's not get any suspensions by going to strip joints, drinking in the room, or inviting ho's to the room.