BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BoBo]

facing the big dogs.
*Point was suppose to play Otterbein but since the W&J games got postponed the first day on their trip, they had to bump Otterbein off the schedule, that would've been a good matchup as well.

Someone (calling badgerwarhawk!) correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe WW was supposed to play the Otters, too - but something happened on the way to the ballpark and W & J was added late.  voice is right, other than the Trinity DH, UWSP and UWW's schedules are very similiar, except for the results! 

BTW, what's with the poll question at the top of the page? Point 4 votes, WW 7 votes, total voters 10.

Who was put in charge of the math?

Or who voted twice? and how do you do that?

[formman]

Otterbein did not make the trip to Florida so everyone that had a game scheduled with them was scrambling. St. Thomas was supposed to play them as well.

[UWP SID]

UW-Whitewater is ranked third in all of NCAA III in scoring, and UW-Platteville is seventh--and that is before this week's on-slaught of runs and hits. (UWP tied a WIAC  record with 30 hits in the first game against Carroll and had 15 HRs in the doubleheader sweep.)

The two teams meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Platteville. And of course no, I'm not mentioning this just to sell tickets.  

[wustlfan37]

UW-Platteville is seventh--and that is before this week's on-slaught of runs and hits. (UWP tied a school record with 30 hits in the first game against Carroll and had 15 HRs in the doubleheader sweep.)

15 home runs...in one day...by one team?  Has anything even close to this ever happened before?  Were they playing in someone's backyard?

[BoBo]

UW-Platteville is seventh--and that is before this week's on-slaught of runs and hits. (UWP tied a school record with 30 hits in the first game against Carroll and had 15 HRs in the doubleheader sweep.)

15 home runs...in one day...by one team?  Has anything even close to this ever happened before?  Were they playing in someone's backyard?

Use to do that in the backyard all the time - only the game was wiffle ball!! 

[UWP SID]

15 home runs...in one day...by one team?  Has anything even close to this ever happened before?  Were they playing in someone's backyard?

It actually has been bettered in the WIAC. Oshkosh hit 17 in a 1995 doubleheader with Stevens Point. That was the year Tim Jorgensen hit 39 and Craig Lieder 23 for the Titans.

[eccfbaseballer]

All I can say Whitewater is "lookout for Stout"! 1-6 hitters are as good as anyone in the conference. Defense is much improved with the addition of Duske and Schoch and Gilbertson to 1st.  Pitching is young and unproven. I'd rather have young and unproven over old and questionable.

[ballfan55]

UW-Platteville is seventh--and that is before this week's on-slaught of runs and hits. (UWP tied a school record with 30 hits in the first game against Carroll and had 15 HRs in the doubleheader sweep.)

15 home runs...in one day...by one team?  Has anything even close to this ever happened before?  Were they playing in someone's backyard?

I was at the game.  Frame Park, which is Carroll's home park is small to start, then you had a gale blowing out to right and center.  Balls that in any other game that were routine flies were making their way out.  Add to that the fact number of young pitchers Carroll put on the mound and a few errors that extended innings and it was a prescription for what happened.  It was actually pretty painful to watch.

[pickleshiner]

No comments about St. Norbert's sweeping Oshkosh this past weekend or Lawrence getting pasted by the U. of Chicago?  I don't think Stout presents much of a challenge for Whitewater but I think you can say any team in the WIAC is capable on any given day given the quality of the teams in this conference.  I'm getting more and more agitated by the day that I haven't heard what the deal is with Koback.  All I know is Point has 0 chance of winning the WIAC or regionals without him.  They need him to step up and be the #2-3 guy on their staff this year with his blazing heat.  They will also miss his bat in the lineup and arm in the outfield.  He should be used like Zimmerman was no doubt.  I'm looking forward to Oshkosh-Point this Wednesday.  I'm guessing Point will overlook them a tad and end up splitting winning game 1 17-2 and getting shut out by Kannenberg in game 2 2-0.

[szlongball]

Nothing against Kody Koback, but it takes more than one player to win. Not sure what is up with Koback, but sounds like some of the other guys are very capable of helping the Pointers out. You still need pitching and I think they will be okay.

[bluemoon]

I read a short bit in the monday Journal Sentinal that an anonymous donor has saved LaCrosse baseball. Anyone have any info?

[pickleshiner]

What I'm saying is they need him as a pitcher.  After Delorit, Williams, and possibly Lorenz I would be very nervous with having to put a freshman out their against some of these lineups in the WIAC.  I thought Koback would be a top 4 pitcher in the conference this year.  I'm happy to hear that La Crosse is at least funded for the next 5 years for baseball.  That would really suck if they would've had to cut baseball.

[TitanBystander]

I read a short bit in the monday Journal Sentinal that an anonymous donor has saved LaCrosse baseball. Anyone have any info?

Link to Story:  http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_8170aff4-3f9e-11df-a17e-001cc4c03286.html

Great news!  Thanks to this anonomous couple, LAX seems sound for at least 5 years.  If I remember right, they needed to come up with $400K to ensure the long term survival of the program so they may not be totally out of the woods yet.  Hopefully, the funding keeps coming in & people don't get the wrong impression that the program is saved forever.

[TitanBystander]

It will also be interesting to see what UWO's line-up looks like on Friday against Lawrence.  I have a pretty good source who has indicated that there will be a noticable omission from the line-up.

Funny that no one has posted about this yet.  For those not up to speed, Andrew Eichsteadt from UW-O hung 'em up after the last trip to the Humpty Dome.  I'm not close enough to know a true reason why (I'll hold my own speculation to myself), but a .342 hitter year ago & full time starter this year typically doesn't just quit mid-season because he's not getting the job done on the field.  Also - Derek Hiroskey is now playing First Base due to arm troubles.  Tough break for a good player. 

At this rate, it's hard to see UW-O even making it to the end of the season with a roster intact.  They'll have to really turn things around just to make the 3-team WIAC tournament.  For what it's worth - and tough for me to say - I'm putting my $ on Platteville to be team #3.       

[BigPoppa]

It will also be interesting to see what UWO's line-up looks like on Friday against Lawrence.  I have a pretty good source who has indicated that there will be a noticable omission from the line-up.

Funny that no one has posted about this yet.  For those not up to speed, Andrew Eichsteadt from UW-O hung 'em up after the last trip to the Humpty Dome.  I'm not close enough to know a true reason why (I'll hold my own speculation to myself), but a .342 hitter year ago & full time starter this year typically doesn't just quit mid-season because he's not getting the job done on the field.  Also - Derek Hiroskey is now playing First Base due to arm troubles.  Tough break for a good player. 

At this rate, it's hard to see UW-O even making it to the end of the season with a roster intact.  They'll have to really turn things around just to make the 3-team WIAC tournament.  For what it's worth - and tough for me to say - I'm putting my $ on Platteville to be team #3.       

I am guessing that Coach Lechnir has a lot to do with the player walking away. He is a tough guy to play for.