BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

It would be interesting to see what a 3-3 week against the #1 and #2 teams in the Midwest Region would do to their Regional Ranking.

I agree, it's going to be interesting.  Point will be #1 and I'd look for Oshkosh to move Olaf out of the top 6.  Almost all the MIAC series have been moved to today, and with Olaf all but officially out of the MIAC tourney, I can't see them staying in the rankings, even if they sweep St. Thomas today.  The Tommies have the #1 SOS in the country now, so if they sweep, I'll bet they move into the top 6 as well.  Who gets pushed out though?

I don't think a 2-4 week is good enough to get Oshkosh into the rankings.  Had they won Game #2 today and went 3-3, I think they would have had an outside shot, as little as it may have been.

[cubs]

Whitewater is putting a hurting on Oshkosh game 1 today.  What has happened to Oshkosh's pitching staff?  Reubens and Schreiber are both struggling and the only guy who appears consistent is Westphal.  Hopefully Schreiber will save the day and go at least 7 strong in game 2.

Schreiber is struggling??  While he may have given up 6 runs in his 3.0 innings of work at Point on Wednesday, the numbers look worse than the actual pitching.  Two bad pitches to Jirschele cost him five of the six runs.  As for today against Whitewater, he threw a CG, giving up four earned runs.  While it's not a dominant outing, it's not terrible.

If Rubens can get back to where he was a couple of weeks ago, the foursome of Westphal-Schreiber-Rubens-Wells could still be good enough to win the WIAC Tournament, that is if if they can earn the #3 seed.  (I wouldn't wager any money on it because of the inconsistent offense and shaky defense however.)

[cubs]

Game two:

WARHAWKS 6  Oshkosh 4
Donovan gets the win going 6 innings, 8 hits, 3 runs (earned), 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Schmidt, 2 innings, 2 hits, 1 run (earned), 2 strikeouts
Coe, 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, save
Eichstaedt 3x5, Brent Young 2x3 home run
Coe (2), Dylan Friend (2), Young (1) RBI

This one was nip and tuck.  WHITEWATER led 3-0 but Oshkosh got a pair in the 6th.  The WARHAWKS answered with a pair in the seventh but Oshkosh got single runs in both the seventh and eighth.  The WARHAWKS got an insurance run in the ninth and the game ended with Oshkosh leaving runners on third and first.

In my opinion the double play Whitewater turned when Oshkosh had the bases loaded and one out in the 6th inning was the turning point of the game.  Instead of Oshkosh tying the game, Whitewater kept their lead and then used the momentun to tack on two runs on the Top of the 7th inning.  Had Oshkosh been able to tie it, maybe Uncle Mo carries them to a 3rd come-from-behind win this weekend. 

Regardless, it was nice to see Oshkosh bounce back twice this weekend.  I wasn't sure how things were going to go after Wednesday's pair of spankings against Point.  They came back yesterday and showed some life.  Then again today after getting it handed to them in Game #1, they came back in Game #2 and gave Whitewater a game, and were just one or two clutch hits away from pulling out a victory.

[cubs]

Standings Through May 1st
*Stevens Point  16-4
Whitewater     15-5
Oshkosh         11-9
La Crosse        11-9
Stout              6-12
Superior          5-13
Platteville        6-18

*-Clinched WIAC Tournament berth

-Whitewater will clinch a WIAC Tournament berth win just one victory against La Crosse next weekend.

-Oshkosh needs to win as many games at Superior as La Crosse does against Whitewater to clinch a WIAC Tournament bid, as they hold tiebreaker with La Crosse due to their victory over Point..

-La Crosse needs to win one more game against Whitewater than Oshkosh does against Superior, as Oshkosh holds tie-breaker beating Point once while La Crosse was swept by Point.

[ShineTime]

I noticed Koback only went 4 innings today in game 2.  Does anyone know if he's alright or are they just resting him a bit?  I see he stayed in as DH so I'm guessing it's not an injury.

[cubs]

So with just one weekend left in the WIAC season, what are everyone's thoughts regarding the All Conference team?

I really think you have four pitchers that are "locks" at this point in the season.
-Donovan
-Westphal
-Williams
-Tincher

Then you have a couple of guys that are likely in consideration for a 1st Team spot in Rubens, Koback, Running and Verthein.  I would have put Rubens on the "lock" list a couple of weeks ago after beating Point, but he has only pitched one inning since then, so that may cause him to drop to the Honorable Mention list.

I'll give my hitter list later.....

[ShineTime]

Nick Bursick- Superior

[cubs]

Nick Bursick- Superior

And his 2-4 record?  Sorry, but there are a handful of guys I would take before him.

[ShineTime]

1-2 in the WIAC though with an ERA of 2.86.  I'm not saying he's 1rst team but he's one of the better unknown pitchers in the conference.  He mowed down Point this year.

[cubs]

Here's an interesting stat to chew on......

HR Totals For the 2011 Season to Date
Stevens Point-20
Whitewater-14
La Crosse-13
Stout-18
Superior-9
Platteville-8
Oshkosh-2

HR Totals in 1999
Oshkosh-24 (38 Games)
La Crosse-13 (34 Games)
Stevens Point-11 (41 Games)
Stout-9 (37 Games)
Whitewater-8 (40 Games)
Platteville-3 (39 Games)
Superior-1 (? Games)
(Listed as playing only 13 Games, but I'm sure that has more to do with missing stats than actual games that were played.)

Those of you that have been around long enough remember 1999 as the Wood Bat season.  Maybe Oshkosh should be swinging wood this year instead of the new BBCOR bats?

[ShineTime]

Having Blake Berger ineligible didn't help their cause for HR'S he would've had at least 5 I would guess.  Is he even going to try to play next year?

[badgerwarhawk]

Can anyone list a school in D3 that has had a better stretch of 1rst baseman that UWSP?  Peetz,  Jones, Wiczek, Evanoff, Richter, and now Gerber.

Brady Endl, Eddie Adamson, Eric Baldwin and Jeff Donovan have been pretty decent. 

I forgot to include Jeff Newcomer

[BoBo]

Here's an interesting stat to chew on......

HR Totals For the 2011 Season to Date
Stevens Point-20
Whitewater-14
La Crosse-13
Stout-18
Superior-9
Platteville-8
Oshkosh-2

HR Totals in 1999
Oshkosh-24 (38 Games)
La Crosse-13 (34 Games)
Stevens Point-11 (41 Games)
Stout-9 (37 Games)
Whitewater-8 (40 Games)
Platteville-3 (39 Games)
Superior-1 (? Games)
(Listed as playing only 13 Games, but I'm sure that has more to do with missing stats than actual games that were played.)

Those of you that have been around long enough remember 1999 as the Wood Bat season.  Maybe Oshkosh should be swinging wood this year instead of the new BBCOR bats?

...rather than bring back the wood, maybe Oshkosh should time-warp to 2011 the Titans who hit the 24 dingers in 1999 instead...or the pitchers who gave up all those HR's...or a combination of both!!   

[badgerwarhawk]

Game one:  WARHAWKS 3  St Scholastica 1

Jack Larson (1-0): 3.2 innings, 4 hits, 1 run (earned), 2 walks, 1 strikeout.
Kyle Lee S1: 3.1 innings,  1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts.

Jared Fon 2x2 1 RS, Dylan Friend 1x1, 2 RS, 2 RBI, home run, Andrew Bauer 1x2, 1 RBI


Game two: WHITEWATER 1  St Scholastica 2

Justin Mortensen (0-1): 5.1 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs (earned), 2 walks, 3 strikeouts
Matthew Roberts: .1 inning, 1 hit, 0 runs, walks, strikeouts
Eric Schmidt: 1.1 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts

Jared Fon 2x3, 1 RBI

Two well pitched games on both sides.  WW scores two in the second inning of game one.  CSS gets one in the third. WW adds an insurance run on Friend's home run in the fifth. 

WW scores a run in the second inning of game two and it stands until the sixth when CSS scores a pair.  WW threatens in the seventh with runners on second and third with one out but can't get the clutch hit.

[Bronko7]

Any word on the Roberts kid's arm? Listening to the CSS broadcast it sounded like he was hurt pretty badly.