BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BoBo]

Whitewater takes two at Platteville, 8-5 and 12-1 (7 innings).  Details slow to arrive.

[cubs]

WIAC Standings (Through April 11th)
La Crosse 6-2
Whitewater 4-2
Stevens Point 6-4
Oshkosh 5-5
Stout 5-5
Superior 3-3
Stout 2-4
Platteville 1-9

I said it earlier, and I am sticking to it.....  The winner of the WIAC Tournament will be the only participant in the NCAA Tournament this season.  I do not see a Pool C bid coming from the WIAC this season.

It all comes down to qualifying for the 4-team double-elimination WIAC Tournament this season.  Hopefully you are playing your best ball at that time.

http://www.wiacsports.com/documents/2012/1/6/2012WIACBaseballCode.pdf

C. Format
1. The top four (4) teams based on the final regular-season standings (i.e. winning percentage) will advance to the postseason tournament. The tournament will be a double-elimination tournament conducted on a single field over a two-day period if a lighted field is available (see Attachment #1) or over a three-day period if an unlighted field is used (see Attachment #2).

[badgerwarhawk]

Whitewater takes two at Plattville, 8-5 and 12-1 (7 innings).  Details slow to arrive.

Kyle Stewart went 6 innings giving up 7 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) walking 3 and striking out 11 to get his sixth win in the first game.  Matthew Roberts pitched 2 shut out innings giving up 3 hits, walking 1 and striking out 2.  Michael Huckabay pitched the ninth giving up 2 earned runs on 2 hits, a walk and striking out the side.  Marty Herum went 4x5 including a triple and 2 RBI.  Ryan Leavitt was 2x3 with 4 RBI.  Matt Beyer also had a pair of hits (2x4) including a double.  Travis Wessels and Dylan Friend each had an RBI.  The 16 strikeouts by the pitching staff was one short of the team record.

Game two was a seven inning affair.  Leading 2-1 the WARHAWKS got a pair in the fifth, six in the sixth and another pair in the seventh.  Eric Schmitz went 5.2 innings to get his third win of the season surrendering 5 hits, one earned run and striking out 4.  Colin Grove finished the final 1.1 innings giving up a single hit and striking out one.  Herum stayed hot going 2x3 with a home run and 5 RBI.  Leavitt was 2x3 with a double, home run and 3 RBI.  Friend (2x3, double) and Jared Fon (2x4) also had multiple hits.  Matt Beyer (1x3) had a triple.  Friend, Fon and Andrew Bauer each had an RBI. 

Stout and Superior split.  Stout winning game one 15-7 and Superior taking game two 11-9. 

[cubs]

You heard it here first Point will go 15-3 the next 18 games and finish 29-11 which should all but guarantee them a Pool C bid.  2 of the 3 losses will come at Whitewater and one to Superior or Oshkosh.

Add on two more losses from the WIAC Tournament....  13 losses WILL NOT earn a Pool C bid!!!!

[8404DOC]

Point wins game 2 11-1 in 7 innings.  Stout and Superior split.  Point has to quit giving games away.
I wouldn't say they gave the game away, they just got beat.  They did give up the go ahead run on a passed ball but they got out hit 11-7 even though they didn't throw their number one.  They had 7 hits off Westphal but Wells came in and shut them down giving up zero hits with 3 K's.  I haven't watched the WIAC for to long (three years) but this is the most closely matched I have ever seen it bar one team.  Oshkosh bats started to come alive against WW and they have a couple of pitchers who if they step up could make things interesting. We will see what happens this weekend at LAX

[badgerwarhawk]

All I can say is thank the man above for it being a 4 team tournament this year.  I had no idea they changed the format and was thinking Point may not make it. 

The four team format is not new this season it goes back to at least 2009.   

[Just Bill]

All I can say is thank the man above for it being a 4 team tournament this year.  I had no idea they changed the format and was thinking Point may not make it. 

The four team format is not new this season it goes back to at least 2009.   

No, the 2010 and 2011 tournaments are 3-team tournaments.

[cubs]

All I can say is thank the man above for it being a 4 team tournament this year.  I had no idea they changed the format and was thinking Point may not make it. 

The four team format is not new this season it goes back to at least 2009.   

I assume he was talking about the 3-team format that was used in 2010 and 2011.  Even this format is different than the 4-team format they used in 2009 where the #3 vs #4 seeds were eliminated after one loss while the #1 and #2 were able to lose twice.

[badgerwarhawk]

All I can say is thank the man above for it being a 4 team tournament this year.  I had no idea they changed the format and was thinking Point may not make it. 

The four team format is not new this season it goes back to at least 2009.   

No, the 2010 and 2011 tournaments are 3-team tournaments.

DOH! smacking self aside the head

[wiacguy]

Who has the deepest pitching in the WIAC? In other words who has the best chance on the later days of the regional?

[cubs]

Game #1 Results

Whitewater 10
Stout 6
-Whitewater's Matthew Roberts with the victory, going 8 2/3 innings.  He had a chance for the CG victory after retiring the first two batters in the 9th inning, but allowed a single and home run before Quintin Zander came on and got the final out  After Stout tied the game 4-4 with three runs in the Top of the 5th inning, Whitewater takes the lead for good putting up six runs of their own in the Bottom of the 6th inning.  The teams combined for 6 HR's in the game, with Stout second baseman Jake Duske hitting two.

Stevens Point 13
Superior 5
-Point's Brad Stroik with the victory as he gives up five runs (three earned) on nine hits and a walk, while striking out five in eight innings of work.  Point scores in all but one inning, jumping out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning and tacks on runs in every inning but the fifth to coast to a 13-5 victory over the Yellow Jackets.

La Crosse 4
Oshkosh 3
La Crosse takes a 3-0 lead in the Bottom of the third inning pushing three runs across on three hits (all singles) and a walk.  Oshkosh responds quickly with three runs of their own in the Top of the fourth inning to tie the game 3-3 on four hits (all singles) and a hit batter.  It stays 3-3 all the way until the Bottom of the 9th inning when UWL's Brooks Braga triples with one out.  Follwoing a pair of walks (one intentional) to load the bases, Zach Harazin singles through the left side to give the Eagles the victory.  Braga's triple was the only extra base hit in the game for either team (17 hits combined.)

[cubs]

Game #2 Scores

Whitewater 9
Stout 3
Top 8th Inning
(Whitewater with four more HR's in Game #2)

Stevens Point 5
Superior 0
Top 6th Inning

Oshkosh 1
La Crosse 1
Top 6th Inning

[badgerwarhawk]

The wind was blowing out to left in Miller Stadium today.  Stout and WHITEWATER combined to hit 11 home runs.  For the WARHAWKS  Mike Mierow and Marty Herum had a pair, Jared Fon, Matt Beyer, Michael Gonzalas and Tyler Teubert had one apiece.  For Stout Jake Duske had a pair and Charlie Meyer had one.

In game one Ryan Leavitt went 3x3 (double) and drove in 3 runs.  Beyer, Herum and Gonzalas had two hits. JT Schnieder and Andrew Bauer had extra base hits. As a team the WARHAWKS had 13 hits.

In game two the WARHAWKS put a 6 spot on the board in the bottom of the second.  Stout answered with 3 in the top of third but the WARHAWKS got two back in the bottom of the inning, another run in the seventh and two more in the eighth cruising to the 11-3 win.  Jack Larson got the start but ran into trouble in the third and was relieved by Quinton Zander who pitched the next 4.2 innings shutting out the Blue Devils and striking out five.  Tom Kerndt replaced him pitching 1.1 innings with a single hit and Kyle Lee retired the final two batters.  Zandor picked up his first win of the season.  The WARHAWKS also had 13 hits in this game.  Beyer, Fon and Dylan Friend had two RBI apiece while Herum, Mierow, Schneider, Fred Gromalack and Teubert had a single RBI.  Friend (double), Mierow (home run, double), Schneider (double), Teubert (double, home run), Beyer (home run), Fon (home run) and Herum (triple, home run) had extra base hits. 

[BoBo]

A little separation beginning to develop between the top 3 in the standings and the bottom four as a result of the top 3 all winning at home on Saturday. It'll be interesting to see if this continues.

Superior has yet to play at home in their 23 games to date!!  After sunday, 12 of their final 14 regular season games will be at home.

[cubs]

Game #1 Results-Sunday

La Crosse 4
Oshkosh 3
-Game started at 11:30 as they try to beat the rain that is forecasted for later this afternoon.
-Trailing 1-0, Oshkosh scores three runs in the 9th inning with four singles, (an Eagle throwing error on a bunt single) and a balk to take a 3-1 lead.
-La Crosse reponds with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the ninth inning.  Following a strikeout to lead off the ninth, the Eagles get a double from defensive replacement Jordan DeBoer.  The Titans go to the bullpen and reliever Matt Wells proceeds to issue a pair of walks to load the bases with just one out.  CF Cole Cefalu singles in a pair of runs to tie the game 3-3.  Wells gets a line out for the second out of the inning, before walking another hitter to reload the bases.  The Eagles Jay Fanta, who the Titans chose to walk intentionally twice earlier in the game, wins the game with a single to left-centerfield.
-Oshkosh out-his La Crosse 12-9 but leaves 13 runners on base, which included having the bases loaded with one out in the seventh innning.
-UWO's Michael Polcyn continues to lead the Titans offense as he goes 4x5 in Game #1.
-Converted catcher James Lacy gets a no-decision despite holding the Eagles to two runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six in 8 1/3 innings of work.

Stevens Point 1
Superior 0
-Point's Cam Seidl takes a no-hitter into the eighth inning, but with one out, Yellow Jackets RF Tom Fairbanks singles up the middle to break up the no-hit bid.  Seidl ends up giving up just that lone hit while facing just two batters over the minimum in the CG victory.
-Superior's Ethan Branum is the hard-luck loser as he matches Seidl pitch-for pitch, shutting out the Pointers for eight innings, despite giving up eight hits (all singles.)  Branum is pulled after giving up a lead-off single in the Bottom of the 9th inning, and the Pointers get a Sac Fly following a pair of walks for the "walk-off" victory.

Whitewater 12
Stout 1 (8 inn.)
-Kyle Stewart continues to make his claim as the WIAC Pitcher of the Year as he improves to 7-0 on the season with the CG victory.
-Whitewater scores in every inning but the seventh innging as they cruise to the victory.
-The Warhawks smacked four more HR's today giving them 12 in three games against Stout this weekend.