BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BoBo]

The La Crosse defense is letting them down thus far in today's game against Whitewater.  The first three innings have seen the infield taking turns making errors, as the second-baseman had an error on the first that allowed a run to score, the third-baseman had an error in the second inning, and the shortstop in the third inning that allowed a run to score.

Instead of trailing 1-0, the Eagles trail Whitewater 3-0 after three innings thanks to some shoddy defense.

One swing evens the score.

[BoBo]

Top 5 for La Crosse: 2 quick outs, then single, balk, walk, hbp and a Fanta opposite field grand slam puts the Eagles up 7-3.

La X still batting with a double and another walk.  Second pitching change of the inning.

[cubs]

La Crosse puts defensive miscues behind them and bring out the sticks in the 4th and 5th innings to take a 9-3 lead.  Whitewater is on their fourth pitcher of the game already.

[cubs]

La Crosse has continued where they left off during the regular season with a pair of 10-run victories to open the WIAC Tournament.  The Eagles get to sit back now and watch as Whitewater and Oshkosh battle and see if they can beat the Eagles twice to win the WIAC Tournament.

Just to put those chanes in perspective, La Crosse lost two games all season in WIAC play over the course of 23 games.

I would think of nothing else, the results of the first two games should quiet the Eagle doubters around here....

[cubs]

It will be interesting to see the pitching match-up for the Whitewater/Oshkosh game. 

Both teams need to win three straight games to win it.  I'm guessing Oshkosh will trot out Sindles while Whitewater goes with Stewart, with the thinking being if the Warhawks beat Oshkosh, it will practically lock up a Pool C bid if they don't come back to win the tournament.

Sinc that is my hunch, we will probably see Guetzke/Stenson vs Kerndt/Roberts!!

[cubs]

Stewart vs Sindles it is...

During the regular season, Stewart gave up two runs in 6.2 innings of a 8-3 Warhawks win over the Titans.  Sindles on the other hand gave up two runs in 5.1 innings of a 3-2 10-inning victory for the Titans.

[cubs]

WOW!!! 

I wonder if Stewart is experienceing some arm problems?  He goes from starting out the season 7-0 and in contention for the Pitcher of the Year award, to not making it out of the first inning in the WIAC Tournament against the light-hitting Titans.

Oshkosh 3
Whitewater 1

Top 2nd Inning

[cubs]

Whitewater with four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to take a 10-3 lead, as Oshkosh has failed to score since the Warhawks brought in Colin Grove in relief of Stewart in the First Inning.

EDIT-Oshkosh finally is able to put up a crooked number as they push across three runs in the sixth inning.

Whitewater 10
Oshkosh 6

Top 7th Inning

[cubs]

Whitewater defeats Oshkosh 13-6....

[ShineTime]

Wouldn't mind seeing Whitewater make regionals but am not sure they belong.  15 losses is a lot even thought they did finish 2nd in tough WIAC conference.  I know La Crosse is extremely hot right now but I'm not sure getting blasted twice helped their cause at least in my mind.  If they make it great if not I wouldn't expect too much complaining.

[Brian Carroll]

All Eagles at the WIAC tourney, with 13-3 and 9-1 wins over WW. Congrats to UWL baseball. I won't be shocked if they make a run in the NCAA's. 

[BoBo]

Congrats to La Crosse!! They certainly brought their sledgehammers to this tournament.    If they continue to fire on all cylinders, they'll be a tough out. Kudos to anyone who can slow them down.

[badgerwarhawk]

Bigger collapse than the Red Sox last year. 

I realize it's a little late to react to this but I've been in LaCrosse and just got to a computer today.  ROTFLMAO

Nothing like a touch of grandiosity to finish up the season.

Regarding LaCrosse....all I can say is WOW.  They are good.  The only thing I could see that might cause a problem for them as the level of competition increases are their gloves.  However the way they're hitting the ball and with the pitching they're getting that might not even matter.  They hit up and down the line up and roughly half the runs they put on the board against us came with two outs.  They just put constant pressure on your defense.  You can see that they are a team playing with a purpose and with a level of confidence and swagger that is impressive.  If that continues I can't think of any reason they couldn't take the regional.   

[cubs]

I mentioned this earlier on a different board in a conversation with biggio34, but the experience level of the La Crosse team is something that can't be ignored.  Their "core" group of players consists of mainly juniors and seniors, with Cefalu (Sophomore) being the only underclassman in the everyday line-up.

[thrunt01]

Having seen a number of games over the weekend I came away truly impressed with UWL. They have a fantastic ball club. Even when they get out it's impressive. They can hit, they can pitch, and at least from what I saw they're not shabby in the field either. I would not be surprised to see this team in Appleton. Great job UWL and congrats to UWW for getting a Pool C bid.