BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[bleedpurple]

All I can say about game 2 is gdmfsoab

I'm assuming you feel the same way about game one. 4-4 ballgame going into the bottom of the 7th when the Hawks scored 3 runs on two singles.  The decisive three runs in the 7th were scored on a passed ball, a balk, and a groundout. 

[ShineTime]

Why was coady trying to steal that cost point the game along with no runs in 3rd w bases loaded and no one out?  Can point please stick with one catcher?  Time to start playing for next year if they don't take both tomorrow

[badgerwarhawk]

All I can say about game 2 is gdmfsoab

Shine, Coach Mills and I suggest you stay away from sharp objects. 
A  throwing error in the ninth didn't do a whole lot to help your cause, Shine.  It was senseless.


Stevens Point: 4
WARHAWKS: 7

Point got on the board first when Spetz single drove in a run in the third inning.  But the WARHAWKS answered with three of their own in the bottom of the inning.  Kyle Haen's triple drove in a pair and a ground out from Fon drove in the third.  Michael Gonzalez's single drove in a run in the fourth inning giving the WARHAWKS a 4-1 lead.  Point tied the score in the fifth inning on RBI singles by McHugh and Coady.  After neither team scored in the sixth the WARHAWKS plated the final three runs of the game on a passed ball, a balk and a ground out.  Connor Hurst (4-1) threw a complete game scattering 8 hits and striking out 7 without allowing a walk.  Three of the four Pointer runs were earned.  Feyereisen (3-3) was charged with the loss.  All 7 of the WARHAWKS runs were earned on 8 hits.  Mikole Pierce (2x4, double) was the only WARHAWKS hitter with multiple hits.  Haen (2), Gonzalez (2) and Jared Fon (1) had RBI.


Stevens Point: 4
WARHAWKS: 5   13 innings

Coady's solo home run in the top of the second got the Pointers on the board.  After the WARHAWKS loaded the bases and failed to score in both the second and third innings the Pointers added three more runs in the fifth on doubles by Kranz and McHugh.  Dylan Friend's two run home run in the bottom of the eighth got the WARHAWKS within a pair and Trey Cannon's RBI single cut the deficit to a single run when the inning ended.  With one out in the ninth Fon walked and stole second.  Pierce's ground out advanced him to third and a throwing error allowed him to score tying the game 4-4.  Both teams left a runner stranded in the tenth and neither team could get runners on base in innings eleven or twelve.  Point threatened in the thirteenth but Coady was caught stealing for the first out so the base on balls and Hanke's single that followed didn't result in a run when the WARHAWKS retired the side.  In the bottom of the inning Steve Chamberlain came off the bench and opened the at bat with a triple to deep right center.  After Mike Mierow's fly out to center proved to shallow to score Chamberlain Adam Gregory drilled a single to right center driving in the winning run.  Curtis Morgan started and pitched 7.2 innings surrendering all four Pointer runs on 6 hits while striking out a pair and walking 5.  Justin Mortenson pitched .2 inning in relief walking 3 and striking out 1.  Austin Jones releived Mortenson pitching 4 scoreless innings giving up a pair of hits while striking out and walking one.  Colin Grove (2-0) got the win with .2 inning of relief.  Friend (2x4, home run) and Gonzalez (2x6, double) had multiple hits.  Friend (2), Cannon (1) and Gregory (1) had RBI. 

[cubs]

Why was coady trying to steal that cost point the game along with no runs in 3rd w bases loaded and no one out?  Can point please stick with one catcher?  Time to start playing for next year if they don't take both tomorrow

Yeah, why would you want to try and steal a base in extra innings with the guy who leads your team in stolen bases when your team hasn't scored in seven innings??  Crazy I tell you!!! 

[ShineTime]

Unreal point wins game 3.  Guess it's truly going to be a Good Friday.  If they win game 4 I may fall off bar stool tonight

[Just Bill]

Can someone tell me why all of the MIAA conference games are only 7 innings? http://www.miaa.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/index

Would the WIAC ever consider this?

If you are playing a true doubleheader (same opponent, game 2 immediately after game 1) teams/conferences can choose to play 7 inning games. Many do. In fact, I've seen teams make the NCAA Tournament who had no more than 2 or 3 nine inning games on their entire schedule.

If you are only playing a single game, then you can't play 7. You must play 9. (Although any 9-inning game can be mercy ruled into 7 innings by mutual agreement).

[badgerwarhawk]

Stevens Point: 5
WARHAWKS: 2

Kyle McHugh's RBI double in the first inning gave the Pointers the early lead.  The WARHAWKS got on the board in the fifth when two runs scored on wild pitches.  But the Pointers quickly matched those and regain the lead with a pair in the sixth and added single runs in both the seventh and ninth innings for the win.  Brock Liston (5-1) struggled with control walking six and giving up seven hits with a pair of strikeouts in six innings.  Liston allowed four runs (three earned).  Colin Grove finished the final three innings allowing a single run (earned) on one hit with a single strikeout and walk.  The WARHAWKS were only able to get four hits in the game.  Casey Power's double was the only extra base hit.

Point got an RBI double from McHugh, an RBI single from Riley Spetz, a home run from Cody Hanke and a pair of sacrifices.  Luke Watson was credited with the win.

Stevens Point: 3
WARHAWKS: 5

Michael Gonzalez's RBI single in the first opened the scoring staking the WARHAWKS to an early lead.  The Pointers answered with a run in the second but Gonzalez hit another RBI single in the third to regain the lead for the WARHAWKS.  Point tied the game for a second time with a run in the third and took a 3-2 lead when a run scored on a wild pitch in the sixth.  Nick Kuhlmann's RBI single in the bottom of the inning tied the game and Steve Chamberlain scored when Mikole Pierce had a fielder's choice RBI giving the WARHAWKS a 4-3 lead.  Dylan Friend's RBI single in the eighth finished the scoring as the WARHAWKS took three of four from the Pointers.  Gonzalez (2x4) had a pair of RBIs.  Friend (2x3), Kuhlmann (2x3) and Pierce each drove in a run.  Kyle Haen (double) and Mike Mierow (triple) had extra base hits.  Scott Plaza (5-1) got the win giving up three earned runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and five walks in seven innings.  Donnie Manke gave up a pair of hits and struck out one in an inning of relief and Andrew Lowe picked up a save when he pitched a scoreless ninth with a pair of walks.

Max Frederick took the loss in relief of Brad Stroik for the Pointers who had six hits in the game. 

[BigPoppa]

Whitewater scores 63 runs in the three games off of Seidl, JP, and Watson.... 

Bloom decides to forfeit last game of series and takes squad over to play Manawa Spurs to get their confidence back, but Jeremy Dunnihoo shuts them down while Adam Miller hits a solo HR for a 1-0 victory.

Sound about right?

Hey... I had one of my best amateur games ever vs the Manawa Spurs:) Serious flashbacks right now.

Who were you playing for?  Seem to think MANY of guys might have had best games ever against the Spurs!!!   

I was a Menasha Mac for a few summers.

[cubs]

Whitewater scores 63 runs in the three games off of Seidl, JP, and Watson.... 

Bloom decides to forfeit last game of series and takes squad over to play Manawa Spurs to get their confidence back, but Jeremy Dunnihoo shuts them down while Adam Miller hits a solo HR for a 1-0 victory.

Sound about right?

Hey... I had one of my best amateur games ever vs the Manawa Spurs:) Serious flashbacks right now.

Who were you playing for?  Seem to think MANY of guys might have had best games ever against the Spurs!!!   

I was a Menasha Mac for a few summers.

That honestly would have been my first guess....  Let's just say things haven't changed and they still draw players from all over the state and carry a MLB-like 40-man roster!!!!

[BigPoppa]

Whitewater scores 63 runs in the three games off of Seidl, JP, and Watson.... 

Bloom decides to forfeit last game of series and takes squad over to play Manawa Spurs to get their confidence back, but Jeremy Dunnihoo shuts them down while Adam Miller hits a solo HR for a 1-0 victory.

Sound about right?

Hey... I had one of my best amateur games ever vs the Manawa Spurs:) Serious flashbacks right now.

Who were you playing for?  Seem to think MANY of guys might have had best games ever against the Spurs!!!   

I was a Menasha Mac for a few summers.

That honestly would have been my first guess....  Let's just say things haven't changed and they still draw players from all over the state and carry a MLB-like 40-man roster!!!!

They didn't have to go far to get me... I grew walking distance from their home park (Koslo Field) and I played on my summers home from Carthage. Had quite a few Carthage and Oshkosh guys on those teams.

[Babe Truth]

This just came down from the Journal Sentinel - Superior wants to leave the WIAC:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/uw-superior-moves-to-leave-wiac-for-minnesota-conference-b99252592z1-256049331.html

" . . . The departure of UW-Superior, which would continue to compete in the WIAC in men's and women's ice hockey, would leave the WIAC with eight members.

The WIAC sport that could suffer the most damage is baseball. If UW-Superior leaves the conference has only seven schools that sponsor baseball. That is below the NCAA minimum of eight needed for a league to get an automatic bid in the Division III tournament.

"When they first discussed this with me my first reaction was: 'Why would you be doing this?'" WIAC commissioner Gary Karner said. "But when I looked at the circumstances and broke it all down it makes a lot of sense."

A move to the UMAC would cut travel costs and allow UW-Superior to compete against schools with similar enrollments . . ."

[badgerwarhawk]

Let them find another conference in which to compete in men and women's hockey.  The WIAC already made an exception allowing them to remain in the league after they dropped football and now they expect the league to accomodate them when they aren't interested in competing in any other WIAC sports.  I understand their issues and it certainly makes sense from their perspective but it doesn't sit right with me.  Baseball loses their automatic bid which hurts every other program in the league.  Sports other than football will now have to schedule additional nonconference games which have already proved a challenge to find. In the meantime they pick and chose which sports they want to compete in our league.   

[Spence]

Well that would certainly change the at-large landscape. Hard to argue the logic of this for UW-Superior though.

[AO]

I asked this question on the basketball board but didn't get a response.  Why did Eau Claire drop baseball? 

[BigPoppa]

I asked this question on the basketball board but didn't get a response.  Why did Eau Claire drop baseball?

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