BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Boushley flat out DOMINANT today, as he strikes out 12 in a complete game four hitter for La Crosse as they defeat UWO 5-0 in the opener of their four game series...  (UWO did load bases with one out in the 9th, but Boushley got a strikeout and fly out to squash the threat.)

Whitewater defeats Stout 11-1 in a seven inning "mercy rule" game behind the arm of Michael Kaska.  (Will be interesting to see if Jones starts in either game tomorrow, as he and Renz were "paired" up last weekend, and Renz is starting Game #2 today.)

Point leading Platteville 10-7 in the Top of the 8th inning...

UWO and La Crosse swap shutouts, as Treml matches Boushley's complete game shutout from Game #1 with one of his own in Game #2, a 7-0 victory for the Titans.

Point holds on in Game #1 to beat Platteville 10-8.  Platteville had the bases loaded with one out in the 9th inning, but were only able to push one run across, on a bases loaded walk with two outs, as Stodola gets a strikeout to end it.  Platteville takes Game #2 behind a six run 6th inning and coast to an 8-1 victory.

See BW's post above for a recap on the Whitewater/Stout Game #2.

[cubs]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 6-0
Stout 3-3
Oshkosh 3-3
Stevens Point 3-3
Platteville 2-4
La Crosse 1-5

[ShineTime]

Huge split for point I was not expecting them to win any games at platteville other than when erickson pitched.

[tomt4525]

Huge split for point I was not expecting them to win any games at platteville other than when erickson pitched.

What exactly is huge about the split considering they did what you expected them to do.  Erickson pitched, not well, and they won.  Erickson didn't pitch, they got pounded.  Can you even follow the things you say??

[cubs]

Huge split for point I was not expecting them to win any games at platteville other than when erickson pitched.

Yes, because that dominant Platteville team just lost three of four to Stout last weekend....   

[Baseball Geek]

Warhawks take game one 5-3 over Stout in 10 innings.

[badgerwarhawk]

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Warhawks take game one 5-3 over Stout in 10 innings.
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Fleischman two run home run in the top of the tenth.  WARHAWKS sweep four game series 11-1 game two today.

[cubs]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 8-0
Stevens Point 5-3
Oshkosh 4-4
Stout 3-5
Platteville 2-6
La Crosse 2-6

[cubs]

Huge split for point I was not expecting them to win any games at platteville other than when erickson pitched

Sure you didn't mean you were expecting Stevens Point win all but one game, not lose all but one game?

Stevens Point takes three out of four after a pair of convincing wins today, 18-3 and 9-1.

[cubs]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 4-0
Stout 3-1
Oshkosh 2-2
Stevens Point 2-2
Platteville1-3
La Crosse 0-4

This looks as expected but I would have thought UW-LX would have won one game.  Good job for UWW just about winning the WIAC in the first weekend of conf play.

Sweeping UWL is big but this is far from over. It'll be tough for UWO to do the same to UWL AND win their series with UWW but it is doable. UWO has a better team and will finish ahead of UWL this year.

UWO and La Crosse end up splitting their four game series, with each team shutting the other out a pair of times...

[TitanDoubles]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 4-0
Stout 3-1
Oshkosh 2-2
Stevens Point 2-2
Platteville1-3
La Crosse 0-4

This looks as expected but I would have thought UW-LX would have won one game.  Good job for UWW just about winning the WIAC in the first weekend of conf play.

Sweeping UWL is big but this is far from over. It'll be tough for UWO to do the same to UWL AND win their series with UWW but it is doable. UWO has a better team and will finish ahead of UWL this year.

UWO and La Crosse end up splitting their four game series, with each team shutting the other out a pair of times...

Still leaves UWO in good position to finish 2nd in the WIAC which should land them a place in the NCAA tournament.

[ShineTime]

I would not assume that if they finish 2nd in wiac they would get in.  Most years you could assume that for sure but I would think they would also need to finish 2nd at worst in wiac tournament and not lose many more games.  The second place team could finish with 6 or more losses this year.  I think Oshkosh is a very dangerous team with their top pitchers on mound but they have also shown they can play awful too.  As for point I was very nervous about the possibility of finishing last and now it's safe to say they will at least finish 5th but more than likely fourth.  They will have their hands full splitting with stout I feel. I have no idea how oshkosh didn't sweep or at least take 3 from pointers.

[cubs]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 4-0
Stout 3-1
Oshkosh 2-2
Stevens Point 2-2
Platteville1-3
La Crosse 0-4

This looks as expected but I would have thought UW-LX would have won one game.  Good job for UWW just about winning the WIAC in the first weekend of conf play.

Sweeping UWL is big but this is far from over. It'll be tough for UWO to do the same to UWL AND win their series with UWW but it is doable. UWO has a better team and will finish ahead of UWL this year.

UWO and La Crosse end up splitting their four game series, with each team shutting the other out a pair of times...

Still leaves UWO in good position to finish 2nd in the WIAC which should land them a place in the NCAA tournament.

2nd place in the WIAC is not going to "land them a place in the NCAA Tournament" unless they get on a roll the rest of the regular season... 

Let's hypothetically say UWO wins three out of four against both Stout and Platteville and split with Whitewater, (we could argue if that if a realistic/optimistic/pessimistic prediction obviously) in addition to winning the rest of their non-conference games.  That would put them at 12-8 in the WIAC and 24-16 overall entering the WIAC tournament and you would have to add another two losses in the WIAC Tournament if they are looking at an at-large bid.  Outside of Birmingham Southern, Washington and Jefferson, and St. Scholastica, UWO's non-conference schedule isn't going to boost their Strength of Schedule.  I can say with confidence, 18 losses WILL NOT get UWO an at-large bid.

Just for comparison, here were the records of the 14 teams to get a Pool C bid last season:
North Central-30-10
Oswego State-32-9
College of New Jersey-30-10
Ohio Wesleyan-27-14
Whitewater-29-14
Whitworth-29-11
Shenandoah-32-10
Frostburg St.-30-12
Case Western Reserve-26-13
UMass Boston-28-14
Wartburg-33-11
WashU-31-16
Johns Hopkins-26-15-2
Kean-26-16

Rule of thumb appears, you need 16 or less losses to earn a Pool C bid, and if you want to truly feel "safe" it's probably closer to 14.  If UWO loses 18 games but finishes second in the WIAC, it won't matter one bit!!!

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS: 5  
Stout: 3

Blake Fleischman's slicing two run home run to left in the top of the tenth broke a 3-3 tie and the WARHAWKS picked up win #19 5-3 over the Blue Devils.  Stout took an early lead with a three run home run in the second inning.  After a WARHAWKS throwing error on a potential inning ending double play the Blue Devils got consecutive singles and capitalized when catcher Tim Bott drilled a fast ball over the fence.  The WARHAWKS cut the gap to 3-2 in the fourth when Kuczynski's double drove in a run and a sacrifice fly by Bryden brought in another.  Bryden, playing as the DH, saw his first action since being injured in the Concordia-Moorhead series.  A single by Wary tied the game in the seventh and the WARHAWKS dodged a bullet in the bottom of the inning when Fleischman snared a line shot with two on.  The Blue Devils threatened again in the bottom of the ninth stranding two base runners when Jones got a strike out and soft grounder to first.  With one out Wary singled in the tenth setting the stage for Fleischman's blow.  The Blue Devils put two on base in their half but Nompleggi, who relieved Jones after one out, got a strike out and ground to finish the game.  Jones picked up win #6 pitching 9.1 innings allowing 3 earned runs on 10 hits while striking out 6 and walking a pair.  Nompleggi recorded save #4.  Wary (2x5) and Krause (2x5) recorded multiple hits.  Fleischman (2), Wary (1), Bryden (1) and Kuczynski (1) all had RBIs.


WARHAWKS: 11
Stout: 1

After two scoreless innings the WARHAWKS got as many runs as they would need putting three on the board with a single hit, three base on balls and a pair of hit by pitch batters.  The Blue Devils cut the deficit to a pair when Bott singled in a run in the fifth.  The WARHAWKS added a pair in the seventh when Chamberlain struck out swinging but reached first and Fleischman scored on what was ruled a wild pitch.  Kuczynski's sacrifice fly accounted for the second run.  Three more WARHAWKS scored in the eighth on RBI singles from Fleischman and Kuczynski and a sacrifice fly by Krause.  The WARHAWKS final three runs came in the ninth when Dylan Bersch and Lucas Price each had RBI singles and Krause reached on a fielders choice.  Weuthrich won his third game allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, walking 1 and striking out 9 in 7 innings.  Shah allowed a single hit and struck out 3 in two innings of relief.  Krause (3x4) and Kuczynski (3x3) each recorded multiple hits while seven WARHAWKS, Kuczynski (2), Krause (3), Price (1), Fleischman (1), Chamberlain (1), Makuski (1) and Bersch (1) all recorded RBIs.

The WARHAWKS will host Milwaukee School of Engineering Tuesday before heading to Point for a pair of double headers next weekend.

[TitanDoubles]

When was the last time the WIAC didn't have two teams qualify for the NCAA Baseball Tournament???