BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BoBo]

Whitewater clinches the WIAC regular season title with a 5-1 victory over UWO in Game #2....  Jones picks up right where Renz left off in Game #1 limiting UWO to just five hits.

La Crosse is nipping at UWO's heels after winning Game #2 over Platteville 4-1 to finish off the DH sweep.

Stout bounces back from the middle inning collapse in Game #1 to shutout Point in Game #2, 6-0.

Two runs in the top of the 9th made it a 7-1 final score, not 5-1...if it matters.

[badgerwarhawk]

Game two final was 7-1.  Oshkosh had 6 hits off Jones.   Details later

[cubs]

Sorry guys....  Forgot to update post after getting scores from other two games.  Ooops!!! 

[cubs]

WIAC Standings
Whitewater 15-3
Oshkosh 11-7
La Crosse 10-8
Stevens Point 9-9
Stout 6-12
Platteville 3-15

Whitewater clinches outright WIAC Championship for the ninth time in 14 years with Coach Vodenlich as Head Coach.  (They also shared it one time as well.)

UWO needs to win once tomorrow, have Stevens Point lose once or La Crosse lose twice to avoid falling to the #4 seed in the WIAC Tournament.

Point clinched a berth in the WIAC Tournament with their Game #1 win over Stout.

Seeds #2, 3, and 4 are still up for grabs as far as where UWO, La Crosse and Point will end up.

[BDB]

I for one, appreciate all the updates.

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS: 9
Oskhosh: 3

After four scoreless innings the WARHAWKS erupted for six runs in the fifth.  Kuczynski got things rolling with an RBI infield single that scored Wary on a Titan throwing error.  Fleischman added the second run with a sacrifice fly and Chamberlain put the explanation point on the inning when he drove a ball over the right field fence for a grand slam homer.  A sacrifice fly by Ailleo and infield ground out by Flieschman scored two more WARHAWKS runs in the sixth.  The Titans got a pair in the bottom of the inning on Kloch's two run home run.  The final WARHAWKS run scored in the ninth when Krause hit a sacrifice fly.  Ott's RBI double in the bottom of the inning accounted for the Titans' final run.  Renz went to 7-0 allowing a pair of earned runs on six hits and three walks in seven innings.  Nompleggi finished the final two innings allowing a pair of hits, a single earned run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Kuczynski (3x4, 1 RS), Bryden (2x4, 1 RS) and Wary (2x4, 2 RS) had multiple hits.  Chamberlain (4), Fleischman (2), Krause (1) and Aiello (1) drove in runs.

WARHAWKS: 7
Oshkosh: 1

After losses in his last two outings Jones got back on track pitching a six hit, seven strikeout complete game for his seventh win of the season.  Jones allowed a single earned run and walked a single hitter.  Fleischman's RBI double put the WARHAWKS on the board driving in a pair of runs in the third inning.  The Titans cut the lead in half and scored their only run of the game with Eagan's RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning.  The WARHAWKS matched that run with an RBI single by Bryden in the fourth and added single runs in the both the eighth and ninth inning on a throwing error and Kuczynski's RBI single respectively.    Bryden (3x5, 1 RS, 3 RBI), Fleischman (3x5, 1 RS, 2 RBI), Kuczynski (3x4, 1 RS, RBI) and Chamberlain (2x5) had multiple hits.

The conference championship was the WARHAWKS fourth in the past five seasons and after we wrap up the rest of the regular season assures us of playing at home for the next two weeks.   Unfortunately I will miss the regional as I continue my stadium quest with a pair in Texas.   Pretty crappy timing.

[Jim Dixon]

WARHAWKS: 9
Oskhosh: 3
The conference championship was the WARHAWKS fourth in the past five seasons and after we wrap up the rest of the regular season assures us of playing at home for the next two weeks.   Unfortunately I will miss the regional as I continue my stadium quest with a pair in Texas.   Pretty crappy timing.

There is a regional in Texas, set up just for your viewing pleasure.

[cubs]

Whitewater putting a beatdown on UWO and Sustachek in Game #1 today.... Whitewater with 6 HR's and 6 doubles already.

23-2 in the 6th inning.....

[cubs]

La Crosse splits to finish 11-9, Point sweeps to finish 11-9, and UWO leads Whitewater 8-6 in 8th inning. Win and they finish 12-8, lose and they join the other two at 11-9.

EDIT-Whitewater scores 5 in 9th to comeback and win 11-8. Result makes Point #2 seed, La Crosse #3, UWO #4 by virtue of their results against Whitewater since all went 4-4 against each other head-to-head.

[TitanDoubles]

So how is the seeding going to work?

Does Point get the 2 seed because they took a game or two from UWW IIRC?

Then who gets the #3 seed?

[Baseball Geek]

So how is the seeding going to work?

Does Point get the 2 seed because they took a game or two from UWW IIRC?

Then who gets the #3 seed?

http://www.wiacsports.com/sports/2017/4/5/BB_0405170055.aspx

[badgerwarhawk]

After all the hype that had to be a major Titan bummer.  Friday is another day though.

[cubs]

After all the hype that had to be a major Titan bummer.  Friday is another day though.

Like I said BW right? Never a doubt!!!

[badgerwarhawk]

You called it cubs, kudos to you.

WARHAWKS: 23
Oshkosh: 6

The extra base derby that was game one started immediately when Bryden led off with a double.  Fleischman's single plated him with the first run and was followed by Krause's double.  Chamberlain's home run brought in three more runs and Kuczynski's home run score two more staking the WARHAWKS to a 6-0 lead by the time three were out.  The Titan's put a run on board in their at bat but the WARHAWKS responded with five more in their second at bat.  Bryden singled to start the inning and after an out a pair of walks, one intentional to Chamberlain, loaded the bases for Wary who singled in a pair and Aldridge followed that with a three run home run to push the lead to 11-1.   Neither team would score in the third but the WARHAWKS struck for four more in the fourth when Aldridge hit his second home run, Aiello hit an RBI single and Bryden hit the fifth home run the game this one good for a pair of runs.  Oshkosh scored their second run in the bottom of inning.  The WARHAWKS answered that run with a pair in the fifth.  Krause led off with a single, advanced from first to third on a passed ball (the second time in game that had happened) and scored when the Titan catcher committed a throwing error.  Helbing's home run scored the WARHAWKS second run of the inning and made the score 17-2.  The WARHAWKS increased the fifteen run lead to 23-1 in the sixth.  Fleischman's double scored the first one, Krause's single the second, Chamberlain's sac fly the third, a Titan fielding error the fourth and Kuczynski's bases loaded double the final three.  The Titan bats heated up in the bottom of the inning when they strung together four hits and capitalized on a WARHAWKS error for four runs to close to 23-6, the final score when both teams put runners in scoring position but failed to score in the seventh.  Wuethrich improved to 5-1 on the season surrendering 6 runs (5 earned) on 10 hits walking 1 and striking out 6 in 5.1 innings.  Langlie finished the final 1.2 innings allowing 2 hits and striking out a1.  Bryden (4x4, 4 RS, 4 RBI, 2 2B, HR), Krause (4x5, 3 RS, RBI, 2B), Aldridge (3x5, 4 RS, 5 RBI, 2 HR), Kuczynski (3x5, 2 RS, 4 RBI, 2 2B, HR), Fleischman (2x5, 1 RS, 2 RBI, 2B), Helbing (2x5, 2 RS, 1 RBI, HR) and Aiello (2x5, 2 RS, RBI) all had multiple hits as the WARHAWKS finished with 22 hits including 6 doubles and 6 home runs.   


WARHAWKS: 11
Oshkosh: 8

Oshkosh jumped on Kaska with three hits, good for three runs, in the first inning of game two and added a single run on three hits in the third inning.  The WARHAWKS got on the board and tied the score 4-4 in the fourth when Aiello drove in three runs with a bases loaded double and Szubert followed with a double scoring Aiello.  The Titan's kept a fifth runner from scoring when Szubert attempted to score on Kuczynski's single but was thrown out at the plate.  Two Titan runs in the fifth regained the lead 6-4 but the WARHAWKS got one back in the sixth when White homered.  The Titan's came right back though scoring two two out runs and increasing their advantage to 8-5 in their sixth inning at bat.  That lead was trimmed to 8-6 by theWARHAWKS in the eighth when a Titan fielding error was sandwiched between a pair of singles from Helbing and Aiello and Szubert's fielder's choice scored an unearned run.  The five run WARHAWKS ninth inning rally began with a fielding error and an unearned run when Krause followed it with a RBI double.  After one out Bryden walked, Aldridge singled and a second Titan error allowed Krause to score tying the game at 8 apiece.  With a pair of runners on base White's towering 3 run home run provided the winning margin.  The Titan's led of their ninth inning with a double, single but stranded both runners when Nompleggi got a strike out and coaxed a pair of fielder's choice force outs.  Kaska allowed 10 hits, 6 earned runs with a walk and 5 strikeouts in 4.1 innings.  Finn relieved but gave up a pair of runs, both earned, with 3 walks in 1.2 innings.  Georgakas picked up his first win pitching 2 scoreless and hitless innings with a walk and 2 strike outs and Nompleggi picked up his fifth save allowing a pair of hits and striking out 1 in the final inning.  Kuczynski (2x6), Krause (2x4, RS, RBI, 2B), Szubert (2x3, 2 RBI, 2B), Aiello (2x4, RS, 3 RBI, 2B), White (2x4, 3 RS, 4 RBI, 2 HR) had multiple hits.  Aldridge added an RBI.

The wins were numbers 500 and 501 for Coach Vodenlich.   

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS softball adds 2017 WIAC Tournament title, their fifth in a row, to their conference regular season title beating La Crosse 5-0 finishing 3-0 in the conference tournament and 36-7 on the  season including 17-0 vs conference opponents.    They will host the regional next weekend.