BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[BigPoppa]

Sorry, but I think it is time for the UWW fans to stop whining and just enjoy the  tourney!

Easy to say when your team is playing...

[badgerwarhawk]

We can only blame ourselves for leaving the decision up to the selection committee. 

[badgerwarhawk]

2006 All-WIAC Baseball Team
First Team
Name, School, Year, Position, Hometown (High School)
Eddie Adamson, Whitewater, Senior, Utility, Wheaton, Ill.
Justin Bach, La Crosse, Senior, Secondbase, Wisconsin Rapids (Lincoln)
Ross Bennett, Platteville, Sophomore, Outfield, Mequon (Homestead)
Chuck Brehm, Stevens Point, Senior, Centerfield, Spencer
Adam Dominick, Whitewater, Sophomore, Righthanded Pitcher, Waukesha (West)
Adam Evanoff, Stevens Point, Junior, Firstbase, Plover (SPASH)
Mike Flood, Platteville, Junior, Catcher, Madison (LaFollette)
Jake Frombach, Stevens Point, Senior, Shortstop, Stratford
Mike Jacobson, Whitewater, Sophomore, Lefthanded Pitcher, Oak Creek
Matt Krause, Stout, Sophomore, Catcher, Bonduel
Seth Maier, Stout, Junior, Shortstop, Park Falls
Josh Perkins, Stevens Point, Senior, Righthanded Pitcher, Two Rivers
Andy Podmolik, La Crosse, Junior, Centerfield, Phillips
Ben Prather, Whitewater, Sophomore, Outfield, Shaumburg, Ill. (Conant)
Tim Schneider, Stout, Sophomore, Centerfield, West Salem (Onalaska Lutheran)
Bryan Schwebke, Oshkosh, Junior, Outfield, Oshkosh (West)
Josh Shere, Oshkosh, Senior, Shortstop, Janesville (Craig)
Jordan Stine, Whitewater, Freshman, Outfield, Merrill
Jim Ziegler, Oshkosh, Senior, Righthanded Pitcher, Eden (Campbellsport)
Jordan Zimmermann, Stevens Point, Sophomore, Righthanded Pitcher, Auburndale

Honorable Mention
Joe Bemis, La Crosse, Senior, Righthanded Pitcher, Stoughton
Adam Bretl, Oshkosh, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Sturgeon Bay (Southern Door)
Brandon Burgert, Oshkosh, Sophomore, Catcher, Oshkosh (West)
Doug Coe, Stevens Point, Junior, Catcher, Appleton (North)
Scott Decker, Stout, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Eau Claire (Memorial)
Steve Ems, La Crosse, Junior, Thirdbase, Waterford (Union)
Mickey Fadness, Oshkosh, Freshman, Secondbase, Eau Claire (Memorial)
Ryan Hopkins, Stevens Point, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Libertyville, Ill. (Carmel)
Tony Peterson, La Crosse, Junior, Firstbase/Designated Hitter, Savage, Minn. (Burnsville)
Adam Roos, Oshkosh, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Hammarskjold)
Luke Schultz, Stout, Junior, Secondbase, Menomonie
John Stetzenbach, La Crosse, Senior, Shortstop, Waukesha (Wisconsin Lutheran)
Billy Tafs, Superior, Sophomore, Outfield, Hermantown, Minn.
Nick Teach, Whitewater, Senior, Infield, New Berlin (Eisenhower)
Jason Watson, Platteville, Senior, Thirdbase, Boscobel
Matt Zurbriggen, La Crosse, Senior, Righthanded Pitcher, Onalaska

Position Player of the Year: Chuck Brehm of Stevens Point
Pitcher of the Year: Jordan Zimmermann of Stevens Point
Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete: John Stetzenbach of La Crosse
Coach of the Year: Chris Schwarz of La Crosse

[John Gleich]

Point's really starting to pour it on...

Coe........................... 002 -  2  2  0
UW-Stevens Point.... 136 - 10  7  2


In Point's 3rd,

UW-Stevens Point 3rd - Coe doubled to center field. Schlosser flied out to
rf. Zimmermann grounded out to c; Coe advanced to third. Coe scored on a wild pitch.Scheidler walked. Frombach walked; Scheidler advanced to second. Richter walked;Frombach advanced to second; Scheidler advanced to third. Brehm hit by pitch, RBI;Richter advanced to second; Frombach advanced to third; Scheidler scored. Byrnes homered to right center, 4 RBI; Brehm scored; Richter scored; Frombach scored. Springer to p for Hunt. Evanoff struck out. 6 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Nothin' like a wild pitch, 3 straight walks and a hit batter for 2 RBI's... and then giving up a grand slam!  Thanks Coe!

[John Gleich]

After ending St. Thomas' season 6-2 earlier today, they're up on St. Olaf 9-3 in the 5th.  If things hold, then it looks like another double header against Ripon (of course, with a must-win in the first game... but all of these have been must-wins).  Point already took two games from the Eagles earlier this season.

[badgerwarhawk]

PS,

Maybe the Red Hawks will be tougher competition than the Eagles. 

[voice]

For the second week in a row Stevens Point comes through the losers bracket winning two on the final day to advance to the NCAA III World Series. The Pointers beat top-seeded Ripon 7-4 in today's first game and 6-4 in the championship game to send Point to Appleton next week. Chuck Brehm's two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning did the dastardly deed against Ripon.  Point beat Ripon all four games between the two teams this season.

Good luck Point, you have gotten hot at exactly the right time!

[John Gleich]

Eagles, Red Hawks... if it was a WIAC team, then I'd really sound bad... but I haven't really followed the MWC much (in anything) and we only played them once in basketball... 

Good luck to Point in Appleton!  Is the World Series a double elim like the conference tourney and regional?  Point's got plenty of experience!

From the UWSP website... Point has win 9 straight elimination games in the last week.  That's just awesome!

[titan2000]

See you'all at the Wooden Nickel

[REDMENFAN]

I thought this was a down year for the WIAC??   Any year your conference gets a team to the world series, I would hardly call that a down year. Congratulations to Stevens Point. Maybe a bit overrated at the beginning of the season, but now showing why they were a preseason top 10 team.

[cubs]

I thought this was a down year for the WIAC??  

I'll take my crow warm.  Waht can I say, Point definitely surprised me.  I guess I put too much stock in Point beiong swept 4 games by an "average" Oshkosh team.

I will admit when I am wrong, something I seem to be doing a lot lately.

[John Gleich]

Anyone know anything about the other 7 teams?  How are Point's chances?

They've had pretty hot bats this post season, and their pitching has been pretty darn good (to say the least).  Have they got what it takes to keep the NCAA title in Wisconsin?

[cubs]

They've had pretty hot bats this post season 

Keep in mind however that those fly balls they were hitting in Rapids that turned out to be HR's, will be nothing more than outs at Fox Cities Stadium.  Their offense revolves around the longball, which is going to be tougher to hit in Appleton than it was the past two weekends in Rapids.

As far as their pitching goes, Zimmerman is absolutely lights out right now.  With him on the mound the first game, I think they have a definite chance of beating traditional power Marietta in a 3-2, 2-1 type game.  Should be interesting!!!

[Greek Tragedy]

I don't know much about baseball or the WIAC baesball for that matter, but it did seem like it was down a little.  I mean, Whitewater didn't even get an at-large bid, something they got last year on their way to the World Series title.  I didn't hear much from Oshkosh either and Point really didn't turn it on until the post season.  If you go to the Point baseball webpage, there is a link to the college world series, which is run through the Oshkosh webpage...so I guess you could just go there too!

Anyway, Point has 16 losses (I think) and that was the most by any team in the field, I believe.  They play at at 7:45 on Friday, as the last game in the first round.  If I get real bored, I might go over.

I don't know anything about the other teams...let alone the Point team! lol.

[Greek Tragedy]

Fox Sports North will be airing the WIAC championship game on Thursday, according to the WIAC homepage.

Check it out