BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[szlongball]

Thank you, La Crosse. Thank you very much  .

Saw Point has six games over the next three days, with Ripon being the last two of those games. Adds to the opportunity for another in-region Point loss. After Ripon, Point has a single game against a decent Edgewood team the next day. Tough schedule heading into the Whitewater season-enders.

Ripon games postponed again. If games in Stout don't happen tomorrow(chance of snow) would be played on Tuesday(guessing). Trying to play games against Ripon the following Tuesday. Apparently Ripon doesn't want to play then because of Conference Tournament(like Point won't be in the same boat). Either way, it's another rough week for Point.

[szlongball]

Oshdude, I have a couple of questions for you, you can answer or not.
Heard Fadness took out one of Superior's catchers, and he also got hurt, is this true?
Also heard that Lechnir congratulated his players on the brawl(Don't want to believe this one) true or false?
Don't want to stir up any hard feelings, just curious. I also respect you for your knowledge and seeming to be a decent person.

[OshDude]

Oshdude, I have a couple of questions for you, you can answer or not.
Heard Fadness took out one of Superior's catchers, and he also got hurt, is this true?
Also heard that Lechnir congratulated his players on the brawl(Don't want to believe this one) true or false?
Don't want to stir up any hard feelings, just curious. I also respect you for your knowledge and seeming to be a decent person.

I was at the Superior games, but I don't recall an incident or even a play at the plate. Then again, it was a long time ago. Slinger would be able to answer that one better than I. Did not hear anything about the brawl congrats, either. As an aside, I wonder if any other D-III baseball coach in history has had more junk talked about him than Tom Lechnir. I doubt it.

What I can say for sure is I'm happy Nolan plays for Oshkosh and that Lechnir is the head coach. I wouldn't want to face those two guys, and I respect them both.

I hope your guys take one or two from Whitewater this week. The No. 1 seed, like always, is essential (unless some team "pulls a Point" in elimination games this year).

And I may be decent, but I'll disagree with the other part of your last sentence. I'm not very smart.

[Z71Warhawk]

UW-Whitewater clinched sole possession of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship with a doubleheader sweep of UW-Eau Claire, 2-0 and 12-4, in Eau Claire Sunday.

UW-EC, now 25-9, came in to the day ranked eleventh in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III poll.  UW-W, winners of twelve in a row, is now 28-6.

The Warhawks, 14-2 in league play, have completed their WIAC schedule.  Eau Claire, 10-4, has a doubleheader with Superior remaining on the schedule and UW-Oshkosh, 10-3, has three league games left.  UW-Whitewater will be the number one seed in the WIAC tournament, May 2-3 in Stevens Point.  The winner of the league's postseason tournament earns an automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship. 

Congrats to UW-W

[cubs]

I hope your guys take one or two from Whitewater this week. The No. 1 seed, like always, is essential (unless some team "pulls a Point" in elimination games this year).

I don't see anyone pulling a Point this year for the simple fact that I don't think any of the top four teams have enough pitching to do it.  There also isn't a pitcher in the WIAC that can pull a Jordan Zimmerman and completely dominate on short rest if needed, at least in my eyes....

[badgerwarhawk]

UW-Whitewater clinched sole possession of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship with a doubleheader sweep of UW-Eau Claire, 2-0 and 12-4, in Eau Claire Sunday.

UW-EC, now 25-9, came in to the day ranked eleventh in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III poll.  UW-W, winners of twelve in a row, is now 28-6.

The Warhawks, 14-2 in league play, have completed their WIAC schedule.  Eau Claire, 10-4, has a doubleheader with Superior remaining on the schedule and UW-Oshkosh, 10-3, has three league games left.  UW-Whitewater will be the number one seed in the WIAC tournament, May 2-3 in Stevens Point.  The winner of the league's postseason tournament earns an automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship. 

Congrats to UW-W

It was the programs sixth conference championship and the first since 1999.   They were picked to finish fifth.  I would be surprised if Brenda Volk isn't the Coach of the Year. 

[badgerwarhawk]

I don't see anyone pulling a Point this year for the simple fact that I don't think any of the top four teams have enough pitching to do it.

Except possibly Point.  I don't think it's coincidence that Point has won the conference tournament every year since it was moved off campus to Wisconsin Rapids. 

[cubs]

Badgerwarhawk-
Since you are the guy to talk to regarding anything with Whitewater athletics, are you just ignoring my question about Dott?

[badgerwarhawk]

Badgerwarhawk-
Since you are the guy to talk to regarding anything with Whitewater athletics, are you just ignoring my question about Dott?

No, I don't know the reason and couldn't think of any reason to post that. 

[cubs]

Badgerwarhawk-
Since you are the guy to talk to regarding anything with Whitewater athletics, are you just ignoring my question about Dott?

No, I don't know the reason and couldn't think of any reason to post that. 

Gotcha....  I'm guessing if you don't know, it's pretty safe to assume we as fans aren't going to hear anything. 

Who knows, maybe there just isn't anything to it and I'm making something out of nothing.....

[cubsbaseball]

Dott was in a knee brace for the La Crosse series this weekend.  Heard it was a torn ACL.  Do not know for sure. 

As for the Oshkosh/Point brawl, I am not at all surprised that Fadness was in the middle of it.  When Oshkosh was at LAX, everyone in the park wanted a piece of Fadness and Kannenberg.  They ran their mouths the whole series and were constantly in the LAX players faces anytime they got a hit or made a routine defensive play and by the third an forth game is was getting to be ridiculous.  Fadness is a great player, but in that series, he took every opprotunity to let anyone he went by know how good he is.  There is a difference between confidence and cockiness and he definitely was on the cocky side.  So an incident like this does not surpirse me at all.

[BaseballFan]

Just throwing this out there but since when did this become a baseball-softball thread!

[szlongball]

Just throwing this out there but since when did this become a baseball-softball thread!

I agree. Don't they have there own site?
Oshdude, thanks for your answers, and don't sell yourself short.
Pont beats Stout 17-0 in first game. Thrun pitches complete game and strikes out 10.
Even had Kempf pinch hit in the 7th.

[OshDude]

Just throwing this out there but since when did this become a baseball-softball thread!

I agree. Don't they have there own site?
Oshdude, thanks for your answers, and don't sell yourself short.
Pont beats Stout 17-0 in first game. Thrun pitches complete game and strikes out 10.
Even had Kempf pinch hit in the 7th.

If Thrun threw today, are we to assume that he got a two-game suspension? Any word on the others? Is Warwick's longer seeing as he didn't play again in Game 1? Unless he's hurt, I don't see how he's not suspended when you put Kevin Thomas behind the plate.

And I love the Oshkosh against the world stuff. I'm sure the UWO players and Lechnir do too. Everything is right with the world when the whole conference hates Oshkosh. That makes me feel good, but I must admit I naturally like confident/cocky players (huge Larry Bird and Reggie Miller fan, for example). It's just like the good old days before Whitewater and Point knocked UWO off the WIAC mountain top.

Welcome to the boards, cubsbaseball. At least we can agree on our favorite MLB team. As for favorite WIAC players, I'll take the hit and enjoy Kanny and Nolan while they're here. Everyone gets another two and three years, respectively, of hating those guys  . As an added bonus, next year there will be double the Fadnesses to hate. By the way, I'm sure it's evident to everyone, but Oshkosh returns everyone besides Curt Hendricks next year, barring transfers and what-have-you. Glad to see the anomosity already in high gear for this group.

Most of that is tongue-in-cheek, and I'm not a cocky dude myself. I'm an abider, not an instigator (For the Achievers out there, I don't draw a line in the sand with my unchecked aggression, as it were). But it is interesting how success, history and perceived cockiness go hand in hand (in hand).

[szlongball]

Game 2 Point vs Stout  Point 22 Stout 3 bottom of the 4th.
Thrun 1 game, Bloom and Warwick 3 games.
But if you are kicking butt big time, why not let the other guys see the field. Look out WW if the bats can stay this hot(yea I know it's only Stout, but I can dream).