BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

WIAC Standings (Through 5/4)
*Whitewater 18-4
*Oshkosh 17-5
*Stevens Point 16-6
La Crosse 10-12
Platteville 9-13
Superior 4-18
Stout 4-20

5/4 Results
La Crosse 5
Superior 2

La Crosse 8
Superior 3

Oshkosh 5
Platteville 1

Platteville 12
Oshkosh 6

Whitewater 12
Stevens Point 10

Stevens Point 14
Whitewater 6

-So things aren't really any more clear than before the day started, as all three of the top teams have a chance at a piece of the WIAC Regular Season Title, and both Platteville and La Crosse are still fighting for the last spot.

-If Whitewater wins ONE game tomorrow they clinch a share of the WIAC Regular Season Title.  If they win both, they win it outright.

-If Oshkosh sweeps Platteville, they could get a share of the title with one Whitewater loss, or win it outright with a Point sweep.

-If Point sweeps Whitewater, they could get a share of the title ONLY if Platteville beats Oshkosh one time tomorrow.

-If La Crosse sweeps Superior tomorrow, they get the #4 seed in the WIAC Tournament.  If they split, still get the #4 seed as long as Platteville doesn't sweep Oshkosh.

[cubs]

Couple of things that crossed my mind.....

-When is the last time you have seen a UWO pitcher walk in three runs and allow another run to score on a wild pitch in an inning?  Perelwitz did it today in Platteville's five run 1st inning.  Ususally Lechnir will have someone else in before that....

-What I don't get is why Rayn Demmin didn't start Game #2 today for Oshkosh.  I figured it would be Hendricks and Demmin for sure today, since they would be likely to throw on Friday in the WIAC Tournament. 

Does this mean we may see Oshkosh start Rubens on Friday?

[badgerwarhawk]

Three or four Stevens Point players were suspended for today's double hitter because of an incident at their hotel Saturday night.  I'm not sure of the all the details but rumor has Hooters, hot women and alcohol involved.   Some of them were starters.

[ShineTime]

Well I hope they actually sealed the deal because they blew winning a conference title over it.  Odds are they win both today with all their starters.  Now they will have to win the WIAC tournament just to get in regionals.  I've heard Point has a 24 hour rule before games with alcohol so I'm assuming that's why they were suspended.  Hot Hooter chicks in your Hotel room is priceless though.

[cubs]

Hmm....  I figured I would be able to read who won the WIAC Softball Tournament Championship when I came on here tonight....  Guess not...  Must mean that Whitewater didn't win it, because otherwise we'd have heard from a couple of different posters.....

[Barber Greene]

Now I know why the policeman was taken behind the left field fence in the WW/SP game today  ...

However, the most entertaining portion of the Point-Whitewater nightcap was the gamesmanship by both sides after Pointers coach Pat Bloom was ejected in the top of the fourth inning after disputing a call that a Stevens Point runner had left second base early while trying to advance on a fly-out.

After being ejected, Bloom left the dugout and took a seat on the grass behind the leftfield fence. Whitewater coach John Vodenlich said that when he was ejected from a home game several years ago he was ordered to leave the stadium.

http://blogs.jsonline.com/statecolleges/archive/2008/05/04/pointers-lose-coach-gain-split.aspx

[OshDude]

Leave home for five hours and come home to find out Platteville beat Oshkosh, Ripon got swept at home, Knox will host the MWC tourney, Bloom blew a gasket, some of the Point and Whitewater top pitchers got lit up,  and the Pointers turned into the Minnesota Vikings. It's like the Truman Show up in here. Some of that can't be real.

All sorts of WIAC and MWC drama, and Oshkosh wasn't even a part of the juiciest stuff this weekend ... seriously, how great do we have it with Midwest D-III baseball?

[OshDude]

Three or four Stevens Point players were suspended for today's double hitter because of an incident at their hotel Saturday night.  I'm not sure of the all the details but rumor has Hooters, hot women and alcohol involved.   Some of them were starters.

You talking about the players or the women?
Sorry, there are too many bad jokes in my head right now. If I didn't write at least one, I couldn't live with myself.

LET'S GO POINTERS *clap clap clap*

[badgerwarhawk]

ATTENTION

WHITEWATER did not win the conference softball tournament.  Oshkosh did.

Three WIAC teams received bids to play in the NCAA tournament.  WHITEWATER, Eau Claire and Oshkosh

That is all. 



I didn't think Bloom's confrontation with the base umpire was that bad.  He did follow him around a bit and was giving him an ear full but it didn't seem to warrant ejection.  Of course I have no idea just what he said.  What was just as funny was that after being asked to leave Bloom very slowly began walking around around the outfield fence taking the long, long way around.  I lost track of him in center field so I'm not sure where he ended up.   Maybe he sat in the bus with the suspended players.  

You have to give him credit for handling the situation like he did right before perhaps the most important series of his season and I suspect making the suspended players spend the afternoon sitting on the bus really drove home the message.   

[balco]

Any updates on the WW baseball games today so far?

[ShineTime]

All I've heard is the Point suspended players are sitting on their bus without the windows open and it's 80 degrees outside.  It's one thing to suspend the guys which I totally agree with but to treat them like jail inmates because they got a little tail and had a few beers is wrong.  I think not getting to play towards a conference championship is a pretty big punishment in itself seeing 3 of the guys are seniors.  The game is on 106.5 and the internet but I cannot get it on my work computer.  An inning by inning update would be awesome.

[cubs]

Here's what I got....

Oshkosh Leads Platteville 10-2 in the 8th inning

Whitewater leads Point 5-3 in the 6th inning

La Crosse leads Superior 2-1 in the 8th inning

So.... If everything holds:
La Crosse is the #4 seed
Stevens Point is the #3 seed

#1 and #2 still dependent on what happens in Game #2 in Whitewater and Platteville.

[BaseballFan]

Here's what I got....

Oshkosh Leads Platteville 10-2 in the 8th inning

Whitewater leads Point 5-3 in the 6th inning

La Crosse leads Superior 2-1 in the 8th inning

So.... If everything holds:
La Crosse is the #4 seed
Stevens Point is the #3 seed

#1 and #2 still dependent on what happens in Game #2 in Whitewater and Platteville.

Nice updates

[ShineTime]

Points season is all but over after getting embarrassed 13-3 today in game 1.  Don't see them taking the conference tournament either without Zimmerman.  The suspended players really screwed the season for Point.  Winning 3 out of 4 they may have had a chance at a Pool C.

[BaseballFan]

Points season is all but over after getting embarrassed 13-3 today in game 1.  Don't see them taking the conference tournament either without Zimmerman.  The suspended players really screwed the season for Point.  Winning 3 out of 4 they may have had a chance at a Pool C.

Looks like Stevens Point may have played their way out of a pool C bid