BB: NACC: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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WLCALUM 83's early nominees for NAthCon Baseball Awards

For NAthCon Player of the Year-this poster throws the following name into the ring:

Rockford's Tim Rowe:  .420 BA  10 HR  45 RBI (Stats for entire season.)

(One of WLC's Glasels hit for higher average but did not have anywhere near that kind of production.)

NAthCon Pitcher of the Year: 

Rockford's Fabian Gomez:

6-0 record, 11 app  2.64 ERA  64 2/3 IP  43 H  25 R  19 ER  21 BB  95 SO (13/game)
   (one deceptive factor, he was the winning pitcher in Rockford's 23-16 win over Marian--wonder how much that one game spiked his ERA.)

Anyone else want to chime in with some other worthy names?

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5/1 Early NAthCon non-conference finals:

Carthage sweeps Aurora, 8-0 and 9-8. (2nd game a Red Men come-from behind job per Carthage press release).

Concordia-Chicago 11, Elmhurst 6. (Cougars scored 10 runs in first 3 innings. Lafler gets W in relief-per CUC box score.)

Concordia-WI splits with Clarke  5-6 and 2-1 (Clarke had a 5-run 2nd in Game 1, Falcons' Duckett saddled with the loss. Game 2, CUW's Heisdorf drives in go-ahead run in 7th. Meyer gets win. Source is Clarke box scores.)

North Central 9, Benedictine 7. (North Central came from behind, Eagles' Vicenti takes the loss in relief, per Benedictines' press release.)

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Late 5/01 NAthCon non-conference final:

Rockford 12, UW-Platteville 9. (Regents put up a 6-spot in 7th and held on--Clay gets the win as per Regents' box score).

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Belated 5/01 NAthCon In-Conference Finals:

Dominican sweeps Maranatha  11-7, 11-4. (Game 1:  Dom 4-spot in 8th, Sullivan drove in game-winning run  W Schader  L  Leffler:  Game 2, Stars plated 8 runs in the first 3 innings. W- Batchelor  L- Hafftner per Dominican box scores

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5/02 NAthCon Finals:

Edgewood and Marian split 1-2 and 7-5. (Game 1:  Marian 2-spot in 3rd and held on- W Tjader  L - Flynn  Powers gets the save. Game 2:  Eagles' Reynolds knocks in the game-winning run in 7th, W-Marlowe, L-Raddant--Edgewood web site.)  Per NAthCon standings, Edgewood and Rockford have now clinched post-season berths.

Non-conference:

IL Wesleyan 2, Rockford 1 (Ouch!) 12 innings. Winning run scored on an error. W- Roche, L- Krull as indicated on Rockford box score.

University of Chicago 6, Benedictine 3  (Maroon pitcher Cozzi gets the win, per U of Chicago press release.)

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5-03 Non-conference projection:

North Central over Dominican.

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In the Rockford -IWU all the runs that scored in the game by both teams were unearned (all throwing errors)

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Any predictions
Thur.
Beloit @ Rockford(dh)

Friday
WLC @ U-W/ Oshkosh
Lakeland @ Dominican
Marian @ Con/ Chi.

Sat.
Lakeland @ Finlandia
Con/ Wi. @ Edgewood
Maranantha @ Benedictine
WLC @ Aurora

Sun.
Marian @ U-W Oshkosh
Rockford @ Concordia(1 gm)
Aurora @ U- Chi.

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Any predictions
Thur.
Beloit @ Rockford(dh)

Friday
WLC @ U-W/ Oshkosh
Lakeland @ Dominican
Marian @ Con/ Chi.

Sat.
Lakeland @ Finlandia
Con/ Wi. @ Edgewood
Maranantha @ Benedictine
WLC @ Aurora

Sun.
Marian @ U-W Oshkosh
Rockford @ Concordia(1 gm)
Aurora @ U- Chi.

5/03:  Rockford sweeps Beloit.

5/04:  UW-Oshkosh sweeps WLC
          Lakeland and Dominican split
          Marian and Concordia-Chicago split

5/05:  Lakeland beats Finlandia
           Edgewood sweeps Concordia-WI
           Benedictine sweeps Maranatha
           Aurora sweeps WLC

5/06:  UW-Oshkosh sweeps Marian (though a Saber split wouldn't be a big shock to me).
           Concordia-Chicago over Rockford (especially if the Cougars still need a win to clinch a playoff spot).
           U of Chicago over Aurora

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Rockfor sweeps Beloit 4-2 and 5-1

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second regional rankings out
first is in region record,second overall

Central
1. Luther 20-4 23-6
2. Wartburg 21-5 24-8
3. Illinois Wesleyan 22-5 25-9
4. Washington U. 27-7 28-9
5. Augustana 21-9 26-10
6. Edgewood 18-8 22-9

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Another 5/03 NAthCon non-conference final:

North Central 9, Dominican 5.

NCC  4-spot in 6th--W- Pingel, L- Zdeb (as indicated on box score on Dominican's site).

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5/4 NAthCon Finals:

Dominican ends its' season by sweeping Lakeland, 2-1 and 7-6 (first game 10 innings).
   (Game 1 Sullivan drove in go-ahead run in 10th-- W-Schrader  L-Anschutz)
   (Game 2 Stars had a 7-run 7th, then held on--W-Dvorak L-Schmitz)
      Source--box scores off Dominican's site.)


UW-Oshkosh sweeps WLC  10-0 and 12-2.
   (Game 1  Titans' Rubens tosses a 4-hit shutout)
   (Game 2  Titans score 8 runs in first 2 innings to salt it away).
         Per UW-Oshkosh web site.)

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Concordia/chi. sweeps Marian
6-3(peterson goes 9 for the winn)
4-3 (hantel 8.1 for the win)
This eliminates con.wi. from the con. tour. as the best they can do is finish 13-7 same as Marian but was 0-2 vs. Marian during the season

Field is set for con. tour
Edgewood 14-4
Rockford     15-4
Concordia    14-5
Marian         13-7
Still to determined is seeds

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I'm pulling for Edgewood to win out--the WI Eagles are NAthCon's best shot at a post-season NCAA Div III berth.