BB: MWC: Midwest Conference

[OshDude]

Go to Carroll's site and you will find Marlin only pitched 1.1 innings.  He had a rough outing, but he was just one of 5 or 6 pitchers used.  Dominican's site isn't accurate.

Ralph, could we get this board moved to the Central Region?

Try and top this outing by a certain all-conference Carroll SP.

UNREAL!!!! Why would they leave him in the game to get lit up like that?

Thanks. That makes me feel better. And it makes much more sense.

[titan2000]

Ripon--better dead than red.

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph, could we get this board moved to the Central Region?
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Thanks OshDude!

Sorry for the delay.

[bump_and_run]

I'm a little confused on how Beloit is getting all this hype.  They are currently ranked 26, only 4 votes out of the top 25, but has anyone looked at their schedule?

Cobleskill State W 3-1...Took 2 games from a team that is 2-11
Cobleskill State W 5-2

Trine University  L 5-4....Lost to a team that is 3-6

Husson College L 9-8...Team is 11-5, seems like a quality team.

Olivet College MI W 14-3... Team is 7-7, just Beat Toldeo

Worcester Polytechnic Institute W 6-4...Team is 14-7
Worcester Polytechnic Institute W 8-4

Sat., March 14  St. Joseph's College W 5-4 (10)...team is 9-6

Overall, not a bad trip to FL, played some decent teams, but this is what I dont get, there non conference schedule...Its quite obvious what they are doing, trying to rack up wins vs sub-par non conference teams. To play a Quad header(2 double headers in 2 days) vs an opponent that is laughable.  I could see a game or 2 to get back into the swing of things, but 4 games, come on...

Milwaukee School of Engineering  W 5-0 
Milwaukee School of Engineering   W 7-4
Milwaukee School of Engineering   W 16-3 
Milwaukee School of Engineering   W 17-16 ....Team is 2-11-1.

Wisconsin Lutheran College  W 24-5
Wisconsin Lutheran College   W 12-0....Team is 3-12

I just really dont see what the voters see in Beloit. I really dont want to hear that they return almost everyone, okay they return players from a team that went 18-16(beefed up non conference schedule) but went 5-11 in Conference. Any average team can start the year strong when they play a non conference schedule(excluding FL since they dont get to pick the opponent) of 5-33-1.  It will be interesting to see how they fare in MWC, which as a whole may be down a tad from years past....but I just dont see them hanging with Ripon and St. Norbert...I guess only time will tell.  Anyone seen this team play?

[BigPoppa]

I have given Beloit many props so far this season, because regardless of the level of competition, they have consistently won games. I have also stated that I do not expect them to be there in the next few weeks as their schedule gets considerably tougher from here on out. For now, I feel they desreve some recognition for their success to this point... whether or not they stay there is entirely up to them.

I have them ranked #2 in the Central region right now, but that does not mean I feel they are a better team than all of the others below them. I am certain that they would not compete well in the CCIW and may not compete well in the MWC. I listed them as my darkhorse in the region and so far they have not proven me wrong. I think they are the third best team in the MWC behind  Ripon and St. Norberts right now. Ripon is really struggling at 3-7 and SNC is not much better, though they have BOTH had much tougher schedules than Beloit.

Give it a few more weeks to see if they are really contenders or pretenders... I am guessing the latter is most likely, but only time will tell.

BTW- if Carthage/Ripon/SNC/IWU had beaten those same teams by the same scores would you feel that they should not be ranked either?

[cubs]

Ripon starts out MWC play with "only" a split against Lawrence.  Have things really gone downhill that much already?  YIKES!!! 

Offensively, they were only able to push across THREE runs in 17 innings.  They got great pitching from Lloyd and Dwyer, but not much from anyone else.

[Bump_and_Run]

St. Norbert split with both Stevens Point(6-1 Win, 11-1 lose) and Oshkosh(5-4 Win, 7-4 Lose) in there last 4 games.  In other games...
Beloit swept Carrol
Ripon took 3 of 4 from Lawerence

[Bump_and_Run]

BTW- if Carthage/Ripon/SNC/IWU had beaten those same teams by the same scores would you feel that they should not be ranked either?

To be honest, its all in the schedule.  If they played a bunch of cup cakes in their non conference like Beloit did I would certainly not think they are a top 25 team, in the NATION.  But I would expect them to get some votes, but not be ranked 26th.

[The Roop]

Grammar alert

It's loss, not lose. Their, not there and on a spelling note it's Lawrence not Lawerence.

1 more win and Beloit will equal their conference total for last year. Something tells me they might be for real.

[buc em up]

actually, its two wins to tie our win total, we went 18-16 last year and now have 16 wins.  Big test of character coming up for Beloit against Ripon.

[Bump_and_Run]

Grammar alert

It's loss, not lose. Their, not there and on a spelling note it's Lawrence not Lawerence.

1 more win and Beloit will equal their conference total for last year. Something tells me they might be for real.

Ohhh, your the person that corrects everyone's spelling on a message board?  Okay, I'll make sure to spell check everything from now on!

[hickory_cornhusker]

Grammar alert

It's loss, not lose. Their, not there and on a spelling note it's Lawrence not Lawerence.

1 more win and Beloit will equal their conference total for last year. Something tells me they might be for real.

Ohhh, your the person that corrects everyone's spelling on a message board?  Okay, I'll make sure to spell check everything from now on!

He'll correct everything. He is The Great Roop. The only thing he can't do is win the men's basketball pick 'em.

[Maverick]

Grammar alert

It's loss, not lose. Their, not there and on a spelling note it's Lawrence not Lawerence.

1 more win and Beloit will equal their conference total for last year. Something tells me they might be for real.

Ohhh, your the person that corrects everyone's spelling on a message board?  Okay, I'll make sure to spell check everything from now on!

He'll correct everything. He is The Great Roop. The only thing he can't do is win the men's basketball pick 'em.

  Excellent!  Well played hickory cornhusker!

Congrats to the Scots on their sweep of IC down in Jacksonville to open up MWC play over the weekend.  Keep it rolling and make it 4 out of 4 this Saturday against the Blueboys!

[The Roop]

"buc em up" I specifically said CONFERENCE WINS did I not ??

Child care...................................................

Maverick, you keep out of it. I have a laptop now. LOL.

[Maverick]

"buc em up" I specifically said CONFERENCE WINS did I not ??

Child care...................................................

Maverick, you keep out of it. I have a laptop now. LOL.

It's too bad scottie doesn't make his way over to the baseball boards very often...he could join in on some of the new found fun around here.