BB: MWC: Midwest Conference

[Maverick]

St. Norbert has 4 against Lawrence this weekend, the only team that could still mathematically catch them for the second spot out of the North; but LU would have to win at least 3 out of those 4 games just to tie SNC in the conference standings--which in all honesty is very unlikely to happen.

Actually, Lawrence has to sweep all 4 games to make the MWC Tournament.

Thanks for the correction there, cubs.  Apparently I mis-calculated on adding up the W/L totals last night and LU does have to sweep SNC to make the Tourney.  I'll stick with what I said in the last part of my post though--very unlikely that it's going to happen.

Also, congrats to Ripon on grabbing the top spot in the Midwest Regional Rankings this week.

[cubs]

NCAA Regional Rankings are out: Ripon grabs the #1 spot in the Midwest:

Thoughts??

This is where I have a problem with these polls.....  Ripon was swept by Stevens Point in a DH last week.  Now normally I wouldn't put much stock in a weekday NC DH, because typically teams will save their top pitchers for their conference games.  However, Ripon throws their #2 (Baitinger) and #4 (Kempen) while Point throws two guys that had thrown 6 and 7 innings on the season respectively going into the game. 

Can you understand where I am going with this??  Just because Ripon beats up on subpar competition during conference play that makes them the #1 team in the region??  They do have some good pitching, however I don't think they would have such a good record if they were tested weekly playing four 9 inning games each weekend against competition like the WIAC does.

[Maverick]

Monmouth split yet another doubleheader today, this time with Grinnell.  Lost the first game 2-0 as Dan Dunn threw a complete game 1-hitter, but took the tough luck loss as that only hit by GC was a 2-run HR that followed an error which would've been the third out of the inning.  Won the second game 5-3 with another solid pitching outing by Matt Engelhardt and Chris Smith leading the way on offense with a 3-run HR.  MC finishes the MWC season at 8-4, good enough to host the Tourney next weekend, while GC is now 5-5 with a huge doubleheader against IC on Sunday.

Elsewhere in the South...Knox swept the doubleheader from IC, leaving KC at 6-6 in the South and also knocking IC out of playoff contention in the South (now 3-7).  So if I'm reading things correctly, a Grinnell sweep of IC in Sunday's twinbill  would put Grinnell in the second spot from the South (GC would finish 7-5, KC is 6-6); or even just a GC-IC split tomorrow would put GC in the Tourney since both GC and KC would finish 6-6, but GC has won 3 out of 4 head to head and I assume that's probably the first tie-breaker.

[RR_Dad]

The schedule for the MWC tournament is up on the conference website.  I'll be there!!   
http://www.midwestconference.org/baseball/

[Gustie13]

I'm not sure which Region Rankings you were looking at Maverick, but the latest region polls have Ripon at #6, which is even still too high. I'd put the #3 teams in either the MIAC or WIAC ahead of Ripon.

[BigPoppa]

I'm not sure which Region Rankings you were looking at Maverick, but the latest region polls have Ripon at #6, which is even still too high. I'd put the #3 teams in either the MIAC or WIAC ahead of Ripon.

Look at the official NCAA regianal rankings... not the ABCA. Ripon is ranked #1 in the Midwest region:
1. Ripon 14-2 23-5
2. St. Scholastica 8-2 31-3
3. St. Olaf 16-3 22-6
4. Wisconsin-Whitewater 19-7 24-10
5. St. Thomas (Minnesota) 15-5 23-7
6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 17-7 23-11


Here is the link to the official rankings:
http://www.ncaasports.com/baseball/mens/polls/diviii

[Gustie13]

Thanks big popi.

In what ways does the ncaa regional ranking decision making differ from abca? From looking at the polls it looks as though all the ncaa does is look at record and regional record and doesn't take into account strength of competition....

[Maverick]

MWC Tournament

Day 1 Scores
Gm. 1: Monmouth 4, St. Norbert 0
Gm. 2: Ripon 11, Grinnell 2

Gm. 3: Grinnell 12, St. Norbert 7 (SNC eliminated)
Gm. 4: Ripon 6, Monmouth 3

Day 2 Schedule
Gm. 5: Grinnell vs. Monmouth (loser eliminated), 9:30 am
Championship: Ripon vs. Winner Gm. 5, 12:30 pm
Champ. Gm. 2, if necessary: 3:30 pm

[Maverick]

MWC Tournament

Day 2 Scores
Gm. 5: Monmouth 1, Grinnell 0 (11 inn.) (GC eliminated)
Championship: Ripon 7, Monmouth 3

[RR_Dad]

The regional fields are set!  Congrats to Ripon on their #1 seeding.  Good luck!
http://www.ncaasports.com/baseball/mens/story/9439692

[Gustie13]

Interesting....

I couldn't find any brackets, do 7 team regionals go like this:
#1 Bye
#2 v #7
#3 v #6
#4 v #5

#1 plays winner of 4 v 5 while 2 v 7 winner plays 3 v 6 winner?

[Just Bill]

NCAA Division III Regional
at Witter Field, Wisconsin Rapids
Wednesday, May 17
Game 1 – 9:30 a.m. - #5 UW-Stevens Point (29-15) vs. #4 St. Scholastica (36-4)
Game 2 – 1 p.m. - #2 St. Olaf (28-8) vs. #7 Dominican (21-19)
Game 3 – 4:30 p.m. - #3 St. Thomas (29-9) vs. #6 Coe (26-17)
Game 4 – 8 p.m. - #1 Ripon (31-5) vs. Game 1 winner
 
Thursday, May 18
Game 5 – 9:30 a.m. - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 6 – 1 p.m. - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 7 – 4:30 p.m. - Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 8 – 8 p.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 6
 
Friday, May 19
Game 9 – Noon - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 10 – 3:30 p.m. - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
Game 11 – 7 p.m. - Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10
 
Saturday, May 20
Game 12 – Noon - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11
Game 13 – 4 p.m. - if necessary

[Maverick]

Good luck to Ripon in the Regional action that begins tomorrow!

[John Gleich]

Ripon and Point have a rematch tomorrow for a trip to Appleton and the  World Series.  Ripon is in the winner's bracket while Point is in the loser's bracket.  That means SP needs to beat Ripon twice.  ... they've had some practice at that, as they dispatched Ripon in a double header earlier this season.

[Ralph Turner]

Great stuff from the CCIW board!  Any Ripon fans have an update on 2007?

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=4399.1022

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Quote from: cubs on Today at 06:02:36 pm
Quote from: mwunder on January 02, 2007, 10:47:49 pm
The other WI school that is ranked, Ripon lost 4 of it's top 5 hitters from last season and 2 of their top 4 pitchers.  I'm not sure they belong here.
Last years stats can be a little deceiving......  What is going to help them is that they return two guys who sat out the entire 2006 seasons and took medical hardships.  The first being Catcher John Dunlavy who is a two time 1st Team All MWC North Division selection.  He missed the 2006 season with a broken bone in his ankle.  (It should be known that Dunlavy had beaten out 2006 MWC North Division POY Eric Schwendimann the previous two seasons.)  Also back is starting LHP Bill Nolan.  Nolan is also a two time 1st Team All MWC North Division selection, and will probably be their #1 pitcher this season.  Now I know two guys aren't enough for a high National ranking, but I just wanted to point out that the cupboard isn't as bare as it appears. 

After this season though, I TOTALLY agree with waht your saying about the drop in talent.  Bob better stick to recruiting basketball players, because his baseball recruiting skills are really lacking.


Great info, but Ripon is not in the CCIW. It would work great on the MWC Board. Ralph, can you bump it over there?