BB: MWC: Midwest Conference

[backstop]

Beloit sweeps Lawrence 4-3 and 7-3 to finish conference play with a 11-5 record.  SN sweeps Ripon 14-11 amd 5-1.  SN is now 8-4 with 4 games to play against Lawrence and Ripon is 7-5 with 4 games to play against Carroll. 

[The Roop]

1 loss by Ripon guarantees a spot for Beloit; however it would not eliminate Ripon. Better put your tie breaking caps on.

[backstop]

2 losses by SN would also guarantee Beloit a spot in the MWC playoffs.  SN plays Lawrence today after using up their pitching the last two days against Ripon.  It could be real interesting

[The Roop]

That is true; but I think there is a better chance of Carroll slipping up and winning one than Lawrence winning two. Should both occur Beloit hosts.

[backstop]

In the event of a three way tie between SN, Ripon & Beloit: Beloit plays at St. Norbert Monday, winner plays Ripon Tuesday.  If SN & Ripon win out against Lawrence & Carroll:  SN get the #1 seed from the MWC North and Ripon plays at Beloit on Monday for the #2 seed.  If Ripon & SN tie with 6 loses:  Beloit is MWC North #1 seed and St. Norbert plays at Ripon on Monday.

[The Roop]

The three way tie scenario could leave Beloit on the outside looking in even though they are still regionally ranked. That being said, how wise was it to cancel the Rockford game and Knox double header ??. Knox would have been @Beloit and a trip to Rockford wouldn't exactly have cost a fortune. Not sure
I understand the reasoning here.

[backstop]

The cancelation of the Beloit/Rockford game happened because of the back log of conference games Rockford had to play.  The only logic I can come up with for Beloit canceling the Knox DH is they would have their entire pitching staff ready to go if a conference tourney play in game would be deemed necessary.  Ripon plays 4 games the two days prior to the play in date and SN played two on Thurs and two more on Sat.  It may be a good strategy on the Bucs part.

[cubs]

Ripon sweeps Carroll today, and inches closer to a one-game playoff against Beloit on Monday, as SNC swept Lawrence, beating the Vikings 17-7 and 7-6 in ten innings. 

If Ripon drops a game against Carroll tomorrow, SNC and Beloit are the two MWC North reps for the conference tournament.

[The Roop]

backstop,

35-40 pitch limit and throw the entire staff if necessary. The Bucs were hitting well and nothing kills a hitting streak like a lay off.

[BigPoppa]

Monmouth up 15-4 through seven innings.

[cubs]

That should be the final..... 

[cubs]

Well if yesterday results aren't evidence that Bob Gillespie should stick to coaching basketball, I don't know what is.  With Ripon not qualifying for the Midwest Conference Tournament, it puts an exclamation point on the legacy of Former Head Coach Gordie Gillespie. 

Before this season, Ripon had qualified for the Conference Tournament for 14 straight years.  Of those 14, Gordie was the Head coach for the first 11 trips, (which included six Championships) while his son Bob had the final three trips with a roster made up of guys mostly recruited by Gordie.  Now that all of Gordie's recruits had graduated, we got to see what his son Bob could do with his own players, and the results were far from stellar.

[The Roop]

I doubt that one "off year" is much cause for alarm in the Ripon camp. Did Ripon really get worse or did the conference simply get better ?? Considering that the top 3 all split against each other, that sounds a lot like parody to me.

Baseball is what it is and the DIII schedule simply isn't long enough to resolve anything conclusively between evenly matched teams. I'd love to see a longer schedule but it really isn't practical.

[titan2000]

Does Gillespie have Ripon baseball play with 9 players or do they do like Eddie Feigner "King and his Couurt" with Scottie pitching with only a catcher and 2 fielders

That is what their 2007/2008 basketball team reminded me of. 

[cubs]

Scottie who?? 

If you are referring to Gillespie, he didn't even play baseball this season......