BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[thelou]

Auggie will have this Carthage team ready to go before the CCIW starts.  Spring break is a good time on, and I'm sure off the field for Auggie and the team.  When they get back to Kenosha, Carthage will be back on track.

[yank52]

Answer to question: who is up on the NPU team?

It looks like the 2 pitchers I saw game 3 ( Tom Neckopoulus) looked decent, fielding was there for 1/2 game, lost opportunities made the difference in 5 to 2 loss.
(Andy Sherwood) 4hit complete game shutout, defense outstanding, with many on the field contributing. Finally timely hitting opened the floodgates and boosted some averages.

Kuta, hitting and fielding, Burback in right making plays every game (with the sun out there and the clear blue skies), Josephson showed some flash at 3rd, and Marino at short, now that he has some games under his belt.

[REDMENFAN]

I agree with the lou that Carthage will most likely get back on track and without a doubt will compete for the conference championship, its just disappointing they're not performing in Florida.

[thelou]

I'm not going to look into spring break too much.  they are usually playing teams they dont know and are having a good time down there.  once the come back to the cciw they will still be one of the teams to beat.  I think Millikin is the last team in the CCIW to leave for break.  they come home and open up against North Park who swept them last year.  It will be interesting how both Millikin and North Park will come out to open the CCIW season.  There is no doubt that North Park kept Millikin out of the tournament?  Does anyone know how that Fear and Law kid are doing at Millikin?  What about thier leadoff hitter they had last year? Is he gone?

[REDMENFAN]

Not sure about those players from Millikin, I just remember a few years back their head coach looked pretty young, and man was he a hothead! Not in a jerk way that made you not like him, but just screaming a lot and getting on the umpires, it was actually quite hilarious!!

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage is up 3-0 in the 7th inning, all their runs are unearned, and Husing is on the mound for the Redmen

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage wins 5-0. Husing moves to 2-0 with a complete game 5-hit shutout. He struck out 8 and walked one. That's all the details that are on the hotline up to this point. St. Joes is now 2-7, and at least the first 3 Carthage runs were unearned. A win is a win, but it still doesn't sound like Carthage's bats are clicking with only 2 games left in florida

[BigPoppa]

I guess being disappointed with a 4-4 start is the sign of a great program. I am positive they will turn it around and get it sorted by the time they move back north of the Mason-Dixon line.

[Gregory Sager]

Answer to question: who is up on the NPU team?

It looks like the 2 pitchers I saw game 3 ( Tom Neckopoulus) looked decent, fielding was there for 1/2 game, lost opportunities made the difference in 5 to 2 loss.
(Andy Sherwood) 4hit complete game shutout, defense outstanding, with many on the field contributing. Finally timely hitting opened the floodgates and boosted some averages.

Kuta, hitting and fielding, Burback in right making plays every game (with the sun out there and the clear blue skies), Josephson showed some flash at 3rd, and Marino at short, now that he has some games under his belt.

Thanks, Yank.

NPU lost to Montclair State, 10-7. I'll defer to Mr. B when he makes his report, but given the high national ranking of the Red Hawks this appears to have been a pretty good game for the Vikes -- especially since the two teams were even in hits with 11 apiece and the NPU pitchers only gave up four earned runs. Josephson, Kuta, and Burback all had good days with the bat for the Vikings. Once again, it was bad defense (four errors, two apiece by Marino and O'Donnell) that sunk North Park.

NPU takes on Macalester today in the concluding game of the Snedigar tourney.

[REDMENFAN]

Here's the link to the article about the Carthage game in the newspaper today, there is an absolute classic quote from Augie about what its like right now for Carthage to try and score runs
http://kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=832042

[BigPoppa]

You can always count on Chief Red Men(Augie) to liven the quotes up a bit. I use many of his quotes from my playing days with my own high school team right now. They think I am an idiot, but the quotes always make sense.

I recall a time when one of our pitchers got lit up in florida and when he wanted ice for his arm Augie told him to put in on his neck for the whiplash he was sure to develop after watching balls zing past him all day.

[BigPoppa]

CCIW UPDATE:

Currently, the CCIW teams are a combined 17-25 this spring. A pretty dismal start to the season for the conference. Hopefully they can all get rolling this weekend and boost those numbers.

[BigPoppa]

Something to chew on while waiting for today's scores to pour in...

Team ERAs:
1. Carthage- 1.51 (if they could play defense/hit, this would be a deadly combination)
2. Augustana- 4.34 (great start at 7-1 right now)
3. Ill Wesleyan- 4.85 (About where they are expected to be)
4. Elmhurst- 5.40 (only 2 games in right now... not a good measure yet)
5. North Park- 5.79 (Not bad, but too early to tell)
6. North Central- 7.50 (need to improve on the hill to compete)
7. Wheaton- 7.76 (doubtful they can be a playoff contender with that ERA)
8. Millikin- 11.31 (Could be a long season...)


We should have a good feel for the CCIW teams by the end of the week as most will have their spring trips in (except Elmhurst who is just beginning theirs).

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage defeated Clarkson in the first game today 5-1, Jeff Livek was the winning pitcher. Currently in the 3rd inning in the second game it is 0-0 and Carthage's number 3 pitcher Krepline is on the mound. That's all the details I have right now

[BigPoppa]

Keep the updates coming Redmenfan... I cannot get a cell-signal where I am today to make the call.

5-1 win is nice, but it still sounds like they are not swinging it too well.