BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[mr_b]

I agree with Mr B, I thought that the play he was referring to was a hit not an error, but the scorer was a Rhodes player not someone who would be unbiased.
The same happened in the 1st game versus (Rhodes/NPU), the scorer was giving the home team a few more hits when they were obviously errors.

Good for you Mr B, I like to give proper acknowledgement to a well pitched game by opponents and I also like it when plays that are obvious are called.

Saying this didn't you think that the officials were calling everything low during this weekend. I wish they would go back to the rules (letters to knees).

Pardon my french "Damn the professional influence of the past 20years!!!"

I usually agree with the official scorer's decision on a close call, but in this case I disagree.  I also checked with our first-base coach, who was even closer to the play than I was.  It should have been ruled a hit, not an error.  It is a good example of using judgment in deciding what constitutes "reasonable effort."  Had the Denison player made the catch, it would have been an outstanding play.  What I was was this: his back was to the infield, and he collided with a teammate.  That's not "reasonable effort" in my book.

By the way, Denison's team defense looked really good.  They made some nice picks in the infield the whole game, getting to some hard-hit grounders.  They're going to win a lot of games this year.

[kritterhawk]

One of Augustana's Sr. pitchers is off to a good start down in Florida...his first start of the year vs. Widener

Augustana (IL)         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brandon Engle.......  7.0  5  0  0  1  4 24 25

[VABBlue]

It looks as if the CCIW has gotten off to a rough start in the baseball season.

[augiefan]

Augie is 3-1 in the first 4 games of their Florida trip with wins over Beloit, Husson and Widener and an opening day loss to Widener. I know nothing about any of these teams other than Beloit, which has a traditionally bad baseball program.

[augie28]

To add a little to Augiefan's comment:  Beloit is coming off a 12 win season (usually a poor program), but Husson (27 wins) and Widener (26 wins) are coming off strong seasons.  That does not tell the whole story for this season, but it says a little bit.

Augie's offense has been the story so far outscoring their opponents 50-18 in 4 games.  They have put up 4 HRs; 6 3Bs and 12 2Bs.  This is a good sign as a strong returning pitching staff is expected to turn it up as the season progresses. 

A few key notes:  Mark Ramos (starting SS) pitched 3 relief innings to pick up his first victory against Beloit; Jr. John Wagle leads the team in hitting @ 13-18 (.684) with 4 2Bs, 1 3B and 2 HRs; he is followed by Soph. Aaron Hopson (.545), Sr. Marc Blakeley (.471) and Jr. Myles Kurnick (.412). 

Brandon Engle and Matt Erickson both had strong first starts while Eric Knott and Mike Pagano struggled a little but will most likely turn it around to round up the starting rotation.

[martin]

IWU and Chicago's trip down to Rose Hulman this weekend has been cancelled. SNow and temperatures below freezing are forecast.

[VABBlue]

Augustana takes a twin bill against Gettysburg in Florida.


Game 1:

Augustana - 12
Gettysburg- 6

Game 2:

Augustana : 11
Gettysburg- 3

[augie28]

Augustana finished their first Florida trip 6-1.  As a team they are hitting .397 with 10 HRs, 6 3Bs and 17 2Bs and are also 17-22 in SBs.  The pitching staff ended up with an ERA of 4.00 behind two strong starts each from Brandon Engle and Matt Erickson.

They head back to Florida next weekend to Arcadia, RPI, Ripon and St. Norbert on Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun.

[Gregory Sager]

Over the first two days of the Russ Matt Tournament down in Phoenix, NPU lost to Waynesburg, 5-4, on Saturday and defeated Dickinson, 15-4, on Sunday. The Vikings will face Calvin today.

[yank52]

Finally, victory and the Vikings tied an NCAA record 3 triples in one inning.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda if only they had spread the 16hits and 8 walks in the first four games, but that is just a fan pondering.
Much success on this trip to NPU, and come home to a chilly 30 degree day, 1st game March 18th at home.

[VABBlue]

Wheaton moves to 3-0 on their trip with a 4-3 win over Sewanee.

[Gregory Sager]

Another frustrating loss for the Vikings on Monday, this one a 12-9 slugfest with Calvin. NPU really needs to have the pitching start coming together.

The Vikings take on D2 Bemidji State on Tuesday.

[augie28]

New D3Baseball.com poll

6. Carthage
11. IWU
15. Augustana

[mr_b]

North Park defeated Milwaukee Technical College in a JV contest, 11-9, and followed that up with a 13-6 victory over D2 Bemidji State.  The game was halted in the bottom of the 8th (NPU leading 12-5, Bemidji at bat, one run in, bases loaded, one out) when the automatic sprinkler system went off and soaked the infield for a good five minutes.  It happened just as reliever Andy Sherwood got to the mound to make some warm-up pitches.  There didn't seem to be any event staff around (it was 7 PM), so the game was stopped for 55 minutes.  Finally play was resumed when everyone was satisfied that the field was playable.  It was a truly bizarre scene.

[REDMENFAN]

Nice feature article about Carthage Senior Pitcher Jacob Husing today in the Kenosha Newspaper. Here's the link

http://ksn.kenoshanews.com/view_article.php?articleNum=2668352