BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

RedmanFan35 · March 23, 2010, 07:00:04 PM

On that same note: What is the criteria for CCIW Pitcher of the week. I hope you don't think this is sour grapes, I just want to know what you think. Pankou is having a great start to the season and is no doubt an excellent Pitcher. He just received CCIW Pitcher of the week for the 2nd week in a row. He' faced: Depauw, Rhodes College and Benedictine, and is currently at an excellent 1.40 ERA. Mario Perez of Carthage, has pitched against: St. Thomas, Heidleberg and Kean. He is currently holding an ERA of 0.84. What am I missing ?

Gregory Sager · March 23, 2010, 07:03:48 PM

Tough day for NPU yesterday, as the Vikings dropped a twinbill at Webster, 2-1 and 2-0. On the plus side, congrats to Andy Athans of the Vikings upon being named CCIW Hitter of the Week.

Just Bill · March 23, 2010, 07:35:17 PM

Tough day for Carthage as well. Red Men fall to Benedictine 13-5. BU entered the game 1-5 on the year.

RedmanFan35 · March 23, 2010, 08:19:34 PM

Ouch !!! That's gonna leave a mark !!

CCIWFAN6 · March 23, 2010, 11:33:50 PM

Quote from: RedmanFan35 on March 23, 2010, 07:00:04 PM
On that same note: What is the criteria for CCIW Pitcher of the week. I hope you don't think this is sour grapes, I just want to know what you think. Pankou is having a great start to the season and is no doubt an excellent Pitcher. He just received CCIW Pitcher of the week for the 2nd week in a row. He' faced: Depauw, Rhodes College and Benedictine, and is currently at an excellent 1.40 ERA. Mario Perez of Carthage, has pitched against: St. Thomas, Heidleberg and Kean. He is currently holding an ERA of 0.84. What am I missing ?

I have to believe that one of the main reasons Mario didn't receive the award was he/his team didnt get a win in two of those starts. When stats are comparable, you have to give it to the guy who got his team a W.

RedmanFan35 · March 24, 2010, 06:02:51 PM

That has to be it. Though would'nt that make it a, Team award ? It would be tough, in my mind, to find another Pitcher in D3 that's had the opportunity to face the #1, 3, and 7th ranked teams in the Nation. Let alone come out of it giving up only 3 earned runs in 22 innings. Thanks for the Insight.

RedmanFan35 · March 24, 2010, 06:47:43 PM

I'm sorry, 2 earned runs in 22 innings. Wouldn't you think the level of competition would factor in ? Setting aside the Heidelberg game when he gave up 0 earned runs in 7 innings with 9-K's in a 3 - 1 loss. He beat Kean in a 10 - 2 win on Saturday the 20th and gave up 1 earned run in 8 innings with 8- K's against St Thomas in a 2 - 1 10 inning loss. I'd think that would be good enough, at least for the last week.

BigPoppa · March 25, 2010, 11:04:07 AM

CCIW Standings as of 3/25:

Augustana (Ill.) 12-0
North Central (Ill.) 7-1
Wheaton (Ill.) 9-3 (updated)
North Park 8-4
Carthage 7-5
Illinois Wesleyan 4-5
Millikin 3-11
Elmhurst 0-5

A few surprises in here for me:

* Augustana unbeaten after 12 games. They are much better thanh I thought this year. The losses to graduation did not hurt them nearly as much as I thought it would.
* North Central at 7-1. Not the best competition, but teams that get on a roll are often hard to stop.
* Wheaton and NPU are about where I thought they'd be at this point.
* Carthage is really struggling with their pitching staff right now. After their top two arms, they become very beatable (see Benedictine)
* IWU is struggling right now, but I think they will get back on track by CCIW play.

All-in-all, this will make for a very entertaining (and unpredictable)season.

sherlockholmes · March 25, 2010, 12:08:14 PM

i dont want to be that guy but Wheaton is 9-3 after defeating St. Francis yesterday

Mugsy · March 25, 2010, 04:00:49 PM

Wheaton's game against Benedictine today has been postponed until tomorrow.

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2010/3/25/BB_BEN_POST.aspx?path=baseball

Gregory Sager · March 25, 2010, 09:57:18 PM

North Park came from behind to beat Benedictine yesterday in Lisle, 4-3. Mike Domenick cracked a two-run homer in the top of the eighth, his third of the year, to provide NPU with the game-winning runs, and Tito Garza pitched 7 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up up the win.

The Vikings (8-4) will host UW-Superior (6-3) in a doubleheader on Saturday.

sherlockholmes · March 26, 2010, 08:57:13 PM

Wheaton defeated Benedictine 7-4 in Lisle to push the win streak to 5. The Thunder improves to 10-3 on the season. Another strong performance by Freshman Trey Martin who earned the win. Here's the link to the story...

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2010/3/26/BB_BEN1.aspx?path=baseball

Mugsy · March 27, 2010, 07:06:04 PM

Wheaton beats Dominican U 13-3 to move to 11-3 on the year. Wheaton had 18 hits with Brian Kolb going 5 for 5.

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2010/3/27/BB_dominican.aspx?path=baseball

Wheaton scheduled to play Benedictine again on Monday.

Just Bill · March 27, 2010, 09:15:18 PM

Aurora's Steve Salazar shut down Carthage today 2-0. Salazar fired a one-hitter at the Red Men.

mr_b · March 27, 2010, 10:43:50 PM

North Park split a twinbill with UW Superior, dropping game one 4-1 and coming back with a walk-off two-run homer by Andy Athans for a 3-2 win in the nightcap. Pete Sparacino (2-1) scattered four hits, struck out five, walked none, and allowed one earned run in a complet-game performance. The Vikings (9-5) play Wisconsin Lutheran in Milwaukee on Monday.

Superior (7-4) has a solid squad with good starting pitching, defense, and hitting.