BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BlueJay Boy]

Its a final from Rock Island - the Titans continue to roll 2 to 1 over Buena Vista. Carthage is up 4 to 0 over St. Thomas early

[BlueJay Boy]

Spoke to soon - St. Thomas with a 3 run bomb, it is now 4 to 3 at the end of 2

[BlueJay Boy]

Spoke way to soon, end of 6 - St. Thomas 9 Carthage 4

[BlueJay Boy]

It's a final - St. Thomas 14 Carthage 6 - a long road for Carthage now

[Mr. Ypsi]

NCC trails RHIT, 3-0, in the bottom of the 4th.

The Cardinals so far have but two hits.

Go, NCC - the CCIW doesn't want two losses in one day!

[Besides, I picked IWU over NCC in the regional final!]

[Mr. Ypsi]

RHIT and NCC each got one run in the 5th - entering the 6th it is 4-1.

[Mr. Ypsi]

NCC gets one in the 8th.  Going to the bottom of the 9th, they trail 4-2.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Can NCC pull this one out?!

First man walks, second strikes out, third walks - winning run at the plate with the heart of the order up and only one out.

An rbi ground out and a single and the game is tied!

And we're going to extra innings.

[Mr. Ypsi]

NCC ends a mild threat in the top of the tenth with a DP.

Bottom of the tenth and the winning run is on first with no outs.

Dang!  Hlavac got himself picked off first - now two outs, nobody on.

And we're on to the 11th.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Alas, the Cards ran out of comebacks.

RHIT scored one in the top of the 11th (2 singles and a sac fly); NCC went 1,2,3 in the bottom of the 11th, and fall 5-4.

[BigPoppa]

Carthage over Aurora today 9-5. The Redmen survive to play another day.

[Mr. Ypsi]

After 5 innings, NCC trails BV 3-2.

[BigPoppa]

CCIW is back to .500 at 2-2... c'mon NCC and IWU!

[Mr. Ypsi]

BV got another run in the 6th.  At the end of seven, NCC trails 4-2.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Both teams' pitching faltered in the final two innings.  BV defeats NCC, 8-5.

NCC is the first team eliminated in the Central regional; may Ripon be the second (as they are playing IWU next game).