BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BigPoppa]

A few CCIW teams get underway this weekend and into next week. I am really curious to see North Park vs Birmingham-Southern next weekend.

March 6

North Park vs. Berry at Birmingham-Southern, 11 a.m.

North Park at Birmingham-Southern, 2 p.m.

North Central (Ill.) at Franklin, Noon, EST

Illinois Wesleyan at Fontbonne (DH), Noon



March 5

North Central (Ill.) at Franklin (DH), Noon, EST

Illinois Wesleyan at Greenville (DH), Noon

North Park at Birmingham-Southern, Noon

North Park vs. Berry at Birmingham-Southern, 3:30 p.m.

Wheaton (Ill.) vs. Eastern Nazarene in Fort Myers, Fla., 5 p.m., EST

Wheaton (Ill.) vs. Monmouth in Fort Myers, Fla., 8 p.m., EST



March 4
Augustana (Ill.) vs. St. John Fisher in Winter Haven, Fla., 10:30 a.m., EST



March 3
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Rose-Hulman in Auburndale, Fla., 11:30 a.m., EST



March 2
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Widener in Winter Haven, Fla., 11 a.m., EST



Feb. 28
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Wartburg in Auburndale, Fla., 11:30 a.m., EST



Feb. 26
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Rochester Institute of Technology in Winter Haven, Fla., 2:30 p.m., EST



Feb. 25
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Grove Cit in Winter Haven, Fla., 11:30 a.m., EST



Feb. 24
Augustana (Ill.) vs. Brandeis in Auburndale, Fla., 2:30 p.m., EST

[Gregory Sager]

Good grief, I can't believe it's almost March already.

[mr_b]

Good grief, I can't believe it's almost March already.

Time flies when you spend your winters watching basketball.

[BigPoppa]

OUCH! Augustana fires a one-hitter but is done in by 4 errors in a 2-0 loss to Wartburg!

http://www.augustana.edu/x33366.xml

[Viking Blue]

Guessing there must be some weather in Birmingham.  North Park and Berry suspended at 1-1 in the 6th inning, and no report of a game between the Vikings and Birmingham-Southern.

[BigPoppa]

Guessing there must be some weather in Birmingham.  North Park and Berry suspended at 1-1 in the 6th inning, and no report of a game between the Vikings and Birmingham-Southern.

I think you are correct. Yesterday was a complete washout. Would suck for NPU to travel to Alabama and not get any games in.

[mr_b]

North Park was able to get in three games in Birmingham and finished 1-2:

Game one was started on Saturday and was suspended after 5 1/2 innings with the Vikings and Berry (GA) College tied 1-1.  The game resumed Sunday after the NPU-Birmingham Southern game.  North Park rallied for two in the bottom of the ninth and scored the winning run in the 11th for a 4-3 win.  Wade Yunker had the big hits -- a single to tie the game in the 9th and the game-winner in the 11th.  Pete Sparacino pitched six innings on Saturday and Nick Soldano worked all five on Sunday for the win.

Birmingham Southern won the Sunday contest, 5-2.  Good pitching by the Vikings: Steve Kuligowski started and worked six innings, Paul Garcia, Joel Bonnett, and Merrick McGrady held the Panthers pretty much in check over the last frames.  

Berry won game three 4-3.  Alex Silverthorne allowed all four runs, three unearned, while Travis Boyer and Shelby Wood handled relief duties.

Both opponents were solid teams.  Birmingham (12-2)  is definitely a formidable squad, and Berry -- which defeated BSC in the nightcap -- is very good fundamentally and has pitchers that throw a lot of strikes. 

[BigPoppa]

Berry is a solid, and often nationally ranked, NAIA school.

[mr_b]

Berry is a solid, and often nationally ranked, NAIA school.

They have moved to NCAA DIII and are provisional members.  If you appreciate small ball, you'd enjoy watching them play.

[BigPoppa]

Berry is a solid, and often nationally ranked, NAIA school.

They have moved to NCAA DIII and are provisional members.  If you appreciate small ball, you'd enjoy watching them play.

Wow... thanks for the update. I had no idea they made the switch.

[mr_b]

Berry is a solid, and often nationally ranked, NAIA school.

They have moved to NCAA DIII and are provisional members.  If you appreciate small ball, you'd enjoy watching them play.

Wow... thanks for the update. I had no idea they made the switch.

When I first heard that we'd be playing Berry, I thought of the DII school in Florida (spelled "Barry").  But we played the school from Georgia.

[Mugsy]

Wheaton has started the 2011 season with 2 wins.  10-5 victory over Eastern Nazarene U. and 12-3 victory over Monmouth (Ill.).

Soph. Trey Martin has started 2011 with a bang, going 5 for 8 with 3 HR's and 2 triples.

[matblake]

Thiel beats Wheaton 4-2.  Here's the game summary: http://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2011/3/8/BB_thiel.aspx?path=baseball

[Gregory Sager]

Berry is a solid, and often nationally ranked, NAIA school.

They have moved to NCAA DIII and are provisional members.  If you appreciate small ball, you'd enjoy watching them play.

Wow... thanks for the update. I had no idea they made the switch.

When I first heard that we'd be playing Berry, I thought of the DII school in Florida (spelled "Barry").  But we played the school from Georgia.

NPU played Berry in soccer this past fall as well. Now that Berry is going D3, perhaps the two schools are setting up a network of athletics relationships for long-term travel purposes.

[BigPoppa]

Carthage defeated Muskingham 2-1 in the season opener. A walk off single by Chris D'Angelo to score Josh Albers with one out in the seventh.

Live stats available on the Carthage Baseball website.