BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BigPoppa]

Sadly, I think NPU's reward for winning will be shipping out to the Midwest region... While IWU lost and will get to stay in the central region... Logically it makes no sense but economically it makes perfect sense.

[D3Vike11]

Sadly, I think NPU's reward for winning will be shipping out to the Midwest region... While IWU lost and will get to stay in the central region... Logically it makes no sense but economically it makes perfect sense.

If true, the good news is that St. Thomas should get shipped out West as well, which makes the Midwest a little more inviting for North Park. Birmingham Southern will be in the Central, and should have an easy road to Appleton.

[BigPoppa]

NOTHING is easy at this point in the season... All wins are good wins and all losses hurt more than the rest combined.

[D3Vike11]

NOTHING is easy at this point in the season... All wins are good wins and all losses hurt more than the rest combined.

True, but I'm sure other teams, if given the choice, would go to the Central.

[Mr. Ypsi]

That's what they thought in 2010 (and thought in Appleton about IWU)!

[mr_b]

NCAA playoff field released

North Park will go to the Midwest Regional (Whitewater), along with Aurora and Concordia-Chicago.  Illinois Wesleyan will go the the Central (Millington, TN) also with Wash U and Webster.

[Viking Blue]

Had the opportunity to see Concordia and Aurora square off earlier this year (5 former players playing for those two teams).  Quite a battle, and a seemingly-heated rivalry between those two.  Glad to see a couple other schools from the area represented in the Whitewater regional.

[D3Vike11]

Interesting to see that Wesleyan got the 6 seed in the tourney. They will face a tough first round opponent in Birmingham Southern. I would have thought that Webster, who's the 5 seed, and Wesleyan would have been switched, considering Wesleyan has a stronger SOS, and better record vs In-Region opponents.

[badgerwarhawk]

Greg, will you be coming to WW for the tournament? 

[D3Vike11]

Greg, will you be coming to WW for the tournament?

I'll be there! I know you were concerned

[D3Vike11]

The All-Conference team was announced today.

http://cciw.org/sports/2012/5/14/BB_0514123120.aspx?id=748

Nick Soldano and Mike Trotta share the Pitcher of the Year Award. Callahan receives the Player of the Year Award, and Luke Johnson wins his 2nd Coach of the Year Award in a row, splitting it with Joel Southern this year.

[mr_b]

The All-Conference team was announced today.

http://cciw.org/sports/2012/5/14/BB_0514123120.aspx?id=748

Nick Soldano and Mike Trotta share the Pitcher of the Year Award. Callahan receives the Player of the Year Award, and Luke Johnson wins his 2nd Coach of the Year Award in a row, splitting it with Joel Southern this year.

Outstanding!  Congratulations to all the players from every school who earned the honors!

[Viking Blue]

Man....outstanding news for Coach Johnson, though you have to really respect the job that Joel Southern has done at Elmhurst.  I know that thought has been tossed out there earlier in this forum.

[mr_b]

Man....outstanding news for Coach Johnson, though you have to really respect the job that Joel Southern has done at Elmhurst.  I know that thought has been tossed out there earlier in this forum.

Joel Southern has done a great job this year, and had he won it outright, it would have been very well deserved.  How many picked Elmhurst to make the CCIW Tournament this year? 

That said, I'm very happy to see Luke Johnson earn co-coach honors.  He has done a great job of rebuilding a team that had one returning position player from last year's squad.  Now they are heading for the NCAA Regionals.  Well done!

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to everyone who made the All-CCIW team, particularly the seven Vikings who earned All-CCIW status. And a special congrats to Luke Johnson upon repeating as COY, and to Nick Soldano upon his Co-Pitcher of the Year award.

Man....outstanding news for Coach Johnson, though you have to really respect the job that Joel Southern has done at Elmhurst.  I know that thought has been tossed out there earlier in this forum.

Joel Southern has done a great job this year, and had he won it outright, it would have been very well deserved.  How many picked Elmhurst to make the CCIW Tournament this year? 

That said, I'm very happy to see Luke Johnson earn co-coach honors.  He has done a great job of rebuilding a team that had one returning position player from last year's squad.  Now they are heading for the NCAA Regionals.  Well done!

My thoughts exactly, on both counts.

NOTHING is easy at this point in the season... All wins are good wins and all losses hurt more than the rest combined.

Very well said, BP.

Sadly, I think NPU's reward for winning will be shipping out to the Midwest region... While IWU lost and will get to stay in the central region... Logically it makes no sense but economically it makes perfect sense.

The downside is that NPU got placed into what appears to be a stronger regional than IWU's. The upside is that, as a higher seed, the Park appears to be in a better position than IWU is for their respective first games.

I figured it was going to play out this way. I know the NCAA and its cost-conscious habits vis-a-vis D3 tournaments far too well to have put much stock in the idea that the Vikings would be sent to a regional where they'd have to fly in on the NCAA's dime when they were within busing distance of another regional.

Greg, will you be coming to WW for the tournament? 

At this point, I'm tentatively planning to be at UWW for the CSS @ NPU game on Wednesday afternoon, BW. It all depends upon how my ride holds up, but he appears to be leaning towards making the drive up there for it.