BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BigPoppa]

With Augustana's top 3 pitchers and the way they swing the bat, they are without a doubt a top 25 team in the country. Take a school like Ripon...I'm not trying to knock them, but look at the teams they play in their conference. I wouldn't be surprised if Elmhurst this year could finish in the top 2 in that conference. If Carthage is the 8th best team right now, and Augie was a few plays away from taking 2 out of 3 from them, how could they fall from 14 (i believe that's what they were) to not even receiving votes. By the way, congrats to the Redmen and keep taking care of business these next to non-conference games!

I agree... Augie should have been somewhere in the top 25 teams. They dropped 17 runs on a previously unhittable Carthage pitching staff. I generally think that the top 2 or 3 in the CCIW would win most other conferences. The NIIC is usually dominated by Aurora, IIAC is usually dominated by Wartburg. The SLIAC is a below average conference, their winner would  finish in the middle of the CCIW.

The CCIW is a solid conference from top to bottom and should be rewarded as such. I think the CCIW should have had three team in the rankings... Carthage, Augustana and IWU. It will all sort itself out soon enough.

[clarkjoneshater]

OK, I just have one question; when is the athletic director over at Elmhurst College going to stop being everyones friend, and fire Clark Jones?

That is all from the biggest ClarkJonesHater.

[clarkjoneshater]

A Preview of what is to come:

Word on the street says Clark Jones made his team run for 40 min after their game today in which they lost 9-1.  Afterword, Clark Jones took the team back to campus without a meal, which was previously budgeted for.  Gosh Clark, where does all that money go for every meal skipped? Dakota's baseball equipment?

That is all from the Biggest ClarkJonesHater

[Pat Coleman]

A Preview of what is to come:

Word on the street says Clark Jones made his team run for 40 min after their game today in which they lost 9-1.  Afterword, Clark Jones took the team back to campus without a meal, which was previously budgeted for.  Gosh Clark, where does all that money go for every meal skipped? Dakota's baseball equipment?

That is all from the Biggest ClarkJonesHater

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[mwunder]

With Augustana's top 3 pitchers and the way they swing the bat, they are without a doubt a top 25 team in the country. Take a school like Ripon...I'm not trying to knock them, but look at the teams they play in their conference. I wouldn't be surprised if Elmhurst this year could finish in the top 2 in that conference. If Carthage is the 8th best team right now, and Augie was a few plays away from taking 2 out of 3 from them, how could they fall from 14 (i believe that's what they were) to not even receiving votes. By the way, congrats to the Redmen and keep taking care of business these next to non-conference games!

I agree... Augie should have been somewhere in the top 25 teams. They dropped 17 runs on a previously unhittable Carthage pitching staff. I generally think that the top 2 or 3 in the CCIW would win most other conferences. The NIIC is usually dominated by Aurora, IIAC is usually dominated by Wartburg. The SLIAC is a below average conference, their winner would  finish in the middle of the CCIW.

The CCIW is a solid conference from top to bottom and should be rewarded as such. I think the CCIW should have had three team in the rankings... Carthage, Augustana and IWU. It will all sort itself out soon enough.

The ABCA poll means almost nothing.  If basketball is any indication, it's the regional polls that mean the most.  IWU and Augie both have bad losses in-region that have hurt them.  Augie lost 2 to Wheaton and 1 Rockford.  IWU has bad losses to Millikin, Wheaton, and Coe.  Yes, they both have wins against Carthage, but 17-1 is the same as 1-0 in the formula right??

Whether or not the CCIW gets two teams into the dance this season will come down to the CCIW tourney and the Augie/IWU series this weekend.  If Augie sweeps that series, they will move up in the regional rankings.  Augie could also pick up a quality win versus Central (ahead of them in-region) next Monday.

[TitanRailer]

IWU won big over Monmouth last night, 23-5.  Freshman Rob Cummings set a school record with 6 hits in the game, including a HR, double, and six RBI's.  More amazing, 2 other players also had 6 RBI's in the game.  Have to think that 3 different players with 6 RBI's each in one game must be a record of some sort.

IWU hosts Rockford this evening then hosts a  huge game against Wash U tomorrow.  Of course, lets not forget Augie this weekend.  If IWU can get past Wash U and take 2 of 3 vs Augie, it could help Pool C chances.  Plus, with only NP and Elmhurst left to play in conference, it should (on paper) produce 6 in-region wins.

Pool C may come down to May 8th when IWU hosts Aurora.  I still think IWU needs to win the conference tourney to get in, but if they run the table in region then lose 2 in tourney, might be hard to leave them out!

[BigPoppa]

A Preview of what is to come:

Word on the street says Clark Jones made his team run for 40 min after their game today in which they lost 9-1.  Afterword, Clark Jones took the team back to campus without a meal, which was previously budgeted for.  Gosh Clark, where does all that money go for every meal skipped? Dakota's baseball equipment?

That is all from the Biggest ClarkJonesHater

I understand you are frustrated, but it is clear that you are inside the Elmhurst program and to call out Clark Jones is simply sophomoric. If you are really that fed up with the program, bide your time for a few weeks and transfer.

[mwunder]

Carthage defeats former CCIW member Carroll 13-3.  No details as of yet.

[Gregory Sager]

NPU bounced back from Tuesday's ugly 13-3 loss at the University of Chicago to record a 6-5 win at home over CURF on Wednesday.

[TitanRailer]

IWU wins 3-2 over Rockford.  Big game tonight against 29-5 Wash U.  Incredibly, 2 of those 5 losses were home games against Elmhurst.  Not sure how that happened?  Must have been when Coach Jones was coaching and not posting...

[REDMENFAN]

The return of Chris Sadjak has helped out the Redmen as of late. In just 6 games, Sadjak is hitting over .300 and has 8 RBI's. Not bad for a guy who didn't touch a bat for about 2 months and then took BP for a day and was back in the line-up. Augie's quote in the paper was "All I know is our line-up looks a whole lot better with him in the middle of it."

[mwunder]

Name the only team in the UAA that is undefeated in 3 games versus CCIW competition this season.

[Cooler King]

Name the only team in the UAA that is undefeated in 3 games versus CCIW competition this season.

University of Chicago-- though they have Carthage coming up and Elmhurst, who has beaten Chicago soundly in their last three meetings.

[mwunder]

Name the only team in the UAA that is undefeated in 3 games versus CCIW competition this season.

University of Chicago-- though they have Carthage coming up and Elmhurst, who has beaten Chicago soundly in their last three meetings.

DING DING DING!!!

The only reason I pointed this out was that I hope Carthage doesn't take them lightly on Friday.  Even at 10-13, they still have some quality wins over CCIW level competition.

[REDMENFAN]

Sunny and 70 in Kenosha, Carthage players probably feel like they are in florida again! I remember it was around this time last year when we were playing aurora and it was freezing and it hailed during the game on two separate occasions.