BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

REDMENFAN · April 29, 2006, 05:55:09 PM

Sadjak injured his ankle at North Park, and is hoping to be ready to go in the next few weeks in the conference tourney. Carthage won the first game today and was winning 7-1 in the second game

augie_superfan · April 29, 2006, 08:06:39 PM

The Augie - Millikin game is rescheduled for Monday

Carthage beat Wheaton 6-2 and 8-1...therefore they clinch the regular season title and the opportunity to host the conference tourney.

IWU won 12-2 today over NPU. NCC and Elmhurst split today.

Updated Standings:

Updated Standings:

Carthage 16-2 clinched 1st place
Augustana 12-5 clinched tourney bid
IWU 11-7 clinched tourney bid
Millikin 8-9
Wheaton 7-11
North Park 6-12
North Central 5-12
Elmhurst 5-12

Bluejay Blue · April 30, 2006, 09:42:47 AM

Hard times at Elmhurst this year. Next year promises to be different.

emeritusprof · April 30, 2006, 10:58:31 AM

Hardly a D3 note, but any baseball fan ought to be amazed at the numbers Albert Pujols keeps putting up. When this young man's feats put him in the statistical company of Musial, Mays, Williams et al., it is truly incredible.

He's now the first to attain career totals of 1,000 hits and 200 home runs in just 806 games. Mays needed 824.

He keeps knocking down team figures, as well, which is notable when one ponders the names in St. Louis Cardinals history.

OK, back to CCIW.

REDMENFAN · April 30, 2006, 04:01:29 PM

Carthage DH at Lakeland today has been cancelled and no make-up date has been scheduled as of yet

consultant · April 30, 2006, 05:02:09 PM

Emeritus,
I'm from the SCAC board but I agree with you about Pujols. He is a special player. What is more remarkable is his patience at the plate now that teams are walking him. He has four walks today (2 were intentional passes I think) but the guys behind him have been killing the ball....even Edmonds !!! The three batters behind him today are collectively 6-15 with 5 RBI.

BigPoppa · May 01, 2006, 12:51:36 PM

What are the chances of the CCIW getting three teams into the NCAAs? I am certain that they will get two, but I think that IWU has to win the tourney to get in. If IWU wins it, will Carthage and Augie both get a bid?

REDMENFAN · May 01, 2006, 01:52:54 PM

I doubt it. If Wesleyan were to win the tournament, I would have to guess that Augustana would be out of luck. There are only 3 teams in the conference that are comfortably above .500, and I wouldn't think that all 3 would have a chance to get in, no matter what the scenario is IMO.

Cooler King · May 01, 2006, 08:09:51 PM

Quote from: Bluejay Blue on April 30, 2006, 09:42:47 AM
Hard times at Elmhurst this year. Next year promises to be different.

The Jays fall to NCC 8-6 in the battle for the bottom spot. With IWU next weekend it looks like a 5-16 finish. Let the applications start rolling in.

BigPoppa · May 01, 2006, 09:19:15 PM

Looks like a very disappointing year for Elmhurst. I know they expected better than this.

Cooler King · May 02, 2006, 12:44:33 AM

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 01, 2006, 09:19:15 PM
Looks like a very disappointing year for Elmhurst. I know they expected better than this.

Hopefully all of you can forgive the bulk of us Bluejay fans for the somewhat naive optimism, or personal economic bias, of a few in earlier posts. There are better days ahead (seven other spots in the standings)

Cooler King · May 02, 2006, 12:53:37 AM

Boredom and bourbon put me in a little nostalgic mood. I was giving some thought to the differences I've seen between the bad, good, and great teams I've seen. I think that the one thing the great teams I've seen have in common is that they look for an excuse to win. The atmosphere of the team is that they are waiting for something to happen to pull them ahead, whether it is an error, hit, bad call, walk, or whatever. They also look for an reason not to let other teams take advantage of these moments.

Cooler King · May 02, 2006, 01:01:43 AM

Alternatively, other teams seem to look for some reason to explain the loss. "Their pitcher threw a gem, the wind hurt us, bad call, we've been in a slump, the hits just weren't falling, etc."

REDMENFAN · May 02, 2006, 11:40:23 AM

Big non-conference game for Carthage today at Aurora. Hopefully the weather cooperates and they can get the game in. Both teams won't be able to throw one of their top 3 pitchers, but I'm sure you can expect to see the regulars for both teams play in todays game.

BigPoppa · May 02, 2006, 12:31:13 PM

Quote from: Cooler King on May 02, 2006, 12:53:37 AM
I think that the one thing the great teams I've seen have in common is that they look for an excuse to win.

Bingo... great teams play to win, others play not to lose. Most of the better teams are very aggressive in most aspects of the game.

Carthage @ Aurora tonight will most likely decide the #1 seed in the regionals. I am guessing it will be a shootout as neither will throw their big dogs and both teams can swing it.