BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

theoneandonly · February 16, 2009, 02:19:12 PM

Quote from: mr_b on February 16, 2009, 12:44:26 PM
Quote from: theoneandonly on February 16, 2009, 11:59:22 AM
Quote from: BigPoppa on February 12, 2009, 10:08:03 AM
Region 4: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

So you're saying Illinois schools are in the same region as Hawaii and Alaska? if so thats a pretty crazy region.
It looks that way, but of course there are no DIII teams in Hawaii or Alaska.

Imagine if there were -- what a travel budget for conference games that would be!

HA!, i dont think i want to imagine how much that would cost any school, let alone a DIII school.

theoneandonly · February 23, 2009, 09:29:20 AM

Where will all the CCIW teams be heading this spring break?

BigPoppa · February 23, 2009, 10:15:39 AM

Augustana opens today. Should get a feel for their strength by the end of the week.

BigPoppa · February 23, 2009, 10:23:34 AM

CCIW finally gets in oin the action this week. Augustana has six games on tap followed by North Park and North Central with three each and Elmhurst with one, opening Sunday morning in the Metrodome.

Will be nice to get a feel for the CCIW early, but the true strength will lie in how well Carthage and IWU open their season in a few weeks.

letsplay2 · February 23, 2009, 02:19:53 PM

BigPoppa, are you sure Augie is playing today? they dont have an opponent listed or a time for the game... seems like they just posted their arrival in florida for some reason. Regardless i can't wait to see how the CCIW teams do this week.

BigPoppa · February 23, 2009, 03:21:22 PM

Quote from: letsplay2 on February 23, 2009, 02:19:53 PM
BigPoppa, are you sure Augie is playing today? they dont have an opponent listed or a time for the game... seems like they just posted their arrival in florida for some reason. Regardless i can't wait to see how the CCIW teams do this week.

Sorry... my bad. They open tomorrow. I read my calendar wrong. (There is my Carthage education at work again!)

CCIWFAN6 · February 23, 2009, 11:15:26 PM

After looking over the schedules for the CCIW squads, I have to say that IWU has by far the hardest start of anyone. They open up with a weekend in Greencastle against Depauw and Hanover before playing Webster and Wartburg(two teams from the regional last year) along with Concordia, who barely missed making the regional. Followed by a trip to MS to play a red hot Millsaps team. Titans could struggle coming out of the gate.

Carthage has two games against UW Whitewater in the first week of their season. I know I will be keeping a watchful eye on these games.

BigPoppa · February 24, 2009, 10:24:35 AM

CCIW teams get under way today! Can't wait to start watching the results roll in this week. Here is a list of games this week involving CCIW teams:

Feb. 24

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Davenport in Winter Haven, Fla., 11 a.m., EST

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Hanover in Winter Haven, Fla., 2 p.m., EST

Feb. 25

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Hanover in Winter Haven, Fla., Noon, EST

Feb. 26

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Davenport (DH), in Winter Haven, Fla., 11 a.m., EST

Feb. 27

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Grove City in Orlando, Fla., 12:30 p.m., EST

Feb. 28

North Park at Spaulding, 11 a.m., EST

North Park vs. Cincinnati Christian at Spaulding, 3 p.m., EST

North Central vs. Luther at the GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., 1 p.m.

March 1

Augustana (Ill.) vs. Cornell in Winter Haven, Fla., 9:30 a.m., EST

Elmhurst vs. Gustavus Adolphus (DH) at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn, 11:15 a.m.

North Central vs. Webster at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., 10 a.m.

North Central vs. Illinois College at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., 1 p.m.

North Park vs. Wilmington in Chillicothe, Ohio, 1 p.m., EST

acvikings · February 24, 2009, 10:28:28 PM

Augustana opens the season with a 4-1 win over Hanover. Pagano got the start and worked 5 innings with 7 strikeouts. He did give up one run, not sure if it was earned or unearned. Kulig came in relief for the last four innings. Hoffman and Wagle each had 2 hits for the Vikings. They play Hanover again tomorrow. I believe Erickson will throw for the Vikings since he didn't throw today.

BigG296 · February 24, 2009, 10:46:28 PM

Good to hear the CCIW getting off to a good start with Augie picking up a W. Hopefully the CCIW can put up a good showing here on the spring trips as it'd be great to make a statement early as a conference.

BigPoppa · February 25, 2009, 08:22:41 AM

Quote from: acvikings on February 24, 2009, 10:28:28 PM
Augustana opens the season with a 4-1 win over Hanover. Pagano got the start and worked 5 innings with 7 strikeouts. He did give up one run, not sure if it was earned or unearned. Kulig came in relief for the last four innings. Hoffman and Wagle each had 2 hits for the Vikings. They play Hanover again tomorrow. I believe Erickson will throw for the Vikings since he didn't throw today.

Thanks! Keep the info coming. With teams scattered all over it is hard to keep up.

acvikings · February 25, 2009, 10:09:01 PM

Augie gets another victory, 11-2, today over Hanover. Some things to point out per the box score. Ramos had a big day going 4-5 with 3 runs scored, a homerun, double, and a stolen base. Freshman Michael Barker and T.J. O'Donnell each had two hits. Good to see T.J. in the mix as he homered and doubled. Erickson went seven strong recording 4 strikeouts, no walks, 2 earned runs and giving up 9 hits. Nice to see that his ratio for K's/BB's is down so far. Frede worked the ninth and got 2 strikeouts. It will be interesting to see who the Vikes throw on Friday against Grove City.

BigPoppa · February 27, 2009, 01:41:16 PM

Carthage has released the 2009 Media Guide:
http://www.carthage.edu/athleticspages/mens/baseball/mediaguide.pdf

A lot of question marks for the Redmen offensively. Pitching looks solid, but can they catch the ball? We know they are going to hit (afterall, it IS Carthage).

BigPoppa · February 28, 2009, 11:57:11 AM

Augustana is off to a 3-0 start down south. A few others are expected to start this weekend, but I think the weather might be playing a factor in those games. If anyone has info on the North Park and North Central games, please let us know.

Now... while many of you gear up to watch a baseball game this weekend, I am heading outside to shovel... again.

Gregory Sager · February 28, 2009, 07:14:46 PM

NPU opened its 2009 season this morning with a 7-5 win at Spalding in Louisville, KY. It was the ninth game of the season for Spalding, although the Golden Eagles are now an undistinguished 1-8. No game details are available yet, but Mr. B should be online sometime soon to give us the 411.

The Vikings played Cincinnati Christian this afternoon on the Spalding field as well. No results or details available as of yet.

Bookmark Mr. B's website for North Park baseball. It's very thorough and well-constructed, and he always keeps it up-to-date.