BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

BlueJay Boy · May 16, 2010, 11:58:08 PM

Let's hope D 3 baseball is on the money - 3 CCIW teams would be sweet

jigsaw54 · May 17, 2010, 02:35:58 AM

3 CCIW teams make the tourney. Congrats to all

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/051710aaa.html

REDMENFAN · May 17, 2010, 09:21:48 AM

I think NCC and IWU got a much better draw than Carthage. Nice for the Redmen to only have to travel an hour though I suppose. Good luck to all CCIW teams, represent well!

BigPoppa · May 17, 2010, 09:32:56 AM

Quote from: REDMENFAN on May 17, 2010, 09:21:48 AM
I think NCC and IWU got a much better draw than Carthage. Nice for the Redmen to only have to travel an hour though I suppose. Good luck to all CCIW teams, represent well!

Carthage got a brutal bracket to play in, but rightfully so as they won neither the regualr season or post-season title. I think that the Midwest region would prefer to have North Central or IWU instead of Carthage.

HITandRUN463 · May 17, 2010, 10:53:13 AM

Congrats to the 3 CCIW teams! It should be a very interesting week but nonetheless, a fun one

BigPoppa · May 17, 2010, 11:18:14 AM

IWU is a very dangerous team as they have the pitching to do some serious damage this week.

Gregory Sager · May 17, 2010, 11:36:24 AM

Well, the pitching went south for NPU this weekend, but the Vikings win and lose as a team. They didn't hit well in Game One, and they couldn't muster enough runs to claw all the way back from that 8-0 deficit in Game Three. Since there were games this year in which the pitching was there and the hitting wasn't, it all evens out.

It's disappointing to be the only CCIW tourney team to not make the D3 tourney field, but I think that the Vikings knew going into the weekend that they had to win at least a couple of games to get themselves into Pool C position. Regardless of the sour ending to the season, it was a fantastic year for the Vikings. This was the most successful baseball season for NPU in two decades, and I would think that everyone who follows CCIW baseball agrees that Luke Johnson has the North Park program back on the map. He's going to need to get a couple of solid arms, or have current pitchers develop to the point of being reliable out-getters in CCIW competition, but he does have Pete Sparacino and every starting position player except for Nick Marino returning next year.

Things are really looking up for NPU on the baseball side of things, unhappy finish notwithstanding.

BigPoppa · May 17, 2010, 11:39:53 AM

I am still in shock that the CCIW got THREE teams into the post-season while other great conferences got one bid. I knew NCC was getting a Pool C bid, but Carthage getting one shocked me. I thought yesterday sealed their fate.

RedmanFan35 · May 17, 2010, 11:46:58 AM

It was an amazing weekend at North central. Congratulations to IWU. They played like the warriors they have always been from the time I've been following the CCIW. Kabbes and Sweeney stepped up Big Time.The outcome iis'nt what I wanted, but that's what happens when you get Beat !!! Great Job IWU and best of luck at Augustana !!!! Go Titans !!!

RedmanFan35 · May 17, 2010, 11:52:08 AM

Wow !!! We got a C bid. You Guys know so much more than I do. I think we've played evey team in the field at Whitewater over the last 2 years. It's a really tough draw, but better than being out !!! I'm losing my voice again !!!! Reservations for the Whitewater area, aye !!! Go Redmen !!!!!

BigPoppa · May 17, 2010, 11:54:24 AM

Carthage vs St. Thomas is a great first round match-up. Last time they met in March, Schuld out-dueled Perez in a 2-1 UST extra inning win. Here hoping that Perez brings his A-game again.

CrashDavisD3 · May 17, 2010, 12:04:00 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 17, 2010, 11:39:53 AM
I am still in shock that the CCIW got THREE teams into the post-season while other great conferences got one bid. I knew NCC was getting a Pool C bid, but Carthage getting one shocked me. I thought yesterday sealed their fate.

ASC got 2 TLU stayed home
SCIAC 1 Cal Lu and Redlands stayed home
NWC 1 Pac Lu stayed home.

One these other teams should have gotten a Pool C but it is what is...

Not sure about this one...in the West.....Just seems to be a bias against the West at times...Region is stacked with very good teams.Would have been nice to ship one of the West teams to another Region. Last time that happen 2 teams ended up in Appleton.

TurtleHead · May 17, 2010, 12:28:56 PM

NCAA did Carthage no favors putting them in the Midwest this year. The opening day pitching match-ups look brutal.

The Rose Hulman / NCC and IWU / Buena Vista games look like they will be good. Not that familiar with NCC. Who does it look like they will throw? Rose will probably throw Eitel.

RedmanFan35 · May 17, 2010, 12:32:11 PM

I hope so to Big Poppa. Perez has been battling , Arm problems all year. I'm hoping he leaves it all out on the field one more time.

BlueJay Boy · May 17, 2010, 06:09:58 PM

It was indeed a great weekend of baseball in Naperville this weekend. Amazing that the CCIW got 3 teams in. I do not know what happened to NCC, but I am sure they will play well in Rock Island. North Park, as I have stated before is a very solid team, Carthage seemed to have the tourney under control until they ran into the Titan Buzzsaw. I will say that this weekend the best team won.

Here's hoping all 3 teams play well this coming week. NCC and IWU both should have a great shot in Rock Island, Carthage has a rough road ahead of them, hope their bats wake up, because they threw it and fielded it well.