BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Augie6]

North Central defeats Birmingham-Southern, 3-2, in 11 innings, on a bases-loaded walk to Chris Hill with no outs.  The Cards had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th but failed to score, and the Panthers left a runner on third after a leadoff double in the top of the 11th. Congratulations to the Cardinals!

Congrats to NCC on a terrific showing at the Regional.  Good luck at the DIII World Series. 

[Ralph Turner]

Congrats NCC!  Great tourney.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Way to go, Cardinals!  Now, go make some noise in Appleton!

[robertgoulet]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

[BigPoppa]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

... aaaaannnndddddd... que the IWU faithful....

[Pat Coleman]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

... aaaaannnndddddd... que the IWU faithful....

I'm surprised we've had to wait this long already, honestly.

[robertgoulet]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

... aaaaannnndddddd... que the IWU faithful....

I'm surprised we've had to wait this long already, honestly.

This one is lost one me 

[Mr. Ypsi]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

... aaaaannnndddddd... que the IWU faithful....

I'm surprised we've had to wait this long already, honestly.

This one is lost one me 

Well, I wouldn't want to disappoint Big Poppa and Pat!   They're referring to 2010, when the Titans actually had a losing record with just a week or so to go in the regular season, and ended up going all the way to the title.

(Forgive me, Greg - they set me up! )

[Gregory Sager]

What a run by NCC over the last 3 weeks.

On 5/2 they lost to Millikin to drop to 15-15 on the season.

They've since won 14 of their last 15 and enter the World Series at 29-16; a 3-4 loss to Augie on 5/12 is the only blemish since that loss to Millikin. Talk about getting hot at the right time!

... aaaaannnndddddd... que the IWU faithful....

I'm surprised we've had to wait this long already, honestly.

You didn't, Pat. Chuck posted this on Friday:

Wartburg scored 3 in the top of the first, but never scored again - NCC 8, Wartburg 3.

Next up is #1 seed Birmingham-Southern - the winner is guaranteed a spot in the title game.

Go Cards - put a 2010 on 'em!

He must've thought he could sneak that by us by posting it late at night.

(Forgive me, Greg - they set me up! )

Who set you up on Friday night, Chuck?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Aw, gimme a break, Greg - I never even mentioned IWU on Friday night.   Just rooting for a fellow-CCIW member!

[BigPoppa]

http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/all-region/2017/central

Congrats to the 8 CCIW players named to the D3Baseball.com All-Region Team.


I cannot recall a time (maybe others can) when the Redmen were shutout of the all-region team. I thought at least one of the pitchers would have a shot.

[mr_b]

http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/all-region/2017/central

Congrats to the 8 CCIW players named to the D3Baseball.com All-Region Team.


I cannot recall a time (maybe others can) when the Redmen were shutout of the all-region team. I thought at least one of the pitchers would have a shot.

Only one CCIW pitcher -- McCraith of Wheaton -- made the all-Central team.  That tells you a lot about the level of pitching in the conference this season.

[Kovo]

http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/all-region/2017/central

Congrats to the 8 CCIW players named to the D3Baseball.com All-Region Team.


I cannot recall a time (maybe others can) when the Redmen were shutout of the all-region team. I thought at least one of the pitchers would have a shot.

Only one CCIW pitcher -- McCraith of Wheaton -- made the all-Central team.  That tells you a lot about the level of pitching in the conference this season.

Maybe.  There is that small matter of the NCC pitchers giving up 5 earned runs in 38 innings at the Central Regional Tournament----1.18 ERA by my calculation (but you may need one of the IWU guys to check my math  ) which tells me that perhaps the CCIW pitching wasn't all that terrible this year.

[mr_b]

http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/all-region/2017/central

Congrats to the 8 CCIW players named to the D3Baseball.com All-Region Team.


I cannot recall a time (maybe others can) when the Redmen were shutout of the all-region team. I thought at least one of the pitchers would have a shot.

Only one CCIW pitcher -- McCraith of Wheaton -- made the all-Central team.  That tells you a lot about the level of pitching in the conference this season.

Maybe.  There is that small matter of the NCC pitchers giving up 5 earned runs in 38 innings at the Central Regional Tournament----1.18 ERA by my calculation (but you may need one of the IWU guys to check my math  ) which tells me that perhaps the CCIW pitching wasn't all that terrible this year.

It's very true the North Central pitching rose to the occasion during the regional.  But my point is that throughout the CCIW schedule, there was a dearth of high-quality pitching in contrast to previous seasons.

[Gregory Sager]

CCIW pitchers were underwhelming throughout the entire regular season, really, not just in CCIW play. Take a look at this overall season's cumulative ERA and WHIP (through this past weekend's games) and compare them to the last few seasons:

year	ERA	WHIP
2011	4.97	1.43
2012	4.48	1.53
2013	4.39	1.47
2014	4.70	1.54
2015	4.45	1.48
2016	5.17	1.62
2017	5.40	1.68

The league's pitching is slipping pretty dramatically. Kovo, you can't really challenge the numbers based upon the small sample size of four games by one team.