BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

mr_b · May 07, 2006, 04:41:11 PM

According to the Millikin website, Carthage defeated the Big Blue 9-5 on Sunday, thereby qualifying North Park as the fourth team the conference tournament.

REDMENFAN · May 07, 2006, 08:46:21 PM

Congratulations to North Park on making the tournament. Now its conference tourney time, the slate is cleared, and each of these 4 teams has a chance to get hot for a few days and make regionals

BigPoppa · May 08, 2006, 12:19:08 AM

Congrats to Coach Luke Johnson and his NPU team. One season and he turned it around. Way to go!

Gregory Sager · May 08, 2006, 04:54:52 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 05, 2006, 08:20:26 PMGregory, you can take solace in the fact that Wheaton baseball fans have experienced more futility than North Park football.

Has Wheaton gone without recording a winning season in baseball since 1968? If not, then the Wheaties have by no means matched NPU's gridiron futility.

But this is not a weekend to bemoan the athletic shortcomings of the Vikings. Congrats to Luke Johnson and the NPU baseball team upon making the CCIW tournament! What a great turnaround in the space of one season! Things are definitely looking up for the North Park baseball program.

Cooler King · May 08, 2006, 09:45:42 AM

Sorry to all of the Carthage, IWU, and AU fans, but it sure would be neat to see NPU pull an upset in the Tournament. Everybody loves an underdog.

TitanRailer · May 08, 2006, 09:55:26 AM

Quote from: Cooler King on May 08, 2006, 09:45:42 AM
Sorry to all of the Carthage, IWU, and AU fans, but it sure would be neat to see NPU pull an upset in the Tournament. Everybody loves an underdog.

Hate to disagree, but I doubt that the players from Carthage, Augie, and IWU love that underdog.

matblake · May 08, 2006, 10:25:36 AM

Congrats to North Park. Sager, Wheaton's last winning Season in Baseball came in 1999 with a 18-17-1 record (9-11 in CCIW) under Doug Yager. Their last winning season in CCIW play came in 1980 under Gary Taylor at 11-5 (15-12 overall).

emeritusprof · May 08, 2006, 12:04:36 PM

Yeah, congrats to North Park are in order. They had a fine season. However, an even greater congrats go to Carthage for another superior season.

Take 'em both, the conference title and the CCIW tourney.

REDMENFAN · May 08, 2006, 01:34:34 PM

It will be interesting to see what the coaches decide to do as far as who they pitch. I'm sure North Park will throw their ace against Carthage, but for Carthage, IWU, and Augie it will be interesting. IWU most likely will throw there #1 against Augie. Will Carthage throw Evosovich against NPU or save him for the Augie/IWU winner (assuming Carthage wins.) Same for Augie, will they throw their best against IWU or try to save him for Carthage. Obviously, you need to take every game and team seriously, so it makes it a tough call. Luckily for both Carthage and Augie, they have 3 pitchers that have performed well and been reliable all year in conference.

Captain Morgan · May 08, 2006, 01:40:45 PM

My call is Carthage over NPU and IWU over Augie in round #1!

I am sure that the Red Men will walk away untouched this weekend.

BigPoppa · May 08, 2006, 01:46:34 PM

Quote from: REDMENFAN on May 08, 2006, 01:34:34 PM
It will be interesting to see what the coaches decide to do as far as who they pitch. I'm sure North Park will throw their ace against Carthage, but for Carthage, IWU, and Augie it will be interesting. IWU most likely will throw there #1 against Augie. Will Carthage throw Evosovich against NPU or save him for the Augie/IWU winner (assuming Carthage wins.) Same for Augie, will they throw their best against IWU or try to save him for Carthage. Obviously, you need to take every game and team seriously, so it makes it a tough call. Luckily for both Carthage and Augie, they have 3 pitchers that have performed well and been reliable all year in conference.

Carthage will throw their #1, Evosovich. Augie Schmidt does not take anyone lightly in the post-season. If, by chance, Carthage jumps out to an big, early lead, he may pull Evosovich to save him for the final day in relief. That has been his M. O. in the past.

This should be a great CCIW tourney. Think Carthage is already assured a Pool C bid, but I think Augie has to win a game or two to get themselves in without winning the tourney(It makes game #1 vs IWU a huge game for Augie). IWU and NPU both have to win it to get a bid. I do not see IWU getting a thrid CCIW bid with 12 losses already.

Bstar21 · May 08, 2006, 02:28:47 PM

You are right, it will be interesting to see who throws in the IWU-Augie game. I think Wesleyan has to throw there number 1 since Augie roughed up the rest of there pitching. I like the way Augie is swinging it right now, and i think Augie and Carthage in the championship, with both of them going to the regionals.

BigPoppa · May 08, 2006, 02:42:34 PM

Quote from: Bstar21 on May 08, 2006, 02:28:47 PM
You are right, it will be interesting to see who throws in the IWU-Augie game. I think Wesleyan has to throw there number 1 since Augie roughed up the rest of there pitching. I like the way Augie is swinging it right now, and i think Augie and Carthage in the championship, with both of them going to the regionals.

If it's an Augie-Carthage final, both will be heading to a regional. It will be interesting to see if they both end up in the Central. I think they will, but the new format may change things a bit.

TitanRailer · May 08, 2006, 04:17:27 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 08, 2006, 01:46:34 PM
Quote from: REDMENFAN on May 08, 2006, 01:34:34 PM
It will be interesting to see what the coaches decide to do as far as who they pitch. I'm sure North Park will throw their ace against Carthage, but for Carthage, IWU, and Augie it will be interesting. IWU most likely will throw there #1 against Augie. Will Carthage throw Evosovich against NPU or save him for the Augie/IWU winner (assuming Carthage wins.) Same for Augie, will they throw their best against IWU or try to save him for Carthage. Obviously, you need to take every game and team seriously, so it makes it a tough call. Luckily for both Carthage and Augie, they have 3 pitchers that have performed well and been reliable all year in conference.

Carthage will throw their #1, Evosovich. Augie Schmidt does not take anyone lightly in the post-season. If, by chance, Carthage jumps out to an big, early lead, he may pull Evosovich to save him for the final day in relief. That has been his M. O. in the past.

This should be a great CCIW tourney. Think Carthage is already assured a Pool C bid, but I think Augie has to win a game or two to get themselves in without winning the tourney(It makes game #1 vs IWU a huge game for Augie). IWU and NPU both have to win it to get a bid. I do not see IWU getting a thrid CCIW bid with 12 losses already.

IWU will likely throw Dave Dobosz, 8-1 with a 1.41 ERA on the year, including a 3-2 win over Augie earlier in the year. Unfortunately, he is the only IWU pitcher with a victory over Augie or Carthage. IWU has no chance of a Pool C so they need a solid weekend. If they can continue to swing the bats as they have, they have a chance, but pitching needs to be solid.

BigPoppa · May 08, 2006, 04:29:01 PM

Quote from: Captain Morgan on May 08, 2006, 01:40:45 PM
My call is Carthage over NPU and IWU over Augie in round #1!

I am sure that the Red Men will walk away untouched this weekend.

NPU being in the tourney for the first time since '99 got me thinking. How long has it been for the other schools?

Also, when was the last time some of these schools were NOT in the CCIW tourney?