BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

What a disappointing finish to a great season.  IWU was the first CCIW team to ever win 20 conference games and their 1.38 team era has got to be an all-time record (couldn't find such a category).  They added one more with Aronson's complete game shutout of Elmhurst in the conference tourney.

Then ... 34 runs in 4 straight losses, finishing with Aronson giving up more earned runs today than he had the ENTIRE season previously.

Baseball is indeed a cruel game!  At least the (likely) conference Player of the Year (Ricky Angel) and Pitcher of the Year (Matt Aronson) will both be back.  In my best Brooklyn accent: wait 'til next year!

Oh, and good luck to Carthage and (ouch!) Augie - represent the conference well!

[knarocky22]

I know that IWU went 20-1 in conference play, but it really felt like they weren't any better than Carthage or Augie.  They just didn't have the feel of a team that you were afraid of, as a normal 20-1 team would have.  I think they had a tremendous season and peaked during the conference season (they struggled pre-CCIW and post-CCIW). 

Good luck to both Carthage and Augie the rest of the way.

[Mr. Ypsi]

k22,

I think you're probably absolutely right about the Titans (subtract the conference record from the season record, and they were basically a .500 team outside of the magical run), but couldn't you let me mourn in peace for ONE day before bringing up reality!

[mwunder]

D3 Scoreboard has the final as 6-4 Carthage.....any verification on this???

[augie28]

Luther Beats Wash U (Wash U eliminated)
Carthage Beats Webster

Tomorrow's games:
12:00 - Luther vs. Carthage
3:00 - Augie vs. Webster - elimination game
6:00 - Loser of 12:00 game vs. Winner of 3:00 game - elimination game

I would expect Carthage and Augie to both walk away with wins in their first games, and if that is the case it will be a battle of the bullpens between Luther and Augie.

How great would an all CCIW final be!  Good luck to both Carthage and Augie tomorrow.

[mr_b]

Here is the link to the Carthage-Webster boxscore:

http://www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/sports/NCAABB07/ncaa6.htm

[REDMENFAN]

Wow, whoever wins that 12:00 game today is sitting pretty. Loser has to win three straight and go really deep into the pitching staff, unless you got a guy who threw Wednesday and feels like he could throw on 2 days rest on Saturday.  I doubt Carthage would do that with Husing and put his future at risk, but you never know. Anyway, lets hope we don't have to worry about that and Carthage can get a win and just relax in the stands the rest of the day!

[REDMENFAN]

Few quotes from Augie Schmidt in today kenosha news:
"These games are just crazy, this was another nail-biter. It was a hard-fought game, and we're just happy to have won it.  It was the same type of game as the night before against Washington, the kind of game where you're really tired when it's over.  If you're a baseball fan, you have to love all these close games."

"Jeff Livek pitched his tail off, but he needed some relief help at the end.  We brought Corey Richardson into the game in the ninth after Ryan Roufus walked a lefty with two outs.  Corey has shown that he'll throw the ball over the dish, and whatever happens, happens.  He did a great job of finishing the game."

"That will be the driver's seat game of the tournament (referring to today's game).  I've come to the conclusion that nothing is going to be easy in this tournament, so we'll just get ready for another barn-burner."

The article also mentioned that Carthage has 21 complete games this year, 17 by the talented trio of Husing, Livek and Krepline.  Carthage also has a team batting average of over .350 and has won 20 games by 5 runs or more.  Hopefully the Redmen can set a new school record for consecutive wins today!!

[BigPoppa]

Hopefully we can get live stats as I am in my classroom and not able to use the sports hotline today.

[BigPoppa]

Carthage vs Luther today is a battle for Lutheran supremacy in the region. Martin Luther would be proud of this matchup.

In the West, Pacific Lutheran is also unbeaten... if I were a Lutheran I would think it was a sign from above.

[mwunder]

Hopefully we can get live stats as I am in my classroom and not able to use the sports hotline today.

If you go to the scoreboard and click on the link from the first Luther game, you'll get directed to their site.  I've contacted the radio station and they said that they are doing a live broadcast of the game.


http://kwlc.luther.edu/listen/index.html

[BigPoppa]

Hopefully we can get live stats as I am in my classroom and not able to use the sports hotline today.

If you go to the scoreboard and click on the link from the first Luther game, you'll get directed to their site.  I've contacted the radio station and they said that they are doing a live broadcast of the game.


http://kwlc.luther.edu/listen/index.html

Thank you, sir.

[mwunder]

After the top of the 1st....Luther 1, Carthage coming to bat


Luther in the first.

6-3  1 out
1b
2b  Runners at 2nd and 3rd
K backwards  2 out
1b  1 RBI
1-3  3 out

[REDMENFAN]

Sadjak walks to bring in the tying run in the bottom of the first

[REDMENFAN]

Wuis grounds out with the bases loaded to end the inning. 1-1 after the first. Bases loaded with one out and the Redmen could only manage one run