BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[kritterhawk]

Will it help Augustana secure a invite if Carthage wins the CCIW tournament today?  The CCIW has 3 of the top teams in the Region once again this year.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Will it help Augustana secure a invite if Carthage wins the CCIW tournament today?  The CCIW has 3 of the top teams in the Region once again this year.

Either Carthage or IWU is a lock for a C, and Augie has both wins and losses against each, so I can't see how it would matter.

Carthage up 4-2 after 4.

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU scored 3 in the 5th and 4 in the 6th; Cartage came back with 2 in the 7th.

IWU 9, Carthage 6 in the bottom of the 7th.

[mr_b]

Titans hang an 8-spot on the board in the 7th to go up 17-6.

[Titan Q]

IWU's Kraid Ladd is 4-5 in the game.  What a season the sophomore from Shelbyville has had, quarterbacking the football team to a share of the CCIW title and then having a big year for a conference championship baseball team.  Ladd came into today as IWU's batting average leader (.377) and is second in RBI (39).

IWU's first four hitters are 12-19 with 10 RBI and 9 runs through the 7th.

IWU starter Geoff Page deserves a lot of credit.  After allowing 3 runs in the 1st, he settled down to go 7 innings, giving up just 2 more, and striking out 9.

[kritterhawk]

Congrats to IWU on its CCIW Championship....looks like they should be able to hang on with a huge lead late.  IMO, the CCIW deserves it's due respect and should have it's top 3 teams in the regional once again this year.  We'll have to wait and see what happens.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

It's a wrap: 17-7.

Congratulations to both teams on great seasons and continued success next week.  And, while not a 'lock', I'm pretty confident that Augie will be joining them also.

[knarocky22]

Given the results of the other conference tournaments in the region, I wouldn't be all that surprised if we saw IWU, Carthage, and Augie as the top 3 seeds in the regional.  Of course the NCAA could shift some people around too.  Who knows what will end up happening.

[SouthPaw]

Now that the tourney is done any predictions on All-Conference?

[mwunder]

Now that the tourney is done any predictions on All-Conference?

Kolb will be Hitter of the year, Kulavic will be Pitcher of the Year.

IF--Acevado
IF--Angel
IF--Robinson
IF--Kolb
IF--Ladd
C--Deutscher
OF--Blakeley
OF--Baitinger
OF--Burback
OF--???
OF--???
DH--Pyne
Util--Marzec

[Titan Q]

Now that the tourney is done any predictions on All-Conference?

Here is a stab at the 1st Team...

(Conference-only, regular season stats)

OF - Boe Battinger, OF (Carthage, Sr. - Appleton, WI) - .519, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 26 R, 18-21 SB
OF - Marc Blakely, OF (Augustana, Sr. - Richland Center, WI) - .459, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 32 R, 10-11 SB
OF - Kraid Ladd, OF (IWU, So. - Shelbyville) - .393, 1 HR, 24 RBI, 22 R
OF - Tim McInerney, OF (IWU, Sr. - River Forest) - .378, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 30 R
IF - Brian Kolb, SS (Wheaton, So. - Carlsbad, CA) - .573, 3 HR, 35 RBI, 29 R, 19-19 SB
IF - Jason Acevedo, 1B (Carthage, Sr. - Vernon Hills - Bradley U.) - .467, 8 HR, 31 RBI, 29 R
IF - Ricky Angel, 2B (IWU, Sr - Glen Ellyn) - .403, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 19 R
IF - John Wagle, 3B (Augutana, Jr. - Rock Island) - .391, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 23 R
IF - Marc Ramos, SS (Augustana, Jr. - East Moline) - .359, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 19 R
C - Zack Deutscher, C (NPU, Fr. - Batavia) - .353, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 22 R
DH - Kevin Goshorn, DH (IWU, Jr. - New Lenox) - .321, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 8 R
UT - Josh Weaver, OF (Wheaton, Jr. - Franklin Park) - .358, 1 HR, 28 RBI, 27 R

P Brent Kulavic (IWU, So. - Springfield) - 5-0, 2.03 ERA
P Mario Perez (Carthage, Fr. - Gurnee) - 4-0, 4.36 ERA
P Micah Yarbrough (NCC, So. - Lake Villa) - 2-0, 3.47 ERA
P Matt Aronson (IWU, Jr. - LaGrange) - 4-0, 4.91 ERA


Disclaimer: I didn't see a single CCIW game this year...I'm just going by stats.

[REDMENFAN]

Wow, definitely surprised to see Carthage in the Oshkosh regional. First time since 1992 that they've been in the midwest regional.  Top seed is St. Thomas, with Whitewater, Carthage, Oshkosh, St. Scholastica, and Knox being the other teams. 

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage will take on Oshkosh in their first game. Nothing like Augie and Lechnir going at it in both teams first game!

[BigPoppa]

Carthage will take on Oshkosh in their first game. Nothing like Augie and Lechnir going at it in both teams first game!

Wow!!! I did not see this coming. Should be quite a battle in Oshkosh. Carthage has tons of guys form that area, so expect a pretty big crown. It is actually a shorter drive to the Modwest regioanl than it would have been to the Central for Carthage. EJ Schnieder's short porches could lead to some huge scores.

[mwunder]

Wow!!! I did not see this coming. Should be quite a battle in Oshkosh. Carthage has tons of guys form that area, so expect a pretty big crown. It is actually a shorter drive to the Modwest regioanl than it would have been to the Central for Carthage. EJ Schnieder's short porches could lead to some huge scores.

Any idea what the dimensions are over there?  It's apparently a high school field?