Aurora knocked St. Norbert College out of the NCAA Division III Regionals at Whitewater this afternoon with an 11-5 win in an elimination game. Aurora scored a run in every inning but the 3rd and the 6th. The Green Knights tried to get back into the game with three runs in the 8th and another in the 9th. Aurora will play UW-Whitewater tonight at 7pm in another elimination game.
Whitewater Knocks LaCrosse out of DIII Regional
May 18, 2012 By
UW-Whitewater knocked WIAC champion UW-LaCrosse out of the NCAA Division III Regionals this morning with a 10-7 win. Whitewater’s Jared Fon got the Warhawks going with a two run homer in the bottom of the first. The lead stretched to 10-1 heading into the top of the 9th, when UW-LaCrosse scored six times and brought the tying run to the plate before Whitewater got the final out. The Warhawks had lost all six times they faced LaCrosse this season. They will play again tonight at 7pm.
Houston Sweeps Crew
May 18, 2012 By
The Astros blanked the Brewers 4-0 on Thursday night. Milwaukee’s bats went cold again as they mustered just 8 hits on the night. JA Happ picked up the win. Shaun Marcum was the hard luck loser, giving up all four of the game’s runs in the 4th inning. Jed Lowrie’s two run homer was the big blow there. Milwaukee drops to 16-22 on the season. The Brewers welcome the Minnesota Twins to Miller Park for a weekend interleague series tonight. Marco Estrada will square off against Scott Diamond in the series opener tonight.
NCAA DIII Baseball Regionals: Day 3
May 18, 2012 By
The NCAA Division III Baseball Regionals continue today Both St. Norbert College and UW-LaCrosse avoided elimination on Thursday with wins. St. Norbert blanked Concordia-Chicago 5-0. UW-LaCrosse sent North Park home with a 4-2 win. UW-Whitewater got sent to the losers bracket with a 5-3 loss to #1 seedSt. Thomas. St. Scholastica also stayed unbeaten with a 8-4 win over Aurora in 13 innings
Friday Schedule
UW-LaCrosse vs. UW-Whitewater – 10am (elimination game)
St. Norbert vs.Aurora– 1pm (elimination game)
St. Thomasvs. St. Scholastica – 4pm
TBA vs. TBA – 7pm (elimination game)
Green Would Return To Football
May 18, 2012 By
Green Bay Packers all-time leading rusher Ahman Green tells Fox Sports Wisconsin he wants to play football again. The 35-year old thinks he has five years left in him and would be willing to play special teams to latch on with a team. Green announced his retirement from football last August. He has rushed for 9205 yards during his 12 NFL seasons. He played for the Packers from 2000 to 2006 and then returned to Green Bay in 2009. He recently became part of the ownership group of the Green Bay Blizzard, an arena football league team.
