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NCAA Divison 3 baseball regionals

May 20, 2011 By

All four Wisconsin teams remain alive heading to Day 3 of the NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals.

In the Midwest Regional, hosted by UW-Whitewater, the Warhawks are still playing in the winners bracket.  Whitewater beat Hamline 7-6 yesterday to improve to 2-0 in regional play. 

Stevens Point is also in the Midwest Regional, but the Pointers stranded 14 base runners yesterday and fell to St. Scholastic 3-2.  That means the Pointers are a loss away from elimination.

In the Central Regional, both Carthage College and Ripon College are trying to make their way through losers bracket.  Carthage eliminated top seeded Coe College yesterday with a 5-3 win. 

Ripon fell to Thomas More 5-3 and will face Illinois-Wesleyan in an elimination game today.

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NCAA Division 3 baseball tournament is underway

May 19, 2011 By

Three of the four Wisconsin teams in the NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals earned opening day wins on Wednesday. 

In the Midwest Regional, top seeded Stevens Point scored on a suicide squeeze in the 10th to beat Aurora 3-2.  The Pointers (33-8) on the season, will face St. Scholastica at 1pm this afternoon.  Second seeded UW-Whitewater earned a 3-2 win over St. Thomas and will face Hamline at 4pm today.

In the Central Regional, 6th seeded Ripon College picked up a 3-2 win over top-seeded Coe in Bloomington, Illinois.  Ripon faces Thomas More at 3:30 today. 

Second seeded Carthage College suffered an 8-1 loss to Buena Vista and will face Coe in an elimination game at noon today.

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St. Point’s Bloom is WIAC Coach of the Year

May 18, 2011 By

UW-Stevens Point baseball coach Pat Bloom has been named the WIAC’s Coach of the Year for the second time.  Bloom last captured the honor back in 2005. 

In his 8th season in charge at Stevens Point, the Pointers went 32-8, capturing their ninth WIAC regular-season championship in program history.  The Pointers also won the WIAC tournament crown for the sixth time in the last seven years.

UW-Oshkosh’s Luke Westphal and UW-Stevens Point’s Cody Koback were chosen the Pitcher of the Year and Position Player of the Year.

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Four state teams open NCAA Div. 3 baseball playoffs Wednesday

May 17, 2011 By

Four Wisconsin teams received berths in the 55-team NCAA Division III baseball tournament and rivals Stevens Point and Whitewater were both placed in the Midwest Regional which opens Wednesday at UW-Whitewater.

Stevens Point won the WIAC regular season and is seeded No. 1.  They’ll face Aurora at 10am Wednesday morning.  UW-Whitewater is the No. 2 seed and will open against 5th seeded St. Thomas at 1pm on Wednesday.

Carthage College and Ripon College were placed in the Central Regional at Illinois-Wesleyan.  Ripon faces top seeded Coe at noon and Carthage takes on Buena Vista at 3:30pm on Wednesday.

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Pointers hire new hockey coach

May 16, 2011 By

UW-Stevens Point has a new head men’s hockey coach.  The school

Chris Brooks

announced the hiring of Chris Brooks, replacing Wil Nichol, who resigned to accept a front office position in the NHL.

Brooks becomes the 5th head coach in Pointers history.  He spent the last three seasons as the head coach of the Rio Grande Valley (Texas) Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League.  In his three seasons as coach of the professional level, he led the team to an 87-86 overall record and playoff appearances in two of his three seasons.  Brooks began his coaching career as an assistant at Western Michigan and was promoted to associate head coach in 2006.

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