Mason McMahon – Photo Courtesy of Jim Lund and UW-La Crosse Athletics

Mason McMahon scattered five hits in six innings to lead UW-La Crosse to a 5-2 win over top-seed and host UW-Whitewater in the NCAA’s Midwest Regional.

La Crosse (30-17) will face Concordia-Chicago in a winners bracket game at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The Warhawks fell to 36-8 and dropped into the losers bracket in the double elimination tournament.  They’ll face St. Thomas (27-17) at 10 a.m. Saturday.

St. Norbert eliminated

The St. Norbert College Green Knights struck out 13 times and fell to St. Scholastica 2-0 on Friday morning, becoming the first team to be eliminated from the NCAA Midwest Regional field. [Read more…]

UW-Whitewater and UW-La Crosse both earned opening round wins on Thursday at the NCAA D-3 Midwest Baseball Regional in Whitewater.

The top-seeded and host Warhawks (36-7) held off St. Norbert College 4-2 in their opening round game.

Heath Renz (pictured) allowed one run and struck out five in four innings to improve to 9-0 on the season.  Mike Nompleggi earned his 7th save.

Blake Fleischman and Steve Chamberlain both had RBI doubles for the Warhawks, who improved to 36-7.

Whitewater will face La Crosse in a winners bracket matchup at 4:30 p.m. today.  In eight meetings this season, the Warhawks are 7-1 against the Eagles.

La Crosse cruises on day 1

Joel Zyhowski drove in three runs for the Eagles as they rolled to a 11-2 win over the Saints of St. Scholastica (32-9) in the first game of the day on Thursday. [Read more…]