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Number-12 ranked UW-Whitewater dropped a pair of games in the NCAA baseball regionals, seeing their season come to an end.
The Warhawks (35-12) fell 7-5 to 18th ranked Webster (Missouri), the regional’s No. 1 seed and then fell 13-4 to North Central (Ill.) in an elimination game at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks had swept the WIAC regular season and tournament championships and was competing in its 12th straight NCAA Tournament and 22nd overall.
The UW-Whitwater Warhawks open play Friday afternoon in the NCAA Divison 3 baseball regionals at Prucha Field in Whitewater.
The 12th ranked Warhawks (34-10) earned one of 18 at-large bids into the 58-team field and will host a four-team double-elimination regional. Whitewater opens today at 3 p.m. against North Central College of Illinois (31-11). Webster University (Missouri) (31-10) and Bethany Lutheran College (Minnesota) (23-16) makes up the other half of the regional.
The Warhawks are in the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, having previously won Division 3 titles in 2005 and 2014. They have a total of 22 NCAA appearances.
The NCAA Division 3 men’s and women’s basketball pairings were unveiled today.
On the men’s side, WIAC Tournament Champion UW-Platteville (18-10) earned the league’s automatic bid, making their 12th NCAA appearance. The Pioneers will meet Capital University (Ohio) (20-7) in Rock Island, Illinois. The Pioneers have won four National Championships in 1991, 1995, 1998 and 1999.
WIAC teams UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse both received at-large bids. Oshkosh (23-3) is the defending national runner-up but missed a chance to host when the Titans were upset in the WIAC Tournament by UW-Stevens Point. The Titans will meet Midwest Conference champion Lake Forest College (Ill.) (18-9) in a first round game in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Titans are making their program-record fourth consecutive NCAA appearance and ninth overall.
UW-La Crosse (17-9) will make its second NCAA appearance will face the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) (22-4) in a first round contest in Lincoln, Nebraska. The other match-up will feature defending national champion Nebraska Wesleyan University (26-1) and Eureka College (Ill.) (13-14).
In the women’s field, WIAC Champion UW-Oshkosh received an automatic berth into the 64-team field. The Titans (24-3) will make their fifth NCAA appearance in the last six seasons and 15th overall. The Titans, won the National Title in 1996 and will host first and second round games. Oshkosh will meet Pomona-Pitzer College of California (22-5) in its opening game. [Read more…]
Fox Cities Stadium to host its final D-3 College World Series this week.
For the second straight season, Wisconsin will not have any representation in the NCAA Division-3 College World Series.
The 2018 D-3 CWS starts Friday morning at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. It’s the 19th and final season for the event in the Fox Cities.
UW-Whitewater’s season came to an end as the Warhawks fell 6-3 to Rhodes (Tennessee) early Sunday and were then beaten 4-1 by Texas-Tyler to be eliminated in the Central Regional in Sauget, Illinois. The Warhawks had already beaten Texas-Tyler 8-2 on Saturday.
The Warhawks finished the season with a 33-8 record, claiming the schools 5th WIAC regular season title with a 20-4 record.
In Duluth, Minnesota, UW-Oshkosh had two games to win just once, but fell to Concordia-Chicago 7-1 and 3-2, to fall short of the Duluth Regional title.
Oshkosh finished the season 34-10, their best win total since 2007.
Whitewater’s Blake Fleischman helps the Warhawks advance. Photo: Courtesy of Whitewater Athletics
Top-ranked Whitewater rolled to a 12-1 win over Monmouth (Ill.) at the NCAA Central Regional at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois on Thursday.
Leading 2-1 through the first 5 1/2 innings, the Warhawks (32-6) scored five runs in the sixth to pull away.
With Thursday’s win, the Warhawks remain in the winners bracket and faces Texas-Tyler on Friday night at 7:45 p.m.
Oshkosh wins
The Oshkosh Titans pulled out a thrilling 4-3 win over Bethel University (Minn.) to open the NCAA Division III Championship on Thursday in Duluth, Minnesota.
Zach Radde singled up the middle to score Sean Cummins with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Titans the win.
The 7th-ranked Titans (32-8) advance to play North Central College (Illinois) in a winners bracket matchup at 7 p.m. Friday night.
For the 12th straight season, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) will be represented by multiple teams in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship after University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater received bids into this year’s championship.
The teams earned two of the 18 at-large spots into the 58-team field. UW-Oshkosh (31-8) will compete in a regional hosted by College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. The Titans, who are making their league-leading 25th NCAA appearance, and first since 2008, will open against Bethel University (Minn.) (32-9). Oshkosh won national titles in 1985 and 1994.
UW-Whitewater (31-6) is making its 11th straight appearance and 21st overall with national championships in 2005 and 2014. The Warhawks will participate in a regional hosted by the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in Sauget, Illinois. The Warhawks will face Monmouth College (Illinois) (28-12-2) in their first game.
Both regionals follow a double-elimination format and begin on May 17. Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify for the NCAA D-3 Championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, May 25-30.
The 2018 Championships mark the final season that the event will be held at Fox Cities Stadium.
Caleb Boushley – Photo Courtesy of UW-La Crosse athletics.
UW-La Crosse missed out on a chance to make the NCAA D-3 College World Series field for a third straight year, falling Monday 17-3 to Concordia-Chicago in the NCAA Midwest Regional at UW-Whitewater.
It means the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WIAC) will be left out of the D-3 College World Series for the first time since 2012.
Concordia-Chicago pounded out 17 hits to improve to 33-11 and secure its first ever World Series berth.
The Eagles also suffered a 14-0 loss to Concordia-Chicago in a winner’s bracket game on Sunday morning. They then beat St. Thomas in an elimination game Sunday night and would have needed to beat Concordia twice to win the Midwest Region Championship.
Starter Caleb Boushley allowed seven runs and nine hits in six innings to take the loss. Boushley entered the game with a 9-2 record and a 1.48 ERA.
The Eagles had their chances, but stranded 15 base runners for the game.
Concordia-Chicago went 4-0 in the regional and outscored its opponents 46-8.
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…]
Prucha Field – Photo Courtesy of UW-Whitewater Athletics
Second ranked UW-Whitewater will host the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship starting Thursday at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks (35-7 overall) are the number-one seed in the eight-team regional and will host eighth-seeded St. Norbert College on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. The Green Knights won three straight elimination games on Saturday to win the Midwest Conference Tournament.
UW-La Crosse also earned an at-large spot in the field and will be seeded fifth. The Eagles will face St. Scholastica in the first game of the dam on Thursday at 10 a.m. [Read more…]