La Crosse advances to Championship Saturday with a 13-7 victory over River Falls.

The Eagles will have two chances to win one game and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

La Crosse advances to Championship Saturday with a 13-7 victory over River Falls.

The Eagles will have two chances to win one game and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Koenig cruises through the first two innings going 6 up, 6 down as Whitewater jumps out to a quick 4-0 lead. Eau Claire roughs up Koenig in the 3rd and 4th innings to take a 7-6 lead in the WIAC elimination game.

Whitewater scores with one out in the 9th to avoid elimination as they knock off Eau Claire 9-8.

Koenig cruises through the first two innings going 6 up, 6 down as Whitewater jumps out to a quick 4-0 lead. Eau Claire roughs up Koenig in the 3rd and 4th innings to take a 7-6 lead in the WIAC elimination game.

Whitewater scores with one out in the 9th to avoid elimination as they knock off Eau Claire 9-8.

Quote from: cubs on Yesterday at 11:49:32 AMLa Crosse fighting to keep their at-large bid chances alive if they don't win the tournament, and I'd like to think a 2-2 record (W/L/W/L) with both losses coming to Whitewater would be enough to get the job done.  The Eagles are #38 in the NPI ranking entering today.

La Crosse up one spot to #37 in the NPI Ranking after their win over Eau Claire yesterday.

Despite their loss, Whitewater holding strong at #4, which would put them in line to host Regionals and in turn Super Regionals should they advance.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on Today at 08:31:54 AMWith Trinity(TX) dropping a 4-3 decision yesterday, today's elimination game against Berry is very possibly a must-win to stay in the hunt for a post-season bid (the NCAA has yet to update NPI with yesterday's results but should shortly). 

Trinity (TX) checks in at #49 this morning...

La Crosse gets a complete game from Owen DePrez and cruises to a 13-1 mercy rule win over Eau Claire.

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on Yesterday at 03:46:01 PMI am absolutely shocked to see Whitewater lose.

But, better to lose at home this week rather than next week.

Starting your #4/#5 starter in the first game of a double elimination tournament is a bit of a head-scratcher of you ask me... Now you have to win four straight with Taschner, Koenig, and Stueber likely getting the nod moving forward.

Whitewater in jeopardy of dropping the opener of the WIAC Tournament for the second straight season as they trail River Falls 7-2 after five innings of play. That being said, Whitewater went onto win 14 out of the next 15 games on their way to the National Championship last year. (The only loss was to UWO in the middle game of Super Regionals.)

EDIT-Make it 12-4 after 7 innings 12-4 and it ends in a 13-4 final....

Looks like the Whitewater defense decided not to show up today as River Falls leads the host team 7-2 after five innings. Five out of the seven runs the Falcons have scored off of Lee and Tucker have been unearned thanks to three Warhawk errors.

EDIT-Make it 12-4 after 7 innings and it ends in a 13-4 final....

WIAC Tournament kicks off this afternoon at Whitewater.  Would be surprised to see anything but a Whitewater vs La Crosse Championship on Saturday, but stranger things have happened.

La Crosse fighting to keep their at-large bid chances alive if they don't win the tournament, and I'd like to think a 2-2 record (W/L/W/L) with both losses coming to Whitewater would be enough to get the job done.  The Eagles are #38 in the NPI ranking entering today.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on May 05, 2026, 10:54:05 AMI was thinking the same for the SAA (only one) but Rhodes looks likely to receeive at an at-large (currently 30) if they don't win this weekend.  Trinity at 45 might need to get to the championship round to stay there (which is surprising, I guess those early season wins against UW-W are still doing some work).  Berry at 58 might be bubble-out but could improve their standing with several Ws (as could Centre at 59).

With Whitewater currently riding a 35 game win streak, Trinity winning three times in four games against the Warhawks is doing some MAJOR heavy lifting! 

The interesting part, the guy that threw the most against Trinity in those four games (Malkow-4.2 IP/86 Pitches) hasn't stepped foot back on the mound since.  Guys like Lee and Taschner (who both have ERA's under 1.50) either barely threw or didn't throw at all.

I could be wrong, but I think if those two squads faced off again in a four game series right now, the outcome would look much different this time around?

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 04, 2026, 04:35:00 PMConcordia TX earns the Pool A for the SCAC. I do not anticipate a "Pool C" (at-large) bid for the conference.

I would agree with the the SCAC not being in line for any "at-large' bids with Texas Lutheran having the best NPI number and that still being #102 after the completion of yesterday's games.

Quote from: BigPoppa on April 25, 2026, 11:42:25 AM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 24, 2026, 05:40:52 PMAnd I thought it was pretty bad when last week Carthage pitchers plunked nine Wheaton batters en route to a 20-7 loss to a Thunder team that also isn't going anywhere this season.

Something has to change. Granted, it's hard to follow a legend in the coaching world, but it feels like this is headed in the wrong direction fast.

What a difference a week makes!

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on April 26, 2026, 10:57:38 PMThe wins extend the streak to 30 games shattering both school (24) and conference (25) win streak records.

Interesting to note, members of the same family now hold the top two WIAC win streak records while playing at different schools 25+ Years apart!