BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Would appear that UWO is on their way to Championship Saturday as they lead Platteville 10-2 after five innings of play.  Platteville with have a rematch with Whitewater today at 4:00 with the winner needing to beat UWO twice tomorrow in order to earn the WIAC Tournament Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.

[cubs]

Whitewater putting the finishing touches on a mercy rule victory over Platteville to advance to Championship Saturday. They'll have to beat UWO twice tomorrow to earn the automatic bid to the D3 Baseball Championship.

Regardless of how tomorrow goes, both teams should still be playing next weekend.

[PauldingLightUP]

I certainly still consider Whitewater the favorite to win the tournament title tomorrow.

Even one win is a tall order for Oshkosh.

[cubs]

Will be interesting to see if a win by UWO today would be enough to push the Titans ahead of La Crosse when the updated NPI standings come out tomorrow. Going into today, they are separated by just two spots.

The more interesting thing to me though, would be if all three earned the right to host a four team Regional if they all finished in the Top 16 of the NPI Rankings.

[cubs]

Whitewater was down to their last out but gets a two out single, passed ball, infield single and a RBI single to LF to tie the game 3-3.

UWO will have a chance to walk it off in the 9th inning however...

UWO proceeds to go walk, SAC Bunt (reached on E1) and another SAC Bunt to put runners on 2nd & 3rd with one out. A fielders choice loaded the bases, but Brust got a strikeout and F6 to send the game to extra innings.

[cubs]

UWO hoses a Whitewater runner at the plate with nobody out in the 10th and escapes the threat with no damage. The Titans don't score in the 10th however and then the Warhawks start the 11th with four straight singles to take a 6-3 lead. Whitewater is three outs away from forcing the "if necessary" game later today.

Edit-UWO gets the tying run to the plate in the 11th but Eisenbarth gets a pop-up on the infield to escape the threat.

[cubs]

Whitewater finally opening things up on UWO in the 6th inning of the Championship game of the WIAC Tournament. The Warhawks chase Walters from the mound and put up six runs to take a 7-0 lead as they head to the 7th inning.

[cubs]

Whitewater drops the opening game of the WIAC Tournament and then comes back to win four straight to secure the Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship.

The odds are pretty good that Whitewater will host a four team Regional and that La Crosse and UWO will receive at-large bids as well. It sure would be nice to see La Crosse and UWO put in Regionals not located in Whitewater!

[cubs]

I posted this on the 2025 Playoffs Board, but thought some here might find it interesting too...

Could see Whitewater hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-Whitewater (#3)
#2-Baldwin Wallace (#33)
#3-Adrian (#74)
#4-Manchester (#85)

Could see Gustavus-Adolphus hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-GAC (#14)
#2-University of Chicago (#36)
#3-Bethany Lutheran (#81)
#4-North Central (#116)

Could see Webster hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-Webster (#15)
#2-UWO (#24)
#3-Ohio Northern (#34)
#4-MSOE (#89)

Could see La Crosse hosting a Regional that looks like this:
#1-La Crosse (#16)
#2-Buena Vista (#20)
#3-WashU (#31)
#4-Beloit (#80)

All within 500 miles, so no flights...

Feel like seeding actually makes somewhat decent sense too, though Webster and La Crosse Regionals a bit more top heavy compared to Whitewater and GAC Regionals.

-NPI Ranking through this morning in parentheses, so those will change slightly by end of Sunday's games.

I couldn't get Mount Union into any of these as all over 500 mile trips. Also avoided putting any conference teams together (WIAC, UAA, OAC) as it seemed like they tried to do that last year?

[PauldingLightUP]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

[cubs]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

Same thing crossed my mind... Figured it was a sure thing that Whitewater would be hosting next weekend.

[PauldingLightUP]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

Same thing crossed my mind... Figured it was a sure thing that Whitewater would be hosting next weekend.

And all the teams are within the 500 miles of Whitewater, so it's very confusing.

[PauldingLightUP]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

Same thing crossed my mind... Figured it was a sure thing that Whitewater would be hosting next weekend.

And all the teams in the pod are within the 500 miles of Whitewater, so it's very confusing.

[Ralph Turner]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

Same thing crossed my mind... Figured it was a sure thing that Whitewater would be hosting next weekend.

And all the teams in the pod are within the 500 miles of Whitewater, so it's very confusing.

Just wondering, is this the year that women get preferential treatment in hosting the 1st weekend?
UWW softball?

[cubs]

My first thought on the bracket. Did Whitewater not bid to host for some reason?

Same thing crossed my mind... Figured it was a sure thing that Whitewater would be hosting next weekend.

And all the teams in the pod are within the 500 miles of Whitewater, so it's very confusing.

Just wondering, is this the year that women get preferential treatment in hosting the 1st weekend?
UWW softball?

Whitewatee Softball is on the road as well... They are traveling to Ohio.