The UW-Whitewater baseball team is heading back to the NCAA Division III World Series for the first time since 2008. The Warhawks came from behind to defeat St. Scholastica (Minn) 6-3 in Sunday’s Midwest Regional championship game on Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium
The Hawks trailed CSS 3-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.
Jeff Donovan got UWW on the scoreboard with a one-out double to score Rob Coe who had gotten on base via a base-on-balls. Dylan Friend drew a bases-loaded walk to score Donovan, cutting the Saints lead to 3-2.
In the seventh, Danny Putnam lead the inning off with a walk. Drew Eichstaedt followed with a solid hit to right field getting past rightfielder Tom Juberian’s glove allowing Putnam to score and putting Eichstaedt at second base. Jeff Donovan followed with a walk. UW-Whitewater designated hitter Brent Young, a native of Brisbane, Australia, hammered the Hawks on to Appleton by blasting a game-winning, three-run homer to make it a 6-3 game.
(In the adjacent photo - Brent "Aussie" Young (left) is greeted at home plate by Drew Eichstaedt (26) and Jeff Donovan (34) following his dramatic three-run homer to lift UWW past St. Scholastica in Sunday's NCAA Division III Midwest Region championship game. The victory sends the Warhawks to the Division III World Series that opens next Friday at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton - photo courtesy of Jeff Seisser, Daily Jefferson County Union)
Tincher, who had already appeared in three games in relief, started Sunday’s regional championship game. The senior from Oregon, Wisconsin allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings on the mound. UWW pitching did not walk a batter.
Justin Lambert, who came into the game in relief of Tincher in the 6th inning, shut down the St. Scholastica on just 3 hits over the final four innings. The sophomore out of Mount Horeb High School ended the game by getting CSS one-two-three in the ninth inning to earn his fifth win of the season.
UW-Whitewater is heading back to Fox City Stadium in Appleton (Grand Chute) to the NCAA III World Series for the fourth time in eight years.
The Warhawks (36-11) will open play on Friday (5/27) at 4:30 p.m. vs. the Central Region champion. Carthage College (Wis) forced a second championship game Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, Illinois by handing Buena Vista (Iowa) a 12-7 loss in Sunday’s first championship game of the double elimination tournament.
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