• As expected, the UW-Whitewater baseball team has been awarded an at large bid into the 2011 NCAA field. In last night’s D3baseball.com playoff projection, they had the Warhawks (32-11) third off the board behind Shenandoah (34-5) and Heidelberg (33-11). The Hawks will be the No. 2 seed behind rival UW-Stevens Point.
• Two teams from WIAC and two teams from MIAC will make up two-third’s of the Midwest Regional field. Hamline (28-13) came from behind to beat St. Thomas (27-16) in the MIAC championship game Sunday.
• The College of St. Scholastica (Minn) will bring the best record in the region to Whitewater this week. The Saints enter NCAA play with a 38 & 5 record. UWW split a twinbill with CSS (L 1-3, W 2-1) at Whitewater on May 3rd. CSS defeated St. Thomas twice during the regular season. The Saints beat the Tommies 10-6 (3/6 in St. Louis) and 4-2 in Duluth (4/25).
• I thought Concordia (Chicago) (35-10) would be in the mix for strong consideration for Pool C/at Large bid. The Cougars lost 11-3 to Aurora (29-11) in the NAC championship game Sunday. Concordia passed the “eye test” when they came to Whitewater and dropped a bottom of the 9th inning, 7-6 loss to the Warhawks.
• The weather forecast is looking really good for this week’s regional action at Jim Miller Stadium. 62 (mostly cloudy) on Wednesday, 68 (mostly cloudy) on Thursday, 70 (partly sunny) on Friday, and 73 (30% chance of storms) on Saturday.
• We hope to see you at the Mills this week! If you are working and can’t make it to Pucha Field you will be able to listen to all the action with KOOL 106.5’s Gary Douglas via audio stream or on the radio.
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