WIAC's 3rd seed will be determined Sunday

It will come down to the final day of the reguler season to determine the third and final berth in next weekend's WIAC postseason tournament.

Whitewater clinched the No. 1 seed and UW-Stevens Point the No. 2 seed last weekend.

Entering this weekend's games Platteville had a 9 & 11 conference record. Oshkosh, Superior and La Crosse were all at 8 & 12.

Platteville and Superior split Saturday's doubleheader at Superior. Oshkosh swept two from La Crosse.

Subday's playoff scenario includes:

Platteville controls its own destiny. They sweep Superior Sunday and they are clinch a playoff berth regardless of what else happens.

Superior needs to sweep Platteville Sunday, AND have La Crosse beat Oshkosh one time.

Oshkosh needs to sweep La Crosse Sunday AND have Superior beat Platteville at least once. If Oshkosh loses once they are eliminated regardless of what happens in the other games, due to losing tie-breakers with both Platteville and Superior.

The 2010 WIAC Baseball Tournament will be held March 14th and 15th in Whitewater. Action gets underway at 10 a.m. Friday with the No. 2 seed taking on the No. 3 seed. The Warhawks will will play the winner of game-one at 1 p.m. Friday.

Warhawks turn thoughts to the postseason

The Warhawk baseball team set some lofty goals heading into the 2010 season. They secured a huge goal over the weekend by clinching the WIAC regular season title for the seventh time in the last eight years.

Whitewater will take a sensational 35 & 4 record into postseason play beginning with the conference tournament in Whitewater on May 14th & 15th.

According to UW-Whitewater "closer" Ben Versnik the team's mindset in the postseason will be to focus on the present - not the future. In other words, one game at a time.

"We want to win the conference tournament and we know we have to win the first game and then one more," Versnik told Voices Eye on Baseball following Thursday's doubleheader sweep. "Once thats over we must do it all over again, one game at a time in the regional.

After that? "We want to get back to the (Division III) World Series and compete for another national championship.

The Warhawks won the 2005 national title and finished 3rd in Appleton in 2004 and 2008.

Whitewater will play host to both the WIAC Postseason Tournament and the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional. The Division III World Series will again be played at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton.

Warhawks close out regular season with sweep of Concordia

Following a sluggish start the UW-Whitewater baseball team closed out the 2010 regular season Thursday afternoon with a pair of nonconference wins, 7-4 and 12-1, over Concordia (WI) at James B. Miller Stadium.

The Hawks trailed 3-2 in game one before scoring four times in the sixth and once in the seventh to put the game away. Whitewater ripped four doubles (Stine, Coe, Leavitt and Beyer) in the game. The red-hot Beyer also added a triple.

Jeff Donovan got the start and went five innings giving up four hits, two runs (one earned) and striking out four. Eric Schmitz (2-0) got the win with two innings of relief. Kyle Lee and Ben Versnik each pitched a hitless inning to finish the game.

Whitewater played long-ball in its game-two victory. Danny Putnam, Rob Coe, and Jeff Donovan all homered. For Donovan it was his 11th of the season. Coe and Jordan Stine added two-base hits.

Aaron Leitner (6-1) started and went five innings surrendering a single run on two hits. Tom Kerndt, Jason Hooper, Andrew Bauer and Riley Tincher all pitched a single inning in relief with Kerndt, Hooper and Tincher each striking out two

The Hawks close the regular season with a 35 & 4 record, one of the finest in school history.

Hawks 7, Concordia 4 (Game One)

The Warhawkbaseball team defeated Concordia (Mequon) 7-4 in game one of this afternoon's regulars season ending doubleheader at Him Miller Stadium.

The Hawks trailed 3-2 entering the bottom of the sixth inninng. Thats when the bats came alive scoring four runs to takea 6-3 lead. Ben Kuhlman & Matt Beyer led the way at the plate going 2 for 4 with 2 |RBI

Jeff Donovan started the game for the 'Hawks and pitched the first five innings to a tie, giving up two runs, before giving way to Eric Schmitz who eventually earned the win. Schmitz is 2-0 this season. The Warhawks used four different pitchers in the game and they combined for eight strikeouts.

Game Two is underway with the Hawks leading 4-0 in the fourth inning.

Fresh off its WIAC title-clinching weekend in Superior the Warhawks came out rather flat in today's opening game vs. Concordia University.

The Hawks trailed 3-2 entering the bottom of the sixth innning. The Warhawk bats got going in the bottom of the sixth by plating four runs to take a 6-3 lead.

Eric Schmitz came on in relief of UWW starter Jeff Donovan.

After six-and-a-half inninngs: Warhawks 6,Concordia 4

Hawks host Concordia Thursday in regular season finale

The Warhawk baseball team winds up the regular season this afternoon by hosting Concordia University (21-13) of Mequon in doubleheader action at Jim Miller Stadium. The Hawks enter Thursday's action with a 33 & 4 record, ranked No. 3 in the nation according to D3Baseball.com.

Earlier in the season Warhawk head coach John Vodenlich told Voice's Eye on Baseball Blog that the season is a journey, not a sprint. The regular season portion will end with Thursday's non-conference doubleheader vs. Concordia beginning at 1 p.m.

Next weekend the Warhawks captured thhe 2010 WIAC title. It is the seventh in the last eight seasons and 13th in program history.

UW-Whitewater will host the three-team, double-elimination WIAC Tournament as the event’s top seed May 14-15. The winner of the conference tournament earns the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Championship.

The NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament will take place at UW-Whitewater's Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.













Action begins this afternoon at 1 pm.

Hawks sweep Superior 17-7 and 10-4

The UW-Whitewater baseball team wrapped up its 2010 WIAC regular season by sweeping UW-Superior Monday afternoon in Superior. UW-W defeated the Yellowjackets 17-7 (in seven innings) and 10-4 in the nightcap.

The Hawks showed no sign of a letdown just 24 hours after clinching its third consecutive WIAC and seventh in the last eight years.

Whitewater came out of the gate with seven runs in the first inning and seven more in the fourth on the way to its seven inning, run differential victory.

Jason Hooper scattered seven hits in five and two-thirds innings to push his record to 5 & 2. Kyle Lee pitched one inning in relief while Brock Liston recorded the final out of the game.

Four Hawks recorded multiple hits in the game led by Ben Kuhlmann’s 3 for 5 effort.

19 Warhawks played in the game.

Game two saw the Warhawks trail for the only time in the four-game weekend series trailing 1-0 after two innings.

The Hawks scored two in the fourth to take a lead they would not relinquish.

Riley Tincher pitched seven and a third, giving up one run while scattering four hits. Tincher struck out eleven while improving his record to 11 & 0 on the season. Tom Kerndt came on in relief to record the final five outs of the game.

Rob Coe led the Hawk offense in game-two going 3 for 5, Jordan Stine 2 for 4 with 3 RBI, and Jeff Donovan with 3 RBI including his team-high 11th home run of the season.

UW-Whitewater is now 33-4 overall and 21-3 in the WIAC, while the UW-Superior falls to 16-18 overall and 8-12 in the WIAC.