The Illinois Wesleyan Baseball Team earned the #1 seed in the 2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) which begins on May 12th. North Park, which tied with Illinois Wesleyan for the conference title, earned the #2 seed. The tournament will be held in Bloomington Illinois at Illinois Wesleyan's Jack Horenberger Field.
CCIW Tournament Participants:
1. Illinois Wesleyan
2. North Park
3. Carthage
4. North Central
Tournament Schedule:
May 12th
G1. #4 North Central vs. #1 Illinois Wesleyan @ 3:00 pm
G2. #3 Carthage vs #2 North Park @ 6:00 pm
May 13th
G3. Loser game 1 vs Loser game 2 @ 11:00 am
G4. Winner game 1 vs Winner game 2 @ 2:00 pm
G5. Winner game 3 vs. Loser game 4 @ 5:00 pm
May 14th
G6. Winner game 4 vs Winner game 5 @ 12:00 pm
G7. If Necessary @ 30 minutes after game 6.
The Judson Eagles are the only unbeaten team after games on Wednesday in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament.
Judson defeated St. Francis 10-3 on Wednesday and posted a school record 40th win of the season. Ben Palmer (Hampshire Illinois) went 6 1/3rd innings recording a career high 11 strikeouts for his 5th win on the season. DH Nate Rohl (Rockford Illinois) went 3-5 with 2 rbi's, RF Matt McHenry (Blue Springs MO) 2-5 with a double and three rbi's and 2B Brian Brauer (Streamwood Illinois) was 3-5 with 2 runs scored.
Other CCAC Games
Trinity International knocked out #1 seed Robert Morris with a 5-1 victory on Wednesday. George Heller (Elgin Illinois) held Robert Morris to 5 hits and one earned run and struck out nine.
Olivet Nazarene defeated St. Xaiver 5-1 as Junior Tyler Shore (Elgin Illinois)held St. Xaiver to four hits and one unearned run. Kevin Lasowski (Shererville IN) drove in the Tigers first three runs going 2-2 on the day.
Number 6 seeded St. Xaiver University takes down number 1 seeded Robert Morris in the first round of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 6-4 yesterday.
In the sixth inning, down 4-3, freshman pitcher Dan Maton (Plainfield North) struck out Robert Morris 1B Marty Coyle (South Suburban College) and work out of a jam. In the bottom half St. Xaiver regained the lead with a walk to Jim Pipolo (Sandburg) followed by a triple from Matt Erickson (Richards) and a single from Tom Simek (St. Laurence) to go up 5-4.
St. Xaiver added an insurance run in the 7th and shut down Robert Morris the rest of the way. Jim Pipolo (Sandburg) went 3-3 with 4 rbi's and Chris Klein (Huntley) picked up the save.
With the new conference format for 2011 the top three teams from each division will compete in a double elimination tournament starting Tuesday May 3rd at Oil City Stadium in Whiting Indiana.
Robert Morris University wound up with the best record in conference play and qualifies as one of two league teams that will advance to the NAIA National Tournament. If Robert Morris wins the conference tourney, then the runner up would also advance to the National Tournament.
The top three North Division teams are:
1. Robert Morris University
2. Judson University
3. Trinity University
The top three South Division teams are:
1. St. Francis
2. Olivet Nazarene
3. Saint Xavier
First round match ups are as follows:
Game 1 - Saint Xavier vs. Robert Morris @ 10:00 am
Game 2 - Trinity vs. St. Francis @ 1:00 pm
Game 3 - Olivet Nazarene vs. Judson @ 7:30 pm
Second round:
Game 4 - Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2 @ 11:00 am
Game 5 - Winner game 1 vs. Loser game 3 @ 3:00 pm
Game 6 - Winner game 2 vs. Winner game 3 @ 7:00 pm
