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Saturday 3:00
Final Score:    

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UWW	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	6	13	2
UST	0	1	1	2	0	2	4	0	X	10	15	2

 
Photo gallery (courtesy of Leah Thyne)

Saint Thomas opened the scoring with a run in the second.  Sam Miller singled, stole second, advanced to third on a
ground ball, and scored on a Jack Hogan single to stack the Tommies to an early lead.  The Tommies scored their second run with the aid of two Whitewater fielding miscues to make it 2-0 after three.  Saint Thomas tacked on two more in the fourth to go up 4-0.    And then the tables turned.  Jared Fon (Germantown/Germantown) cut the deficit with a two run homer, the first  of three consecutive extra base hits, and the five run rally wrested the lead from UST, Whitewater leading 5-4.  Dylan Thomas' two run home run in the bottom of the sixth regained the lead, 6-5, for Saint Thomas.  Thomas produced three runs, of four in the inning, with a homer in the seventh, and the Tommies went up 10-5.  The Warhawks scored one in the top of the eight but left the bases loaded before any further damage could be done.
 
Saint Thomas used four pitchers with Tommy Danczyk earning the victory.
 
The win by Saint Thomas (38-3) advances them to the 2012 NCAA Division III World Series in Appleton, Wisconsin beginning on Friday, May 25.
 
UW-W ends the season with a 33-17 record.


Saturday 12:00
Final Score:  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 6, College of Saint Scholastica 5
 

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
uww	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	10	2
CSS	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	11	0

  
photo gallery (courtesy of Leah Thyne)

Whitewater scratched out a run in the second, and did not trail the rest of the way.  Saint Scholastica tied it in the bottom half of the inning.  Doubles by Ryan Leavitt (Merrill/Merrill) and David Cladis (Joliet, IL/Joliet Catholic), sandwiched around a hit batsman, upped UW-W's lead to 3-1 in the fourth.  A Warhawk error contributed to a run for CSS in the fourth, closing to 3-2.  Jared Fon (Germantown/Germantown) and Andrew Bauer (Hartland/Arrowhead) drove in one run each in the fifth for a 5-2 lead.   With runners on second and third and two outs in the seventh Bauer's bunt pushed in one run in the top of the seventh to increase Whitewater's lead to 6-2.  CSS added two runs, on three hits and a walk, in the bottom of the seventh and another tally in the last half of the eighth to shrink Whitewater's lead to 6-5.   CSS put runners on first and second in the bottom of the eighth, but Eric Schmitz (Fond du Lac/Fond du Lac), who went ten innings in Whitewater's win over Concordia-College Wednesday, came on to strike out the final batter.
 
UW-W, 33-16 overall and 4-1 in the double elimination regional tourney, will play again Saturday, facing the University of Saint Thomas, 37-8 and 3-0, at 3:00.  If Whitewater wins the 3:00 game the same two teams will play Sunday at 12:00.  Saint Scholastica winds up the season with a 35-11 mark.

Friday 7:00
It took a little extra, but UW-Whitewater defeated Aurora University 6-5 Friday in the NCAA III regional hosted by UW-W at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium.   Whitewater, 32-16 on the season and 3-1 in the double elimination regional, will play Saint Scholastica, 34-10 and 2-1, at 12:00 Saturday.  Aurora ends the season 38-11.

Photo Gallery (courtesy of Leah Thyne)
 
UW-W collected three hits in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.  Aurora cut the deficit in half in the second, scoring with one hit, thanks to a Warhawk throwing error and a wild pitch,  and tied the game with one run in the bottom of the fifth
Whitewater regained the lead in the sixth with a two out, two run double by David Cladis (Joliet, IL/Joliet Catholic). Aurora got back in front with three in the bottom of the sixth, two crossing the plate on Bobby Wilson's single.  Aurora threatened again In the seventh, but  Jack Larsen (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls) came on for UW-W with men on first and third, no outs and closed the door, holding AU to the one run lead.  UW-W quickly caught up, with Steve Bartlein (South Milwaukee/South Milwaukee) singling in the tying run in the top of the eighth.  With two outs in the top of the tenth Whitewater's Travis Wessels (Tomah/Tomah)  scored the winning run from second base on a  misplayed pop-up on the infield.
 
Jack Larsen (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls), 2-1, took the win for the Warhawks with four innings of relief.

Friday 10:00
Second seventh time's the charm.  Jared Fon (Germantown/Germantown)'s two run homerun in the bottom of the second staked UW-Whitewater to a lead that the Warhawks never gave up in a 10-5 over UW-La Crosse Friday in a NCAA III regional game at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin.  UW-W, 31-16 overall and 2-1 in the regional, will play again Friday, playing again at 7:00 against the winner of a Saint Norbert – Aurora game scheduled for 1:00.

Photo Gallery (Courtesy of Leah Thyne)
 
Whitewater added single runs in the third and fourth, sandwiched around a La Crosse tally, gave UW-W a 4-1 lead after four.  UW-L walked in a run in the fifth, followed by a wild pitch that brought in another in a three run inning and a 7-1 lead for the Warhawks.  Matt Beyer (Janesville/Parker)'s three run homer in the fifth increased the lead to 10-1.  UW-L mounted a formidable rally in the ninth, scoring six times to bring the tying to the plate before UW-W could close the door.

Dylan Friend (Burlington/Burlington) and Michael Gonzalez (Delavan/Delavan-Darien) collected three hits apiece for UW-W, Adam Cordova had three, with three RBI's for La Crosse.  Kyle Stewart (Onalaska/Onalaska), 8-2, picked up the win with 8.2 innings of work and Kevin Johnson, 5-1, went the first four innings to take the loss for UW-L.
 
UW-L, WIAC regular season and WIAC Tournament champions, had defeated UW-W, second in both, in their six previous meetings this season, including twice in the WIAC Tournament last weekend.

The Warhawks will face the winner of the St. Norbert and Aurora University match-up at 7:00 pm Friday night.

Thursday 4:00
Saint Thomas defeated UW-Whitewater 5-3 in a NCAA III regional game played at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin Thursday.  Saint Thomas, 36-8 overall and 2-0 in the double elimination regional, will play at 4:00 Friday against an opponent that will be determined by the game currently in progress.  UW-W, 30-16 and 1-1 in the regional, will face WIAC rival UW-La Crosse, 34-10 and 1-1, at 10:00 Friday in an elimination game.

photo gallery (courtesy of Leah Thyne)
 
Saint Thomas pushed across an unearned run in the fourth inning for the winning margin.  The Tommies added an insurance run in the eighth.  Junior righthander Dylan Thomas went the first eight inning for UST to up his record to 7-2. 
Steve Maher, making his second appearance of the season in relief, picked up a save by closing out the ninth.  Freshman Colin Grove (Beloit/Memorial), 2-1, went the first 4.2 for UW-W, giving up three earned runs, with Matthew Roberts (Manitowoc /Roncalli) going the rest of the way while yielding one run.
 
Whitewater totaled ten hits, with Matt Beyer (Janesville/Parker), Marty Herum (River Falls/River Falls), and Ryan Leavitt (Merrill/Merrill) collecting two each.   John Means topped  UST batters with a 2x4 game.

Wednesday 10:00
Senior righthander Eric Schmitz (Fond du Lac/Fond du Lac) went ten innings and Matt Beyer (Janesville/Parker) singled in the winning run in Whitewater's 2-1 win over Concordia University-Chicago Wednesday morning in the first game of the NCAA III Whitewater Regional at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Photo Gallery (courtesy of Leah Thyne)

Given the stalwart work by both teams' pitchers, it was notable even when someone got into scoring position.  Concordia had men in scoring position in the second and third, but could not push across a run.  The same for Whitewater in the bottom half of the third. 

UW-W finally scratched out a run in the fourth.  Jared Fon (Germantown/Germantown) doubled with one out and advanced to third on a wild pitch.  Cleanup hitter Mary Herum's ground out to short brought Fon home for a 1-0 lead. 

The next opportunity came in Whitewater's half of the sixth,  David Cladis (Joliet, IL/Joliet Catholic) led off with a walk, and moved to third on Matt Beyer (Janesville/Parker)'s single.  Dylan Friend (Burlington/Burlington) followed with a bunt that Concordia pitcher Ryan Thorsen fielded and threw home to cut down Cladis and keep the score at 1-0.

In the top of the seventh catcher Nick Skala doubled to open the frame and moved to third on a ground out, and then scored on a ground out to tie the game 1-1.

Whitewater got a runner to second in the bottom of the seventh, and put a man on third in the eighth, and threatened again in the ninth with a man in scoring position, but Concordia reliever Tim Milroy closed the door both times.

Brandon Egnarski (Watertown/Watertown) singled to lead of the tenth for UW-W, and J.T. Schneider went in to pinch run.  Cladis single through the left side to advance Schneider to second.  Beyer followed with his game winning hit, a single through the left side of the infield.

Schmitz, 9-2, went all ten innings for Whitewater.  He allowed five hits, walked three and struck out three.  Thorsen went the first 6.1 for CU-C, with Milroy, 2-2, taking the loss.  Beyer had two of the Warhawks' six hits, and shortstop Robert Weis had a pair of hits to lead Concordia hitters.

UW-W, 30-15, will play the winner of the Saint Thomas-Saint Norbert game (in progress) at 4:00 Thursday in the double elimination tournament.

For additional information:  John Vodenlich, UW-W coach