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    Illinois Wesleyan wins improbable DIII baseball title

    Jun 2, 2010 10:13:21 AM


    The NCAA News

     

    The Illinois Wesleyan Titans were supposed to go home May 15. The Titans, who finished the regular season 19-19, had just lost a game in their conference tournament, where they came in as the bottom seed, and were one loss from ending their season.

    But Tuesday, the Titans hoisted the national championship trophy for the first time in school history after defeating SUNY Cortland, 17-5, at the Division III Baseball Championship in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. [More]

    Game 1

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Wis.-Stevens Point 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 13 2
    SUNY Cortland 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 9 11 3

    Joel Delorit, Tyler Lorentz (8), Ryan Iverson (8), Scott Williams (9) and Steve Considine; Travis Ratliff, Adam Brown (3), Michael Mahay (6) and Andersen Gardner. W – Mahay. L – Williams.

    Game 2

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Linfield 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 12 15 1
    Mass-Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

    Ryan Larson, Kyle Mosbrucker (9) and Mitch Webb; James Dalton, Tom Cole (7), Matt Young (9) and Tim Fontaine. W – Larson. L – Dalton.

    Game 3

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Heidelberg 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 11 1
    Johns Hopkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 1

    Ethan Holt, Andy Lowe (7) and Steve Decker; Alex Eliopoulos, Ryan Scherich (9) and John Swarr. W – Lowe. L – Eliopoulos.

    Game 4

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Shenandoah 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 10 1
    Ill. Wesleyan 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 7 14 2

    Greg Van Sickler, Bobby Stefanowicz (7) and Keaton Nebb; Jason Pankau and Mark McDermott. W – Pankau. L – Van Sickler. HR – Corey Nelson (S); Casey McIntosh (IW); Jeff Grodecki (IW).

    Game 5

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Mass.-Boston 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12 0
    Wis.-Stevens Point 6 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 X 13 15 4

    Danny Gomez, Daniel Heefner (1); Michael Andriano (5), Tony Damon (8) and Tim Fontaine; Scott Williams, Ryan Povlick (8), Cam Seidl (9) and Steve Considine. W –Williams. L – Gomez. HR – Brad Archambeau (WSP); Sam Spurney (WSP); Eric Fritz (WSP).

    Game 6

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Johns Hopkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 9 2
    Shenandoah 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 8 2

    Sam Eagleson and John Swarr; Jake Yocum, Kyle Scallion (6), Mike Smith (8) and Keaton Neeb. W – Eagleson. L – Scallion. HR – Greg Van Sickler (S).

    Game 7

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    SUNY Cortland 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4 11 12 3
    Linfield 0 3 3 3 4 2 8 2 X 25 20 2

    Mike Assmann, Brendan Hourihan (4), Michael Mahay (5), Todd DeGroat (5), Ed Southworth (8), Kevin Jackson (8) and Billy Ribeiro; Garrett Dorn, Casey Cameron (8) and Mitch Webb. W – Dorn. L – Assmann. HR – Andersen Gardner 2 (C); Steve Nickel (C); Mitch Webb (L).

    Game 8

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Illinois Wesleyan 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 9 2
    Heidelberg 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0

    Brent Kulavic and Mark McDermott; Brian Koehl, Andy Lowe (7) and Steve Decker. W – Kulavic. L – Lowe.

    Game 9

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    SUNY Cortland 0 8 1 4 8 0 2 0 0 23 26 2
    Johns Hopkins 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 15 3

    Scott Hartling, Brandon DeRosa (7), Ed Southworth (9) and Andersen Gardner; Greg Harbeck, Blake Platt (2), Andrew Pevsner (3), Aaron Schwartz (4), Marco Simmons (5), Garrett Gomez (9) and Joe Borrelli. W – Hartling. L – Harbeck. HR – Khyle Dimino (C); Dan Kaplan (C); Chris Huisman (JH); Brian Youchak (JH); John Swarr (JH).

    Game 10

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Wis.-Stevens Point 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 1
    Heidelberg 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 X 8 12 2

    Tyler Lorenz, Ryan Iverson (5) and Steve Considine; Nathan James, Sylvester Nino (8) and Steve Decker. W – James. L – Lorenz. S – Nino.

    Game 11

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Linfield 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 4
    Ill. Wesleyan 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4 8 0

     Reese McCulley and Mitch Webb; Paul Kabbes, Joe Froelich (3) and Mark McDermott. W – Froelich. L – McCulley. HR – Kelson Brown (L).

    Game 12

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Heidelberg 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
    Linfield 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 X 6 8 1

    Everett Thomas, Sylvester Nino (6), Andy Lowe (8) and Steve Decker; Robert Vaughn, Tommy George (4) and Mitch Webb. W – George. L – Lowe. HR – Rhett Fenton (L).

    Game 13

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Ill. Wesleyan 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 10 15 2
    SUNY Cortland 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 11 13 1

    Alex Tosi, Nick Mehn (4), Pat Hayn (8) and E.J. Schiller; Kris Gentzke, Brandon DeRosa (6), Michael Mahay (8), Brendan Hourihan (9) and Andersen Gardner. W – Hourihan. L – Hayn. HR – Kraig Ladd (IW); Andersen Gardner (C).

    Game 14

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Linfield 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 9 13 1
    SUNY Cortland 0 1 1 6 0 2 1 1 X 12 18 1

    Ryan Larson, Reese McCulley (4), Spencer Crepeaux (6), Garrett Dorn (7) and Mitch Webb; Travis Ratliff, Brendan Hourihan (9) and Justin Fredenburg. W – Ratliff. L – Larson. HR – Andersen Gardner (CS); Kelson Brown (L); Cole Bixenman (L).

    Championship game

    Ill. Wesleyan 17, SUNY Cortland 5

    SUNY Cortland AB R H RBI
    Matt June, 2b 3 0 1 0
    Damon Arnold, ss 1 0 1 1
    Adam Dimino, rf 5 0 0 0
    Andersen Gardner, c 4 1 0 0
    Billy Ribeiro, c 0 0 0 0
    Steve Nickel, 3b 4 1 1 2
    Mike Weingarten, 3b 0 0 0 0
    Jason Simone, lf 4 0 1 0
    Khyle Dimino, cf 4 0 1 0
    Justin Fredenburg, pr 0 1 0 0
    John Zilnicki, 1b 2 1 1 0
    Alex Coffey, 1b 1 1 1 1
    Kevin Jackson, dh 4 0 2 1
    Shawn Bailey, ss/2b 4 0 0 0
    Mike Assmann, p 0 0 0 0
    Adam Brown, p 0 0 0 0
    Michael Mahay, p 0 0 0 0
    Brandon DeRosa, p 0 0 0 0
    Todd Degroat, p 0 0 0 0
    Ed Southworth, p 0 0 0 0
    Totals 36 5 9 5

     

    Ill. Wesleyan AB R H RBI
    Brett Moore, 2b 2 2 1 0
    Mike Morrissey, dh 4 0 1 2
    Kevin Callahan, ph 1 0 1 0
    Casey McIntosh, 1b 6 1 1 3
    Kevin Sullivan, rf 4 1 2 2
    Marc North, ph/cf 1 0 0 0
    Ryan Hopp, cf 4 1 0 0
    Anthony Lopez, ph/ss 1 0 0 0
    Jeff Grodecki, 3b 5 4 5 3
    Anthony Kopp, 3b 0 0 0 0
    Zach Scott, ss 4 2 1 2
    Billy Dillon, rf 0 0 0 0
    Mark McDermott, c 4 3 4 1
    Kraig Ladd, lf 5 2 2 3
    Jason Pankau, p 0 0 0 0
    Marty Roche, p 0 0 0 0
    Joe Sweeney, p 0 0 0 0
    Totals 41 17 18 16

     

    Score by innings

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    SUNY Cortland 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 9 1
    Ill. Wesleyan 0 1 3 4 9 0 0 0 X 17 18 3

    E – Bailey; Sullivan; Scott; McDermott. DP – Ill. Wesleyan 2. LOB – Cortland St. 6, Ill. Wesleyan 9. 2B – Simone; Coffey; Moore; Scott; McDermott; Ladd. 3B – Jackson; Sullivan. HR – Nickel; McIntosh, Grodecki 2. SH – Moore, Morrissey. SB – Jackson.

    SUNY Cortland IP H R ER BB SO BF
    Mike Assmann 3 4 5 2 1 3 15
    Adam Brown 1.1 6 6 6 0 2 12
    Michael Mahay 0.1 3 5 5 2 0 6
    Brandon DeRosa 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 5
    Todd Degroat 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 7
    Ed Southworth 1 1 0 0 1 1 5

     

    Ill. Wesleyan IP H R ER BB SO BF
    Jason Pankau 7.1 6 3 1 2 9 30
    Marty Roche 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Joe Sweeney 1 3 2 2 0 0 6

     

    W – Pankau. L – Assmann. WP – Brown. HBP – by Brown (Scott); by Brown (Sullivan). Umpires – Warren Bumpus, Bobby Walker, Scott Letendre, Mike Noeth. Time: 2:29. Attendance – 1,332.