Whitewater Advances to World Series

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater advanced to the 2005 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship on Sunday afternoon by defeating the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in a re-match of the WIAC Championship from a week earlier. The Warhawks were able to jump out in from of the Pointers by putting up four runs in the bottom of the second inning. The Warhawks then added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to run their lead up to 7-0. The Pointers were able to muster three runs in the top of the sixth, but that was all that they could put together as the Warhawks cuised the rest of the way to a 7-3 victory and punched their ticket to the 2005 NCAA Division III Baseball Championships starting May 27th in Fox Cities, WI.



Following the Championship game of the Whitewater Regional the tournament coordinators named the 2005 Whitewater Regional All-Tournament Team which featured one Saint Scholastica Saint. Senior Jake Eiler was one of only three pitchers named to the All-Tournament Team. Here's the entire rundown of the 2005 NCAA Division III Whitewater Regional All-Tournament Team:

All-Tournament Team
Jake Eiler, P, Saint Scholastica
Jake Frombach, SS, Stevens Point
Tim Schlosser, 3B, Stevens Point
Ryan Jones, 1B, Stevens Point
Steve Wiczek, DH, Stevens Point
Matt Polomis, RF, Stevens Point
Ross Klawitter, SS, Whitewater
Eric Baldwin, RF, Whitewater
Aaron Guilbault, C, Whitewater
Aaron Soto, CF, Whitewater
Kevin Tomasiewicz, P, Whitewater
Dan Gnatzig, LF, Whitewater
Greg Reinhard, P, Whitewater

Regional Co-MVPs
Dan Gnatzig, LF, Whitewater
Greg Reinhard, P, Whitewater

With the addition of the the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to the field of the 2005 NCAA Divison III National Baseball Championship six of the eight teams have been decided. Qualifying on Sunday for the eight-team, double elimination tournament that will be held May 27-31 at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wis., were Hampden-Sydney College (Va.), State University of New York-Cortland, The College of Wooster (Ohio), University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Wartburg College (Iowa). Chapman University (Calif.), which won the event in 2003, clinched its spot in the finals on Saturday (May 21). The final two teams of the event will be decided on Monday as Alvernia College (Pa.) and Rowan University (N.J.) play for the championship of the Boyertown Regional while Trinity College (Conn.) and Wheaton College (Mass.) battle for the championship of the Harwich Regional.

Stay tuned to www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for more details about the 2005 NCAA Division III Baseball National Championship as we receive them. You can also check out the official 2005 NCAA Division III Baseball National Championship website for all of the official releases about the tournament to be played May 27-31 at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, WI.