2003 NCAA Division III Baseball Midwest Regional
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Ripon
St. Olaf
Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wisconsin-Oshkosh earns 17th championship berth
Oshkosh, WI -- Jeremy Jirschele's two-out double in the bottom of the 11th inning drove in the winning run as UW-Oshkosh defeated conference-rival UW-Whitewater, 3-2, on Saturday (May 17) at Tiedemann Field to win the Oshkosh Regional of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The victory advances UW-Oshkosh (36-6) to the NCAA Division III World Series, where the Titans will meet Chapman University in Grand Chute's Fox Cities Stadium.
UW-Oshkosh, now a 17-time participant in the NCAA Division III World Series, is co-hosting the double-elimination event for the fourth consecutive season. UW-Oshkosh, which went unbeaten in three games of the Oshkosh Regional, defeated UW-Whitewater to gain its 100th NCAA Division III post-season win.
UW-Oshkosh's eighth meeting of the year with UW-Whitewater (35-9) was a pitching duel between Brian Gerl, Jeremiah Gowey, Phil Glinski and Jordan Timm of the Titans and Ryan Callahan of the Warhawks. The four UW-Oshkosh hurlers combined to scatter 14 hits while yielding just two runs and one walk. Gerl pitched the first-five innings for the Titans before being relieved by Gowey in the sixth, Glinski in the eighth and Timm in the 10th. Timm retired all four batters he faced, including a pair by strikeouts, to record his 11th win of the season against no defeats.
Callahan (5-4) pitched the distance for UW-Whitewater, allowing just seven hits and no earned runs in 10.2 innings. Callahan's effort included a stretch where he retired 19 of the 21 batters he faced.
Aided by two UW-Whitewater errors, UW-Oshkosh took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Vince Mancuso's mishandled ground ball and Evan Peterson's run-scoring single.
UW-Whitewater evened the count at 2-2 as Eric Stangel recorded a run-scoring double in the fifth inning and a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
UW-Oshkosh held off two UW-Whitewater scoring threats late in the game by turning double plays in the sixth and eighth innings. The Titan pitchers also left two Warhawks on base in both the second and sixth frames.
In the 11th inning, UW-Whitewater was retired in order before Jirschele became the hero for the Titans with his run-scoring double. Jirschele's third hit of the game drove in pinch-runner Craig Winske. Prior to Jirschele's hit, Mike Mau placed a perfectly executed two-out, bunt down the third base foul line to move Winske to second base.
UW-Oshkosh's seven hits in the game also included two by Peterson.
The Warhawks' 14 hits featured three by Josh Shere and two each by Stangel, Brad Endl, Dan Schrum and Rob Misora.
Timm, who recorded a complete-game victory in UW-Oshkosh's win over Ripon College on Thursday (May 15), was named the Most Valuable Player of the Oshkosh Regional.
2003 Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team
MVP - Jordon Timm, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
First Base - Dan Schrum, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Second Base - Luke Hagel, Ripon; Evan Peterson, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Third Base - Lucas Lechnir, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Shortstop - Jeremy Jirschele, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Eric Stangel, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Outfield - DJ Callahan, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Joe Pavelko, St. Olaf; Designated Hitter - David Young, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Pitcher - Ben Huffman, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Jordon Timm, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Kevin Tomasiewicz, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Jon Haugen, St. Olaf.Results
Wisconsin-Whitewater 7, St. Olaf 1
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 15, Wisconsin-Whitewater 2