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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 28, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	2	Lubbock Christian	42-5	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	45-7	600
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	34-11	576
4	7	10	Berry	38-12	551
5	6	5	Lewis-Clark State	33-10	547
6	4	3	Southern Polytechnic	43-7	513
7	9	15	Embry-Riddle	37-12	511
8	11	8	Lee	45-10	444
8	10	6	Campbellsville	33-8	444
10	20	19	Tennessee Wesleyan	39-13	422
11	15	24	Bellevue	35-9	400
11	14	7	Fresno Pacific	32-15	400
13	8	9	British Columbia	32-10	394
14	5	20	Union (KY)	40-9	377
15	17	23	Warner	35-14	336
16	13	30	Madonna	35-8	324
17	19	17	Southern Nazarene	37-10	280
18	16	31	William Carey	32-18	240
19	25	14	Malone	38-11	232
20	22	25	Lindenwood	39-10	217
21	21	57	Spring Arbor	28-9	206
22	18	22	LSU-Shreveport	39-12	203
23	24	18	Wayland Baptist	39-11	174
24	RV	16	The Master’s	33-17	170
25	RV	42	Saint Xavier	33-12	103
		11	Azusa Pacific	32-16
		12	Auburn-Montgomery	32-19
		13	Biola	32-20
		21	Trevecca Nazarene	32-18

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, Berry, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Concordia-Portland, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Tennessee Wesleyan, Wayland Baptist

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Here are some of the best links from around the nation for today.

The first article comes from The Illinois Baseball Report which has an interview with Illinois shortstop Brandon Wikoff. The next article comes from Big12Sports.com which has an excellent article on Kansas State ace A.J. Morris who recently beat Texas and currently has a 10-0 record and a 1.27 ERA. Ohio.com has an article talking about the Diamond Classic for Kids between Kent State and Akron. The next article comes from The Marietta Daily Journal which talks about Southern Poly’s Sean Teague perfect game which he tossed against Reinhardt last week. The final article talks about the University of British Columbia victory over Lewis-Clark State 11-2 last night. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, Big 12, Big Ten, British Columbia, Division 3, Illinois, Kansas State, Kent State, Lewis-Clark State, Links, MAC, NAIA, Reinhardt, Southern Polytechnic

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 21, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	38-4	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	42-6	594
3	4	2	Point Loma Nazarene	32-10	563
4	3	3	Southern Polytechnic	41-6	561
5	5	12	Union (KY)	37-7	529
6	6	6	Lewis-Clark State	29-9	524
7	9	11	Berry	35-12	477
8	7	9	British Columbia	32-8	456
9	11	14	Embry-Riddle	36-12	450
10	10	5	Campbellsville	31-7	433
11	13	7	Lee	41-9	396
12	14	10	Azusa Pacific	31-13	392
13	12	26	Madonna	33-6	389
14	8	8	Fresno Pacific	29-14	380
15	15	28	Bellevue	30-9	376
16	16	27	William Carey	31-14	323
17	19	23	Warner	32-14	306
18	17	19	LSU-Shreveport	37-11	264
19	18	15	Southern Nazarene	34-10	259
20	22	22	Tennessee Wesleyan	34-13	211
21	25	71	Spring Arbor	25-8	198
22	24	35	Lindenwood	33-10	160
23	20	50	William Woods	31-10	146
24	NR	16	Wayland Baptist	35-11	121
25	RV	21	Malone	32-10	116
		13	Auburn-Montgomery	28-19
		17	The Master’s	31-16
		18	Biola	29-19
		20	Trevecca Nazarene	29-16
		24	Cumberland	27-18
		25	Georgetown College	28-20

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Here are some of the best links about College Baseball for today.

The first article comes from The Daily Cal which previews the California-UC Davis game that will take place tonight. The next article comes from The Arkansas Democrat Gazette which looks at Arkansas three game losing streak. CBB contributor Bob Broughton checks in with an article on the University of British Columbia baseball program that was posted on The Canadian Baseball Network. The final article comes from the New York Times which looks at walk-ons in College Baseball. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, British Columbia, Cal, NAIA, Pac 10, SEC

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 14, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	36-4	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	40-5	597
3	3	3	Southern Polytechnic	37-5	581
4	4	2	Point Loma Nazarene	29-9	562
5	5	18	Union (KY)	32-5	546
6	6	7	Lewis-Clark State	25-8	508
7	10	6	British Columbia	27-7	473
8	16	8	Fresno Pacific	27-12	452
9	11	12	Berry	32-10	438
10	9	5	Campbellsville	29-7	422
11	15	15	Embry-Riddle	32-12	414
12	8	26	Madonna	28-5	412
13	12	10	Lee	37-9	389
14	7	9	Azusa Pacific	28-11	384
15	14	25	Bellevue	24-9	375
16	17	28	William Carey	28-14	321
17	20	16	LSU-Shreveport	35-10	282
18	19	17	Southern Nazarene	32-9	271
19	13	27	Warner	29-14	264
20	21	44	William Woods	28-8	212
21	RV	23	Cumberland	24-15	179
22	24	21	Tennessee Wesleyan	30-12	172
23	22	13	The Master’s	29-14	155
24	NR	36	Lindenwood	28-9	113
25	RV	82	Spring Arbor	20-8	96
		11	Auburn-Montgomery	26-16
		14	Wayland Baptist	32-10
		19	Trevecca Nazarene	26-16
		20	Biola	23-18
		22	College of Idaho	25-13
		24	Malone	26-10

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, British Columbia, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 7, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	33-4	590
2	2	3	Oklahoma City	36-4	568
3	3	2	Southern Polytechnic	32-4	557
4	4	4	Point Loma Nazarene	26-9	531
5	7	22	Union (KY)	30-5	506
6	9	7	Lewis-Clark State	21-6	479
7	6	5	Azusa Pacific	28-9	464
8	10	13	Madonna	26-3	456
9	8	6	Campbellsville	27-6	430
10	13	9	British Columbia	25-7	422
11	12	11	Berry	27-8	417
12	15	10	Lee	33-8	368
13	16	25	Warner	27-12	366
14	14	27	Bellevue	21-8	351
15	11	20	Embry-Riddle	28-12	302
16	24	8	Fresno Pacific	25-10	291
17	RV	28	William Carey	25-13	270
18	20	16	Trevecca Nazarene	25-13	254
19	RV	21	Southern Nazarene	30-8	246
20	5	17	LSU-Shreveport	30-10	235
21	NR	40	William Woods	25-7	151
22	18	14	The Master’s	26-13	149
23	25	23	College of Idaho	22-10	140
24	RV	24	Tennessee Wesleyan	28-11	115
25	NR	53	William Jewell	27-8	112
		12	Wayland Baptist	29-10
		15	Malone	22-8
		18	Biola	21-17
		19	Auburn-Montgomery	22-15

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 19, Southern Polytechnic 2 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 24, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	5	7	Lubbock Christian	26-3	647
2	1	2	Oklahoma City	28-3	612
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	20-7	607
4	9	6	Southern Polytechnic	23-3	581
5	6	8	LSU-Shreveport	29-4	571
6	7	4	Azusa Pacific	23-6	529
7	8	26	Union (KY)	21-5	497
8	12	5	Campbellsville	21-3	494
9	4		Spring Arbor	7-3	467
10	10	9	Lewis-Clark State	12-6	429
11	18	15	Madonna	21-2	428
12	21	21	Berry	21-5	422
13	11	29	Embry-Riddle	24-10	388
14	13	22	Bellevue	14-6	378
15	2	13	Lee	26-6	376
16	14	3	British Columbia	17-6	341
17	RV	28	Warner	21-10	306
18	15	10	The Master’s	22-9	285
19	RV	18	Wayland Baptist	24-8	274
20	22	16	Lindenwood	14-3	204
21	20	45	Montreat	16-6	189
22	RV	32	Saint Francis	14-4	186
23	RV	27	Trevecca Nazarene	18-12	137
24	23	12	Fresno Pacific	18-9	126
25	RV	11	Malone	13-3	113
		14	College of Idaho	14-8
		17	Northwood (FL)	23-6
		19	Biola	16-13
		20	Auburn-Montgomery	16-13
		23	Cal State San Marcos	15-8
		24	William Penn	18-7
		25	Southern Nazarene	23-7

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 17, Point Loma Nazarene 5, LSU-Shreveport 1 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Berry, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Concordia-Portland, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Spring Arbor, Texas Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union

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#1 Oklahoma City swept a three-game series against Rogers State, and defeated Calumet. The Stars are now 22-1, but they get their first serious challenge of the season with a series at #17 Wayland Baptist March 15-16.

#2 Lee swept Emmanuel, but trailed Trevecca Nazarene 8-6 after 6 1/2 innings. The Flames closed to 8-7 in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Junior Rodriguez. The winning run came in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Julian Alvarez. The Flames then lost their second game of the season while splitting a double-header with Milligan (Johnson City, TN). The loss was 2-1, and the winning run was scored when Spencer Street was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

The Flames are now 23-2. They visit Faulkner March 13-14, and Trevecca Nazarene March 17. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cal State San Marcos, College of Idaho, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Park, Point Loma Nazarene, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union, Wayland Baptist

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#1 Oklahoma City lost their first game of the Season on March 2, but it took 13 innings to do it. The loss was 4-3 to Iowa Wesleyan, who is 9-6. Starter Jorge Martinez pitched ten innings for Iowa Wesleyan, allowed 13 hits, but only three runs. Hector Acevedo held the Stars to two hits over the remaining three innings. Edwin Jimenez hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the winning run.

The Stars are now 18-1. They play a Rogers State team that is 10-6 away-and-home March 5 and 7.

#2 Lee is 18-1, but they trailed going into the bottom of the ninth at Tennessee Temple on March 3. The Flames ended up winning 10-6 in ten innings. Elvis Sosa is hitting .508 with eight home runs for the Flames. Matthew Gilson is 3-0, 0.46 ERA. Next up for the Flames is Emmanuel March 6-7. They get a stiffer test against Trevecca Nazarene on March 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Houston Baptist, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Park, Point Loma Nazarene, Spring Arbor, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union

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Team Canada got brilliant pitching performances from Brooks McNiven (British Columbia), Jonathan Lockwood (Louisiana Tech), Rheal Cormier, and Tim Burton. They held The Netherlands to two hits, and got a 4-0 win.

McNiven, the starter, went six innings, and didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning. The Netherlands’ only other hit came off Burton in the ninth, but Burton struck out the other three batters he faced. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas State, British Columbia, Lewis-Clark State, Louisiana Tech, Team Canada, Texas Tech

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The Okotoks Dawgs (AB) won their second straight Western Major Baseball League championship on August 16, winning three games out of four against the Swift Current (SK) Indians.

The final game, in Okotoks, drew a crowd of over 2,700; the Dawgs have a new ballpark, and have been drawing good crowds all year. The Dawgs continued to get excellent pitching during the final round. Mark Hardy (British Columbia) pitched a complete-game one-hitter in a 1-0 win. Jake Bottari (College of Idaho) held the Indians to one run in seven innings in another game.

Swift Current’s win was a 1-0 14-inning thriller. Sean Cooley (North Dakota; 8 1/3 innings, 6 hits) and Shawn Lee (Bellevue; 5 2/3 innings, 2 hits, eight strikeouts) combined for the shutout. Jeff Duda (Campbellsville) pitched twelve shutout innings for the Dawgs. Duda was 7-3, 1.88 ERA for the season.

Tags: Bellevue, British Columbia, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, North Dakota

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Canada took a 5-3 lead in the top of the sixth on a two-run home run by Nick Weglarz, which chased Cuban starter Adiel Palma. Cuba responded with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, on two-run home runs by Alexander Malleta and Alfredo Despaigne. Canada got one back in the eighth when Weglarz came in when Brett Lawrie hit into a fielder’s choice, but they went three up, three down in the ninth to end the game.

Canada missed an excellent chance to take the early lead in the second. Scott Thorman opened the inning with a single, went to second on a wild pitch, and to third on a single by Weglarz. The next batter, Jimmy Van Ostrand, hit a ground ball, and Thorman got caught between third and home. Weglarz and Van Ostrand moved to second and third on another wild pitch by Palma, and Canada had runners at second and third with one out. However, Matt Rogelstad (Arkansas State) struck out, and Chris Robinson (Illinois) was out on a dangerous ground ball to end the inning.

Starter Brooks McNiven (British Columbia) lasted only two innings. He gave up three runs (one of them unearned) in the second, and the Cubans were generally hitting the ball hard against him. Canada used four pitchers the rest of the way, Jonathan Lockwood (Louisiana Tech), Chris Reistma, Robert Swindle (Charleston Southern), and Steve Green (Fort Scout CC).

Weglarz hit another home run in the fourth, and finished the game 4-4.

Canada’s next game is against Korea, at 6 AM EDT on Friday.

Tags: Arkansas State, British Columbia, Charleston Southern, Illinois, Louisiana Tech, Team Canada