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Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #3 Point Loma Nazarene defeated #11 Fresno Pacific 3-2 (12 innings). SS Tyler Kuehl singled in the winning run for the Sea Lions. Steven Winnick pitched four hitless innings in relief for the win. #24 The Master’s then took Fresno Pacific out of the tournament with a 6-5 win. Point Loma Nazarene and The Master’s play for the championship in Thursday.

Sun Conference – at Fort Myers, FL: #7 Embry-Riddle defeated Savannah College of Art and Design 11-4 for the championship. Joel Blomberg and Austin Goolsby hit home runs for the Eagles. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Sooner Athletic Conference: The entire tournament was cancelled due to bad weather. Both #1 Lubbock Christian and #2 Oklahoma City are hosting sectional tournaments next week.

Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #3 PointLoma Nazarene defeated #24 The Master’s 4-0. Andrew Bovich pitched eight shutout innings for the Sea Lions, and Kurt Steinhauer hit two home runs. #11 Fresno Pacific defeated Biola 15-12. Point Loma Nazarene and Fresno Pacific meet on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Union

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Sooner Athletic Conference – at Shawnee, OK: The start of the tournament was delayed until Tuesday due to wet grounds.

Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #24 The Master’s defeated Azusa Pacific 6-5 (11 innings). #11 Fresno Pacific plays Biola and #3 Point Loma Nazarene plays Azusa Pacific on Tuesday.

Sun Conference – at Fort Myers, FL: In the second round, #7 Embry-Riddle defeated USC Beaufort 11-6; Brandon Roper-Hubbert went 4-5 with four RBI. Savannah College of Art and Design defeated Warner 5-0. Stephen Shackleford pitched a complete-game shutout for the Bees; he scattered eight hits, and struck out nine. He is 7-1, 2.73 ERA. Embry-Riddle and SCAD meet on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, College of Idaho, Embry-Riddle, Oregon Tech, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, U. of Mobile, Union

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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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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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#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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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for February 24, 2009. Comments below:

RANK	SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES)	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	Oklahoma City University (16)	13-0	527
2	Lee University (Tenn.) (2)	12-1	513
3	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	11-2	455
4	Spring Arbor University (Mich.)	0-0	452
5	Union College (Ky.)	9-0-1	437
6	Bellevue University (Neb.)	0-0	427
7	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (1)	5-3	424
8	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)	13-1	407
9	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	9-1	406
10	LSU-Shreveport	15-2	402
11	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)	11-1	391
12	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)	11-1	324
13	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	7-5	312
14	Texas Wesleyan University	9-1	295
15	Cumberland University (Tenn.)	6-3	276
16	University of St. Francis (Ill.)	0-0	275
17	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	15-3	259
18	Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)	9-6	192
19	The Master’s College (Calif.)	14-4	162
20	U. of the Cumberlands (Ky.)	2-2-1	157
21	Warner University (Fla.)	7-3	152
22	Ohio Dominican University	0-0	124
23	Montreat College (N.C.)	6-2	101
24	University of British Columbia	8-1	92
25	Park University (Mo.)	6-0	81

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Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, Cal State San Marcos, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Spring Arbor, Texas Wesleyan, The Master's, Union

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Here’s a few that are out:

Lee: Last year’s runner-up starts the season on Feb. 6, hosting Illinois Institute of Technology. They play Auburn-Montgomery April 17-18, and Cumberland April 21. The Flames have picked up two D-I transfers, Tyler Roberts (Memphis) and Trey Burstrom (Tennessee). They have also added Julian Alvarez, who hit .419 and 26 home runs for Bacone last year, and two players drafted in 2006, Jeff Ramirez and Rashad Taylor. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Cal State San Marcos, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lubbock Christian, NAIA, Oklahoma City, Spring Arbor, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Wayland Baptist

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The first college baseball game scheduled in 2008 is the Cal State San Marcos Cougars at the Westmont Warriors, Wednesday, Jan. 23, at noon in Santa Barbara, CA. Both teams are NAIA members.

CSU San Marcos played the first game of the 2007 season, a 14-8 loss to San Diego Christian. It was the first-ever baseball game for both schools. CSU San Marcos finished their inaugural season with an 18-23 record, with wins over Division II UC San Diego and a good Point Loma Nazarene team. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Cal State San Marcos, Dennis Pugh, Max Gutierrez, Scott Deck, westmont