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Four schools list two players apiece among the honorees

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lubbock Christian (TX) University, 2009 national champions, has landed two players on the 2010 NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team, the NAIA announced Friday. Three other schools list two players apiece among the honorees, including Lewis-Clark State (ID), LSU-Shreveport and Saint Xavier (IL).

All 2010 Preseason All-Americans garnered postseason 2009 All-America honors. Ross Blondin of Lubbock Christian, Andrew Brouillette of LSU-Shreveport, Brice Cutspec of Azusa Pacific (CA), Tim Dunn of Trevecca Nazarene (TN), Jayson Koehn of Saint Xavier, Jono Waugh of Southern Polytechnic State (GA) and Justin Zinkovich of Embry-Riddle (FL) were all mentioned on the 2009 All-America First Team. Three other standouts were named to the All-America Second Team while seven players were All-America Honorable Mention picks.

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Tags: Azusa Pacific, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Saint Xavier, Southern Polytechnic

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The Okotoks Dawgs continue to lead the West Division with a 22-10 record. The Dawgs lost road games to the Regina Red Sox and the Medicine Hat Mavericks, then won two home games against the Moose Jaw Miller Express, 14-3 and 6-4. The games against Moose Jaw drew crowds of 1,864 and 1,793. In the 6-4 win, the Dawgs scored five runs in the second inning on an RBI double by C Brett Thomas (California), a two-RBI single by 2B Matt Hart (Santa Ana College), an RBI single by RF Anthony Cros (Northwest Oklahoma State), and a sacrifice fly by CF Jeremy Shelby (Grambling State). Cros’ RBI was the winning run, and Marc Wilson (Campbellsville) got the win, his first of the season. Cros leads the team with a .405 batting average, and a .553 on-base percentage. Dan Britton-Foster (British Columbia) is the leading pitcher for the Dawgs, with a record of 3-0, 1.12 ERA. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, British Columbia, California, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Grambling State, Houston-Victoria, Kansas Wesleyan, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Winthrop

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The Okotoks Dawgs lead the West Division with a 19-8 record. They defeated the Melville Millionaires 8-3 and 6-4, and the Yorkton Cardinals 6-2 over the weekend. Mark Phillips (Colby College), Logan Todd (Merced College), and Danny Britton-Foster (British Columbia) got the wins. Britton-Foster leads the team with a record of 3-0, 1.16 ERA. Anthony Cros (Northwest Oklahoma State) leads the league in hitting with a .436 average, and he also leads the team with 30 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, British Columbia, Embry-Riddle, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Point Park, Texas Wesleyan

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Results from Day 2 of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID:

Southern Polytechnic 6, Campbellsville 5 (Campbellsville eliminated)

Southern Polytechnic, who came into the tournament ranked #5, got a home run in the top of the ninth by CF Josh Grooms to avoid a two-and-out exit. The Hornets trailed 4-3 going into the seventh, but they scored two runs in the top of the seventh on sacrifice flies by Grooms and DH Daniel Hester to take the lead for good. Grooms batted in four of the Hornets’ six runs.

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Tags: Campbellsille, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Southern Polytechnic

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Results from Day 1 of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID:

Lee 5, Campbellsville 2

The Flames got a two-run home run by 1B Chris Warters in the top of the first inning, and the winning run on a solo home run by C Chris Dubon in the top of the second. DH Junior Rodriguez added a solo home run in the fourth, and RF Julian Alvarez hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh.

Flames starter Matthew Gilson went 6 2/3 innings, allowed two runs (one of them walked in) on seven hits, struck out five, and walked four. Reliever Josh Rose retired all seven batters he faced, and struck out four of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Berry, Campbellsille, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic

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Results from the third day of the first-ever NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 14:

At Lubbock, TX:

#1 Lubbock Christian was upset by #18 Wayland Baptist 6-2. Marcus Limon pitched a complete game for the Pioneers, scattered nine hits, struck out 14. The Chaparrals’ starter, Jakob Cunningham, also went the distance, allowed eight hits, struck out nine. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Bellevue, Berry, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Kansas Wesleyan, Lee, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Texas Wesleyan, Wayland Baptist, William Carey

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Results from the second day of the first-ever NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 13: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Bellevue, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Jamestown, Kansas Wesleyan, Lee, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern Polytechnic, Union, Wayland Baptist

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Results from first day of the first-ever NAIA sectional tournaments, officially the Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 12:

At Lubbock, TX:

#1 Lubbock Christian picked up where they left off in the regular season, defeating William Jewell 28-2. The Chaparrals scored seven runs in the second inning, and 18 runs in the eighth inning. William Jewell used six pitchers.

#18 Wayland Baptist defeated Northwood (TX) 8-6. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Belhaven, Bellevue, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, Union

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

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	WON	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	2	Lubbock Christian	44	6	653
2	2	3	Oklahoma City	48	7	631
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	37	11	605
4	4	10	Berry	42	14	586
5	6	4	Southern Polytechnic	48	8	551
6	7	12	Embry-Riddle	41	12	549
7	5	6	Lewis-Clark State	36	13	499
8	T8	5	Campbellsville	35	9	481
9	10	15	Tennessee Wesleyan	43	13	471
10	T8	9	Lee	47	12	451
11	T11	22	Bellevue	39	10	450
12	13	8	British Columbia	37	11	428
13	T11	7	Fresno Pacific	33	18	400
14	14	18	Union (KY)	43	10	376
15	20	24	Lindenwood	43	10	354
16	16	37	Madonna	38	10	308
17	19	20	Malone	44	12	293
18	23	16	Wayland Baptist	40	13	280
19	22	21	LSU-Shreveport	41	14	256
20	RV	11	Biola	34	22	181
21	18	35	William Carey	33	20	174
T22	17	19	Southern Nazarene	37	13	158
T22	RV	65	Savannah College of Art and Design	38	21	158
24	25	42	Saint Xavier	39	13	142
25	RV	46	Kansas Wesleyan	38	15	138

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22, Point Loma Nazarene 1 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Berry, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Tennessee Wesleyan

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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