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NAIA Top 25 and Recap for April 21

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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

East Texas Pump Jacks Land An Eagle For Pitching Coach

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David Therneau

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

An Artichoke now has an Eagle to help guide the Pump Jacks.

The East Texas Pump Jacks announced today that David Therneau will serve as the team’s pitching coach for the 2009 season. Therneau, currently the pitching coach at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Fla., joins head coach Ben Taylor to [...]

NAIA top 25 and recap for April 14

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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

NAIA Top 25 and recap for April 7

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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

NAIA recap for March 12

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Kaohi Downing – Point Loma Nazarene

#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. [...]

NAIA recap for March 5

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Jorge Martinez

#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 [...]

NAIA Top 25 and Recap for February 24

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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 [...]

NAIA recap for February 19

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Ben Rue

#1 Lewis-Clark State lost their opener to Concordia-Portland 5-4, and this was the first time the Cavaliers have beaten the Warriors in 42 attempts. Steven Taft got the win in relief for the Cavaliers, and C Tommy Whalen doubled in the winning run in the top of the ninth, but the key player [...]

NAIA recap for February 12

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Joe Zeller

Defending champion and #1-ranked Lewis-Clark State opens their season hosting a tournament with College of Idaho, Concordia-Portland, Corban, and Patten Feb. 13-16.

#2 Lee started their season 5-0, including a 10-3 win over Tennessee Wesleyan. They host Virginia Intermont Feb. 13-14.

#3 Oklahoma City started the season 3-0. They host Missouri Baptist (ranked #21 by [...]

Lee opens season with sweep, no-hitter

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Mitch Davidson

The Lee Flames opened their 2009 season with a four-game sweep of Illinois Tech.Senior LHP Mitch Davidson got a no-hitter in the third game, but it was a game that ended after five innings because of the mercy rule. Chris Warters had seven hits in the series.

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