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Wes Dorrell who is entering his last year of baseball eligible has decided to leave Big West member Cal Poly for NAIA member Fresno Pacific. According to an article in The Tribune out of San Luis Obispo CA, Dorrell had a falling out with head coach Larry Lee. Dorrell stated the following about his transfer “A fallout with Cal Poly coach Larry Lee, a conflict of interest, to put it in the best words possible.” Larry Lee refutes this claim by stating in the article that there was never a fallout with Dorrell in his eyes.

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Tags: Big West, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fresno Pacific, NAIA, Transfers

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Results from Day 3 of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID:

Lee 5, Fresno Pacific 4 (Fresno Pacific eliminated)

Chris Warters hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to give the Flames their first lead of the game, and Pablo Lopez shut down the Sunbirds for the final three innings to keep the Flames in the tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Berry, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic

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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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Schedule for the first day of the 53^rd NAIA Baseball National Championship, Friday, May 22, Harris Field, Lewiston, ID (all times PDT):

8:30 AM: #8 seed Campbellsville (39-10) vs. #9 Lee (50-12)

Campbellsville (Campbellsville, KY) is making their first trip to the Baseball National Championship. They are the champions of the Mid-South Conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Berry, Campbellsville, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic

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Results from the fourth and final day of the first-ever NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 15:

At Lubbock, TX:

#1 Lubbock Christian defeated #18 Wayland Baptist 15-6, to qualify for the Baseball National Championship tournament in Lewiston for the first time since 2006. Ross Blondin went 4-6 for the Chaparrals, with two doubles and a triple. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, Campbellsville, Fresno Pacific, Kansas Wesleyan, Lubbock Christian, Southern Polytechnic, Wayland Baptist, William Carey

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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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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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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

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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 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

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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