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NAIA top 25 and recap for March 17

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 17, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK

PREVIOUS
RANK

ISR

SCHOOL

TOTAL
POINTS

1
1
2
Oklahoma City
622

2
2
8
Lee
598

3
3
4
Point Loma Nazarene
569

4
4

Spring Arbor
543

5
9
5
Lubbock Christian
529

6
10
6
LSU-Shreveport
524

7
8
10
Azusa Pacific
495

8
5
26
Union (KY)
486

9
11
1
Southern Polytechnic
479

10
7
15
Lewis-Clark State
397

11
13
30
Embry-Riddle
391

12
RV
3
Campbellsville
387

13
6
33
Bellevue
362

14
24
7
British Columbia
357

15
19
11
The Master’s
309

16
14
48
Texas Wesleyan
293

17
RV
23
Southern Nazarene
276

18
RV
13
Madonna
225

19
RV
14
Northwood (FL)
209

20
23
28
Montreat
201

21
RV
16
Berry
192

22
RV
9
Lindenwood
160

23
12
17
Fresno Pacific
150

T24
25
44
Park
129

T24
NR

Robert Morris
129

12
Auburn-Montgomery

18
Wayland Baptist

19
King

20
William Penn

21
Oklahoma Baptist

22
William Carey

24
Trevecca Nazarene

25
Tennessee Wesleyan

Oklahoma City received all 22 first-place votes.

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 [...]

Lee’s Davidson pitches second consecutive no-hitter

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Mitch Davidson

LHP Mitch Davidson has pitched a total of ten innings this season, and has two no-hitters to show for it.

On Feb. 14, the Flames defeated Virginia Intermont 12-0, in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. Davidson went the distance, struck out four, walked two.

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.

NAIA recap for February 5

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Ryan Delgado

Top NAIA teams starting their season this week:

#2 Lee hosts Illinois Tech Feb. 6-7, and goes to Tennessee Wesleyan Feb. 10.

#4 Oklahoma City visits Northwood (TX) Feb. 6-7.

#7 U. of the Cumberlands hosts #9 Union (KY) on Feb. 10.

#8 Lubbock Christian Travels to Texas-Brownsville Feb. 6-8.

#4 Biola has started the season 1-5, with [...]

CBB’s NAIA Pre-season Top 10

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The 53rd NAIA baseball season starts on Friday, with Belhaven at Spring Hill (Mobile, AL), La Sierra at Concordia-Irvine, LSU-Shreveport at U. of Mobile, Bethany (CA) at San Diego Christian, Wayland Baptist at Texas-Brownsville, and Patten at The Master’s (Santa Clarita, CA). The LSU-Shreveport-U. Of Mobile matchup should be a good one; they were #9 [...]

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