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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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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 28, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	2	Lubbock Christian	42-5	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	45-7	600
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	34-11	576
4	7	10	Berry	38-12	551
5	6	5	Lewis-Clark State	33-10	547
6	4	3	Southern Polytechnic	43-7	513
7	9	15	Embry-Riddle	37-12	511
8	11	8	Lee	45-10	444
8	10	6	Campbellsville	33-8	444
10	20	19	Tennessee Wesleyan	39-13	422
11	15	24	Bellevue	35-9	400
11	14	7	Fresno Pacific	32-15	400
13	8	9	British Columbia	32-10	394
14	5	20	Union (KY)	40-9	377
15	17	23	Warner	35-14	336
16	13	30	Madonna	35-8	324
17	19	17	Southern Nazarene	37-10	280
18	16	31	William Carey	32-18	240
19	25	14	Malone	38-11	232
20	22	25	Lindenwood	39-10	217
21	21	57	Spring Arbor	28-9	206
22	18	22	LSU-Shreveport	39-12	203
23	24	18	Wayland Baptist	39-11	174
24	RV	16	The Master’s	33-17	170
25	RV	42	Saint Xavier	33-12	103
		11	Azusa Pacific	32-16
		12	Auburn-Montgomery	32-19
		13	Biola	32-20
		21	Trevecca Nazarene	32-18

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, Berry, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Concordia-Portland, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Tennessee Wesleyan, Wayland Baptist

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The NAIA has announced the following locations for sectional tournaments, which will take place May 12-15:

Host	Location
Lubbock Christian University	Lubbock, TX
Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City, OK
Berry College (Southern States Athletic Conference)	Mount Berry, GA
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Daytona Beach, FL
Lee University	Cleveland, TN
Azusa Pacific University	Azusa, CA
William Carey University	Hattiesburg, MS
Lindenwood University	St. Charles, MO
Great Plains Athletic Conference	Sioux City, IA

The winners of these nine tournaments will go to the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID May 22-29. The host team, Lewis-Clark State, gets an automatic bid, and does not participate in the sectional tournaments. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, William Carey

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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 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 Read the rest of this entry »

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

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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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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 31, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	5	Lubbock Christian	29-4	649
2	2	2	Oklahoma City	31-3	623
3	4	3	Southern Polytechnic	29-3	615
4	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	23-8	593
5	5	9	LSU-Shreveport	30-5	562
6	6	8	Azusa Pacific	26-7	536
7	7	17	Union (KY)	23-5	523
8	8	4	Campbellsville	22-4	502
9	10	6	Lewis-Clark State	16-6	473
10	11	22	Madonna	22-3	443
11	13	20	Embry-Riddle	27-10	434
12	12	10	Berry	25-7	419
13	16	7	British Columbia	21-7	399
14	14	27	Bellevue	18-7	386
15	15	11	Lee	28-8	343
16	17	34	Warner	25-11	300
17	25	13	Malone	19-4	280
18	18	14	The Master’s	24-11	273
19	20	40	Lindenwood	15-4	248
20	23	18	Trevecca Nazarene	21-12	221
21	NR	24	Univ of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	26-6	187
22	21	52	Montreat	17-7	176
23	9	55	Spring Arbor	10-6	170
24	24	15	Fresno Pacific	21-10	141
25	RV	12	College of Idaho	18-8	130
		16	Auburn-Montgomery	18-13
		19	Wayland Baptist	25-10
		21	Southern Nazarene	27-8
		23	Belhaven	26-11
		25	Biola	18-16

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 18, Southern Polytechnic 5 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Campbellsville, Cumberland, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 24, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	5	7	Lubbock Christian	26-3	647
2	1	2	Oklahoma City	28-3	612
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	20-7	607
4	9	6	Southern Polytechnic	23-3	581
5	6	8	LSU-Shreveport	29-4	571
6	7	4	Azusa Pacific	23-6	529
7	8	26	Union (KY)	21-5	497
8	12	5	Campbellsville	21-3	494
9	4		Spring Arbor	7-3	467
10	10	9	Lewis-Clark State	12-6	429
11	18	15	Madonna	21-2	428
12	21	21	Berry	21-5	422
13	11	29	Embry-Riddle	24-10	388
14	13	22	Bellevue	14-6	378
15	2	13	Lee	26-6	376
16	14	3	British Columbia	17-6	341
17	RV	28	Warner	21-10	306
18	15	10	The Master’s	22-9	285
19	RV	18	Wayland Baptist	24-8	274
20	22	16	Lindenwood	14-3	204
21	20	45	Montreat	16-6	189
22	RV	32	Saint Francis	14-4	186
23	RV	27	Trevecca Nazarene	18-12	137
24	23	12	Fresno Pacific	18-9	126
25	RV	11	Malone	13-3	113
		14	College of Idaho	14-8
		17	Northwood (FL)	23-6
		19	Biola	16-13
		20	Auburn-Montgomery	16-13
		23	Cal State San Marcos	15-8
		24	William Penn	18-7
		25	Southern Nazarene	23-7

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 17, Point Loma Nazarene 5, LSU-Shreveport 1 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Berry, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Concordia-Portland, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Spring Arbor, Texas Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, 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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#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 two hits over the remaining three innings. Edwin Jimenez hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the winning run.

The Stars are now 18-1. They play a Rogers State team that is 10-6 away-and-home March 5 and 7.

#2 Lee is 18-1, but they trailed going into the bottom of the ninth at Tennessee Temple on March 3. The Flames ended up winning 10-6 in ten innings. Elvis Sosa is hitting .508 with eight home runs for the Flames. Matthew Gilson is 3-0, 0.46 ERA. Next up for the Flames is Emmanuel March 6-7. They get a stiffer test against Trevecca Nazarene on March 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Houston Baptist, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Park, Point Loma Nazarene, Spring Arbor, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union

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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