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It’s Point Loma Nazarene and Lubbock Christian in the final. Results from Day 5 of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID:

Lubbock Christian 14, Oklahoma City 4 (Oklahoma City eliminated)

The Chaparrals got all the runs they needed in the first inning. CF Jaime Armendariz started the game with a walk, moved to second on a balk, to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a ground out. LF Will Stramp hit a home run, and Stars starter Justin Harper walked the next two batters. He was taken out of the game after recording only one out, two runners on base, and the score already 2-0. DH Dan Neumann then hit an RBI double, SS Armando Dominguez hit a two-RBI single, and the score was 5-0 before the Stars got their first turn at bat. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Lee, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene

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Results from Day 4 of the NAIA Baseball National Championship in Lewiston, ID:

Lee 5, Berry 3 (Berry eliminated)

Brandon Cuniff and Josh Rose combined for a three-hitter that took only two hours and 15 minutes to play. Cuniff pitched the first 5 1/3 innings, allowed two runs on three hits, struck out three. Rose pitched the remaining 3 2/3 innings, allowed one run on one hit, struck out four. Cuniff got the win, and Rose got a save. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Berry, Lee, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic

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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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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 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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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