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The regular season for the WMBL is over, and the playoffs start on Friday, July 31. The Okotoks Dawgs won the West Division pennant with a 32-13 record, and they will host the Moose Jaw Miller Express in the first playoff round. The Swift Current Indians won the Central Division pennant with a 27-13 record, and they will host Yorkton Cardinals in the first round. The Melville Millionaires won the East Division with a 26-14 record, and will host the Regina Red Sox. The other first-round playoff matchup is Medicine Hat Mavericks at Lethbridge Bulls. All series are best-of-five. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal State Los Angeles, Campbellsville, Houston-Victoria, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Point Park, Texas Wesleyan, Wayne State

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The Okotoks Dawgs lead the West Division with a 19-8 record. They defeated the Melville Millionaires 8-3 and 6-4, and the Yorkton Cardinals 6-2 over the weekend. Mark Phillips (Colby College), Logan Todd (Merced College), and Danny Britton-Foster (British Columbia) got the wins. Britton-Foster leads the team with a record of 3-0, 1.16 ERA. Anthony Cros (Northwest Oklahoma State) leads the league in hitting with a .436 average, and he also leads the team with 30 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bellevue, British Columbia, Embry-Riddle, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Point Park, Texas Wesleyan

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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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The East Texas Pump Jacks bolstered their lineup with today’s announcement that the team has signed two more hitters for the 2009 season. The Pump Jacks added outfielder Mike Petello, a redshirt sophomore at Scottsdale Community College, and Kyle Frasard, a junior infielder from Texas Wesleyan.
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Tags: 2009 Roster, East Texas Pump Jacks, Texas Collegiate League, Texas Wesleyan

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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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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. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Biola, Cal Baptist, College of Idaho, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Spring Arbor, Tennessee Wesleyan, Texas Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union, Wayland Baptist

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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

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A couple of former MLB players were recently named new assistant coaches. Rusty Greer who made a name for himself with the Texas Rangers was recently added to the coaching staff of NAIA school Texas Wesleyan. He served as the manager of the Colleyville Lone Stars of the Texas Collegiate League in 2007 and this summer is coaching the Dallas Baseball Academy which is a 17 year old team. The full release is available here.

Britt Reames who pitched in the Major Leagues most recently in 2006 has been named the new pitching coach of Furman University. He is a 1996 graduate of The Citadel and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on November 1st. The full article is available here.

Tags: Coaching Changes, Former MLB players, Furman, NAIA, Southern Conference, Texas Wesleyan