Here’s a few that are out:

Lee: Last year’s runner-up starts the season on Feb. 6, hosting Illinois Institute of Technology. They play Auburn-Montgomery April 17-18, and Cumberland April 21. The Flames have picked up two D-I transfers, Tyler Roberts (Memphis) and Trey Burstrom (Tennessee). They have also added Julian Alvarez, who hit .419 and 26 home runs for Bacone last year, and two players drafted in 2006, Jeff Ramirez and Rashad Taylor. Read the rest of this entry »

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Region II - At Azusa Pacific University:

Concordia-Irvine 4, Cal Baptist 3 (10 inn.) (Cal Baptist eliminated)
Cameron Bayne hit a two-run home run and got a save for the Eagles. Enrique Lechuga, who had only two hits this year, batted in the winning run. Steve Goins pitched 10 innings for the Lancers, struck out 15.

Azusa Pacific 9, Point Loma Nazarene 6 (Point Loma Nazarene eliminated)

Fresno Pacific 8, Biola 5

Thursday, May 8 (see http://www.gsacsports.org/gsacbase.html for times):

#4 Azusa Pacific vs. #10 Fresno Pacific
Concordia-Irvine vs. #20 Biola

Region III - At Comet Field, Mayville, ND:

Dickinson State 18, Morningside 10

Jamestown 12, Northwestern 1 (mercy-ruled after 7 innings)

Mayville State 10, Briar Cliff 5

Thursday, May 8 (All times CST):

10 AM: Morningside vs. Northwestern (loser out)
1 PM: Dickinson State vs. Briar Cliff
4 PM: Mayville State vs. Jamestown
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Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, Biola, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Spring Arbor, Wayland Baptist

Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for May 7, 2008, the final poll for this season. Comments below.

Rank	Apr. 30	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	50-2	500
2	2	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	47-5	476
3	3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	53-7	459
4	5	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	41-8	438
5	4	Oklahoma City University (VI)	49-10	420
6	7	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	39-14	389
7	6	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	43-12	383
8	8	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	42-14	345
9	11	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	41-15	334
10	10	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	34-12	306
11	14	Bellevue (NE) (IV)	45-12	290
12	13	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	41-9	289
13	12	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	43-14	286
14	15	Union College (KY) (XII)	40-14	217
15	16	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	41-19	213
16	24	Madonna (MI) (VIII)	36-12	193
17	17	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	36-14	160
18	20	LSU-Shreveport (XIII)	44-14	141
19	9	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	32-7	138
20	19	Biola University (CA) (II)	34-16	115
21	NR	Oklahoma Baptist (VI)	43-14	100
22	22	Malone College (OH) (IX)	36-11	95
23	23	Warner Southern (FL) (XIV)	33-22	58
24	RV	Missouri Baptist (V)	37-14	48
25	18	Texas Wesleyan (VI)	40-14	36

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 20
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Region II - At Azusa Pacific University:

Azusa Pacific 13, Concordia-Irvine 3 (mercy-ruled after 8 innings)

Fresno Pacific 15, Cal Baptist 5 (mercy-ruled after 8 innings)
Jacob Burns 5-5 for the Sunbirds.

Biola 10, Point Loma Nazarene 2
Complete game for Brian Albert of the Eagles, held the Sea Lions to six hits.

Wednesday, May 7 (All times PDT):

11 AM: Concordia-Irvine vs. Cal Baptist (loser out)
2:15 PM: #5 Azusa Pacific vs. Cal Baptist
5:30 PM: #10 Fresno Pacific vs. #19 Biola

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Region XIV - At Chain of Lakes Park, Winter Haven, FL:

Embry-Riddle 10, Savannah College of Art and Design 1
Jordan Roberts stuck out nine for the Eagles.

Warner Southern 10, Northwood (FL) 4

Tuesday, May 6 (All times EDT):

noon - Northwood (FL) vs. Savannah College of Art and Design (loser out)
4 PM - #7 Embry-Riddle vs. #23 Warner Southern

All Embry-Riddle games are webcast by Stretch Internet.

Region II - At Azusa Pacific University:

Tuesday, May 6 (All times PDT):

11 AM – #5 Azusa Pacific vs. Concordia-Irvine
2:15 PM – #10 Fresno Pacific vs. Cal Baptist
5:30 PM – #19 Biola vs. Point Loma Nazarene
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Tags: Auburn-Montgomery, Azusa Pacific, Biola, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Wayland Baptist

Region XIV - At Chain of Lakes Park, Winter Haven, FL:

Monday, May 5 (All times EDT):

noon - #7 Embry-Riddle vs. Savannah College of Art and Design
4 PM - #23 Warner Southern vs. Northwood (FL)

All Embry-Riddle games are webcast by Stretch Internet.

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Tags: Auburn-Montgomery, Azusa Pacific, Biola, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Wayland Baptist

Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 30, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Apr. 23	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	45-2	499
2	2	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	44-4	480
3	3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	53-7	488
4	4	Oklahoma City University (VI)	48-7	440
5	5	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	40-8	429
6	7	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	43-11	374
7	8	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	38-13	369
8	6	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	40-12	358
9	T9	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	29-5	348
10	12	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	34-11	299
11	T9	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	37-15	289
12	11	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	41-12	288
13	13	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	40-8	274
14	15	Bellevue (NE) (IV)	41-11	255
15	14	Union College (KY) (XII)	37-12	218
16	18	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	41-19	191
17	16	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	33-12	180
18	19	Texas Wesleyan (VI)	37-12	137
19	17	Biola University (CA) (II)	33-16	117
20	21	LSU-Shreveport (XIII)	41-14	115
21	22	Avila (MO) (V)	32-11	112
22	20	Malone College (OH) (IX)	33-11	77
23	23	Warner Southern (FL) (XIV)	33-22	71
24	25	Madonna (MI) (VIII)	32-12	43
25	24	Southern Polytechnic (GA) (XIII)	38-15	20

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 19. Lewis-Clark State 1

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 23, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Apr. 16	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	43-1	525
2	2	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	40-4	500
3	3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	49-5	487
4	4	Oklahoma City University (VI)	44-8	454
5	5	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	37-8	443
6	6	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	39-10	415
7	7	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	39-10	386
8	8	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	36-12	385
T9	9	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	35-13	340
T9	10	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	24-5	340
11	11	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	39-10-1	310
12	12	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	31-11	290
13	14	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	34-7	283
14	13	Union College (KY) (XII)	35-11	223
15	16	Bellevue (NE) (IV)	32-11	220
16	17	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	30-11	214
17	19	Biola University (CA) (II)	32-12	192
18	15	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	37-18	169
19	18	Texas Wesleyan (VI)	33-12	154
20	22	Malone College (OH) (IX)	31-9	129
21	20	LSU-Shreveport (XIII)	38-12	108
22	NR	Avila (MO) (V)	27-11	68
23	23	Warner Southern (FL) (XIV)	30-20	67
24	RV	Southern Polytechnic (GA) (XIII)	37-13	32
25	RV	Madonna (MI) (VIII)	29-11	26

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 21
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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 16, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Apr. 9	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	40-1	475
2	2	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	35-4	453
3	3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	45-5	440
4	5	Oklahoma City University (VI)	40-8	408
5	4	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	33-8	393
6	T6	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	36-10	366
7	T6	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	37-9	349
8	8	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	33-12	347
9	10	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	31-12	317
10	9	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	20-5	291
11	11	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	36-9-1	272
12	14	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	28-10	257
13	12	Union College (KY) (XII)	32-9	254
14	13	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	25-6	237
15	15	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	35-15	218
16	18	Bellevue (NE) (IV)	29-10	169
17	16	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	25-11	161
18	17	Texas Wesleyan (VI)	30-11	144
19	19	Biola University (CA) (II)	28-12	123
20	23	LSU-Shreveport (XIII)	34-12	102
21	22	William Jewell College (MO) (V)	29-11	93
22	NR	Malone College (OH) (IX)	24-9	70
23	20	Warner Southern College (FL) (XIV)	28-19	60
24	25	Oklahoma Baptist University (VI)	32-8	47
25	NR	Jamestown College (ND) (III)	19-6	41

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 19
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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 9, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Apr. 2	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	2	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	35-1	524
2	1	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	29-4	489
3	T3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	41-4	482
4	T3	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	32-5	478
5	5	Oklahoma City University (VI)	35-7	414
6 (tie)	6	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	32-9	387
6 (tie)	8	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	31-7	387
8	11	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	30-11	381
9	12	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	17-3	364
10	7	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	27-12	337
11	T9	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	33-8-1	315
12	T9	Union College (Ky.) (XII)	30-8	283
13	17	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	25-6	257
14	19	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	25-9	255
15	14	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	31-14	234
16	15	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	22-10	196
17	18	Texas Wesleyan (VI)	26-8	180
18	RV	Bellevue (NE) (IV)	28-10	159
19	13	Biola University (CA) (II)	24-11	141
20	RV	Warner Southern College (FL) (XIV)	27-16	115
21	23	Ohio Dominican University (IX)	17-7	112
22	RV	William Jewell College (MO) (V)	28-11	99
23	RV	LSU-Shreveport (XIII)	28-12	42
24	RV	Freed-Hardeman University (TN) (XI)	24-9	39
25	NR	Oklahoma Baptist University (VI)	29-8	36

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 20, Lewis-Clark State 1
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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 2, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Mar. 26	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	28-2	519
2	3	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	32-1	507
3 (tie)	2	Lee (TN) (XIII)	37-3	469
3 (tie)	4	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	27-5	469
5	5	Oklahoma City University (VI)	35-4	446
6	6	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	30-7	412
7	7	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	26-10	383
8	14	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	29-6	369
9 (tie)	10	Wayland Baptist (TX) (VI)	30-7	314
9 (tie)	13	Union College (Ky.) (XII)	28-6	314
11	17	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	26-11	313
12	9	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	9-3	311
13	21	Biola University (CA) (II)	22-9	263
14	16	Auburn-Montgomery (AL)	28-11	246
15	8	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	20-9	227
16	RV	Northwood University (FL) (XIV)	29-8	166
17	18	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	19-6	159
18	22	Texas Wesleyan University (VI)	23-8	158
19	12	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	20-9	138
20	RV	Missouri Baptist University (V)	17-7	118
21	T25	Montreat College (NC) (XII)	25-8	88
22	RV	Park University (MO) (IV)	15-6	78
23	20	Ohio Dominican University (IX)	12-7	60
24	23	Jamestown College (ND) (III)	13-5	55
25	NR	Belhaven College (MS) (XIII)	28-11	47

First-place votes: Lewis-Clark State 15, Lubbock Christian 6
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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 26, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	March19	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	25-2	537
2	2	Lee (TN) (XIII)	34-1	533
3	3	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	28-1	512
4	4	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	24-5	477
5	5	Oklahoma City University (VI)	33-3	468
6	8	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	26-7	409
7	T9	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	21-9	370
8	6	Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (XI)	19-7	368
9	7	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	6-2	365
10	T9	Wayland Baptist University (TX) (VI)	28-5	352
11	12	Warner Southern College (FL) (XIV)	24-12	331
12	15	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	19-7	300
13	16	Union College (Ky.) (XII)	23-6	267
14	17	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	22-5	247
15	24	Bethany College (KS) (IV)	16-2	237
16	19	Auburn-Montgomery (AL)	24-10	183
17	20	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	23-10	180
18	RV	University of St. Francis (IL) (VII)	15-5	143
19	RV	Avila University (MO) (V)	13-5	120
20	T13	Ohio Dominican University (IX)	10-5	116
21	23	Biola University (CA) (II)	17-8	99
22	NR	Texas Wesleyan University (VI)	18-8	85
23	25	Jamestown College (ND) (III)	12-4	79
24	RV	Freed-Hardeman University (TN) (XI)	20-6	65
25	RV	Montreat College (NC) (XII)	23-8	42

First-place votes: Lewis-Clark State 11, Lee 10, Lubbock Christian 1

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 19, 2008. Comments below.

Rank	Feb. 27	School (Region)	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (ID) (I)	21-2	488
2	3	Lee (TN) (XIII)	29-1	480
3	4	Lubbock Christian (TX) (VI)	25-1	466
4	2	Azusa Pacific (CA) (II)	21-5	440
5	6	Oklahoma City University (VI)	29-3	422
6	10	Trevecca Nazarene U. (TN) (XI)	16-4	364
7	5	Spring Arbor University (MI) (VIII)	4-2	324
8	16	University of Mobile (AB) (XIII)	23-7	321
9 (tie)	12	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)	17-8	301
9 (tie)	15	Wayland Baptist University (TX) (VI)	25-4	301
11	11	Bellevue University (NE) (IV)	16-8	257
12	RV	Warner Southern College (FL) (XIV)	21-12	255
13 (tie)	22	Saint Ambrose University (IA) (VII)	9-2	245
13 (tie)	14	Ohio Dominican University (IX)	7-1	245
15	23	Fresno Pacific University (CA) (II)	14-6	213
16	17	Union College (KY) (XII)	19-4	206
17	NR	U. of the Cumberlands (KY) (XI)	18-3	197
18	RV	Bacone College (OK) (VI)	26-3	157
19	NR	Auburn-Montgomery (AL) (XIII)	21-8	154
20	18	Embry-Riddle (FL) (XIV)	18-8	149
21	21	Missouri Baptist U. (V)	11-5	127
22	7	Southern Polytechnic (GA) (XIII)	21-6	71
23	RV	Biola University (CA) (II)	15-8	65
24	RV	Bethany College (KS) (IV)	15-2	53
25	NR	Jamestown College (ND) (III)	10-4	30

First-place votes: Lewis-Clark State 11, Lee 7, Lubbock Christian 2
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