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Top 25 and recap for April 10
The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 10, 2012, with Boyd Nation's Iterative Strength Rating (ISR):
RANK
ISR
LAST
WEEKSCHOOL
2012
RECORDTOTAL
POINTS1
3
1
LSU Shreveport
30-3
527
2
2
3
Lee (TN)
39-6-1
508
3
8
2
Oklahoma City
30-7
491
4
5
6
Faulkner (AL)
36-9
477
5
1
5
Azusa Pacific (CA)
31-8
451
6
7
4
Embry-Riddle (FL)
32-11
433
7
16
7
Oklahoma Baptist
31-8
425
8
6
10
Tennessee Wesleyan
31-8
421
9
9
12
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
29-9
382
10
20
8
Point Park (PA)
31-6
365
11
4
11
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
26-13
362
12
14
14
St. Thomas (FL)
31-9
353
13
13
16
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
29-10
320
14
39
13
Lubbock Christian (TX)
25-13
266
15
35
19
Avila (MO)
29-6
263
16
10
17
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
28-18
258
17
17
23
Tabor (KS)
29-5
224
18
15
21
Georgetown C. (KY)
32-7
223
19
12
24
The Master's (CA)
28-14
207
20
21
RV
Taylor (IN)
23-11
195
21
50
18
Freed-Hardeman (TN)
26-16
182
22
26
RV
South Carolina-Beaufort
27-13
179
23
43
20
Judson (IL)
29-8
147
24
24
RV
Shorter (GA)
32-12
140
25
22
9
Spring Arbor (MI)
26-7
137
11
Cal State-San Marcos
21-16
18
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
29-17
19
Biola (CA)
17-21
23
Vanguard (CA)
16-15
25
Belhaven (MS)
31-15
First place votes: LSU-Shreveport 17, Oklahoma City 1, Azusa Pacific 1
Azusa Pacific is #1 in Strength of Schedule
LSU-Shreveport (17-3 RRAC) swept Houston-Victoria9-0, 3-1, and 8-0. Matt Lackie pitched a three-hit shutout in the first game, and Jared Mortensen pitched a seven-inning three-hit shutout in the third game, struck out eleven. Logan Norris nearly got a third shutout, but the Jaguars scored a run in the last inning. SS Manny Estrada hit a two-RBI triple. A scheduled game at Division II Southern Arkansas was rained out. Mortensen has an ERA of 1.09, third-best in the NAIA. The Pilots host Texas-BrownsvilleApril 13-14. The Pilots have won 14 straight, and lead the Red River Athletic Conference; Texas-Brownsville is second with a with a 15-6 conference record.
Lee(21-3 SSAC) defeated Cumberland6-3, and swept three games against Southern Polytechnic, 9-7, 6-5, and 7-0. 1B Roberto Reyes hit a grand slam home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth to win the first game against Southern Polytechnic. LF Mike Moore hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh of a seven-inning game for the winning run in the second game. Vince Spilker, Kyle Briner, and Andy Hillis combined for the shutout in the third game; 2B Blake Barber batted in three runs. The Flames host Tennessee WesleyanApril 11, and Auburn-MontgomeryApril 13-14. The Flames and #4 Faulknercontinue to be tied for the Southern States Athletic Conference lead.
Oklahoma City(18-3 SAC) won two of three games against Rogers State, 5-3, 1-3, and 6-5 (eight innings, scheduled for seven). SS Chris Muñoz scored the winning run in the first game on a sacrifice fly by RF Dane Phillips; Muñoz went 3-for-4 with a home run. Brandon Bargas went the distance for the Hillcats in the second game, held the Stars to five hits, struck out ten. All three of the Hillcats' runs came on a home run by 2B Hector Rivera in the third inning, and Bargas had a shutout going into the seventh. 1B Miguel Beltran batted in the winning run with a fielder's choice in the third game; Patrick Goelz, who held the Hillcats scoreless over the last 2 2/3 innings, got the win in relief. The Stars host Oklahoma ChristianApril 12 and 14, and visit Oklahoma Christian April 13. The Stars lead the Sooner Athletic Conference; #x Oklahoma Baptist is in second place with a 13-5 record.
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Top 25 and recap for April 12
The NAIA Coaches' Top 25 for April 12, with Boyd Nation's ISR rankings. Recap below the fold:
RANK
LAST
WEEKISR
SCHOOL
2011
RECORDTOTAL
POINTS1
2
6
Lee (TN)
38-7
641
2
3
3
Embry-Riddle (FL)
35-8
625
3
1
1
Oklahoma City
31-6
623
4
8
2
California Baptist
33-10
572
5
6
13
LSU-Shreveport
35-10
565
6
5
15
Oklahoma Baptist
30-8
564
7
9
7
British Columbia
24-8
514
8
4
5
Brewton-Parker (GA)
28-10
491
9
7
12
Biola (CA)
24-14
467
10
18
10
Cumberland (TN)
32-12
455
11
14
17
Union C. (KY)
34-8
433
12
10
11
Northwood (TX)
31-10
414
13
12
4
Fresno Pacific (CA)
24-14
369
14
19
16
Missouri Baptist
30-8
363
15
11
26
Rogers State (OK)
32-10
350
15
17
19
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
32-15
350
17
13
24
Union U. (TN)
28-10
323
18
14
8
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
21-10
320
19
16
14
Lubbock Christian (TX)
31-9
313
20
25
9
Faulkner (AL)
33-9
263
21
21
52
Southeastern (FL)
34-14
235
22
20
22
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
30-11
208
23
24
34
Tabor (KS)
32-7
155
24
23
20
Belhaven (MS)
32-12
150
25
RV
42
Madonna (MI)
25-10
109
18
Trevecca Nazarene (TN)
26-17
21
Azusa Pacific (CA)
22-16
23
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
22-16
25
Menlo (CA)
21-12
First place votes:Lee 14, Embry-Riddle 2, Oklahoma City 7
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Top 25 and recap for April 23
The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 23, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below.
RANK
ISR
LAST
WEEKSCHOOL
RECORD
TOTAL
POINTS1
9
1
Oklahoma City
40-9
560
2
7
4
Faulkner (AL)
40-10
535
3
13
3
Northwood (TX)
37-9
524
4
4
2
Lee (TN)
38-10
507
5
29
6
Lubbock Christian (TX)
36-13
486
6
12
8
Embry-Riddle (FL)
37-12
452
7
1
5
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
36-11
438
8
2
9
The Master’s (CA)
34-15
431
9
15
10
Tennessee Wesleyan
35-15
417
10
18
14
York (NE)
36-9
400
11
10
12
Cumberland (TN)
37-15-1
387
12
19
6
Bellevue (NE)
38-7-1
367
13
6
13
Cal State San Marcos
30-9
342
14
3
13
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
31-16
321
15
32
19
Oklahoma Baptist
35-15
268
16
27
22
Missouri Baptist
28-9
265
17
33
25
Texas Wesleyan
37-13
246
18
41
20
Sterling (KS)
40-11
221
19
16
RV
Georgetown (KY)
33-15
210
20
40
16
Lyon (AR)
40-12
198
21
31
RV
Belhaven (MS.)
34-17
159
22
17
21
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
38-16
154
23
52
15
Rogers State (OK)
30-17
132
24
24
RV
Madonna (MI)
27-7
114
25
60
RV
Point Park (PA)
35-13
109
5
San Diego Christian (CA)
31-16
8
Arizona Christian
27-19
11
Menlo (CA)
30-17
14
Westmont (CA)
24-23
20
Vanguard (CA)
21-25
21
Biola (CA)
25-23
22
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
35-16
23
British Columbia
23-14
25
William Carey (MS)
31-19
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Top 25 and recap for April 30
The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 30, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below the fold.
RANK
ISR
LAST
WEEKSCHOOL
RECORD
TOTAL
POINTS1
9
1
Oklahoma City
44-10
524
2
7
2
Faulkner (AL)
44-10
516
3
6
4
Lee (TN)
43-10
486
4
16
3
Northwood (TX)
38-10
481
5
31
5
Lubbock Christian (TX)
39-14
455
6
11
6
Embry-Riddle (FL)
40-12
445
7
1
8
The Master’s (CA)
37-15
422
8
14
9
Tennessee Wesleyan
39-15
401
9
20
12
Bellevue (NE)
44-7-1
396
10
2
7
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
38-13
380
11
22
10
York (NE)
39-10
348
12
5
13
Cal State San Marcos
32-10
320
13
13
11
Cumberland (TN)
38-17
317
14
3
14
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
33-17
308
15
30
15
Oklahoma Baptist
39-16
289
16
32
16
Missouri Baptist
31-9
268
17
26
17
Texas Wesleyan
39-13
260
18
43
18
Sterling (KS)
42-12
219
19
21
24
Madonna (MI)
33-7
193
20
19
19
Georgetown (KY)
35-17
188
21
55
25
Point Park (PA)
38-13
166
22
46
20
Lyon (AR)
41-13
161
23
12
22
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
41-16
155
24
23
RV
William Carey (MS)
33-20
112
25
29
RV
Science & Arts (OK)
38-16
92
4
San Diego Christian (CA)
35-16
8
Arizona Christian
28-21
10
Menlo (CA)
30-17
15
Westmont (CA)
24-26
17
British Columbia
25-16
18
Vanguard (CA)
22-27
24
Biola (CA)
25-26
25
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
37-17
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Top 25 and recap for March 26
NAIA Coaches' poll for March 26, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below the fold.
RANK
ISR
PRE-
SEASONSCHOOL
RECORD
TOTAL
POINTS1
3
3
Lee (TN)
26-7
546
2
9
4
Oklahoma City
26-6
530
3
2
NR
Cal State San Marcos
21-2
467
4
4
9
Faulkner (AL)
28-8
466
5
5
NR
The Master’s (CA.)
26-9
464
6
30
5
Rogers State (OK)
20-6
449
7
1
8
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
24-7
443
8
10
7
Embry-Riddle (FL)
25-7
442
9
11
1
Tennessee Wesleyan
25-9
437
10
12
NR
Northwood (TX)
25-6
424
11
45
16
Lubbock Christian (TX)
24-7
375
12
7
17
Bellevue (NE)
19-4-1
354
13
6
11
Concordia (CA.)
24-11
350
14
19
10
Oklahoma Baptist
23-8
289
15
13
RV
Cumberland (TN)
23-11-1
284
16
27
13
St. Thomas (FL)
27-9
263
17
18
14
Missouri Baptist
15-5
262
18
40
22
Freed-Hardeman (TN)
23-3-1
252
19
22
NR
William Carey (MS)
22-10
222
20
16
RV
York (NB)
20-7
206
21
20
NR
Campbellsville (KY)
20-6
198
22
8
NR
Science & Arts (OK)
27-5
193
23
46
15
Sterling (KS)
23-6
188
24
55
NR
Bacone (OK)
25-8
178
25
34
NR
Lyon (AR)
27-5
130
14
Georgetown C. (KY)
18-12
15
Davenport (MI)
11-6
17
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
21-13
21
Virginia Intermont
16-6
23
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
20-9
24
Mobile (AL)
21-10
25
Madonna (MI)
12-5
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Top 25 and recap for May 3
The NAIA Coaches' Top 25 for May 3, with Boyd Nation's ISR rankings. Recap below the fold:
RANK
LAST
WEEKISR
SCHOOL
2011
RECORDTOTAL
POINTS1
1
2
Embry-Riddle (FL)
43-9
586
2
2
1
Oklahoma City
41-9
572
3
3
5
California Baptist
41-12
552
4
5
3
Cumberland (TN)
42-12
539
5
7
8
Oklahoma Baptist
39-11
506
6
4
11
Lee (TN)
44-12
489
7
8
13
Union C. (KY)
42-9
464
8
9
10
LSU-Shreveport (LA)
40-13
461
9
10
6
Lubbock Christian (TX)
41-11
433
10
6
12
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
40-17
431
11
13
9
Faulkner (AL)
45-11
378
12
14
4
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
34-13
376
13
12
16
Biola (CA)
33-18
373
14
11
17
Missouri Baptist
36-10
359
15
15
14
Fresno Pacific (CA)
30-17
314
16
16
7
Brewton-Parker (GA)
33-15
310
17
17
18
Northwood (TX)
36-15
265
18
19
21
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
40-14
258
19
18
22
Rogers State (OK)
42-12
238
20
20
19
British Columbia
27-14
215
21
22
20
Belhaven (MS)
41-15
209
22
24
15
Trevecca Nazarene (TN)
34-20
164
23
25
49
Point Park (PA)
36-11
130
24
23
40
Culver-Stockton (MO)
36-14
119
25
RV
60
Madonna (MI)
30-12
102
23
Union U. (TN)
34-14
24
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
31-18
25
Tennessee Wesleyan
33-18
First place votes:Embry-Riddle 15, Oklahoma City 4, Cal Baptist 1, Cumberland 1
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Top 25 and recap for May 5
The NAIA Coaches' poll for May 5, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below.
RANK
ISR
LAST
WEEKSCHOOL
RECORD
TOTAL
POINTS1
7
2
Faulkner (AL)
47-10
581
2
10
1
Oklahoma City
47-10
580
3
6
3
Lee (TN)
46-10
547
4
28
5
Lubbock Christian (TX)
42-15
525
5
11
6
Embry-Riddle (FL)
45-13
505
6
16
4
Northwood (TX)
39-11
501
7
1
7
The Master’s (CA)
40-15
489
8
12
8
Tennessee Wesleyan
43-16
454
9
21
11
York (NE)
41-10
434
10
2
10
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
38-13
415
T11
3
12
Cal State San Marcos
35-10
388
T11
24
9
Bellevue (NE)
44-8-1
388
13
13
13
Cumberland (TN)
39-17-1
343
14
31
15
Oklahoma Baptist
41-17
323
15
40
18
Sterling (KS)
45-12
302
16
27
17
Texas Wesleyan
40-16
298
17
5
14
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
34-19
286
18
22
19
Madonna (MI)
36-9
232
19
51
21
Point Park (PA)
39-14
228
20
32
16
Missouri Baptist
31-11
220
21
19
20
Georgetown (KY)
35-17
196
22
14
23
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
42-18
166
23
29
25
Science & Arts (OK)
40-17
149
24
26
RV
LSU Shreveport
40-16
147
25
20
24
William Carey (MS)
35-21
143
4
San Diego Christian (CA)
37-18
8
Arizona Christian
28-23
9
Menlo (CA)
33-19
15
Westmont (CA)
24-26
17
Vanguard (CA)
22-27
18
British Columbia
26-18
23
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
39-18
25
Biola (CA)
25-26
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Tyler Brown of Rogers State killed in auto accident
Sophomore RHP Tyler Brown of the Rogers State Hillcats was killed in an automobile accident west of Claremore, OK.
From the Rogers State site: "Brown was an integral part of the Hillcats’ run to the Sooner Athletic Conference Championship in 2011. As a freshman he pitched in 14 games and posted a perfect 6-0 record on the hill. Before coming to RSU, Brown was a two-sport standout at Berryhill High School. He led the Chiefs to state championship appearances in baseball and football." Click here to read the rest of the story.
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