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Top 25 and recap for April 3
The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 3, 2012, with Boyd Nation's Iterative Strength Rating (ISR):
RANK
ISR
LAST
WEEKSCHOOL
2012
RECORDTOTAL
POINTS1
4
2
LSU-Shreveport
30-3
523
2
11
3
Oklahoma City
28-6
493
3
3
1
Lee (TN)
35-6-1
490
4
5
4
Embry-Riddle (FL)
31-9
480
5
1
5
Azusa Pacific (CA)
28-6
475
6
9
8
Faulkner (AL)
31-9
421
7
19
6
Oklahoma Baptist
29-7
416
8
17
9
Point Park (PA)
28-3
411
9
10
10
Spring Arbor (MI)
24-3
382
10
8
7
Tennessee Wesleyan
28-8
369
11
2
14
Concordia (CA)
24-11
364
12
6
15
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
25-8
347
13
35
11
Lubbock Christian (TX)
23-11
314
14
20
12
St. Thomas (FL)
28-9
290
15
13
20
Southern Polytechnic (GA)
27-12
288
16
12
RV
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
25-10
246
17
16
16
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
26-16
220
18
46
21
Freed-Hardeman (TN)
25-13
214
19
45
NR
Avila (MO)
24-5
163
20
37
24
Judson (IL)
26-6
161
21
22
17
Georgetown C. (KY)
28-7
145
22
21
25
Belhaven (MS)
30-12
143
23
30
RV
Tabor (KS)
25-5
142
24
14
RV
The Master's (CA)
23-11
116
25
7
23
Cal State-San Marcos
21-13
104
15
Biola (CA)
17-20
18
Vanguard (CA)
14-15
23
Shorter (GA)
28-11
24
Fresno Pacific (CA)
19-16
25
Campbellsville (KY)
25-10
First place votes: LSU-Shreveport 15, Azusa Pacific 2, Lee 1, Oklahoma City 1
Azusa Pacific is #1 in Strength of Schedule
LSU-Shreveport (17-3 RRAC) defeated Division III Louisiana College 5-1, and swept three games at Southwest Assemblies of God, 18-2, 8-2, and 10-6. The Pilots outhit Louisiana College 15-3. They scored ten runs in the top of the ninth in the first game against SAGU, allowed three hits. C David Dorton hit an inside-the-park home run. 3B Devin Greco went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the second game, and 3-for-4 with three RBI in the third game. The Pilots visit Division II Southern Arkansas April 4, and host Houston-VictoriaApril 6-7. The Pilots lead the Red River Athletic Conference; Texas-Brownsville is second with a with a 13-5 conference record.
Oklahoma City(16-2 SAC) swept three games against Saint Gregory's, 7-2, 6-2, and 12-5. 1B Miguel Beltran, LF Kale Gaden, and SS Chris Muñoz hit home runs in the first game. RF Dane Phillips went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the second game. Phillips moved to catcher for the third game, went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI. The Stars host Rogers StateApril 5, and visit Rogers State April 7. The Stars lead the Sooner Athletic Conference; #7 Oklahoma Baptist and Lubbock Christian are tied for second place with 11-4 records.
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Top 25 and recap for March 26
The NAIA Coaches' poll for March 26, 2012, with Boyd Nation's Iterative Strength Rating (ISR):
RANK
ISR
PRE-
SEASONSCHOOL
2012
RECORDTOTAL
POINTS1
1
3
Lee (TN)
33-4-1
554
2
3
6
LSU-Shreveport
26-3
536
3
12
1
Oklahoma City
25-6
511
4
8
5
Embry-Riddle (FL)
26-9
486
5
1
RV
Azusa Pacific (CA)
24-6
485
6
17
9
Oklahoma Baptist
27-5
464
7
5
18
Tennessee Wesleyan
26-6
450
8
10
8
Faulkner (AL)
28-9
415
9
9
RV
Point Park (Pa.)
22-3
403
10
6
NR
Spring Arbor (Mich.)
19-2
351
11
27
4
Lubbock Christian (TX)
21-10
349
12
16
RV
St. Thomas (FL)
26-6
343
13
20
RV
Campbellsville (KY)
23-6
331
14
4
2
Concordia-Irvine (CA)
20-11
322
15
22
11
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
21-8
311
16
19
13
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
23-14
282
17
11
NR
Georgetown C. (KY)
26-4
244
18
41
NR
Bethel (TN)
19-10
227
19
18
24
Northwood (TX)
18-8-1
205
20
21
21
Southern Poly (GA)
24-11
166
21
45
NR
Freed-Hardeman (TN.)
23-12
163
22
39
NR
C. of Idaho
22-9
153
23
7
RV
Cal State San Marcos
19-11
147
24
33
NR
Judson (IL)
21-6
111
25
25
15
Belhaven (MS)
25-12
106
13
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
19-10
14
Biola (CA)
17-16
15
Tabor (KS)
20-4
23
Northwestern Ohio
17-8
24
Vanguard (CA)
14-11
First place votes:Lee 13, LSU-Shreveport 3, Oklahoma City 1, Azusa Pacific 3
Azusa Pacific is #1 in Strength of Schedule
Lee(17-1 SSAC) won two games against Freed-Hardeman5-2 and 6-5, and swept three games against Brewton-Parker,5-4, 2-0, and 15-3. DH Corey Davis hit a walk-off home run in the second game against Freed-Hardeman to give coach Mark Brew his 300th win. 1B Roberto Reyes went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the first game against Brewton-Parker, and 2-for-6 with a grand slam home run in the third game. Patrick Merkling and Jose Samayoa combined for a two-hit shutout in the second game. Merkling is 7-0, 0.83ERA (third-best in the NAIA), with 62 strikeouts. The Flames visit Southern WesleyanMarch 30-31. The Flames lead the Southern States Athletic Conference; Faulkneris second with a 15-3 record.