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2013 Opening Round Results, part I

Seven of the nine Opening Round brackets were decided today, and two “if necessary” games will be played on Monday, May 13.

Sterling was the first team to qualify for this year's National Championship tournament. They won the Oklahoma City bracket by defeating Oklahoma City 1-0 in the final. Steven Cazares pitched a three-hit shutout for the Warriors. The only run of the game came on an RBI single by C Ian Josh in the second inning.

The Warriors got to the final by defeating Science and Arts of Oklahoma 8-5, and Jamestown 13-3. DH Andrew Clark hit a grand slam home run against USAO; Daniel Cloteaux got the win, despite allowing 13 hits and walking four in six inning of work (story). The Warriors got six runs in the first inning against Jamestown, led by a bases-loaded triple by 3B Anthony Feliciano. Feliciano, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, had a total of six RBI for the game. The Warriors used four pitchers, gave up 14 hits (story).

This will be Sterling's first-ever appearance in the National Championship tournament. The school is located in Sterling, KS. It has 674 students, and supports 16 varsity sports.

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 WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	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

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 WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	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

Tags: LewisClark State, Lee, Oklahoma City, Lubbock Christian, EmbryRiddle, LSUShreveport, British Columbia, Bellevue, Wayland Baptist, South CarolinaBeaufort, AuburnMontgomery, Northwood (TX), Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Westmont, Rogers State, Faulkner, Virginia Intermont

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 WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	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

Tags: LewisClark State, Lee, Oklahoma City, Lubbock Christian, EmbryRiddle, ConcordiaIrvine, Cal State San Marcos, Wayland Baptist, Northwood (TX), Tennessee Wesleyan, BrewtonParker, The Master's, Rogers State, Faulkner, Union C. (KY), Montreat, Point Park

Top 25 and recap for April 16

The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 16, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below the fold.

RANK	ISR	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	8	2	Oklahoma City	37-8	586
2	5	1	Lee (N)	36-9	571
3	13	4	Northwood (TX)	35-8	546
4	7	3	Faulkner (AL)	38-10	539
5	1	7	Lewis-Clark State (ID)	34-9	503
T6	18	10	Bellevue (NE)	33-6-1	464
T6	33	5	Lubbock Christian (TX)	32-13	464
8	17	8	Embry-Riddle (FL)	34-12	455
9	4	6	The Master’s (CA)	32-14	442
10	15	9	Tennessee Wesleyan	34-14	412
11	3	11	Cal State San Marcos	29-7	405
12	11	12	Cumberland (TN)	33-14-1	393
13	2	13	Concordia-Irvine (CA)	30-14	364
14	14	14	York (NE)	34-9	358
15	43	15	Rogers State (OK)	29-12	313
16	40	17	Lyon (AR)	38-9	304
17	44	18	Freed-Hardeman (TN)	35-6-1	286
18	19	16	William Carey (MS)	31-15	250
19	26	20	Oklahoma Baptist	32-13	238
20	37	21	Sterling (KS)	37-9	229
21	20	22	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	34-15	196
22	27	23	Missouri Baptist	28-8	188
23	36	19	St. Thomas (FF)	31-15	179
24	49	24	Bacone (OK)	31-11	171
25	31	25	Texas Wesleyan	34-12	125
	6		San Diego Christian (CA)	29-15
	9		Arizona Christian	23-17
	10		Menlo (CA)	27-16
	12		Westmont (CA)	22-22
	16		Biola (CA)	25-20
	21		Georgetown C. (KY)	28-14
	22		Science and Arts of Oklahoma	33-14
	23		Vanguard (CA)	18-25
	24		British Columbia	20-13
	25		Southern Polytechnic (GA)	29-16

Tags: LewisClark State, Lee, Oklahoma City, Southern Polytechnic, Lubbock Christian, EmbryRiddle, Reinhardt, Bellevue, Northwood (TX), Tennessee Wesleyan, Arizona Christian, The Master's, Faulkner, Saint Thomas

Top 25 and recap for April 9

The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 9, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below the fold.

RANK	ISR	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	5	1	Lee (TN)	33-8	556
2	10	2	Oklahoma City	33-8	543
3	7	3	Faulkner (AL)	34-9	523
4	11	4	Northwood (TX)	32-8	501
5	24	6	Lubbock Christian (TX)	31-9	473
6	2	7	The Master’s (CA)	32-11	472
7	1	5	Lewis-Clark State (ID)	29-9	453
8	16	8	Embry-Riddle (FL)	32-10	434
9	12	10	Tennessee Wesleyan	31-12	409
10	14	9	Bellevue (NE)	28-6-1	388
11	4	11	Cal State San Marcos	26-6	373
12	8	14	Cumberland (TN)	29-13	365
13	3	12	Concordia-Irvine (CA)	28-13	362
14	21	16	York (NE)	30-9	323
15	48	13	Rogers State (OK)	25-10	275
16	22	18	William Carey (MS)	29-12	268
17	40	24	Lyon (AR)	33-8	266
18	54	19	Freed-Hardeman (TN)	30-6-1	262
19	36	20	St. Thomas (FL)	30-12	238
20	25	17	Oklahoma Baptist	28-13	213
21	44	22	Sterling (KS)	32-9	198
22	20	25	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	30-14	176
23	30	15	Missouri Baptist	23-8	168
24	58	23	Bacone (OK)	28-11	143
25	27	RV	Texas Wesleyan	31-12	82
	6		San Diego Christian (CA)	27-13
	9		Menlo (CA)	25-14
	13		Georgetown C. (KY)	25-13
	15		Westmont (CA)	21-20
	17		Arizona Christian	20-17
	18		Science and Arts of Oklahoma	29-10
	19		Biola (CA)	24-18
	23		British Columbia	18-10

Top 25 and recap for April 2

The NAIA Coaches' poll for April 2, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking. Recap below the fold.

RANK	ISR	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	3	1	Lee (TN)	30-7	556
2	7	2	Oklahoma City	30-7	545
3	6	4	Faulkner (AL)	31-8	523
4	11	10	Northwood (TX)	29-7	467
5	1	7	Lewis-Clark State (ID)	27-8	465
6	43	11	Lubbock Christian (TX)	27-8	447
7	4	5	The Master’s (CA)	27-11	441
8	9	8	Embry-Riddle (FL)	28-9	418
9	12	12	Bellevue (NE)	24-4-1	413
10	10	9	Tennessee Wesleyan	27-11	412
11	2	3	Cal State San Marcos	22-5	405
12	5	13	Concordia-Irvine (CA)	26-12	367
13	48	6	Rogers State (OK)	24-8	360
14	16	15	Cumberland (TN)	26-12-1	318
15	27	17	Missouri Baptist	19-5	287
16	19	20	York (NE)	25-7	275
17	23	14	Oklahoma Baptist	27-10	270
18	22	19	William Carey (MS)	26-11	261
19	49	18	Freed-Hardeman (TN)	27-5-1	243
20	29	16	St. Thomas (FL)	29-12	219
21	25	21	Campbellsville (KY)	22-7	196
22	44	23	Sterling (KS)	28-7	187
23	55	24	Bacone (OK)	27-9	154
24	45	25	Lyon (AR)	30-7	139
25	16	RV	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	25-13	103
	8		San Diego Christian (CA)	24-13
	13		Arizona Christian	20-14
	14		Georgetown C. (KY)	21-12
	17		Science and Arts of Oklahoma	27-9
	18		Menlo (CA)	21-14
	20		Biola (CA)	20-17
	21		Westmont (CA)	20-18

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- SEASON	SCHOOL	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	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

Tags: LewisClark State, Lee, Oklahoma City, Southern Polytechnic, EmbryRiddle, Cumberland, ConcordiaIrvine, Cal State San Marcos, Northwood (TX), Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Rogers State, Faulkner, Oklahoma Baptist, Union C. (KY), Lindsey Wilson, Doane, San Diego Christian, Georgetown C (KY)

Recap for March 19

NAIA baseball action during the past week, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking.

ISR #1 Lewis-Clark State is #8 in strength of schedule. They swept four games against Oregon Tech, 13-3, 8-2, 20-1, and 12-9. Garrett Wilson went the distance in the second game, allowed eight hits, struck out four (story). 3B/1B Brady Steiger went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the third game, and Ryan Sells got the win (story). Steiger was 12-for-16 with five doubles and two home runs for the series, and he is batting .482.

The Warriors then won the first of six games in Daytona Beach, FL. They defeated Saint Thomas 3-2. DH Eric Peterson singled in the winning run, and Carson Nylund got the win (story).

The Warriors play at #12 Embry-Riddle March 19, 21, 22, and 23, and play Webber International March 20 in Daytona Beach.

#2 Cal State San Marcos swept four games against Vanguard, 3-0, 6-2, 5-1, and 8-1. James Dykstra pitched the first eight innings of the shutout in the first game, allowed two hits, struck out 10. 3B Kenny Belzer hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning for the winning run. The losing pitcher, Kanakani Usui, went the distance, allowed only five hits. The Lions were done in by four unearned runs on four errors in the second game. LF Kyle Kuck went 2-for-3, singled in the winning run, and pitched a hitless seventh inning (story). Steve Messner went the distance in the third game, allowed four hits. Belzer went 2-for-5, batted in three runs, including the winning run. Kevin Hilton went the seven-inning distance in the fourth game, allowed seven hits, struck out three. The Cougars' first two runs came on balks (story).

The Cougars are 19-2. Hilton is 4-0, 0.82 ERA, and Dykstra is 6-0, 1.15 ERA, with 53 strikeouts. The Cougars visit now-Division-II Point Loma Nazarene March 22, and host Point Loma March 23.

Recap for March 12

NAIA baseball action during the past week, with Boyd Nation's ISR ranking.

ISR #1 Lewis-Clark State is also #1 in strength of schedule. They swept four games against Menlo, 10-3, 8-1, 2-0, and 11-7. 2B Brian Corliss was 2-for-4 with a bases-loaded triple in the first game (story). RF Cody Lavalli went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the second game. Carsen Nylund and Steve Thompson combined for the shutout in the third game; Nylund went eight innings, allowed two hits, struck out eight. LF Jake Shirley scored the winning run on a ground out by CF Zach Holley in the first inning (story). Lavalli hit another home run in the fourth game, went 2-for-4 with four RBI (story).

The Warriors host Oregon Tech March 15-16 (streaming audio). They then travel to Daytona Beach, FL for six games, starting with Saint Thomas on March 18.

#2 Faulkner lost a mid-week game to Point, 3-2. All three of Point's runs were unearned, and Tommy Braddock got the win for the Skyhawks. The Eagles then lost the first game of a series at Spring Hill, 6-5 (ten innings). The Eagles trailed most of the game, but took a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth on three unearned runs. The Badgers sent it into extra innings with an RBI single by 2B Brian Sims. The winning run came on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Trey Marshall. Douglas Keller, who allowed only one hit the last three innings, got the win (story).

The Badgers didn't get another run in the series; the Eagles won the remaining two games 6-0 and 11-0. Will Dismukes and Julian Esquibel pitched the shutouts. 1B Ethan Williams hit a three-run home run in the first game, and C Zach Colby went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the second game. (story).

The Eagles are 21-4, and Esquibel is 6-0 in six starts, with an ERA of 1.05. The Eagles visit Blue Mountain March 12, and host #18 William Carey March 15-16.