*** UPDATE – Both the NAIA2 and USCAA1 defending champs fell today. First the 7th seeded Oakwood Ambassadors provided the upset of the day by bringing down the 2nd seeded SVU Knights. On the NAIA2 side Cornerstone ended their already inglorious defense of their title, falling to Northwest (WA)***
Today at 9:30am ET the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national tournament tips off! The Northwood (FL) Seahawks are the top seed in this 32 team tournament and will play in the primetime game Wednesday night against the host institution, the College of the Ozarks. Keep checking back to Balladeer’s Blog for updated scores. Here’s the full schedule for Day 1’s games (times are approximate):
9:30am – Northwestern (IA) Red Raiders vs the TN Wesleyan Bulldogs RED RAIDERS 95 BULLDOGS 69 *** 11:15am – Northwest (WA) Eagles vs the Cornerstone Golden Eagles (defending champs) EAGLES 79 GOLDEN EAGLES 71 *** 1pm – Warner Pacific Knights vs the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats KNIGHTS 79 WILDCATS 76 *** 2:45pm – Dordt College Defenders vs the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers DEFENDERS 63 KEELHAULERS 54 *** 5pm – St Ambrose Fighting Bees vs the Marian Knights KNIGHTS 75 FIGHTING BEES 72 (OT) *** 6:45pm – St Thomas (FL) Bobcats vs the Indiana Tech Warriors BOBCATS 58 WARRIORS 55 *** 9pm – Northwood Seahawks vs the College of the Ozarks Bobcats SEAHAWKS 67 BOBCATS 50 *** 10:45pm – Dakota State Trojans vs the McPherson Bulldogs BULLDOGS 69 TROJANS 63
USCAA1 (national tournament) -(5) Ave Maria University Gyrenes UPSET the (4) Washington Adventist Shock 66-61 *** (1) Rochester Warriors over the (8) Ft Kent Bengals 78-59 *** (6) Newport News Builders UPSET the (3)Belleville Lynx 68-57 *** (7) Oakwood Ambassadors UPSET the Southern Virginia Knights (defending champs) 63-53 UPSET OF THE DAY
NCCAA (national tournament) – (10) Manhattan (KS) Crusaders UPSET the (6) GBC Tigers 76-70 *** (5) Kuyper Cougars over the (9) WCBC Eagles 96-80
USCAA2 (national tournament) – (8 ) Berkeley College Knights over the (9 ) Maine- Machias Clippers 91-73 *** College of St Joe Fighting Saints over the Fayette Mountain Lions 92-72
Ave Maria is on the way up and up! Look for a deeper run in next years’ tournament!
Could be!
SVU Knights will go all the way next year. u can count on it!
I guess we’ll see! Thanks for commenting!
Awesome! I never knew there were so many other divisions of college sports outside of the sleazy NCAA! I may go to one of these schools now!
Good to hear! These divisions have REAL student athletes, not jus hired guns run through the system while pretending to be students.