COLLEGE BASEBALL: MORE CHAMPIONS CROWNED

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MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – This was a clash between the 3 seeds – the LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS – and the 2nd seeded SAINT CATHARINE COLLEGE PATRIOTS. The game was scoreless through 6 Innings before the Blue Raiders notched a run in the top of the 7th. Each team put up 3 runs in the 8th, setting up the 4-3 victory for Lindsey Wilson College. Scott Sebald was the winning Pitcher. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLUE RAIDERS, THE 2015 CHAMPIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE *

MIDLANDS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The 3rd seeded BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY BRUINS and the top seeded OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY EAGLES were the last two teams standing in this conference. The Eagles seized a quick 3-0 lead in the 1st Inning, then made it a 5-0 advantage in the 4th before the Bruins at last got on the board with 4 runs in the 5th. The 6th Inning ended in an 8-6 lead for Bellevue University, but that became a 9-9 tie in the 7th. The Bruins tacked on 2 more runs in the 8th but the Eagles could only muster 1 more run in the 9th. Bellevue won the game 11-10. Tony Monroy of the Bruins pitched for the win. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRUINS, THE 2015 CHAMPIONS OF THE MIDLANDS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE *

RED RIVER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – This conference crown was fought over by the 2 seeds – the LSU- SHREVEPORT PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots) and the 1 seeds – the LSU- ALEXANDRIA GENERALS. Neither team scored until the Pilots put up a run in the bottom of the 3rd Inning, converting that into a 3-2 lead over the Generals by the end of the 4th. LSU- Shreveport extended that to a 4-2 advantage in the 6th Inning but LSU- Alexandria countered that by making it a 4-3 game in the 7th. From there the Pilots added another run in the 8th and rode it to a 5-3 victory. LSUS’s Dustin Doucette was the winning Pitcher. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PILOTS, THE 2015 CHAMPIONS OF THE RED RIVER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE * 

KENTUCKY INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – This title tilt came down to the 2nd seeded UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE (OH) RED STORM and the 3 seeds – the INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST GRENADIERS. The Red Storm had defeated the Grenadiers once already in this tournament in a 2-1 game from Round Two. The University of Rio Grande took the conference crown in an authoritative 6-1 triumph. * CONGRATULATIONS  TO THE RED STORM, THE 2015 CHAMPIONS OF THE KENTUCKY INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE * 

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