Welcome to the first day of the NCCAA Division 1 College World Series. The Southeastern University Fire (logo at left) face the Olivet Nazarene University Tigers in Game 1 to set up the next few days of excellent baseball.
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The Montgomery College Gryphons (logo at left) out of Germantown, MD are among the eight teams who won their district tournaments and have advanced to the NJCAA3 College World Series. Tomorrow the NCCAA World Series gets underway and the NJCAA3 teams join them three days later on the 19th.
Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the world series teams for this division of college baseball:
NIAGARA THUNDERWOLVES – Champs of District A
JOLIET COLLEGE WOLVES – Champs of District B
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Balladeer’s Blog takes a look at the finalized field of teams for the college world series’ in two of the divisions covered here. The NAIA’s College of Idaho Coyotes (logo at left) are the featured team in this post not only because they upset the top seed in their playoff region (Azusa Pacific University) but also because today the college announced IT IS RELAUNCHING ITS FOOTBALL PROGRAM!!!
Yes, for the first time since 1977 C of I will be playing intercollegiate football! But, getting back to the subject at hand, let’s start with the teams making the NAIA and NCCAA Division 1 College World Series field:
NAIA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
(3) COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES – Champs of the Azusa bracket
(3) SOUTH CAROLINA-BEAUFORT SAND SHARKS – Champs of the Hardeeville bracket
(2) POINT PARK UNIVERSITY PIONEERS – Champs of the Marion brackt
(1) LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS (riverboat pilots) – Champs of the Paducah bracket
(3) ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY HILLCATS – Champs of the Hutchinson bracket
(1) OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS – Champs of the Oklahoma City bracket
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It’s another fine day of postseason college baseball action here at Balladeer’s Blog. The NCCAA2 World Series champions will be crowned today as those two juggernauts from the South Region, the Florida Christian College Suns and the Toccoa Falls College Eagles clash for the title.
The Suns and the defending champion Eagles are rapidly becoming the Yankees and Red Sox of the NCCAA. They faced each other for the South Region championship, then came into the World Series seeded 1st (TFC) and 2nd (FCC) and with the dust settled they’re the only teams left standing to play for it all.
Meanwhile the Galveston College Whitecaps (logo above left) are among the NJCAA teams hitting the diamond today as their playoffs resume, and in the NAIA playoffs the Oklahoma City Bracket rejoins the other brackets in action after a hiatus yesterday.
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Balladeer’s Blog continues its coverage of postseason college baseball today and throughout the weekend ahead. The Eastfield College Harvesters (logo at left), the defending champions of NJCAA3 baseball, resume their quest to repeat today.
The Harvesters will face the North Lake College Blazers in the District C Championship Tournament taking place today, tomorrow and Sunday. The winner of the District advances to the NJCAA3 College World Series.
Meanwhile the NCCAA World Series continues as do the NAIA playoffs. Keep checking back here at Balladeer’s Blog for updated scores as they become available.
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College baseball fans are in for a smorgasborg of postseason action today! The Yavapai College Roughriders (logo above) are one of the dozens of teams seeing action today in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The Roughriders (how can you NOT love that name) will play last year’s NJCAA runners- up, the Central Arizona College Vaqueros for the Region 1 title in the first of a best-of- three series for the right to advance to the NJCAA World Series.
Meanwhile the NAIA playoffs resume, the NCCAA World Series enters Day 2 of action and the USCAA World Series enters Day 4. Keep checking back at Balladeer’s Blog throughout the day for score updates as they become available.
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Today the NCCAA2 College World Series begins, joining the USCAA, whose series enters its third day. The Lancaster Bible College Chargers (logo at left) are the 8 seed in the NCCAA event and will face the top-seeded Toccoa Falls College Eagles, who are also the defending champs, in Game One today.
Keep checking back here at Balladeer’s Blog for updated scores as they become available.
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Balladeer’s Blog will be looking at the winners of college baseball’s conference tournaments today in the NAIA, D2 and D3. Meanwhile the Brookdale College Jersey Blues (logo at left) and the Hutchinson Blue Dragons are among the teams hitting the diamond as the NJCAA’s district and regional tournaments get underway.
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The Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) continue to rip their way through their tournament. Yesterday was Day 2 and the 3rd- seeded Grenadiers DISMEMBERED the (2) Talladega Tornadoes by a football score of 21-3.
The USAO Drovers out of the Sooner Athletic Conference joined the other 6 seeds making noise this postseason. Yesterday they upset the (3) Rogers State Hillcats in a 4-3 nailbiter.
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In NAIA baseball’s ongoing conference tournaments the Blue Mountain College Toppers (logo at left) are the biggest story so far. They came into the TranSouth Athletic Conference tournament seeded 6th, but on Day 1 of the tourney they upset the number 1 seeds, the Freed Hardeman Lions, then yesterday on Day 2 the Toppers defeated the 4th- seeded Bethel (TN) Wildcats. Today they try to keep their upset mojo going when they take on the 2 seeds, the Union Bulldogs.
Meanwhile a few conference champions have already been crowned. The Lee Flames have won the Southern States Athletic Conference, the LSU- Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots ) took the Red River Athletic Conference title and the Continue reading
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