ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STALLIONS
Location: Tifton, GA
Division: NJCAA
Conference Affiliation: Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association
Comment: This respected institution was established in 1908 and sits along Georgia’s Lake Baldwin. All of the Stallions sports teams are noteworthy but when it comes to baseball prominent alumni include Major League players Tom Cheney, Ralph Bryant and Kyle Farnsworth. Continue reading
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Here is one last round of congratulations for the ladies who won the national championship in softball in the nine divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.
NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
National Champions – AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS
Runners-Up – WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS
2013 Champions – CONCORDIA (CA) EAGLES Continue reading
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FRANK PHILLIPS COLLEGE PLAINSMEN
Location: Borger, TX
Division: NJCAA
Comment: The Plainsmen are notorious with Balladeer’s Blog and the world at large for both their catchy team name AND their thoroughly butt- kicking logo. Continue reading
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Here’s one last round of congratulations to this year’s college baseball champions in the nine divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.
NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
National Champions – CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS
Runners-Up – LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS
2013 Champions – FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES
NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association)
National Champions – FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY SUNBIRDS
Runners-Up – LEE UNIVERSITY FLAMES
2013 Champions – CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LANCERS Continue reading
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SUMTER FIRE ANTS
Location: Benghazi, Libya – no, actually Sumter, SC
Division: NJCAA
Comment: In a college sports world littered with far too many teams called Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs and Wildcats it’s always a pleasure to find teams that have a certain flair and originality. Continue reading
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* NCAA DIVISION TWO *
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Balladeer’s Blog’s college baseball coverage for 2014 came to a close with yesterday’s completion of the World Series in NCAA Division Two and the NJCAA Division Two. The UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA SCREAMING EAGLES did battle with the COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY MAVERICKS for the title. The Screaming Eagles grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the 1st Inning but the Mavericks went ahead 2-1 in the 3rd. That was all the scoring until another Southern Indiana run tied the score at 2-2 in the 8th Inning. Things remained knotted up at that score until the TWELFTH INNING, when USI scored the go- ahead run on – of all things – a bases- loaded walk. Matt Chavarria pitched the 3-2 victory. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCREAMING EAGLES, THE 2014 CHAMPIONS OF D2 BASEBALL! * Continue reading
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* NAIA *
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The Cinderella 10 seeds – the CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS – made it all the way to the title game to take on the 2nd seeded LEWIS- CLARK STATE WARRIORS. Behind some impressive pitching by Anthony Gomez the Bulldogs ensured they would remain THE story in NAIA baseball throughout the offseason with another nation- shaking upset. Cumberland shut out the Warriors while slamming in 2 runs of their own in the 2nd Inning and 1 more in the 7th for a 3-0 victory and their program’s third- ever baseball crown. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BULLDOGS, THE 2014 CHAMPIONS OF NAIA BASEBALL! *
* NJCAA DIVISION ONE *
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – When all the dust had settled in this year’s thrilling College World Series for the NJCAA Division One the last two teams standing were the IOWA WESTERN COLLEGE REIVERS and the MIAMI DADE COLLEGE SHARKS. The Reivers came into the title game undefeated in this year’s Series play but the Sharks already had a loss to their name, so Miami Dade had to win just to force a second game in this Double- Elimination tournament. Iowa Western would have none of it, though, utterly swamping the Sharks SEVENTEEN to FIVE to take their third baseball championship in the last five years! Drake Robison pitched for the win. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REIVERS, THE 2014 CHAMPIONS OF NJCAA BASEBALL! * Continue reading
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* NAIA *
The 2nd seeded LEWIS- CLARK STATE WARRIORS battled the 3 seeds – the OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY EAGLES – for the right to face Cumberland University in the championship game. The Warriors held a 1-0 lead from the 1st Inning until the Eagles took a 4-1 lead of their own in the 3rd. In an explosive 6th Inning Lewis- Clark State outscored OWU 7-1 to seize an 8-5 advantage and added another run in the 7th to set up the final score of 9-5. Michael Noteware of the Warriors went all 9 Innings, Iron Man style, for the win. Continue reading
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* NJCAA DIVISION THREE *
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The TYLER COLLEGE APACHES won their 2nd College World Series in the past 5 years last night by defeating the CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE DUKES. The Apaches and Dukes were tied at 1-1 in the 1st Inning before Tyler took a 3-2 lead in the 3rd. That grew to a 4-2 lead in the 4th Inning and 6-2 in the 6th with Cumberland County’s last hurrah coming off a lone run in the 8th. The Apaches went 4-0 in 2014 World Series play with this 6-3 victory. Tyler’s Jarrett Dooley pitched for the win. * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APACHES, THE 2014 CHAMPIONS OF NJCAA-3 BASEBALL! * Continue reading
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* NCAA DIVISION THREE *
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT WHITEWATER WARHAWKS made college sports history yesterday! By winning the 2014 College World Series in NCAA Division 3 the Warhawks became the only sports program to win their division’s football, basketball AND baseball titles in one academic year! Whitewater pitcher Scott Plaza threw a 9 Inning shutout while his teammates’ bats tore up the EMORY UNIVERSITY EAGLES for a 7-0 win! * CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WARHAWKS, THE 2014 CHAMPIONS OF D3 BASEBALL!* Continue reading
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