NAIA sectional tournaments start May 12 at nine locations

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The first round of the NAIA Baseball National Championship starts on Tuesday, May 12.

The winners of these nine sectional tournaments go to the national championship in Lewiston, ID May 22-29. The host team, Lewis-Clark State, completes the field.

Here are the locations and the seedings. In each tournament, the #4 and #5 seed play each other on the first day, followed by the #2 vs. #3 seed, and #1 vs. the #4 vs. #5 winner.

 

Location Schools Involved
Lubbock, TX No. 1 Lubbock Christian (Tex.)
No. 2. Wayland Baptist (Tex.)
No. 3 Northwood (Tex.)
No. 4 William Jewell (Mo.)
No. 5 Houston-Victoria (Tex.)
Oklahoma City, OK No. 1 Oklahoma City
No. 2 LSU-Shreveport (La.)
No. 3 Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
No. 4 McKendree (Ill.)
No. 5 Texas Wesleyan
Mount Berry, GA No. 1 Berry (Ga.)
No. 2 Malone (Ohio)
No. 3 St. Xavier (Ill.)
No. 4 The Masters (Calif.)
No. 5 Taylor (Ind.)
Daytona Beach, FL No. 1 Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
No. 2 Union (Ky.)
No. 3 Warner (Fla.)
No. 4 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
No. 5 Union (Tenn.)
Cleveland, TN No. 1 Tennessee Wesleyan
No. 2 Lee (Tenn.)
No. 3 Spring Arbor (Mich.)
No. 4 Belhaven (Miss.)
No. 5 Indiana Tech
Azusa, CA No. 1 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
No. 2 British Columbia
No. 3 Biola (Calif.)
No. 4 Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
No. 5 Purdue-North Central (Ind.)
Hattiesburg, MS No. 1 Southern Polytechnic State (Ga.)
No. 2 William Carey (Miss.)
No. 3 Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.)
No. 4 Cumberland (Tenn.)
No. 5 Brescia (Ky.)
Saint Charles, MO No. 1 Campbellsville (Ky.)
No. 2 Lindenwood (Mo.)
No. 3 Kansas Wesleyan
No. 4 William Penn (Iowa)
No. 5 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Sioux City, IA No. 1 Bellevue (Neb.)
No. 2 Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
No. 3 Madonna (Mich.)
No. 4 Jamestown (N.D.)
No. 5 Nebraska Wesleyan

About Bob Broughton

Washington Senators fan from the 1960's, Virginia Tech alumnus, maintainer of the U. of British Columbia Thunderbird Baseball Fan Page, contributor to this blog.