NAIA Pool Play Set, UVA-Wise Draws
Defending
Champ and Runner-up Last Year
May 12, 2007
Olathe, KS– The NAIA released the softball Pool Play assignments for next weekend National Championships tournament. UVA-Wise received what can arguably be said as the toughest of the four pools of five teams with both the defending champion, Mobile (AL), and 2006 runner-up and top-ranked California Baptist.
The Lady Cavs (32-23) are the lone unranked club within Pool A. The other four members are top-ranked California Baptist (49-3), #12 Mobile (AL) (32-14), #15 Savannah College of Art & Design (36-6), #16 Dickinson State (ND) (25-5).
Each team will play four games in pool play, two on each of Friday, May 18 th and Saturday, May 19th. The top two teams of each of the four pools will move onto the tournament bracket play that would start on Monday, May 21 st after having an off day on Sunday, May 20 th.
UVA-Wise will face California Baptist on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. and then Mobile for a 4:30 p.m. contest. On Saturday, the Lady Cavs will take on Savannah Coll. of Art & Design (SCAD) at 11:30 a.m. before playing Dickinson State at night starting at 7:00 p.m.
Pool B - #4 Simon Fraser (BC) (16-1); Columbia (MO) (28-16); #2 Oklahoma City (44-4); #8 Vanguard (CA) (39-12); #7 Lee (TN) (41-11).
Pool C - #5 Trevecca Nazarene (TN) (56-9); #21 Bethel (IN) (40-8); #6 Houston Baptist (41-8); #13 Thomas (GA) (22-15); #9 Shorter (GA) (41-7).
Pool D - #3 Point Loma Nazarene (CA) (36-8); #20 Tiffin (OH) (32-9); #10 St. Gregory’s (OK) (30-10); #19 William Penn (IA) (41-10); #11 Bellevue (NE) (31-4).
Pool A |
Pool B |
Pool C |
Pool D |
California Baptist |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
Virginia-Wise |
Columbia (Mo.) |
Bethel (Ind.) |
Tiffin (Ohio) |
Mobile (Ala.) |
Oklahoma City |
Houston Baptist (Texas) |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
Thomas (Ga.) |
William Penn (Iowa) |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
Lee (Tenn.) |
Shorter (Ga.) |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
Friday Pool Games |
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| Pool A |
Pool B |
Pool C |
Pool D |
California Baptist vs. Virginia-Wise, 9 a.m |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. Columbia (Mo.), 9:30 a.m. |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) vs. Bethel (Ind.), 10 a.m. |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) vs. Tiffin (Ohio), 10:30 a.m. |
Mobile (Ala.) vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.), 11:30 a.m. |
Oklahoma City vs. Vanguard (Calif.), noon |
Houston Baptist (Texas) vs. Thomas (Ga.), 12:30 p.m. |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) vs. William Penn (Iowa), 1 p.m. |
Dickinson State (N.D.) vs. California Baptist, 2 p.m. |
Lee (Tenn.) vs. Simon Fraser (B.C.), 2:30 p.m. |
Shorter (Ga.) vs. Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), 3 p.m. |
Bellevue (Neb.) vs. Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 3:30 p.m. |
| Virginia-Wise vs. Mobile (Ala.), 4:30 p.m. |
Columbia (Mo.) vs. Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. |
Bethel (Ind.) vs. Houston Baptist (Texas), 5:30 p.m. |
Tiffin (Ohio) vs. St. Gregory's (Okla.), 6 p.m. |
Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) vs. Dickinson State (N.D.) |
Vanguard (Calif.) vs. Lee (Tenn.), 7:30 p.m. |
Thomas (Ga.) vs. Shorter (Ga.), 8 p.m. |
William Penn (Iowa) vs. Bellevue (Neb.), 8:30 p.m. |
Saturday pool games |
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| Pool A |
Pool B |
Pool C |
Pool D |
California Baptist vs. Mobile (Ala.), 9 a.m. |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. Oklahoma City, 9:30 a.m. |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) vs. Houston Baptist (Texas), 10 a.m. |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) vs. St. Gregory's (Okla.), 10:30 a.m. |
| Virginia-Wise vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.), 11:30 a.m. |
Columbia (Mo.) vs. Vanguard (Calif.), noon |
Bethel (Ind.) vs. Thomas (Ga.), 12:30 p.m. |
Tiffin (Ohio) vs. William Penn (Iowa), 1 p.m. |
Dickinson State (N.D.) vs. Mobile (Ala.), 2:00 p.m. |
Lee (Tenn.) vs. Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m. |
Shorter (Ga.) vs. Houston Baptist (Texas), 3 p.m. |
Bellevue (Neb.) vs. St. Gregory's (Okla.), 3:30 p.m. |
California Baptist vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.), 4:30 p.m. |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. Vanguard (Calif.), 5 p.m. |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) vs. Thomas (Ga.), 5:30 p.m. |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) vs. William Penn (Iowa), 6 p.m. |
| Virginia-Wise vs. Dickinson State (N.D.), 7 p.m. |
Columbia (Mo.) vs. Lee (Tenn.), 7:30 p.m. |
Bethel (Ind.) vs. Shorter (Ga.), 8 p.m. |
Tiffin (Ohio) vs. William Penn (Iowa), 8:30 p.m. |
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