Search People  UVa-Wise  The Web
for   Search
Horizontal Hairline
Cavs Logo UVa-Wise Highland Cavaliers Softball
SchedulesFacilitiesOn CampusCheerleadersHall of FameDirectory
Athletics Home
Men's Sports

Baseball

Men's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Football
Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Sports

Women's Basketball

Women's Cross Country
Softball
Women's Tennis
Volleyball
 
 

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

     
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

     
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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal Hairline
       
     
Horizontal Hairline