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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 |