2018 NAIA Tournament Field Announced

On Saturday, the NAIA revealed its 45-team field for the 2018 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round. The 45 schools will be split into nine different regions, with five squads in each region.

The opening round began on May 14 and runs until May 17. This is the 10th annual installment of the competition. There were 31 teams that earned automatic bids, consisting of regular season conference champions, conference tournament champions and tournament runner-ups. The other 14 teams in the field received at-large bids.

The victors of the nine regions will compete along with Lewis-Clark State from May 25-June 1 at the Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.

*Records below include opening round games

Bowling Green Bracket Hosted by Bowling Green CVB (OH)

1. Science & Arts (Okla.) 46-6, 1-0 Opening Round
2. Campbellsville (Ky.) 37-16, 1-1 OR
3. Reinhardt (Ga.) 39-17, 1-0 OR
4. Bellevue (Neb.) 38-22, 1-1 OR
5. Midland (Neb.) 32-22, 0-2 OR — Eliminated

Hattiesburg Bracket Hosted by William Carey University (Miss.)

1. St. Thomas (Fla.) 54-7, 1-0 OR
2. Westmont (Calif.) 34-17, 0-1 OR
3. IU Southeast (Ind.) 41-12, 1-0 OR
4. LSU Shreveport (La.) 39-21, 0-1 OR
5. William Carey (Miss.) 34-24, 1-1 OR

 

Kingsport Bracket Hosted by Visit Kingsport (Tenn.)

1. Southeastern (Fla.) 52-7, 1-0 OR
2. Tennessee Wesleyan 38-19, 1-0 OR
3. Madonna (Mich.) 36-17, 0-1 OR
4. Clarke (Iowa) 36-22-1, 1-1 OR
5. Trinity Christian (Ill.) 34-22, 0-1 OR

Lawrenceville Bracket Hosted by Georgia Gwinnett College

1. Georgia Gwinnett 46-10, 1-0 OR
2. Lyon (Ark.) 36-16, 0-1 OR
3. Keiser (Fla.) 38-17, 1-0 OR
4. Indiana Wesleyan 37-19, 0-1 OR
5. Point (Ga.) 35-24, 1-1 OR

Lincoln Bracket Hosted by Placer Valley Tourism and William Jessup University (Calif.)

1. William Jessup (Calif.) 39-15, 1-0 OR
2. Middle Georgia State 35-17, 0-1 OR
3. Antelope Valley (Calif.) 42-11-1, 1-0 OR
4. Judson (Ill.) 36-19, 1-1 OR
5. British Columbia (Canada) 28-25, 0-1 OR

Montgomery Bracket Hosted by Faulkner University (Ala.)

1. Faulkner (Ala.) 51-7, 1-0 OR
2. Webber International (Fla.) 35-23, 0-1 OR
3. Indiana Tech 43-19, 1-0 OR
4. Talladega (Ala.) 28-23, 1-1 OR
5. LSU Alexandria (La.) 32-26, 0-1 OR

 

Oklahoma City Bracket Hosted by Oklahoma City University

1. Oklahoma City 48-7, 1-0 OR
2. Mobile (Ala.) 42-16, 0-1 OR
3. Central Methodist (Mo.) 41-14, 1-0 OR
4. Jamestown (N.D.) 42-10, 1-1 OR
5. York (Neb.) 26-27, 0-1 OR

Upland Bracket Hosted by Taylor University (Ind.)

1. Oklahoma Wesleyan 52-6, 1-0 OR
2. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 41-14, 1-0 OR
3. Cumberland (Tenn.) 34-20, 0-1 OR
4. Taylor (Ind.) 44-15, 1-1 OR
5. Northwestern (Iowa) 30-19, 0-1 OR

Williamsburg Bracket Hosted by the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)

1. Bryan (Tenn.) 40-16, 0-1 OR
2. Cumberlands (Ky.) 47-10, 1-1 OR
3. Point Park (Pa.) 46-7, 1-0 OR
4. University of Northwestern Ohio 40-18, 2-0 OR
5. Marian (Ind.) 24-27, 0-2 OR — Eliminated