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Division I National Men's Baseball Championship Division II National Men's Baseball Championship   5/14 Arizona Christian 10  Shorter 8 Azusa Pacific 8  Arizona Christian 2 ----------------- East Region Championship Malone 6  Houghton 1 Malone 7  Nyack 1 Malone 8  Nyack 5 ----------------   5/11 Central Region Championship Mid-America Christian 9  Central Baptist 5 Oklahoma Wesleyan 5  Colorado Christian 4 Colorado Christian 7  Mid-America Christian 0 ------------------ Mid-East Region Championship Mid-Continent 3  Covenant 2 Mid-Continent 6  Bluefield 2 Bluefield 2  Mid-Continent 1 ---------------- Menlo 8  Arizona Christian 5 -----------------   5/8 South Region Championship Southeastern 7  Southern Wesleyan 6 Emmanuel 5  Southern Wesleyan 1 Southern Wesleyan 6  Point 5 ----------------- Mid-East Region Championship Covenant 4  Mid-Continent 3 Mid-Continent 7  Oakland City 3 Bluefield 7  Covenant 4 ------------------- Central Region Championship Oklahoma Wesleyan 9  Mid-America Christian 6 ------------------

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National Men's Golf Championship  National Women's Invitational   5/14 Malone captured the team title at the Ohio Independent Championships last Monday and Tuesday at the par-72 Apple Valley Golf Course in Howard, Ohio.  The Pioneers finished with a final tally of 573 (291-282), which was 38 strokes better than second-place Cedarville University, which posted a score of 611 (312-299).  Walsh University and Urbana University rounded out the standings by finishing third and fourth, respectively, with scores of 627 (313-314) and 642 (318-324).  Leading the Pioneers over the two-day period was Jay Hollifield, who fired a combined 141 over both rounds, which was good enough for first among the entire field of golfers.  Hollified carded a 70 on the first day and followed that up with a 71 over the final round. -----------------   4/25 Despite a schedule change and unpredictable weather, North Greenville University's Adam Black was named individual champion of the Conference Carolinas Tournament while the Crusaders finished 9th overall as a team.  Under normal conditions, the Conference Carolinas Tournament would be played over a three-day period allowing each player to play one round per day. However, inclement weather pushed the start date of the event back a few days and forced the players to participate in a two-day, three-round tournament that was gruesome from the start.  On Monday, the temperature peaked at 55 degrees with winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, making for a round first two round. Even with the rough conditions, Black was able to hold his own and come away with a first day total of 76-74-150. With the championship in site, Black put together his best round of the season on the final day of competition, shooting a 5-under 67 to lead all players and finish with a three-round total of 217.  Other individual scores for the Crusaders were Josh ONeal, who overcame injury issues to tie for 36th with a score of 76-79-80-235, while Tucker MacDonald finished 44th with a total of 84-77-79-240. Danny Dippel shot 81-81-81-243 to finish alone in 47th and Sam Goodnight tied for 48th with a two-day total of 80-81-84-245.  As a team, the Crusaders earned a 9th place finish with a total score of 313-311-307-931, 33 strokes behind team champion Coker College who took home the title with a score of 305-308-285-898. Barton College (899) fell just one stroke short, while King College (907), Pfeiffer University (912) and Queens University of Charlotte (914) rounded out the Top 5 in the team standings. ----------------------- Arizona Christian University men's golf team, coached by Bob Day, finished eighth among 11 schools with a school-record 54-hole total of 918 strokes among its four scoring golfers at the 2012 Association of Independent Institutions Men’s Golf Championships at the par 71 Antelope Hills Golf course in Prescott, Arizona, April 22-23.  The Firestorm totaled 305 and 303 strokes for Monday’s 18-hole rounds, the second and third lowest 18-hole team totals in its three-year men’s golf history, and added a 310 for Tuesday’s round.  The 54-hole total of 918 strokes is 20 strokes ahead of the previous record set in 2011.  ACU also finished ahead of three schools in the conference meet for the first time ever.  The University of Victoria (B.C., Canada) successfully defended its 2011 A.I.I. championship by just one stroke against California State University-San Marcos.  Victoria totaled 857 for 54 holes, while CSUSM scored 858.  Victoria overcame a three-stroke disadvantage after day one to win.  University of British Columbia finished third with 867, four strokes ahead of Thomas University (Ga.) which totaled 871.  University of Houston-Victoria (Tex.) finished fifth with 874, and sixth-place Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta (Ga.) finished with 908.  State University of New York-Delhi placed seventh with 916, and ACU scored 918 for eighth place, just two strokes behind.  Six golfers tied for the individual championship with even par 54-hole totals of 213, and it took four playoff holes to decide the conference champion.  In the end, Victoria’s Carson Kallis won the event and also scored the tournament’s best round with a five-under par 66 for Monday’s second 18-hole round.  He also recorded a 75 and a 72.  Also involved in the playoff were Adam Loran from CSU-San Marcos, Conner Kozak from British Columbia, James Holland from Victoria, Jeremy Demers from British Columbia, and Matt Luckett from Thomas University (Ga.).  Junior Ryan Eres (Boulder, Colo./Broomfield H.S./Phoenix College) and sophomore Mason Dacanay (Payson, Ariz./Payson H.S.) now share the school record for 36 holes.  Both totaled 149 strokes for Monday’s two 18-hole rounds, with Eres scoring 73 and 76, and Dacanay 76 and 73.  Eres added another 76 on Tuesday and finished with a 54-hole total of 225, ACU’s second-best 54-hole score in its men’s golf history, and tied for 23rd place among the 55 total golfers.  Dacanay scored a 78 on Tuesday and tied for 29th place with a 54-hole total of 227, ACU’s fifth-best 54-hole score ever.  Freshman Chris Paulson (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.) and freshmen Ross Mathews (Markle, Ind./Norwell H.S.) tied for 39th place with 54-hole scores of 236, 23 strokes over par.  Paulson scored rounds of 79, 79 and 78, and shot 77, 81 and 78.  Sophomore Josh Kuhn (Pocatello, Idaho/Century H.S./Treasure Valley CC (Ore.), ACU’s number five golfer in the meet, tied for 41st after Monday’s first rounds of 80 and 75 and Tuesday’s round of 82 for a 54-hole total of 237, 24 over par.   Arizona Christian University’s three women’s golfers, coached by Bob Day, finished the season by setting two individual records at the 2012 Association of Independent Institutions Women’s Golf Championships at the par 72 Antelope Hills Golf course in Prescott, Arizona, April 22-23.  Junior Carolina Vazquez (Cananea, Mexico) shot a first-day total of 88 and then set a school record with an eight-over par round of 80 on the second day.  Her two-day, 36-hole total of 168, 24 over par, gave her a second school record.  She wound up tied for 27th place among the 45 individual golfers.  Vazquez shot the previous best scores of 83 earlier in the 2012 season.  Freshman Mariah Johnson (Morgantown, Ind./Indian Creek H.S.) shot a personal-best round of 85 on the first day of the tournament and added an 86 on day two for a two-day, 36-hole total of 171, the second-best 36-hole total in ACU history.  Johnson finished tied for 32nd.  Freshman Tesia Swaydan (St. George, Utah/Desert Hills H.S.) established her personal best with an 86 on day one and shot an 88 on day two for a personal 36-hole best of 174, the fifth-best 36-hole total in ACU history, and finished 34th.  University of British Columbia successfully defended its 2011 A.I.I. championship, scoring a 36-hole total of 601 among its four golfers.  California State University-San Marcos placed second with 612, 11 strokes behind British Columbia, and University of Victoria (B.C.) placed third with 625.  Megan Woodland from Victoria claimed individual honors with a two-shot victory and totaled 148 strokes with rounds of 76 and 72.  Lisa Copeland from CSU-San Marcos shot a two-under par 70 on Monday for the tournament’s best 18-hole round.  Thomas University (Ga.) placed fourth with 631 strokes, and Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta placed fifth with 639.  Houston-Victoria (Tex.) was sixth with 656, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) placed seventh with 723, Jamestown College (N.D.) placed eighth with 758, and Valley City State (N.D.) finished ninth with 788. ---------------------

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National Softball Championship   5/14 NCCAA National Softball Championship Trevecca Nazarene 7  Cedarville 0 Trevecca Nazarene 9  Emmanuel 0 Campbellsville 5  Trevecca Nazarene 3 ---------------   5/11 NCCAA Mid-East Championship Judson 2  Trevecca Nazarene 1 Trevecca Nazarene 1  Covenant 0 -------------------   5/7 North Greenville 3  Point 1 ------------------ Malone 8  Urbana 0 (5 innings) MU 7  UU 6 (8 innings) Cedarville 9  MU 1 (5 innings) ----------------- NCCAA Mid-East Championship Trevecca Nazarene 14  Ohio Christian 0 TNU 4  Covenant 2 TNU 8  Covenant 5 --------------------- Concordia 10  Maranatha Baptist Bible 1 CU 12  MBBC 0 ---------------- Central Region Championship Mid-America Christian 3  Southwestern Christian 0 Central Baptist 10  Mid-America Christian 0 Southwestern Christian 6  Mid-America Christian 4 -------------------- Vanguard 6  Simpson 5 ------------ Mid-Continent 7  Martin Methodist 3 Freed-Hardeman 4  MCU 3 FHU 2  MCU 1 ---------------------

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National Men's Tennis Championship National Women's Tennis Championship   5/11 NCCAA National Women's Tennis Championship Palm Beach Atlantic women 5  Dallas Baptist 2 ----------------------   5/10 NCCAA National Tennis Championship Palm Beach Atlantic 5  Indiana Wesleyan 0 -----------------------   5/9 NCCAA National Tennis Championship Campbellsville women 5  Bethel 0 Palm Beach Atlantic 5  Bethel 0 Palm Beach Atlantic 5  Campbellsville 0 ------------------

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National Men's Track & Field Championship National Women's Track & Field Championship   5/7 The Bethel College track and field teams competed at the Mid Central Conference Championships at Taylor University and came away with a very impressive showing.  The Lady Pilots finished second behind Indiana Wesleyan and gained nearly fifty points from where they were seeded heading into the meet . The men’s team finished third behind Indiana Wesleyan and Spring Arbor and also scored more points then they were seeded to despite leading point scorer Calen Boyd going down with a meet ending injury that prevented him from running the 200m and taking part in the 4x100m relay.  Leading the way for the Lady Pilots were four event winners that were named All-MCC.  Kaila Stevens won the 400m at 58.02, Sam Etter won the 100m hurdles at 15.24, Trisha Miller won the 10k at 39:32.38, and Kate Carr won the pole vault at 11-0.  Other All Conference performances were turned in by runners up Kristen Zeilenga in the 100m hurdles at 15.34, Etter in the 400m hurdles at 1:04.34, Emilee Simcox in the high jump at 5-1, Caitlyn Ramirez in the triple jump at 34-11, and Cinnamon Green in the shot put at 40-10.  The Lady Pilot 4x100m team of Etter, Stevens, Arielle Byl, and Betty Graber also finished second at 49.10.  Finishing third and also earning All Conference honors in their events on the day were Etter in the 100m at 12.56, Irene Kangai in the 400m hurdles at 1:06.15, Zeilenga in the long jump at 17-1, and Green in the hammer at 148-2.   Boyd turned in the two event championships for the men before sustaining his injury by winning the long jump at 23-11 and the triple jump at 46-8.  Other All Conference performances were turned in by runners up Boyd in the 100m at 10.99, Roby Burns n the 110m hurdles at 15.04 and the 400m hurdles at 55.82, Ryan Carlock in the hammer at 186-10, BJ VanderZwaag in the hammer at 165-7 (third place) and the javelin at 174-6, and Robert Rose in the shot put (third place) at 49-2 and the discus at 155-5.  TEAM SCORES WOMEN – Indiana Wesleyan 195, BETHEL 170, Taylor 152, Spring Arbor 107, Marian 77, Grace 55.5, Huntington 49.5, Goshen 8.5, St. Francis 8.5 MEN – Indiana Wesleyan 225, Spring Arbor 156, BETHEL 140, Taylor 127, Marian 55, Grace 53, Goshen 32, Huntington 26, St. Francis 4 ------------------------- The Malone teams competed at the Ashland University Alumni Meet last Saturday with a number of Pioneers earning impressive “top-five” finishes at the non-scoring event. For the women’s team, four student-athletes broke into the top five in their events while the men had one competitor earn a top-five mark. ----------------- Campbellsville University's track and field program doubled its number of national champions in one weekend, as four Lady Tigers won championships Friday and Saturday in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Judson University's Memorial Field.  The first women's track and field athlete to claim a national title in Campbellsville University's athletic history was sophomore Tiana Benjamin of Ft. Knox, Ky. Benjamin started the day Friday by collecting a school record 3,901 points in the heptathlon to claim the Lady Tigers' first team points of the meet. Later in the afternoon, she competed in her final event of the weekend, winning the javelin national championship with a record-breaking throw of 39.60 meters. Tiosha Beasley, a junior from Bowling Green, Ky., claimed the program's second and fourth national titles. Entering the weekend as the meet favorite in both the triple jump and long jump titles, she went on to win both titles with marks of 37 feet, 8.5 inches and 18 feet, 2.5 inches in the two events, respectively.  Louisville native Nathelie Zetrenne was the third Lady Tiger to win a national crown. She ran the 100-meter hurdles in less than 15 seconds for the fourth straight race, setting a school record time of 14.68 seconds.  The four national titles helped lead Campbellsville to a Top 5 team finish in the championship meet. A handful of Top 3 finishes accompanied the national champions. Myra Rose of Louisville finished runner-up in the high jump with a program record of 5 feet, 3 inches. The 4x100 relay team also placed second. The Lady Tigers had third-place finishes by its 4x400-meter relay team and also Lauren Little of with a school record of 26.04 seconds in the 200-meter dash. ------------------   4/24 The Malone men’s and women’s teams each placed second at the Ohio Independent Championships in North Canton, Ohio (hosted by Walsh University) last Saturday – the men among a five-team field and the women among six teams. While there were numerous first-place finishes and other highlights on the day by Malone individuals, perhaps the brightest spot of all for the Pioneers was the accomplishment of women’s student-athlete Diana Furey in the 10,000-meter event. Furey, a 52-year-old mother of four, grandmother of two and first-year runner on the Malone team, finished fifth among seven runners in a time of 43:03 which shattered her previous personal best.  Incredibly, what made this feat even more remarkable was that she had completed (yes, completed) the prestigious Boston Marathon just five days earlier (on Monday) in four hours and four minutes in very hot conditions on race day.       The Pioneer women had two athletes captured individual events while one women’s relay team took first place. Madison Schuler captured the 3000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:24.0 while Sara Polatas won the 10,000 meters in 38:30.  In addition, the women’s 4x800-meter relay team of Tina Oprean, Mattison Rankin, Emily Tomei and Becky Neitzel emerged victorious in a time of 9:58.0.       The men’s team also posted a number of event winners led by double winners Malik Felton and Caleb Celuch.  Felton won both the 100 meters, in 11.1 seconds, and the 200 meters, in 22.4 seconds, while Celuch captured both the javelin, at 164’8”, and the triple jump, at 42’ ½”. Anthony Lombardi tied for first in the high jump at 6’3”.  In addition, the men’s 4x800-meter relay unit of Billy Latta, Philip Palmer, Doug French and Matt Hendrix took first place in a time of 8:30.0. --------------------   4/23 The Bethel College Track and Field Program competed at the Grand Valley State University Invitational on Saturday and hit four NAIA qualifying marks on the day. Robert Rose was successful twice in hitting NAIA qualifying marks – in the men’s discus with a school record throw of 159’11” and in the men’s shot put with a throw of 50’10”. In addition, Bethel’s BJ Vanderzwaag hit the NAIA qualifying mark in the hammer with a throw of 170’10”, and Bethel’s Kate Carr also hit the NAIA qualifying mark in the women’s pole vault clearing 11’6”.  Placing high in other events were Emily Simcox in the high jump clearing 5’3”, good for 5th place, and Trisha Miller in the women’s 5K with a time of 18:57.91, good for 6th place. ---------------

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