Welcome to the NCCAA: Division II Baseball Championship

Wednesday, May 12
Game 1 10:00 a.m.	Prasco Park (PP)	Atlanta Christian	def	Maranatha Baptist Bible	4-3
Game 2 10:00 a.m.	Legacy Field (LF)	Lancaster Bible	def	Ohio Christian	4-3
Game 3 1:00 p.m.	PP	Toccoa Falls	def	Hillsdale Free Will Baptist	7-1
Game 4 4:15 p.m.	PP	Manhattan Christian	def	North Central	7-3

Thursday, May 13
Game 5 1:00 p.m.	PP	Atlanta Christian	def	Lancaster Bible	9-5
Game 6 10:00 a.m.	PP	Ohio Christian	def	Maranatha Baptist Bible	9-4
Game 7 10:00 a.m.	LF	Hillsdale Free Will Baptist	def	North Central	4-3
Game 8 1:00 p.m.	LF	Toccoa Falls	def	Manhattan Christian	6-3
Game 9 4:15 p.m.	PP	Hillsdale Free Will Baptist	def	Lancaster Bible	9-6
Game 10 4:15 p.m.	LF	Manhattan Christian	def	Ohio Christian	6-2
Game 11 7:30 p.m.	PP	Atlanta Christian	def	Toccoa Falls	9-3

Friday, May 14
Game 12 4:15 p.m.	PP	Manhattan Christian	def	Hillsdale Free Will Baptist	10-4
Game 13 7:00 p.m.	PP	Toccoa Falls	def	Manhattan Christian	7-2

Saturday, May 15
Game 14 11:00 a.m. Championship	PP	Atlanta Christian	def	Toccoa Falls	12-1

2010 Information

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Coaches,

We are extremely excited for next week’s NCCAA D-II Baseball World Series being held once again in Mason, Ohio. The Arington Foundation, who sponsors the event, is diligently working hard to make this year’s event even better than last year (if that can be possible).

Below, I have included some important information you will need for next week. You should have also received a few emails from Jeff Zurcher from Arington requesting some information. Please respond to his requests asap so that he can get all of his preparations done in a time manner. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me or Jeff.

Thanks,

Doug Yager

NCCAA D-II Baseball

National Chair

I. 2010 NCCAA WORLD SERIES

A. Date: Tuesday, May 11 – Saturday, May 15, 2009

B. Place: Prasco Park, Mason, Ohio

C. Housing:

1) Kings Island Resort & Conference Center

5691 Kings Island Drive

Mason, OH 45040

513.398.0115

www.kingsislandresort.com

2) Directions to the Resort will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

3) Six rooms are provided for free at the Resort staring Tuesday night and continuing until your team is eliminated

i. If your team is eliminated in the 10am game, you need to be checked out of the hotel by 2pm that same day.

ii. If your team is eliminated in the afternoon round, you need to check out of the hotel by 11am the following morning.

4) Additional rooms can be reserved for your team at a rate of $79.00 per night. Your team is responsible for paying for all additional rooms

D. Family:

1) Family, friends, or fans coming to the NCCAA World Series may also stay at the Kings Island Resort and Conference Center

2) Unfortunately, there is NO special rate at the hotel this year form them.

3) Guests should call the Kings Island Resort direct line at 1-800-727-3050 but still say they are with the NCCAA Tournament.

E. Meals:

1) In general, two meals will be provided per day during the tournament (Wednesday onward) and the third meal must be provided by the individual schools.

2) Breakfast:

i. The Kings Island Resort provides a complimentary breakfast each morning.

ii. They usually have hot and cold choices in a small “buffet” style of serving

3) Lunch/Dinner

i. The Arington Foundation will provide one meal per day starting with dinner at the banquet Tuesday night.

ii. Each day thereafter, they will provide one meal at the Player Food Tent outside of PRASCO PARK for each member of your squad.

iii. Once in Ohio, Chris or Jeff from Arington will ask you for the time you want to eat in the Player Food Tent each day so that they can schedule people & food accordingly.

4) Third Meal of the Day

i. Each team is responsible for providing a third meal of the day to their players from their own budgets.

F. Travel Costs

1) Each team will be reimbursed a portion of their travel costs

2) The amount of reimbursement is based on a percentage the distance a school needs to travel to the tournament.

3) I will email each school individually how much travel reimbursement they will be receiving (the amount should be very similar to last year for returning schools)

G. Tournament Seeding:

1. Atlanta Christian College

2. Manhattan Christian College

3. Toccoa Falls College

4. Ohio Christian University

5. Lancaster Bible College

6. Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College

7. North Central University

8. Maranatha Baptist Bible College

H. Schedule:

1) Monday, May 10

i. Option for checking into Kings Island Resort early

1. If you desire to check in a day early contact:

Barbara Feiler

Kings Island Resort and Conference Center

513.229.5642

ii. Schools must pay for these rooms themselves

2) Tuesday, May 11

i. Check into Kings Island Resort

1. Check-in is officially at 4pm. However, all of us will be arriving before then. When you submit your HOTEL ROOM LIST, please let Jeff Zurcker know what time you plan on arriving at the hotel. He will pass this information on and hopefully be able to get us all checked in immediately upon each of our arrivals.

2. For simplicity sake, you may want to consider going to the Christian Service Project FIRST and checking into the hotel afterwards.

ii. 9am – 3pm: Christian Service Project (at Matthew 25 Ministries)

1. 2 hours of volunteer work for the CSP

2. Dress for the CSP is casual (shorts and t-shirts are fine)

3. Directions to Matthew 24 will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

iii. 4pm – 6pm: Coaches’ Meeting (at Kings Island Resort)

1. Mandatory for all Head Coaches in the tournament

2. Contact Resort front desk after you arrive for the exact room assigned for the meeting.

iv. 7pm – 9pm: NCCAA World Series Banquet (at Prasco Park - Vaughan Auditorium)

1. Dress for the banquet is business casual (i.e. khakis, collared shirt, dress shoes, or better). Please, NO jeans, t-shirts, shorts, tennis shoes, sandals, sweat suits, etc. This is a special NCCAA event & we want to be sure to treat it as such.

2. Guest Speaker for the program section of the Banquet will be Chris Singleton – former MLB player (White Sox, Orioles, A’s Devil Rays) and current ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst.

3. Directions to PRASCO for the Banquet will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

3) Wednesday, May 12 thru Saturday, May 15

i. Games

1. See “bracket” on next page

ii. Parade of Champions

1. Details forthcoming

iii. Coaches meeting to discuss BURBRIDGE RATING revisions

1. Tbd, but most likely Wednesday night after the 7pm contest.

2. We would meet at the hotel

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4/21/10

Coaches,

Please remember that the NCCAA would like for ALL regional playoffs to include a CSP (Christian Service Project) which would be our annual a food bank drive. All teams (players and coaches) should bring food for a local food bank chosen by the regional host institution. Host schools should check with their local food bank to confirm what items they need and then pass the word onto you Regional participating schools. Sometime during the playoffs, there should also be an official presentation of the food to a food bank representative with pictures taken with food, players, and rep.

Afterwards, any pictures need to be sent to Kelly Wood in the NCCAA office with explanation of who is in the picture, etc. An estimate of the amount of food your Region collects needs to be sent to Jerry Malone in the NCCAA office as well.

The NCCAA has been collecting food at all of the sports regionals during the entire school year. There goal for this year is 10,000 pounds of food collected by all NCCAA member schools!!!!

Gentlemen, please make sure you personally encourage all of your Regional participating schools to get involved with this CSP. These are difficult times for food banks around the country and the NCCAA wants to help. It also serves our mission of training young men n the servant attitude of Christ. Let's make sure that D-II Baseball does its part to help reach this goal!!!

Thanks,
Doug
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NCCAA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS

BASEBALL 2009-10

Region	Sport	Dates	Teams	Location	Format	RESULTS
Central	Baseball DII	No Central Regional	MCC			MCC joining SW Regional
East	Baseball DII	April 30-May 1, 2010	BBC LBC PBU VFCC	Highest Seed	Double-elimination
Mideast	Baseball DII	April 26-28	FWBBC JBC OCU	OCU	Double-Elimination
Midwest	Baseball DII	April 26-27, 2010	LCC MBBC	LCC	Best 2 of 3
N Central	Baseball DII	No North Central Regional	NCU			NCU vying for at-large bid
South	Baseball DII	April 29-May 1	ACC CCC TFC	ACC	Double-Elimination
Southwest	Baseball DII	April 30-May 1, 2010	DCC HC OCC	HC	Double-elimination
West	Baseball DII	No West Regional	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Coaches and AD's,

As many of you have heard, the NCAA and NAIA have made a ruling change concerning composite bat use for this year (2010). NCCAA D-II Bylaws state that for Regional and Championship competition, the NCCAA D-II Baseball will adhere to Professional Baseball Rules with NAIA modifications. Therefore, the NCCAA will be adhering to this same composite bat rules as the NAIA.

In general, the rule modification states that 100%-composite bats are outlawed for 2010. Most bats with only composite handles but with aluminum barrels are still legal. To be sure your bat is legal, consult your local representative for bat purchases. EASTON, LOUISVILLE, RAWLINGS, et al were all addressing this issue with coaches at the ABCA Convention this year. So they know how to advise you. The specific NAIA ruling can be found at the following link: http://naia.cstv.com/member-services/championships/Coaches_Corner/baseball/documents/NAIA_BB_Manual.pdf#page=37.

Additionally, this web site can give you some historic background on the cause of the ruling: http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats-new/abi.html

Unfortunately, more changes are likely to come. Therefore, please use CAUTION when ordering bats for this season. Also, please be sure to advise your athletes as to which bats to avoid.

As we go through the spring and summer, more information will be coming out of the NCAA and NAIA offices regarding composite bat usage for 2011 and beyond. We will try to get you that information as soon as possible.

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.

Regards,

Doug Yager
Head Baseball Coach / Asst Prof HPE
Lancaster Bible College
717-560-8200 (x-5263)

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2009-10 Baseball Coaches' Minutes

NCCAA D-II Region Baseball Chairs, Head Coaches and Athletic Directors:

Well, "spring" is finally here. I hope everyone is ready and excited for the upcoming 2010 baseball season. I know we've been getting antsy here in PA. Attached, you will find the minutes from the NCCAA D-II Baseball Annual Meeting held at the American Baseball Coaches Convention in Dallas, Texas this month. Please look them over carefully and let me know if you have any questions or comments. In addition to the minutes, there are several business items I need to address with you regarding the immediate season. They are as follows:

REGIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE PROJECT

Each Region playoff or game should have a Christian Service Project (CSP). The reason for this so all teams can participate in an NCCAA sponsored CSP……even if they never make it to Nationals (where we always have CSP’s for the participating teams). It is a small way that the NCCAA can send the message of the hope of Christ during these difficult times for our neighbors. We also hope that coaches can use this as a teachable moment with their players.

The NCCAA office has suggested a food drive. Their goal for the year (2009-10) is 8,000 lbs. of food collected and distributed. After the 2009 fall seasons, they've already collected nearly 5,000 lbs. toward that goal! In addition to the food collected, one region collected over 1300 lbs. of clothes and Cross Country Nationals collected $1,008 that was given to an organization to use to help needy people.

The host school for the Regional should organize the collection process and choose where to distribute what has been collected. Each participating team should bring something.

1. 1. Organize a time to present it to the agency during the event if possible.

2. 2. Take a picture of the presentation: try to include agency personnel, teams, and product distributed in the picture and send it to Kwood@thenccaa.org for the web site.

3. 3. Send the amount collected (approximate) and the name of the agency used to jmalone@thenccaa.org so the National Office can track the amount distributed----see updates on the web site.

In light of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti and their great need at this time, we would like to encourage each NCCAA Member institution to do what they can to help. If you would like to re-direct your Regional CSP effort to aid Haiti, we would certainly support that. Each College/University probably has their own contacts in Haiti and we would encourage you to use those contacts. The host school for Regionals can make the determination of what to collect and send and/or how to send it. Just let me know what you decide (Food Drive or Haiti). The NCCAA would still like to hear what you are doing as well. You can send a picture to Kwood@thenccaa.org and send a report of what you did to jmalone@thenccaa.org so that the NCCAA Office can keep track of it.

Please cc me on any of your correspondences to the NCCAA Office.

SEASON STATS

The NCCAA National Office will be forwarding information next week on how to weekly report your baseball scores. Each of your school's Sports Information Directors should be receiving this information. I know some of you are in charge of reporting your own scores. So, once I receive the information from the National Office, I'll forward it to you as well. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call or email.

IMPORTANT DATES

Please remember the following important dates:

DATE ITEM DESTINATION

Postmarked Prior to First Game of Scrimmage Eligibility Certificate Mailed NCCAA Region Chair (not Region Baseball Chair)

March 1 Amended Intent to Participate Form National Office

Doug Yager
Head Baseball Coach / Asst Prof HPE
Lancaster Bible College
717-560-8200 (x-5263)

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