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Lee University To Host Opening Round of NAIA Baseball Championship!

Mark Brew and Lee University will host a regional of the 2009 NAIA National Baseball Championship.  Lee’s Olympic Field will be the site of the five team, four-day (May 12-15), double-elimination tournament.  Only the winner will advance to the NAIA College World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.

The Lee baseball team (47-12) will face Spring Arbor University (Mich., 30-11) in the opening round on Tuesday at 3:30.  Joining Lee and Spring Arbor will be neighboring Tennessee Wesleyan College (43-13), Belhaven University (Jackson, Miss.) and Indiana Tech (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

The Flames slipped to 10th in the final NAIA national ranking after a disappointing showing in the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament. The tourney allowed TWC to leap frog over Lee and grab the ninth spot in the ranking and No. 1 seed in the Olympic Field event.