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Posted by
Corey Westra
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Fri, May 8, 2009
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 The Sunbirds Come Out Of Losers Bracket to Advance to Lewiston, Idaho Fresno Pacific had to win five games in a row to advance out of Sioux City, Iowa, and the Opening Round of the NAIA Baseball National Championship. After a 12-11 loss on Tuesday to Madonna in the opening round the Sunbirds did just that by winning game nine today in impressive fassion 10-1 over top seed Bellevue. Second seeded FPU won two games on Wednesday and two more on Thursday in the process. Today's game was finished right before a heavy rain storm hit Lewis and Clark Park. Despite being getting wet during the postgame celebration, the Sunbirds will load their first plane at 6:10PM tonight and head back to the West Coast and prepare for the AVISTA NAIA World Series next week in Lewiston, Idaho.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, AND LEWIS AND CLARK PARK BRACKET (FINAL) (1) Bellevue (Neb.) (Eliminated - 2-2)
(2) Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (Champions - 4-1) (3) Madonna (Mich.) (Eliminated - 1-2) (4) Jamestown (N.D.) (Eliminated - 1-2) (5) Nebraska Wesleyan (Neb.) (Eliminated - 0-2) Here are the results and updated schedule for Sioux City, Iowa: May 12 Games
(Gm 1) 10AM - #4 Jamestown 7, #5 Nebraska Wesleyan 6 (11) (Gm 2) 2:10PM - #3 Madonna 12, #2 Fresno Pacific 11 (12) (Gm 3) 6:45PM - #1 Bellevue 5, #4 Jamestown 3 May 13 Games (Gm 4) 10 AM - #2 Fresno Pacific 9, #5 Nebraska Wesleyan 7, (NWU Eliminated) (Gm 5) 2PM - #1 Bellevue 18, #3 Madonna 4 (Gm 6) 6PM - #2 Fresno Pacific 14, #5 Jamestown 5, (Jamestown Eliminated) May 14 Games May 15 Game
(Gm 9) NOON - #2 Fresno Pacific 10. #1 Bellevue 1 (Championship #2) (Fresno Pacific Advances to Lewiston, Idaho, and the AVISTA NAIA World Series)
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