May 12, 2007

NAIA Softball Coaches Poll | Championship Central | 2007 Region Tournaments | 2007 Conference Tournaments

OLATHE, Kan. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2007 qualifying field for the 27^th Annual NAIA Softball National Championship tournament, slated for May 18-23 at Decatur, Ala.'s Wilson Morgan Softball Complex.

The field, comprised of 13 automatic qualifiers through region tournament titles and seven additional at-large participants, includes the nation's No. 1 ranked team in California Baptist and the 2006 NAIA National Champion, Mobile (Ala.).

In all, 18 of the 20 qualifying schools are rated in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll, including 14 teams ranked in the Top 25.

Seeding for the championship will take place Sunday morning, with pool-play schedules to follow. Fans can view the entire tournament and its championship bracket at www.naia.org, and live statistics will be provided from the tournament using Daktronics webcasts. Links will be provided at www.naia.org.

2007 Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)

Bellevue (Neb.) - Region IV Champion

Bethel (Ind.) - Region VIII Champion

California Baptist - Region II Champion

Columbia (Mo.) - Region V Champion

Dickinson State (N.D.) - Region III Champion

Houston Baptist (Texas) - At-Large No. 3

Lee (Tenn.) - At-Large No. 4

Mobile (Ala.) - Region XIII Champion

Oklahoma City - At Large No. 1

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) - At Large No. 2

Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) - Region XIV Champion

Shorter (Ga.) - At Large No. 6

Simon Fraser (B.C.) - Region I Champion

St. Gregory's (Okla.) - Region VI Champion

Thomas (Ga.) - At Large No. 7

Tiffin (Ohio) - Region IX Champion

Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) - Region XI Champion

Vanguard (Calif.) - At Large No. 5

Virginia-Wise - Region XII Champion

William Penn (Iowa) - Region VII Champion