The rankings at this time of year are more important than ever. With that being said, extra consideration and examination were given to the teams up and down the Top 25 in each of the three small school divisions. Teams at the top of rankings can pretty much rest assured that they’ll get an invite…

A win late in the season is worth as much as it is in February or March, but it sure doesn’t seem like it. With only a few weeks left on teams’ schedules the magnitude of each out escalates as top seeds and tournament spots are filled. Even for teams at the top of the…

In small school diamond action it was the kind of week prognosticators hope for; few upsets mean little shuffling had to be done in the rankings’ positioning. When teams play as anticipated and win their games it doesn’t allow for much rearranging of the teams. The Top 25 can simply can made by doing a…

Baseball is unquestionably a team sport. No pitcher, no matter how dominating, can take to the mound without a solid defense behind him and a capable lineup for run support. Neither can any hitter, despite how many baseballs they’re able to blister, win a game without being able to stop the other team from scoring…

This week marked some important events in each of the three divisions. In D-II the last remaining team to be undefeated was dealt a loss when St. Cloud State dropped the last game of a four-game series to Augustana. Prior to the loss, the Huskies had compiled a school record 23-game winning streak. In NAIA,…