Playoffs! The NAIA

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The first round match-ups:

ST. XAVIER (Illinois) 7-3 (262-273) Lost to Marian 13-45, Concordia 14-35, Robert Morris 14-28. Rank: unranked Post season record and championships: 15-8 (1)
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MORNINGSIDE (Iowa) 10-1 (672-142) Lost 30-33 to Wisconsin-Whitewater. Rank: # 1 Post Season: 14-11
Yes, the Morningside Mustangs outscored their opponents by an average of 61-13. They scored 80+ points twice and 70+ three other times. They averaged 55 points a game last year, 45 the year before, 44 the year before that . But they’ve never made it all the way. Is this the year?

POINT (Georgia) 8-2 (416-312) Lost to Reinhardt 21-73 and Kenesaw State 21-56. Rank:#17 Post Season: 0-0
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BAKER (Kansas) 10-1 (428-179) Lost to Benedictine 31-35. Rank: #2 Post Season: 12-14
The point is that Point was 1-9 last year and opened with that blow-out loss to Reinhardt, then picked themselves up off the ground and won 8 of 9 to make the playoffs.

LINDSEY WILSON (Kentucky) 8-2 (388-185) Lost to Reinhardt 24-42 and Campbellsville 21-26. Rank: #14 Post Season: 1-1
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GRAND VIEW (Iowa) 10-1 (407-138) Lost to Baker 15-20. Rank: #3 Post Season: 4-2 (1)

REINHARDT (Georgia) 9-1 (548-266) Lost to Campbellsville 56-70. Rank: #12 Post Season: 0-0
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ST. FRANCIS (Indiana) 9-0 (470-183) Rank: #4 Post Season: 21-14
55 to 52 points per game and the winner, hopefully, will be matched with Morningside at some point.

DICKINSON STATE (North Dakota) 8-2 (291-154) Lost to Rocky Mountain 13-23 and Dakota State 21-54. Rank: #18 Post Season: 6-15
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MONTANA TECH 9-1 (334-176) Lost 21-33 to Eastern Oregon Rank: #5 Post Season: 0-1

CAMPBELLSVILLE (Kentucky) 8-2 (433-302) Lost to The Cumberlands 24-27 and Weber International 25-35. Rank: #11 Post Season: 0-1
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MARIAN (Indiana) 8-2 (478-170) Lost to Robert Morris 21-30 and St. Francis 42-45. Rank: #6 Post Season: 10-3 (1)

KANSAS WESLAYAN 10-1 (438-184) Lost to Tobor 7-14 Rank: #10 Post Season: 0-2
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SOUTHERN OREGON 8-2 (483-251) Lost to Carroll 20-26 and Montana Tech 17-21 Rank: #7 Post Season: 9-6 (1)

DOANE (Nebraska) 9-1 (364-160) Lost to Morningside 7-55. Rank: #9 Post Season: 6-4
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TABOR (Kansas) 10-1 (400-144) Lost to Northwestern Iowa 7-9. Rank: #8 Post Season: 2-4


First Round Results

Morningside beat St. Xavier 75-69 in four overtimes!
Baker beat Point 68-21
Grand View beat Lindsey Wilson 16-13
St. Francis beat Reinhardt 37-26
Montana Tech beat Dickinson 44-10
Marian beat Campbellsville 44-7
Southern Oregon beat Kansa Wesleyan 52-8
Tabor beat Doane 16-14

Summaries: http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210520487&DB_OEM_ID=27900


SECOND ROUND MATCH-UPS

TABOR (Kansas) 11-1 (416-158) Lost to Northwestern Iowa 7-9. Rank: #8 Post Season: 3-4
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MORNINGSIDE (Iowa) 11-1 (747-211) Lost 30-33 to Wisconsin-Whitewater. Rank: # 1 Post Season: 15-11

SOUTHERN OREGON 9-2 (535-259) Lost to Carroll 20-26 and Montana Tech 17-21 Rank: #7 Post Season: 10-6 (1)
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BAKER (Kansas) 11-1 (496-200) Lost to Benedictine 31-35. Rank: #2 Post Season: 13-14

MARIAN (Indiana) 9-2 (522-177) Lost to Robert Morris 21-30 and St. Francis 42-45. Rank: #6 Post Season: 11-3 (1)
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GRAND VIEW (Iowa) 11-1 (423-151) Lost to Baker 15-20. Rank: #3 Post Season: 5-2 (1)

MONTANA TECH 10-1 (378-186) Lost 21-33 to Eastern Oregon Rank: #5 Post Season: 1-1
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ST. FRANCIS (Indiana) 10-0 (507-209) Rank: #4 Post Season: 22-14