Kansas City  (uj.edu) –   The University of Jamestown reports, that the NAIA has officially announced the 45-team field and pairings for the 2018 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round. The 10th annual event takes place May 14 – 17 at nine host sites. Each of the nine locations features a five-team, double-elimination tournament.

(Schedule | Bracket Reveal Show)

The Jimmie baseball team earned the fourth seed in the Oklahoma City Bracket and will face No. 5 seed York (Neb.) Monday, May 14. The winner of that game will take on top seed Oklahoma City, following the conclusion of the No. 2 Mobile (Ala.) – No. 3 Central Methodist (Mo.) game.

The nine opening round champions join Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at the 62nd annual Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series in Lewiston, Idaho, May 25 – June 1. For more information on the World Series, click here.

The field consists of 31 automatic qualifiers – given to conference regular-season champions, tournament champions or tournament runners-up – and 14 at-large teams. Conferences with 10-or-more members receive two automatic qualifiers, while leagues with less than 10 get one.

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