Baseball Opening Round game postponed until Tuesday
Tournament games pushed back due to rainy weather in Oklahama
SHAWNEE, Okla. -- The 18th-ranked Bellevue University baseball team's first game of the NAIA Baseball Opening Round Tournament has been delayed due to wet field conditions at Ford Park. BU is the No. 2-seed in the Shawnee Bracket.
The Bruins (37-15-2), who were originally scheduled to play at 2:30 p.m. today against Northwestern (Iowa) College (41-11), will now open the tournament on Tuesday (May 13), beginning at 11 a.m.
Fourth-seeded Friends University will resume its game with No. 5 Bacone at 7 p.m. tonight. The game is currently scoreless in the top of the fourth inning.
Bellevue is making its fourth-consecutive and 17th-overall appearance in the NAIA Baseball National Tournament.
REVISED SCHEDULE: NAIA Baseball Opening Round - Shawnee Bracket
Monday, May 12
Game 1: No. 4 Friends (Kan.) vs. No. 5 Bacone (Okla.), resumes at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13
Game 2: No. 2 Bellevue (Neb.) vs. No. 3 Northwestern (Iowa), 11 a.m.
Game 3: No. 1 Oklahoma Baptist (50-6) vs. Winner Game 1, 2:30 p.m.
Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14
Game 5: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 11 a.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 2:30 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 12 p.m., championship
Game 9: If necessary, 3 p.m.