Spring Sports Update

B-CU, led by head coach Mervyl Melendez, is headed to Tallahassee, Fl., to face Florida State at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium on the campus of FSU. The Seminoles come into the tournament ranked third nationally, as well as earning one of eight top overall seeds (sixth). The Seminoles were defeated by ACC runner-up Wake Forest last weekend in Jacksonville during the ACC Tournament. Mississippi State and Stetson both earned at-large bids to the regional as well. Only B-CU is serving as an automatic bid via the MEAC Tournament crown.

This marks the third time in B-CU baseball history that the Wildcats will be taking the trip over to the state capital of Tallahassee. The 'Cats faced Florida State back in 2004, 2001 and 2000 in the opening round of the Tallahassee Regional in each of the aforementioned seasons. They lost all three contests.

PVAM will face Rice, Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the first round of the Houston Regional.

The Panthers, under fourth-year coach Michael Robinson, are making their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament thanks to winning the SWAC Tournament. Rice is making its 13th consecutive appearance and is hosting a regional for the sixth time in the last seven years. The Owls captured both the Conference USA regular season and post-season tournament titles. TCU (46-12), champions of the Mountain West and the second seed in the regional, takes on #3 seed Baylor (34-25) who was the runner-up in the Big XII Tournament in the other half of the regional bracket.

Thirty Division I conferences received an automatic berth in the field of 64, along with 34 at-large selections. The 61st Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 15, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Lincoln women take fifth straight NCAA Div. II Track and Field title
The women of Lincoln (Mo.) successfully defended their team title at the 2007 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships.  Lincoln's women scored 82.5 points and have not lost an outdoor title since capturing their first championship five years ago. 

This year Davita Prendergast got wins in the 200m and 400m dash while Carla Thomas picked up a first in the 400m hurdles and second in the 100m hurdles. They also ran legs on the winning 4x400 meter relay team which set a new meet record. Prendergast was the defending champion in the 400m and finished just .02 seconds short of setting a new meet record.

St. Augustine's (68 pts) placed third, just one point behind Abilene Christian. Albany State scored 36 points to finish sixth. NC Central (8 pts., 31st), Bowie State (5, 40th) and Benedict (4, 46th) also placed.

In the men's competition, St. Aug's (73 pts) and Morehouse (68 pts) finished second and third behind Abilene Christian, who earned their sixth consecutive outdoor title. NCCU (31 pts, 7th), Lincoln (19, 12th), Albany State (15, 14th) and Fort Valley State (14, 16th) also got on the scoreboard.

After winning the long jump on Thursday, St. Augustine's Kwonya Ferguson took the triple jump title on Friday. St. Aug's Barbara Pierre won the women's 100m dash and ran the first leg of the winning 4x100m relay team. Ferguson ran the anchor leg.

Morehouse senior Randall Flimmons won the men's long jump. St. Aug sprinters Kendall Stevens and Philippe DeRosier successfully defended their titles. Stevens repeated as the 100m dash champion while DeRosier won the 200m dash for the second consecutive year. DeRosier ran the second leg and Stevens anchored the Falcons' winning 4x100m relay team.

Lincoln's Decosma Wright also repeated as men's 110m hurdles champion. NC Central's Hakeem Mohammad took the tile in the 400m dash and Morehouse's Damian Prince won the 400m hurdles.  Prince also anchored Morehouse's winning 4x400m relay team.

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