The Malone University baseball team has been designated as the No. 5 seed for this week's NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) World Series that is set to be held May 18-21 at Prasco Park and Legacy Field in Mason, Ohio. The Pioneers enter the ten-team tournament with a 35-22 overall record, having qualified for the event by winning the NCCAA East Region Title.

This year, the tournament features a pool-play format with two pools consisting of five teams apiece. The winners of each pool then face off in a best 2-out-of-3 series on Friday and Saturday to decide the NCCAA National Champion.

The Pioneers will take on No. 4 seed Cedarville University (33-16) on Wednesday evening at 8:15 p.m. in the first of their four pool-play contests. Malone is scheduled to face eighth-seeded Olivet Nazarene (IL) University (32-22) on Thursday at 11:45 a.m. before taking on No. 1 seed Southeastern (FL) University (41-19) at 5:15 p.m. The Pioneers then wrap up pool play on Friday with a 1:00 p.m. match-up against ninth-seeded Oklahoma Wesleyan University (33-27).

The other pool features No. 2 Judson (IL) University (42-17), No. 3 Mount Vernon Nazarene University (30-19), No. 6 North Greenville (SC) University (33-15), No. 7 The Master's (CA) College (25-25), and No. 10 King (TN) College (19-22).

Malone will be making its fifth trip to the NCCAA World Series in the last six years and eighth appearance overall. The Pioneers captured the NCCAA National Title in 2006.

Live stats will be available for all of Malone's NCCAA World Series games through the following link:  http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/malone-university-5285496.  Fans can follow the live action from each game free of charge.  A "premium" package is also available for a fee.

NCCAA World Series Website  |  Tournament Bracket (pdf)