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The Malone University baseball team has been designated as the No. 6 seed for this week's NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) World Series that is set to be held May 16-19 at Prasco Park and Legacy Field in Mason, Ohio. The Pioneers enter the ten-team tournament with a 31-21 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 top two teams from each pool will then move on to the tournament's single-elimination semifinals on Friday evening.  The NCCAA National Championship Game is slated for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

The Pioneers will take on No. 3 seed and defending NCCAA National Champion Oklahoma Wesleyan University (38-23) on Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. in the first of their four pool-play contests. Malone will then conclude its challenging Wednesday schedule with an 8:00 p.m. contest against second-seeded California Baptist University (38-12).   The Pioneers will square off with No. 7 seed Bluefield (VA) College (30-27) at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday before wrapping up pool play on Friday with a 1:00 p.m. match-up against 10th-seeded Mid-Continent (KY) University (25-35).

The other pool features No. 1 Cedarville University (36-11), No. 4 Olivet Nazarene (IL) University (33-16-1), No. 5 Southeastern (FL) University (31-26), No. 8 Emmanuel (GA) College (31-25), and No. 9 Nyack (NY) College (25-25).

Malone will be making its sixth trip to the NCCAA World Series in the last seven years and ninth 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/g/NCCAA2012Division1.  Fans can follow the live action from each game free of charge.  A "premium" package is also available for a fee.

A live video broadcast will also be provided for the Pioneers' opener against Oklahoma Wesleyan and Thursday's match-up vs. Bluefield.  Click here to access the broadcast: http://www.pattersonsc.com/#!live