May 11, 2008

HUTCHINSON, KS -- - The Bellevue University baseball "Bruins" are champions of the NAIA Region IV post-season tournament held in Hutchinson, Kansas, hosted this year by the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Bellevue (of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference) won the regional tournament championship, and posted its 50th win of the year (50-13), and now advances to the Great Plains Super Regional tournament hosted by the Region III champion Jamestown College "Jimmies" for a best-of-three series. That winner will qualify for the 52nd annual NAIA national baseball World Series championship tournament (the AVISTA-NAIA World Series Baseball National Championship) to be held May 23-30 at Lewis-Clark State College's Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.