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1 p.m. CT
4 p.m. CT
7 p.m. CT
Wednesday, April 30
10 a.m. CT
1 p.m. CT
4 p.m. CT
7 p.m. CT
Thursday, May 1
10 a.m. CT
1 p.m. CT
4 p.m. CT
7 p.m. CT
Semifinals
Friday, May 2
4 p.m. CT
7:30 p.m. CT
Championship Saturday, May 3
5 p.m. CT
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Championship Staff
NAIA Staff
NAIA President/ CEO Jim Carr
Tournament Staff
Championship Sport Manager
Samantha Walker
Katie Green Director of Championships Austin Bennett
Senior Manager of Athletics
Communication
Officials
Head Statisticians - Wade Steinlage
Head Athletic Trainer - John Eikenberry
Director of Sports Tourism, Cedar Rapids Tourism - Jay Fanta
Sales & Event Manager, Cedar Rapids Tourism - Emily Thole
Event Service Manager, DoubleTree by Hilton - Jordan ChildsBrandenburg
Event Manager, Alliant Energy PowerHouse - Seth Diser
Bench Staff Coordinator - Chuck Liston
Mount Mercy (Iowa) Athletic Director - Paul Gavin
Mount Mercy (Iowa) Assistant AD for Communications- Jason Furler
Mount Mercy (Iowa) Associate Athletic Director/SWL - Molly Altorfer
Tournament Committee
Jordan Rosenberg, Indiana Tech
Noah Marasco-Ayau, Morningside (Iowa)
Don Gard
Kyp Harasymowycz
Roger Heffner
Gig Prieto
Jean Ellis - Coordinator of Officials
Line Judges
Ted Moser
Kurt Trout
Chris Armstrong
Alex Wassem
BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER
5 St. Thomas (Fla.)
1 The Master’s (Calif.) 4 Missouri Baptist 2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 3 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 9 Mount Mercy (Iowa) 12 UC Merced (Calif.)
7 Grand View (Iowa) 6 Missouri Valley
Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 11 Georgetown (Ky.) 8 Park (Mo.)
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California Pacific Conference
Automatic Berths
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Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Automatic Berths
AQ 1: Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Great Southwest Athletic Conference
Automatic Berths
AQ 1: The Master’s (Calif.)
National Championship Qualifiers
Heart of America Athletic Conference
Automatic Berths
AQ 1: Missouri Valley
AQ 2: Grand View (Iowa)
River States Athletic Conference
Automatic Berths
AQ1: Georgetown (Ky.)
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Automatic Berths
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13 Matthew Pennala OPP 6’ 4” Sr. Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach City
15 Cameron Daniels S 6’ 2” So. Omaha, Neb./Millard West
16 Samuel Trushel LB 5’ 9” So. Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Scioto
17 Andres Velez LB 5’ 9” Jr. Toa Baja, Puerto Rico/St. Francis
19 Benen Flores OH 6’ 3” So. New Lenox, Ill./Clarke
21 Kegan Olig OH 6’ 2” Sr. Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac
23 Andrew Ehlers MB 6’ 8” Gr. Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North
25 Alessandro Gianotti MB 6’ 7” Sr. Desio, Italy/Brigham Young
50 Daniel Scholvin OH 6’ 0” Jr. River Forest, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest 5/14 Oskar Krzyzak OPP 6’ 9” Jr. Nowy Sacz, Poland/Szkota Mistrzostwa Sportowego Rzeszów
36/38 Kyle Petrusch MB 6’ 5” Fr. Naperville, Ill./Metea Valley
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Tom Ryan
Assistant Coaches: David Bachtler, Jake Olson, Christian Oviedo
St. Thomas (Fla.) - Bobcats
Roster
4 Timothy Reyes S 6’ 4” Jr. Lake Worth, Fla./Monroe College
24 Ian Duncan OH 6’ 2” Sr. Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart HS
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Jared Goldberg
Assistant Coach: Zachary Mayer
UC Merced (Calif.) - Bobcats
Roster
1 Kam Owens MB 6’ 10” Jr. Merced, Calif./Central HS
Quick Facts
2 Brayden Van Kuren S 5’ 10” Fr. Nanakuli, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
4 Sebastian Moreno L 5’ 10” Sr. Madera, Calif./Madera South HS
5 Toby Miller S 6’ 3” Sr. Fresno, Calif./Clovis North HS 6 Jared Guglielmana OH 6’ 2” Sr. Madera, Calif./Madera South HS 8 Max Niederberger MB 6’ 5” Jr. San Diego, Calif./El Capitan HS 9 George Buljan L 6’ 0” Fr. Roseville, Calif./Oakmont HS 10 Pomaikainokeakua Kahaulelio L 5’ 7” Fr. Waialua, Hawaii/Waialua HS 11 Colin Ryan MB 6’ 4” Sr.