The 2018 Avista NAIA World Series gets underway Friday at Lewiston’s Harris Field, inside Ed Cheff Stadium on the Lewis-Clark State College campus.
The tournament gets underway at 8:30am when 8 seed Antelope Valley of California meets 9 seed Reinhardt of Georgia. At 11:30am 4 seed Oklahoma City plays 5 seed Southeastern of Florida. 7 seed Freed-Hardeman of Tennessee meets 10 seed Northwestern Ohio at 3pm.
Following opening ceremonies at 6:30pm, 6 seed Lewis-Clark State will play 3 seed St. Thomas of Florida in a rematch of the 2015 national championship game. The 3-time defending national champion Warriors enter the series with a record of 38-11, while the Bobcats are 56-7.
LC will be playing with 7 starters that have limited or no world series experience. Warrior head coach Jeremiah Robbins says while that is a concern, the players that have competed in the past series have stepped up to help guide the newbies.
Jeremiah Robbins
All World Series games can be heard online at koze.com and all Warrior games and evening games will be broadcast on AM 950 KOZE.
