With the winner-take-all game tonight, the Series will have gone the full 19 games to crown a champion. The Series has only been swept eight times in the last 24 years in Lewiston, the last time was by Georgia Gwinnett in 2021.
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For the second consecutive year, there haven’t been any shutouts in Series play. There have been seven shutouts in championship games, the last coming in 2014 when Cumberland defeated Lewis-Clark State 3-0.
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Hope International will become the 64th team to play for a Series title. After going 0-2 in their only other Series appearance in 2017, the Royals have won four straight elimination games, and will be the 37th team to win a championship if they are victorious tonight.
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Tennessee Wesleyan is looking for its third title tonight in the championship game against Hope International. The Bulldogs defeated Rogers State in 2012 for their first crown, and in 2019 defeated St. Thomas. Only four teams have won more than two championships. Lewis University and Cumberland each have three and Grand Canyon has four. Lewis-Clark State leads the pack with 19.
Grubb is the official statistician of the NAIA World Series at Lewiston
