LEBANON -- Trying to sat a step ahead of changing weather patterns, Cumberland Coach Woody Hunt has altered the schedule for this weekend’s TranSouth Conference series with No. 13 Bethel University.

Plans now call for the No. 4-ranked Bulldogs to play a 12 Noon doubleheader today, followed by a 12 Noon single game on Saturday.

All action from Stockton Field will be broadcast live -- Friday on WCOR-AM 1490 and Saturday on 98.9 WANT-FM.

Cumberland (26-6 overall) is coming off a wild  12-10 win over Lambuth University Wednesday at Stockton Field.

LEBANON -- Cumberland University is ranked fourth in the first regular season 2010 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll released Tuesday by the national office.

The ranking is the highest for the Bulldogs since earning the second spot in the preseason poll in 2007.

Cumberland owns a 25-6 record this season heading into Wednesday's contest against Lambuth University, which also received votes in the poll, at 2 p.m. at Ernest L. Stockton Field.

The Bulldogs already have six victories this season over ranked opponents - three versus No. 3 Oklahoma City Univ., two against sixth-ranked Embry-Riddle and one versus No. 8 Campbellsville Univ.

Cumberland was ranked 19th in the 2010 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll in November.

WOOD ALLOWS ONE HIT IN 6 INNINGS
LEBANON -- Friendship Christian improved to 6-2 on the season and 2-0 in District 8A Monday night with a 9-1 home win over Gordonsville High. The game was the first “official” contest played under the new lights at FCS.

Righthander Kyle Wood  (2-1) picked up the pitching decision, working six innings and allowing just one hit while striking out six.  Lee Maasen had two hits, including a first inning solo homer. Evan Shelton belted a two-run triple, Connor Gaines contributed a pair of singles and Chris Hall had two run producing sac flies.

Mt. Juliet 16, LaVergne 6
LaVERGNE -- Mt. Juliet pounded out 14 hits Monday night in a 16-6 victory at District 9AAA rival LaVergne High. Shortstop Ethan Gross drove in six runs with three hits, including a three-run HR in the top of the seventh inning.

T.J. Diffenderfer and Logan Dalton each added three hits for the Golden Bears -- who improved to 8-1 on the season. Cody Carroll went 5 and two-thirds inning to get the decision, upping his record to 3-0. Carroll allowed one earned run, struck out eight and surrendered just one hit.

Hendersonville 3, WCHS 1
GLADEVILLE -- Wilson Central dropped to 3-6 on the season with a 3-1 loss to District 9AAA foe Hendersonville High Monday night. Commando starter Zach Curtis was overpowering, striking out 13 Wildcats and allowing just three hits and seven walks.

Allen Ecton took the loss, working five innings of four-hit ball. He struck out three. Britte Underwood’s three-run homer in the top of the first provided all the offense for Hendersonville. Ecton, Jacob McEintire and Devin Fish had Wilson Central’s hits.

Lebanon 7, Portland 0
LEBANON -- Cain Sloan threw a five-inning two-hit shutout as Lebanon defeated Portland 7-0 Monday night at Veterans Field. The game was shortened due to light failure.

The big righty struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter as the Blue Devils improved to 7-2-1 overall and 1-2 in District 9AAA. Sloan helped his own cause with three RBI on a pair of doubles.

Trevor Davis was a perfect 3-for-3. Jessep Polk added two RBI on a single and a fielder’s choice while Jack Partlow drove in a run with a third inning single.  Jack McKeon had Lebanon’s other hit.

LEBANON -- Cumberland seniors Matt Greener and Shawn Schaefer were named the TranSouth Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, Monday for the second straight week, as announced by the conference office. The award is Schaefer’s fourth of the season and Greener’s third, and the Bulldogs have now won eight of the league’s 12 POW honors so far this year.

Greener batted .571 (12-for-21) in five games during the week with three home runs, three doubles and 11 RBIs. He also scored six times and extended his hitting streak to 19 games in the process. He was 5-for-11 (.455) with four extra base hits, two RBIs and four runs scored (also slugged 1.091) at Union University, as the Bulldogs won 2-of-3 to start TranSouth Conference action.

For the season he is batting .482 with 13 doubles, 12 home runs, 47 RBIs and 33 runs scored in 31 contests. He ranks in the Top 15 nationally in average, doubles, hits (53) and home runs.

Schaefer won his sixth straight start, scattering seven hits and striking out 11 in a 2-0 nine-inning victory at Union on Friday. The lefthander allowed more than one baserunner in just one inning, the fifth, while tossing his fifth straight complete game. He lowered his ERA to 0.84, which ranks fifth nationally, and has allowed just 24 hits in 42.2 innings of work this season with 43 strikeouts.

Cumberland is 25-6 on the season and 2-1 in the TranSouth heading into Wednesday’s nonconference home game against Lambuth University at 2 p.m. at Ernest L. Stockton Field.

The Bulldogs host Bethel University this weekend in a conference series starting Friday with a single game at 2 p.m.

LEBANON -– Brandon Springer’s list of accomplishments at Cumberland University continues to grow more than two weeks after the senior played his final game in a Bulldog uniform as he was named Second Team All-America, the NAIA announced Tuesday.

Springer, a Nashville native, started all 59 games of his Cumberland career and became the fourth CU player under head coach Lonnie Thompson to join the 1,000-point club, totaling 1,051 points and 483 rebounds.

The TranSouth Conference Player of the Year averaged 22.5 points per contest his senior season and led the nation in scoring for more than half the season and earned National Player of the Week honors on Jan. 26. He finished the year ranked fifth in the NAIA in scoring and 10th in rebounding, with 9.6 boards per contest.

The Hunters Lane High School product earned Honorable Mention All-America honors a year ago after producing 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per outing.

Springer is one of three TranSouth players on the Second Team, joining Zack Frey of Freed-Hardeman University and Greg Truvillion of Union University.