WICHITA, KS - Teams and individuals from six spring sports of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference are now advancing in post-season national competition of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. They are in men's golf, women's softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's outdoor track & field, and women's outdoor track & field.

Updates on a continuing basis are available on the NAIA website.

The teams and individuals from the KCAC which are entering national tournaments and other competition of the NAIA, including those which have won championships in the NAIA Region IV, are:

MEN'S GOLF. Southwestern College, winner of the NAIA Region IV tournament April 28-29 at Sunflower Hills Golf Club in Bonner Springs, Kansas, advances to NAIA 57th annual Golf national tournament at Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Indiana, May 13-16, 2008.

SOFTBALL. Friends University, winner of the NAIA Region IV tournament May 9-10 at Wichita, Kansas, advances directly to NAIA 28th annual Softball National Championship at Wilson Morgan Softball Complex in Decatur, Alabama, with first pool-play (FU is in Pool "D") and then the top two teams in each pool-play will advance to an eight-team double elimination bracket, May 16-21, 2008.

MEN'S TENNIS. Bethany College, winner of NAIA Region IV advances to NAIA 57th annual Men's Tennis national tournament at Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Alabama, May 12-16, 2008.

WOMEN'S TENNIS. Bethany College, winner of NAIA Region IV advances to NAIA 28th annual Women's Tennis national tournament at Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Alabama, May 12-16, 2008.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD. Individual qualifiers from the ten-team Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference will compete in the NAIA 57th annual Men's and 28th annual Women's Outdoor Track & Field national tournaments at Ralph Korle Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22-24, 2008.