[NAIA] Lindsey Wilson is the top seed in the NAIA men's and women's national championships, which begin Saturday with 15 first-round men's games and 16 women's games.

The Blue Raider men have won seven national titles, the most of any team in the tournament. Eight schools that have qualified for the first time in school history.

The men's finals will be played Nov. 30-Dec. 5 at Fresno Pacific, which has a bye.

NAIA MEN'S FIRST ROUND
#1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) vs. Lee (Tenn.)
Bethel (Ind.) vs. #16 Bellevue (Neb.)
#9 William Carey (Miss.) vs. Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
#8 Southern Poly State (Ga.) vs. Bryan (Tenn.)
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#5 Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. Warner Pacific (Ore.)
#12 Bethel (Tenn.) vs. Kansas Wesleyan
#4 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) vs. Mobile (Ala.)
#3 Rio Grande (Ohio) vs. Lindenwood (Mo.)
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#14 Columbia (Mo.) vs. Midland Lutheran (Neb.)
Hastings (Neb.) vs. #11 Science & Arts (Okla.)
#6 Texas at Brownsville vs. Biola (Calif.)
#7 Notre Dame (Ohio) vs. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
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Ashford (Iowa) vs. #10 Benedictine (Kan.)
#15 The Master's (Calif.) vs. Holy Names (Calif.)
#2 Maine-Fort Kent vs. Indiana Tech

Lindsey Wilson, which is making its ninth consecutive appearance in the NAIA women's tournament, will host Missouri Baptist, which is making its first appearance in the tournament.

The last five national championships have been won by teams in this year's tournament: No. 2 seed Lee in 2008, No. 7 Martin Methodist in 2005 and 2007 and Lindsey Wilson in 2004 and 2006.

The 16 first-round winners will advance to the National Championships Nov. 30-Dec. 5 in Decatur, Ala.

NAIA WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND
#1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) vs. Missouri Baptist
Texas at Brownsville vs. #16 Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
#9 Simon Fraser (B.C.) vs. Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
#8 Vanguard (Calif.) vs. California State-San Marcos
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#5 William Carey (Miss.) vs. Union (Ky.)
#12 Graceland (Iowa) vs. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
#13 Indiana Wesleyan vs. Houghton (N.Y.)
#4 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) vs. Maine-Fort Kent
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#3 California Baptist vs. Grand View (Iowa)
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) vs. #14 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
#11 McKendree (Ill.) vs. Midland Lutheran (Neb.)
#6 Concordia (Ore.) vs. William Jessup (Calif.)
#7 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) vs. Ashbury (Ky.)
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#10 Northwood (Fla.) vs. Siena Heights (Mich.)
Ottawa (Kan.) vs. #15 Trinity Christian (Ill.)
#2 Lee (Tenn.) vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)