COLUMBIA, Ky. -- It was a year of firsts for the Lindsey Wilson baseball program, winning its first Mid-South Conference Regular-Season Championship and playing in its first NAIA National Championship.

Those two moments combine to come in at No. 10 on the Top-22 Moments of the 2011-12 season list.

The Blue Raiders finished 43-16 overall and finished with a 2-2 record in the NAIA opening round pool play in Paducah, Ky.

A record of 17-4 in MSC games was good enough to win the regular-season title, edging Georgetown (Ky.) at 18-5.

More about No. 10…

• Lindsey Wilson finished the season ranked 14th in the final NAIA Coaches' Top-25 Poll.
• Blue Raiders won 22 straight games during the season, the most in the NAIA.
• Jonathon Burton was voted as the MSC Coach of the Year by his peers.
• Junior shortstop Leandro Perez was named the MSC Player of the Year.
• Lindsey Wilson beat Bellevue and Peru State at the NAIA Opening Round, but was eliminated by losing twice to top-seeded LSU Shreveport.
• Blue Raiders outscored their opponents 374-192 for the season.
• Lindsey Wilson hit .304 as a team for the season while allowing opponents to hit just .231.