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Navy picked to win Patriot League

Brian Foley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:25:26 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE Center Valley, Pa. – Navy has been selected as the favorite to claim the 2008 Patriot League Baseball title in a preseason poll of the League’s head coaches and sports information directors.

The Midshipmen top the poll with 43 points and four first-place votes, just one point ahead of second-place Lafayette which also [...]

Texas picked to win Big 12

Brian Foley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:00 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE IRVING, Texas–For the seventh consecutive year, Texas has been selected the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 Conference baseball regular season title in a vote of the league’s head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their teams.

The Longhorns (80 points) received eight of the possible 10 first-place votes to [...]

Jacksonville State picked to win OVC

Brian Foley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:49:18 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE NASHVILLE – In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head baseball coaches, Jacksonville State was picked as the 2008 preseason favorite in the 10-team league. The Gamecocks finished second in both the regular season and tournament last season. In additional voting, JSU senior outfielder Clay Whittemore was picked as the Preseason Player [...]

2008 Northeast Conference Preseason Poll

Brian Foley — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:26:40 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE

Somerset, NJ — Defending Northeast Conference champion Monmouth sits atop the 2008 NEC Baseball Coaches Poll as the favorite to capture its fourth league title. The Hawks received six first-place nods to finish ahead of Quinnipiac in the voting. Central Connecticut State, a three-time champion this decade, claimed third. Mount St. Mary’s, [...]

TCU slated to win Mountain West

Brian Foley — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:47:22 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE RELEASE COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The TCU Horned Frogs have been selected to win their third straight regular season Mountain West Conference baseball championship in 2008. In a vote of the seven MWC head coaches and a select media panel, the Horned Frogs received six of a possible nine first-place votes and 60 points, [...]

College of Charleston picked to win Southern Conference

Brian Foley — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:34:36 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE College of Charleston, 2007 Southern Conference regular-season co-champion, is the favorite to win the 2008 crown according to a vote of the league’s coaches. The Cougars picked up five of a possible 10 first place votes and finished with a total of 86 votes.

Western Carolina, which tied College of Charleston for the [...]

Canisius picked to win MAAC

Brian Foley — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:38:08 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE RELEASE EDISON, N.J. – Canisius College is the top choice to win it all during the 2008 MAAC baseball season, according to a preseason poll voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Canisius finished with 71 points in the poll, four points ahead of second-place Manhattan College (67). Marist College placed third with 66 [...]

UNC picked to win ACC

Brian Foley — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:40:39 +0000

FROM ACC PRESS RELEASE GREENSBORO, N.C. – Defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion North Carolina is favored to repeat as the league champion in 2008, as determined by a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches. The back-to-back national runner-up Tar Heels were also picked to win the Coastal Division for the third-straight year, while Florida State [...]

Stetson picked to win A-Sun

Brian Foley — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:46:18 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE MACON, Ga. – Stetson is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as Atlantic Sun Conference baseball champion in 2008 in the league’s preseason poll. The Hatters garnered eight of 12 first place votes in the poll conducted among the conference’s head coaches. Hatter outfielder Justin Bass and Lipscomb catcher Caleb Joseph split preseason [...]

Oral Roberts tabbed Favorite in Summit League

Brian Foley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:52:19 +0000

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE ELMHURST, Ill. – After winning its record 10th straight league championship a year ago, Oral Roberts was selected to claim its 11th consecutive Summit League title in 2008 as voted on by the league’s eight head coaches. The Golden Eagles (49 points) were a unanimous selection after garnering seven first-place votes (coaches [...]