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Allendale, Mich. – The Grand Valley State baseball team (16-2) is ranked #1 in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll that was released Tuesday (March 17). The Lakers received six first-place votes and 316 total points. The #1 ranking in the poll is Lakers’ first-ever seat atop a collegiate baseball poll.
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TUSCON, Ariz. — Now in its 20th season of competition at the NCAA Division II level, the Cal State Stanislaus baseball program has reached the top for the first time. Monday, the Warriors were ranked No. 1in the nation by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll.
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Lynn University’s baseball team held strong at No. 1 in the country after a perfect week on the diamond. Chris Chavez helped the Fighting Knights go 3-0 and was selected as the Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
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Head Coach Joe Urso

In the College Baseball Newspaper Poll, Ouachita began the season ranked ninth, but jumped four spots to No. 5. Tampa (3-0) jumped a spot to claim the top spot as UC San Diego (2-0) is second and Cal State Chico (3-1) third, while Emporia State (0-0) is fourth.

West Alabama (5-1) and North Alabama (7-2) are 12th and 13th, respectively, while Delta State (2-2) is 16th. South Arkansas (5-3) dropped six spots to 19th to round out the Gulf South Conference schools.
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The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has put out their Preseason Division 2 Poll. They have defending national champion Mount Olive (58-6) in the top spot. They are followed by the Tampa Spartans (42-11-1) who made the Division 2 College World Series last year before being eliminated by Ouachita Baptist. Tampa won the Division 2 title in 2006 and 2007. The rest of the top five is rounded out by Central Missouri (47-17), UC San Diego (43-18), and Columbus State. Read the rest of this entry »

WEEK TEN (5/6)
1 Mount Olive (N.C.) 49-5 (10) 250
2 Tampa (Fla.) 38-9-1 231
3 Delta State (Miss.) 42-8 230
4 Emporia State (Kan.) 46-7 227
5 Sonoma State (Calif.) 42-12 203 Read the rest of this entry »

Mount Olive remained at No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30 for the fourth consecutive week and ninth time in the last 10 weeks. The Trojans received all of the first-place votes in this week’s poll. The Ping Baseball Top 30 and NCBWA Top 25 have not yet been announced. Full Story | Collegiate Baseball Top 30

WEEK EIGHT (4/22)
First TTL LW
1 Mount Olive (N.C.) 44-5 8 271 1
2 Emporia State (Kan.) 42-3 3 265 4
3 Southern Arkansas 39-6 250 2
4 Tampa (Fla.) 34-7-1 244 5
5 Sonoma State (Calif.) 37-7 225 3
6 Delta State (Miss.) 37-8 220 6
7 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) 37-8 198 14
8 Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 29-7-1 187 11
9 Columbus State (Ga.) 36-14 183 10
10 UC San Diego 36-11 154 8
11 South Carolina Aiken 40-11 148 17
12 Concord (W.Va.) 33-9 137 21
13 Metro State (Colo.) 36-9 127 13
14 Abilene Christian (Texas) 36-13 122 16
15 West Alabama 37-9 106 18
16 West Chester (Pa.) 36-9 98 9
17 Tusculum (Tenn.) 38-12 95 RV
18 Erskine (S.C.) 40-8 78 15
19 Southern Indiana 30-13 74 RV
20 Central Missouri 29-11 61 12
21 Catawba (N.C.) 37-16 59 20
Nebraska-Omaha 30-9 59 RV
23 Bryant (R.I.) 30-14 44 25
24 Chico State (Calif.) 32-12 41 RV
Wayne State (Neb.) 31-7 41 19
ORV Grand Valley State (Mich.) 26-10 38 7
ORV Angelo State (Texas) 35-16 13 RV
ORV Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 38-16 9 RV
ORV North Georgia 32-17 6 RV
ORV Lynn (Fla.) 30-15 5 22
ORV Saint Edward’s (Texas) 31-13 4 NR
ORV Mesa State (Colo.) 32-15 3 24
ORV Minnesota State 21-16 2 NR
ORV Francis Marion (S.C.) 32-18 1 RV
ORV Incarnate Word (Texas) 33-11 1 RV
ORV Pace (N.Y.) 24-12-1 1 RV

The NCBWA has released their Division 2 poll for April 15th. It is led by Mount Olive out of North Carolina with Southern Arkansas, Sonoma State (CA), Emporia State (Kansas), and Tampa (FL) rounding out the Top 5. The full poll is listed below. Read the rest of this entry »

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TUCSON, Ariz. – The Ouachita Baptist baseball team fell three spots to No. 24 in the latest NCAA Division II College Baseball Newspaper poll released Monday.

The Tigers (37-10 overall, 8-6 in the Gulf South Conference West Division) were 2-3 this past week with a doubleheader non-conference split in Florence, Ala., against North Alabama. The week concluded by Ouachita Baptist dropping two of three on the road to Arkansas Tech.

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