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Pioneers remain 14th in Collegiate Baseball News Poll

Pioneers remain 14th in Collegiate Baseball News Poll

TUCSON, Ariz. --- For a second straight week, the Tusculum Pioneers are ranked 14th in the nation according to the latest Collegiate Baseball News Division II Coaches' Poll.

The Pioneers (30-11) received 135 total points and have been listed in the national top-30 for the last eight consecutive weeks.

Colorado Mesa is the top-ranked team in the country for a fifth straight week. Angelo State climbed four spots to No. 2, while West Florida leaped five spots to the No. 3 position in the poll. West Texas A&M is fourth, followed by Central Missouri, Tampa, North Greenville, Lee, Illinois-Springfield and Catawba to round out the top-10.

Mount Olive is 11th, followed by Augustana, Charleston (W.Va.), Tusculum, Azusa Pacific, Seton Hill, Northwest Nazarene, Minnesota State-Mankato, Minnesota-Crookston, Southern New Hampshire, Lindenwood, Metro State-Denver, St. Thomas Aquinas, UNC Pembroke, North Georgia, Quincy, Missouri Southern, Shorter, Wayne State (Mich.) and Wingate.

Tusculum has recorded its 17th season with at least 30 victories. Of those 30 wins, 25 came in South Atlantic Conference play which are a new league single-season mark. The Pioneers did not lose a weekend series this spring, winning eight of the nine sets and tying one other. TU lost back-to-back games only once this year and posted winning streaks of three straight wins or more on five occasions including a season-long nine-game run from Feb. 21-Mar. 7.

 

Collegiate Baseball News Division II Coaches' Poll

Rk

Team

Prv

1

Colorado Mesa

1

2

Angelo St.

6

3

West Florida

8

4

West Texas A&M

3

5

Central Missouri

5

6

Tampa

2

7

North Greenville

10

8

Lee

4

9

Illinois-Springfield

T11

10

Catawba

9

11

Mount Olive

7

12

Augustana

16

13

Charleston (W.Va.)

T11

14

TUSCULUM

14

15

Azusa Pacific

18

16

Seton Hill

15

17

Northwest Nazarene

19

18

Minnesota St.-Mankato

13

19

Minnesota-Crookston

NR

20

Southern New Hampshire

21

21

Lindenwood

17

22

Metro St.-Denver

22

23

St. Thomas Aquinas

23

24

UNC Pembroke

24

25

North Georgia

27

26

Quincy

29

27

Missouri Southern

20

28

Shorter

30

29

Wayne St. (Mich.)

NR

30

Wingate

RV

Others Receiving Votes: Trevecca Nazarene, West Virginia St.

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