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Pioneers garner national ranking for 10th straight week

Pioneers garner national ranking for 10th straight week

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

The Pioneers (30-11) received 138 total points and have been listed in the national top-30 for the last 10 weeks in a row.

Colorado Mesa is the top-ranked team in the nation for a seventh straight week. West Florida is second, followed by Angelo State, Central Missouri, North Greenville, West Texas A&M, Tampa, Illinois-Springfield, Lee and Catawba to comprise the top-10.

Mount Olive is 11th, followed by Augustana, Seton Hill, Tusculum, Azusa Pacific, Lindenwood, Metro State-Denver, St. Thomas Aquinas, Charleston (W.Va.), Northwest Nazarene, Minnesota State-Mankato, Trevecca Nazarene, Southern New Hampshire, North Georgia, Delta State, Missouri Southern, UNC Pembroke, Millersville, Wingate and Minnesota-Crookston to wrap up this week's top-30.

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 Poll

Rk

Team

Prv

1

Colorado Mesa

1

2

West Florida

3

3

Angelo St.

2

4

Central Missouri

5

5

North Greenville

7

6

West Texas A&M

4

T7

Tampa

6

T7

Illinois-Springfield

8

9

Lee

9

10

Catawba

10

11

Mount Olive

11

12

Augustana

12

13

Seton Hill

T14

14

TUSCULUM

T14

15

Azusa Pacific

16

16

Lindenwood

17

T17

Metro St.-Denver

18

T17

St. Thomas Aquinas

19

19

Charleston (W.Va.)

13

20

Northwest Nazarene

20

21

Minnesota St.-Mankato

21

22

Trevecca Nazarene

24

23

Southern New Hampshire

23

24

North Georgia

22

25

Delta St.

26

26

Missouri Southern

25

27

UNC Pembroke

27

28

Millersville

28

29

Wingate

30

30

Minnesota-Crookston

NR

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud St., Western Oregon.

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