Tusculum remains second in national Collegiate Baseball Poll

Posted: May 14, 2012

TUCSON, Ariz. --- For a second straight week, Tusculum College is the No. 2 ranked team in the country according to this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Coaches Poll.

Tusculum has been nationally-ranked for 13 consecutive weeks, including the last six in the top-five. The No. 2 national ranking continues to be the best in program history, while TC's 46 win are the most in the country.

The Pioneers (46-8) are receiving 464 points, 16 behind top-ranked Tampa who continues to hold down the top spot. The top six remains the same in this week's poll, including No. 3 St. Mary's (Texas), No. 4 Mount Olive, No. 5 Central Missouri and No. 6 Francis Marion. Armstrong jumped four spots in this week's poll and is the No. 7 team in the country after winning last weekend's Peach Belt Conference Tournament title. Minnesota State-Mankato is eighth followed by Delta State and St. Cloud State to comprise this week's top 10.

Of schools listed in this week's top 10, four will be competing at this week's NCAA II Southeast Regional in Mount Olive, N.C., including the Pioneers, host Mount Olive (44-8), Francis Marion (37-16) and Armstrong (40-14). Rounding out the six-team, double-elimination regional includes 20th-ranked Lander (37-18) and No. 21 Catawba (39-14).

Western Oregon is 11th, followed by Lynn, West Chester, Angelo State, Indianapolis, USC Aiken, LeMoyne, Grand Valley State, Lander, Catawba, Southern New Hampshire, North Alabama, West Florida, Franklin Pierce, Colorado Mesa, UC San Diego, Nova Southeastern, Southern Arkansas and Kutztown.

Tusculum (No. 2 seed in region), who is making its sixth NCAA postseason appearance, will open regional play on Thursday when they face Catawba (No. 5 seed in region) at 3 p.m. from Scarborough Field on the Mount Olive campus.

- TC -

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Coaches' Poll
Rk Team Rec Pts Prv
1 Tampa 38-8 480 1
2 TUSCULUM 46-8 464 2
3 St. Mary's (Texas) 44-8 448 3
4 Mount Olive 42-8 432 4
5 Central Missouri 44-7 416 5
6 Francis Marion 37-16 392 6
7 Armstrong Atlantic 40-14 378 11
8 Minn. St.-Mankato 44-10 374 7
9 Delta St. 40-12 358 10
10 St. Cloud St. 45-12 314 8
11 Western Oregon 40-9 308 14
12 Lynn 34-13 304 9
13 West Chester 38-10 292 12
14 Angelo St. 40-15 286 16
15 Indianapolis 42-14 248 17
16 USC Aiken 37-18 222 13
LeMoyne 40-13-1 222 20
18 Seton Hill 44-9 212 15
19 Grand Valley St. 41-14 194 18
20 Lander 37-18 188 30
21 Catawba 39-14 162 19
22 Southern New Hampshire 38-12 148 21
23 North Alabama 39-16 124 23
24 West Florida 34-17 84 NR
25 Franklin Pierce 36-17-1 62 26
26 Colorado Mesa 39-14 60 22
27 UC San Diego 32-22 50 RV
28 Nova Southeastern 33-13 46 RV
29 Southern Arkansas 36-15 44 29
30 Kutztown 35-17 34 25

Others Receiving Votes: Cal. St.-Chico (28), Mercyhurst (12), New Mexico Highlands (10), Rockhurst (10), Texas A&M-Kingsville (6), Florida Southern (4), UNC Pembroke (4), Georgia College (4), St. Edwards (1), Missouri Western (1), Valdosta State (1), Florida Tech (1), Rollins (1), Shippensburg (1), Wayne St., Mich. (1), Northern Kentucky (1), Missouri-St. Louis (1), Missouri S&T (1), Wayne State, Neb. (1).