May 16, 2017
For Immediate Release
Contact: Logan Lawrence
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Trojans earn top ranking in final regular-season poll
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MOUNT OLIVE TOPS NCBWA DIVISION II POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) continues its tradition of NCAA Division II polls with its 2017 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will continue each week throughout the season.

Rk. School [1st place] Location Record Pts. Pvs.
1 Mount Olive [8] Mount Olive, N.C. 47-8 405 3
2 Chico State [1] Chico, Calif. 45-9 398 2
3 Mercyhurst [6] Erie, Pa. 37-6 392 1
4 Delta State [1] Cleveland, Miss. 41-11 373 6
5 Angelo State [1] San Angelo, Texas 41-13 333 8
6 Southern New Hampshire Manchester, N.H. 41-9 331 5
7 Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. 44-9 329 13
8 Northwood Midland, Mich. 43-11 298 9
9 North Georgia Dahlonega, Ga. 42-10 284 7
10 Tampa Tampa, Fla. 37-12 273 10
11 Azusa Pacific Azusa, Calif. 40-10 258 11
t12 Colorado Mesa Grand Junction, Colo. 44-10 257 12
t12 Emporia State Emporia, Kan. 41-11 257 4
14 West Chester West Chester, Pa. 37-11 185 14
15 USC Aiken Aiken, S.C. 39-13 167 15
16 Dixie State St. George, Utah 37-12-1 151 16
17 Nova Southeastern Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33-16 126 17
18 West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas 35-16 110 -
19 Southern Indiana Evansville, Ind. 32-19 107 20
20 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 39-16 91 25
21 New Haven New Haven, Conn. 30-11 60 -
22 Catawba Salisbury, N.C. 37-15 53 -
23 UC San Diego La Jolla, Calif. 37-17 45 -
24 Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. 34-15 43 -
25 Lubbock Christian Lubbock, Texas 37-14 41 18
Also receiving votes: Seton Hill, Pa. (36-18) 38; Southern Arkansas (39-14) 32; Quincy, Ill. (32-10) 27; St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y. (38-15) 16; UNC Pembroke (40-15) 11; Millersville, Pa. (33-17) 11; California Baptist (34-16) 11; St. Edward's, Texas (33-18) 4; Cal Poly-Pomona (32-20) 1.
Dropped out: No. 19 Southern Arkansas; No. 21 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.); No. 22 Millersville (Pa.); No. 23 California Baptist; No. 24 UNC Pembroke.

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2017 NCBWA Division II Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Nova Southeastern)
Feb. 21 (Nova Southeastern)
Feb. 28 (Nova Southeastern)
March 7 (Nova Southeastern)
March 14 (USC Aiken)
March 21 (Tampa)
March 28 (Chico State)
April 4 (Chico State)
April 11 (North Georgia)
April 18 (Mercyhurst)
April 25 (Mercyhurst)
May 2 (Mercyhurst)
May 9 (Mercyhurst)
May 16 (Mount Olive)