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DALLAS (NCBWA) – An 8-2 start to the season
has put Tampa in a familiar spot as the Spartans climbed atop the
NCBWA Division II Baseball Top 25 for the first regular season edition
of the ranking in 2019. It is the sixth-straight year that UT has
held the No. 1 spot for at least one week.
Five new teams entered this week’s poll, headlined by Catawba
(N.C.) and Delta State (Miss.) who debuted inside the top 10 after
impressive starts. That list of newcomers to the rankings also includes
No. 14 St. Cloud State (Minn.), No. 18 Dixie State (Utah), No. 23
Ohio Dominican and No. 24 Point Loma (Calif.)
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) enters the NCBWA Top 25 at No. 23 for the
first time since 2008 after a 10-2 start to the campaign. The story
is much the same for Rollins (Fla.) who makes its debut in the national
rankings (No. 25) for the first time since 2010 after the Tars captured
eight of their first nine outings.
| 2019
NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FEB. 19) |
| 1. |
Tampa [6] |
Tampa, Fla. |
8-2 |
488 |
2 |
| t2. |
Augustana [3] |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
1-1 |
454 |
1 |
| t2. |
West Texas A&M [1] |
Canyon, Texas |
11-1 |
454 |
t10 |
| 4. |
UC San Diego [1] |
San Diego, Calif. |
7-1 |
446 |
4 |
| 5. |
Catawba [2] |
Salisbury, N.C. |
11-1 |
419 |
- |
| 6. |
Illinois-Springfield |
Springfield, Ill. |
3-0 |
376 |
- |
| 7. |
Delta State |
Cleveland, Miss. |
9-0 |
372 |
15 |
| 8. |
Colorado Mesa |
Grand Junction, Colo. |
7-1 |
357 |
17 |
| 9. |
Southern New Hampshire |
Manchester, N.H. |
1-2 |
298 |
7 |
| 10. |
Mount Olive |
Mount Olive, N.C. |
7-2 |
286 |
23 |
| 11. |
Azusa Pacific |
Azusa, Calif. |
6-3 |
278 |
12 |
| 12. |
Mercyhurst |
Erie, Pa. |
0-0 |
264 |
16 |
| 13. |
Florida Southern |
Lakeland, Fla. |
5-2 |
259 |
5 |
| 14. |
St. Cloud State |
St. Cloud, Minn. |
3-0 |
240 |
- |
| 15. |
Southern Indiana |
Evansville, Ind. |
2-1 |
213 |
24 |
| 16. |
Georgia College |
Milledgeville, Ga. |
8-4 |
186 |
14 |
| 17. |
Southern Arkansas |
Magnolia, Ark. |
3-0 |
167 |
13 |
| 18. |
Mississippi College |
Clinton, Miss. |
7-3 |
147 |
- |
| 19. |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Sparkill, N.Y. |
0-0 |
139 |
18 |
| 20. |
Dixie State |
St. George, Utah |
6-2 |
137 |
19 |
| 21. |
West Chester |
West Chester, Pa. |
0-0 |
113 |
25 |
| 22. |
Carson-Newman |
Jefferson City, Tenn. |
10-2 |
82 |
- |
| 23. |
Ohio Dominican |
Columbus, Ohio |
2-0 |
69 |
- |
| 24. |
Point Loma |
San Diego, Calif. |
6-4 |
52 |
- |
| 25. |
Rollins |
Winter Park, Fla. |
8-1 |
49 |
- |
| Also
receiving votes: Central Oklahoma (6-2) 40 points;
North Greenville (6-3) 38 points; Lubbock Christian
(7-3) 21 points; Cal Poly Pomona (6-4) 11 points; Millersville
(0-3) 7 points; Northwestern Oklahoma State (10-2) 7
points; New Haven (0-0) 6 points; Francis Marion (8-3)
4 points; Quincy (2-1) 4 points; Nova Southeastern (5-3)
2 points; Colorado-Colorado Springs (7-3) 1 point. |
| Dropped
out: Columbus State (3); Texas A&M-Kingsville
(6); North Greenville (8); Millersville (9); Bellarmine
(t10); Central Missouri (20); Cal State Monterey Bay
(21); Nova Southeastern (22). |
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