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DALLAS (NCBWA) – There was plenty of shuffling among the nation’s top 10 teams this week, and Colorado Mesa became the fourth team this season to assume the No. 1 spot in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 poll on Tuesday after capturing 18 out of a possible 19 first-place votes.

The Mavericks are the nation’s top-ranked team for the first time since April 21, 2015 (Week 10) after stretching their win streak out to 10 with a four-game series sweep of then-No. 13 Colorado School of Mines over the weekend. Colorado Mesa has tacked up wins in 16 of its last 17 outings, and its two losses this season have come by three combined runs.

Both Barry (No. 21) and Angelo State (No. 23) re-entered the poll this season after brief absences. Wayne State (Mich.) is back in the Top 25 after a more-than 14-year hiatus. The Warriors’ last NCBWA Top 25 appearance came in the 2005 preseason ranking (T-25th).

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (MARCH 19)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Colorado Mesa [17]	Grand Junction, Colo.	20-2	473	2
2.	UC San Diego [1]	San Diego, Calif.	17-4	448	3
3.	Tampa [1]	Tampa, Fla.	20-5	442	5
4.	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud. Minn.	13-2	394	7
5.	West Texas A&M	Canyon, Texas	21-3	385	6
6.	Delta State	Cleveland, Miss.	19-4	381	1
7.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	21-6	380	8
8.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	14-5	340	9
9.	West Chester	West Chester, Pa.	9-3	307	10
10.	Quincy	Quincy, Ill.	13-4	305	14
11	Catawba	Salisbury, N.C.	23-7	269	18
t12.	Illinois Springfield	Springfield, Ill.	13-4-1	238	4
t12.	West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	18-8	238	16
14.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	17-8	213	17
15.	Missouri Southern	Joplin, Mo.	18-6	203	t19
16.	Dixie State	St. George, Utah	17-4	181	22
17.	Mount Olive	Mount Olive, N.C.	17-6	161	11
18.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	8-2	151	15
19.	Southern Arkansas	Magnolia, Ark.	17-7	141	12
20.	Azusa Pacific	Azusa, Calif.	16-9	106	23
21.	Barry	Miami Shores, Fla.	19-4	89	-
22.	Newberry	Newberry, S.C.	22-7	70	24
23.	Angelo State	San Angelo, Texas	18-5	61	-
24.	Wilmington	Wilmington, Del.	10-5	56	21
25.	Wayne State	Detroit, Mich.	14-3	39	-
Also receiving votes: Millersville (13-5) 29; San Francisco State (12-1-1) 24; Nova Southeastern (17-7) 23; Ashland (13-3) 8; Columbus State (16-7) 3; Colorado School of Mines (13-6) 2; Arkansas Tech (19-8) 1.
Dropped out: Colorado School of Mines (13); Nova Southeastern (T19); Ashland (25).
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