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DALLAS (NCBWA) – UC San Diego became the latest team to make its way through what has become a revolving door atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 this week after collecting 13 first-place votes to grab the No. 1 ranking for the first time since Feb. 22, 2011 (Week 1).

The Tritons stretched their win streak out to five games with a four-game series sweep of Cal State San Bernardino over the weekend, and have now captured nine of their last 11 contests as well. UC San Diego boasts the NCAA Division II's second-best staff ERA (2.54), as well as the country's fourth-best defensive team (.977 fielding percentage).

Two teams re-entered the poll this week, including Mississippi College (No. 17) who stretched its win streak out to nine games with a doubleheader sweep of Shorter on Friday. Mount Olive (No. 25) is back in the Top 25 after taking two of three games with then-No. 1 North Greenville over the weekend.

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (APRIL 16)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	UC San Diego [13]	San Diego, Calif.	26-7	457	2
2.	Angelo State [3]	San Angelo, Texas	34-7	455	3
3.	Newberry [1]	Newberry, S.C.	36-10	410	7
4.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	27-8	403	4
5.	St. Cloud State [1]	St. Cloud, Minn.	27-6	388	9
6.	Tampa [1]	Tampa, Fla.	27-11	369	17
7.	Colorado Mesa	Grand Junction, Colo.	31-7	365	8
8.	Quincy	Quincy, Ill.	27-8	345	12
9.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	32-9	333	1
10.	Millersville	Millersville, Pa.	28-7	291	18
11.	Azusa Pacific	Azusa, Calif.	27-10	270	13
12.	West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	28-13	263	5
13.	Arkansas Monticello	Monticello, Ark.	26-9	252	11
14.	West Texas A&M	Canyon, Texas	32-8	240	16
15.	Wayne State	Detroit, Mich.	26-8	213	22
16.	North Georgia	Dahlonega, Ga.	29-11	155	25
17.	Mississippi College	Clinton, Miss.	25-12	134	-
18.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	18-7	133	10
19.	Adelphi	Garden City, N.Y.	23-5	116	23
20.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	23-12	107	19
21.	Ashland	Ashland, Ohio	27-7	99	6
22.	Augustana	Sioux Falls, S.D.	25-11	96	20
23.	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock, Texas	29-9	87	24
24.	Delta State	Cleveland, Miss.	28-10	64	21
25.	Mount Olive	Mount Olive, N.C.	26-12	52	-
Also receiving votes: Colorado School of Mines (26-9) 16; Catawba (34-12) 14; NYIT (22-8) 12; San Francisco State (20-9-1) 11; Shepherd (25-10) 9; Nova Southeastern (26-13) 5; Central Missouri (25-11) 4; Lincoln Memorial (30-13) 2.
Dropped out: Embry-Riddle, Fla. (14th); Catawba (15th).
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