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DALLAS (NCBWA) – An unblemished run through the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship produced Tampa’s eighth national championship in program history, as well as the top spot in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25.

The Spartans outscored opponents by a 26-5 count in four games at the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship in Cary, N.C., including a 3-1 victory over top-seeded Colorado Mesa in the national championship game. Tampa closed out its 2019 season with an 11-game win streak, and has now won eight-straight games in Cary dating back to the 2015 campaign.

NYIT (No. 13), which culminated a historic season with its first trip to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, added its first NCBWA Top 25 ranking in school history to its resume as well. Mercyhurst (No. 9) and Colorado School of Mines (No. 24) also re-entered the NCBWA Top 25 this week as well.

2019 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (FINAL)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Location	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Tampa [20]	Tampa, Fla.	45-14	500	3
2.	Colorado Mesa	Grand Junction, Colo.	53-12	480	2
3.	Central Missouri	Warrensburg, Mo.	46-16	444	12
4.	UC San Diego	San Diego, Calif.	41-16	420	10
5.	Ashland	Ashland, Ohio	48-15	408	8
6.	Catawba	Salisbury, N.C.	47-14	391	14
7.	North Greenville	Tigerville, S.C.	45-11	372	1
8.	Angelo State	San Angelo, Texas	46-12	361	4
9.	Mercyhurst	Erie, Pa.	36-16	343	-
10.	Azusa Pacific	Azusa, Calif.	40-15	302	6
11.	Augustana	Sioux Falls, S.D.	43-16	292	9
12.	Delta State	Cleveland, Miss.	42-14	264	13
13.	NYIT	Old Westbury, N.Y.	37-16	246	-
14.	Illinois Springfield	Springfield, Ill.	41-17-1	227	16
15.	Newberry	Newberry, S.C.	41-16	201	11
16.	Adelphi	Garden City, N.Y.	34-9-1	186	5
17.	Millersville	Millersville, Pa.	38-16	170	7
18.	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud, Minn.	41-14	166	15
19.	Southern New Hampshire	Manchester, N.H.	40-15	152	17
20.	Eckerd	St. Petersburg, Fla.	31-19	97	18
21.	West Florida	Pensacola, Fla.	37-18	90	21
22.	Point Loma	San Diego, Calif.	32-21	72	24
23.	Lubbock Christian	Lubbock, Texas	35-17	62	19
24.	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colo.	40-15	47	-
25.	Wayne State	Detroit, Mich.	35-17	43	22
Also receiving votes: West Texas A&M (41-12) 35; Minnesota State (39-15) 31; LIU Post (38-16) 17; Charleston, W.Va. (41-19) 15; Nova Southeastern (34-17) 15; West Chester (31-16) 14; Wilmington, Del. (40-18) 11; Mount Olive (31-19) 4; Gannon (33-17) 2.
Dropped out: West Chester (20); Minnesota State (23); LIU Post (25).
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