PEMBROKE, N.C. (NCBWA) – Another perfect week
on the baseball diamond that helped it run its win streak out to
an eye-popping 18 games was enough to sway every voter this week,
as Colorado Mesa raked in all 19 first-place votes to further cement
its position atop the NCBWA Division II Top 25.
The Mavericks are the first unanimous No. 1 team in the ranking
since Tampa collected all 20 first-place votes in the NCBWA Division
II Top 25 after capturing the 2019 national championship. Colorado
Mesa leads the nation with a .399 team batting average – 24 points
higher than any other team in NCAA Division II – and have also tacked
up an NCAA Division II-best 14.2 runs an outing as well.
West Florida was the biggest mover in the poll this week as the
Argonauts jumped 12 spots into the No. 5 position following a weekend
sweep of then-No. 2 Lee on Friday and Saturday in Pensacola, Fla.
North Greenville (No. T7) improved their positioning in the national
ranking by eight spots after scoring 14.0 runs per game in five
games at the Conference Carolinas Tournament.
Quincy (No. 23) and Shorter (No. 24) re-entered this week’s poll
after short absences. Wingate (No. 25) is back in the NCBWA Division
II Top 25 for the first time since April 4, 2018 (Week 7). The Bulldogs
are still celebrating their run to the South Atlantic Conference
Tournament championship that concluded on April 26.
2021
NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (MAY 5) |
1. |
Colorado Mesa [19] |
Grand Junction, Colo. |
30-2 |
475 |
1 |
2. |
Central Missouri |
Warrensburg, Mo. |
31-6 |
449 |
3 |
3. |
West Texas A&M |
Canyon, Texas |
30-5 |
420 |
4 |
4. |
Illinois-Springfield |
Springfield, Ill. |
32-4 |
413 |
6 |
5. |
West Florida |
Pensacola, Fla. |
29-8 |
365 |
17 |
6. |
Northwest Nazarene |
Nampa, Idaho |
25-5 |
356 |
9 |
t7. |
North Greenville |
Tigerville, S.C. |
33-11 |
344 |
15 |
t7. |
Seton Hill |
Greensburg, Pa. |
25-4 |
344 |
t7 |
9. |
Angelo State |
San Angelo, Texas |
31-6 |
321 |
t11 |
10. |
Lee |
Cleveland, Tenn. |
32-7 |
310 |
2 |
11. |
Southern New Hampshire |
Manchester, N.H. |
17-3 |
275 |
13 |
12. |
Mount Olive |
Mount Olive, N.C. |
35-10 |
262 |
5 |
13. |
Lindenwood |
St. Charles, Mo. |
25-7 |
242 |
10 |
14. |
Tampa |
Tampa, Fla. |
16-4 |
222 |
t7 |
15. |
Minnesota State |
Mankato, Minn. |
27-6 |
219 |
t11 |
16. |
Charleston |
Charleston, W.Va. |
30-6 |
193 |
14 |
17. |
Catawba |
Salisbury, N.C. |
32-9 |
169 |
18 |
18. |
Azusa Pacific |
Azusa, Calif. |
25-8 |
164 |
16 |
19. |
Augustana |
Sioux Falls, S.D. |
28-9 |
119 |
20 |
20. |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Sparkill, N.Y. |
20-3 |
119 |
19 |
21. |
MSU Denver |
Denver, Colo. |
28-8 |
115 |
21 |
22. |
UNC Pembroke |
Pembroke, N.C. |
29-11 |
75 |
24 |
23. |
Quincy |
Quincy, Ill. |
26-9 |
68 |
NR |
24. |
Shorter |
Rome, Ga. |
26-13 |
30 |
RV |
25. |
Wingate |
Wingate, N.C. |
30-12 |
25 |
RV |
Also
receiving votes: Western Oregon (16-6) 24;
Southern Arkansas (25-12) 12; Millersville (22-10) 9;
Oklahoma Christian (23-11) 9; Tusculum (30-11) 8; Franklin
Pierce (15-7) 7; North Georgia (28-12) 7; Trevecca Nazarene
(24-10) 4; Missouri Southern (27-10) 2. |
Dropped
out: Tusculum (22); Trevecca Nazarene (23); Valdosta
State (25). |
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