PEMBROKE, N.C. (NCBWA) – Defending national
champion Wingate grabbed a baker's dozen of first-place votes to
hold on to the No. 1 spot for the second-straight week, but undefeated
West Texas A&M served notice that it was a team to watch as
the Buffs slid into the No. 2 spot in Wednesday's Week 3 edition
of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
Division II Top 25.
Wingate, who had its 16-game win streak snapped with a road loss
to Erskine on Tuesday, still managed to retain 13 first-place votes
in Wednesday's release. West Texas A&M and Tampa halved the
remaining six first-place votes to nestle into the Nos. 2 and 3
spots respectively. The Buffs stretched their season-opening win
streak out to 14 games with a four-game sweep at UT Permian Basin,
while the Spartans won all four games last week to push their win
streak out to a dozen outings.
Central Missouri, which occupied the No. 3 position in the NCBWA
Preseason Top 25, returned to the rankings this week at No. 21,
while two new teams entered the NCBWA Division II Top 25. West Chester
(No. 22) is nationally ranked for the first time since the Week
12 poll in 2019 (May 14, 2019), while Franklin Pierce returns to
the listing for the first time since last season's Week 11 ranking
(April 7, 2021).
2022
NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (MARCH 2) |
1. |
Wingate [13] |
Wingate, N.C. |
14-1 |
464 |
1 |
2. |
West Texas A&M [3] |
Canyon, Texas |
12-0 |
442 |
3 |
3. |
Tampa [3] |
Tampa, Fla. |
12-1 |
439 |
2 |
4. |
Nova Southeastern |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
12-0 |
412 |
7 |
5. |
Point Loma |
San Diego, Calif. |
13-1 |
396 |
5 |
6. |
Henderson State |
Arkadelphia, Ark. |
12-0 |
384 |
10 |
7. |
Trevecca Nazarene |
Nashville, Tenn. |
10-1 |
345 |
9 |
8. |
Southern Arkansas |
Magnolia, Ark. |
11-1 |
332 |
4 |
9. |
Columbus State |
Columbus, Ga. |
13-3 |
326 |
8 |
10. |
Colorado Mesa |
Grand Junction, Colo. |
9-3 |
305 |
6 |
11. |
Seton Hill |
Greensburg, Pa. |
4-1 |
278 |
12 |
12. |
Southern New Hampshire |
Manchester, N.H. |
4-1 |
271 |
11 |
13. |
Colorado School of Mines |
Golden, Colo. |
11-1 |
230 |
13 |
14. |
Chico State |
Chico, Calif. |
11-2 |
221 |
t15 |
15. |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
Hickory, N.C. |
16-1 |
210 |
24 |
16. |
Rollins |
Winter Park, Fla. |
9-2 |
173 |
22 |
17. |
Angelo State |
San Angelo, Texas |
11-3 |
164 |
17 |
18. |
Illinois Springfield |
Springfield, Ill. |
7-3 |
133 |
20 |
19. |
Newberry |
Newberry, S.C. |
14-3 |
128 |
14 |
20. |
Concordia-Irvine |
Irvine, Calif. |
10-3-1 |
89 |
23 |
21. |
Central Missouri |
Warrensburg. Mo. |
7-3 |
87 |
RV |
22. |
West Chester |
West Chester, Pa. |
6-0 |
81 |
RV |
23. |
Lubbock Christian |
Lubbock, Texas |
11-3 |
66 |
25 |
24. |
Franklin Pierce |
Rindge, N.H. |
4-1 |
44 |
RV |
25. |
North Georgia |
Dahlonega, Ga. |
9-4 |
39 |
18 |
Also
receiving votes: Valdosta State (9-4) 29; Northwood
(8-2) 26; Augustana (S.D.) (2-1) 25; Mercyhurst (2-1)
23; West Florida (7-5) 6; Mount Olive (9-2) 4; Molloy
(4-3) 2; St. Edward's (11-4) 1. |
Dropped
out: Montevallo (t15); Mercyhurst (19); Augustana
(S.D.) (21). |
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