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April 27, 2022
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Bulldogs earn 17 first-place votes to remain No. 1
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WINGATE TOPS NCBWA DIVISION II POLL

PEMBROKE, N.C. (NCBWA) –  A basket of mixed results last week swung favorably in the direction of defending national champion Wingate on Wednesday when the Bulldogs hauled in 17 out of a possible 19 first-place votes to solidify themselves atop the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25.

The Bulldogs, who tacked up three more wins last week with a home sweep of South Atlantic Conference foe Mars Hill, sport NCAA Division II’s 23rd-best scoring offense (8.9 runs/game), as well as one of the nation’s top pitching staffs (3.89 team ERA). Tampa and Point Loma collected the other to first-place votes in the Top 25 this week.

Florida Southern (No. 17) is back in the NCBWA Top 25 for the first time since March 24, 2021 (Week 6), while Slippery Rock (No. 18) made their first appearance in the national rankings since March 11, 2013 (Week 4). West Chester (No. 23) and UNC Pembroke (No. 24) are back in the Top 25 after short absences.

2022 NCBWA DIVISION II POLL (APRIL 27)
Rk. School [1st place] Location Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Wingate [17] Wingate, N.C. 41-6 473 1
2. Tampa [1] Tampa, Fla. 33-8 432 2
3. Point Loma [1] San Diego, Calif. 36-6 431 4
4. Central Missouri Warrensburg. Mo. 34-6 428 3
5. North Greenville Tigerville, S.C. 38-7 390 6
6. Southern Arkansas Magnolia, Ark. 35-9 361 7
7. Colorado Mesa Grand Junction, Colo. 31-9 359 10
8. Illinois Springfield Springfield, Ill. 33-6 333 13
9. Columbus State Columbus, Ga. 35-8 314 8
10. Angelo State San Angelo, Texas 36-10 296 14
11. Southern New Hampshire Manchester, N.H. 28-7 290 12
12. Trevecca Nazarene Nashville, Tenn. 33-13 226 9
13. West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas 34-12 216 5
14. Cal State Monterey Bay Seaside, Calif. 33-12 205 17
15. Newberry Newberry, S.C. 37-11 202 16
16. Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. 27-5 194 19
17. Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. 26-18 175 RV
18. Slippery Rock Slippery Rock, Pa. 27-9 147 RV
19. Rollins Winter Park, Fla. 31-12 119 11
20. Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. 33-7-1 113 22
21. Azusa Pacific Azusa, Calif. 29-13 92 24
22. Molloy Rockville Centre, N.Y. 27-11 88 21
23. West Chester West Chester, Pa. 24-9 55 RV
24. UNC Pembroke Pembroke, N.C. 32-13 51 RV
25. Lubbock Christian Lubbock, Texas 33-13 50 25
Also receiving votes: Delta State (27-12) 38; Lenoir-Rhyne (40-10) 21; Valdosta State (28-12) 15; Millersville (31-11) 14; Henderson State (33-12) 13; Grand Valley State (27-13) 12; Chico State (29-11) 11; Northeastern State (32-13) 6; Southern Connecticut State (26-9) 4; Texas A&M-Kingsville (28-14) 1.
Dropped out: Millersville (15); Delta State (18); Lenoir-Rhyne (20); Drury (23).

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2022 NCBWA Division II Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Tampa)
• Feb. 16 (Wingate)
• Feb. 23 (Wingate)
• March 2 (Wingate)
• March 9 (Nova Southeastern)
• March 16 (Wingate)
• March 23 (Tampa)
• March 30 (Tampa)		 • April 6 (Tampa)
• April 13 (Tampa)
• April 20 (Wingate)
• April 27 (Wingate)
• May 4 (Wingate)
• May 11 (North Greenville)
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