The Baseball Observer April 2015 vol 2 | Page 57

NCAA DII Round – Up Last Week: April 27th-May 3rd Pre-season rankings had the top 5 as: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Southern Indiana Tampa Lander Seton Hill Colorado Mesa Last Week (4/27/15) Starting Polls 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Franklin Pierce (30-2) St. Cloud St. (41-3) Minnesota St. (29-4) Colorado-Mesa (39-6) Nova Southeastern (36-10) During the week: #1 Franklin Pierce won at Saint Anselm on 4/28 by the score of 15-9. Sophomore third baseman Jay Jabs was a perfect 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and scored three times. #2 St. Cloud St. on 4/29 added two more wins to its season totals with a doubleheader sweep at Minnesota Duluth – 20-8 and 10-8. #3 Minnesota St. swept Wayne State on 4/29 defeating them 10-2 and 10-0. Head coach Matt Magers picked up win number 300. #4 Colorado-Mesa was idle during the week. #5 Nova Southeastern was idle during the week. Weekend play top five: No. 1/3 Baseball Jumps Out Front Early, Cruises to 12-0 Win at Bentley on Regular Season’s Penultimate Day Source: Franklin Pierce Athletics 5/1/15: WALTHAM, Mass. – Junior center fielder Maxx Sheehan went 3-for-4 with a walk and scored three runs on Friday afternoon, as the No. 1/3 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University baseball team hammered out 18 more hits en route to a 12-0 whitewashing of Bentley to open a three-game Northeast-10 Conference, Northeast Division weekend series at DeFelice Field. Senior right-hander Brendan O'Rourke and junior right-hander Miles Sheehan combined to strike out 11 in the Ravens' 13th shutout of the season…read more