The Baseball Observer - Jan/ Feb 2017
NCAA DII TEAMS TO WATCH
The Collegiate Baseball News has Nova Southeastern #1 and University of Tampa #2 (no surprise). The following are a few others to keep an eye on.
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The defending MIAA Regular Season, Tournament,
and Central Region
Champion Central
Missouri baseball team
will begin the 2017
season ranked
No. 3 as the
American Baseball
Coaches Association
(ABCA)/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper preseason poll was announced.
UCM was 43-15 a season ago, including a 32-7 mark in MIAA play as the Mules claimed the conference's regular season championship by five games. The Mules went on to capture the MIAA Tournament title before sweeping through the Central Region Tournament en route to their 17th regional crown in program history. The Mules advanced to the Division II World Series where they finished in a tie for fifth place.
Defending national champion Nova Southeastern was ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, garnering 629 points. Tampa was second with 626 points with the Mules totaling 622 points. Southern New Hampshire was fourth with Millersville rounding out the top five.
The Mules open their 2017 campaign Feb. 3-5 in Millington, Tenn. against North Alabama.
SAN ANGELO – With opening day for the Rams less than two months
away, the Angelo State
baseball team was
ranked No. 8 in the
Collegiate Baseball
D2 Preseason Poll.
After once again setting high marks for the program last season with its second consecutive and third overall trip to the NCAA D2 College World Series, ASU will be returning the majority of its 2016 roster. The Rams completed its 2016 season claiming the Lone Star Conference regular season title and the NCAA DII South Central Regional title with a record of 39-22, 25-10 LSC. This
NCAA DII South Central Regional title with a record of 39-22, 25-10 LSC. This marked the third time it claimed the Lone Star Conference regular season title and the NCAA DII Regional championship since the program's inception in 2005. The Rams will be looking to returning players such as Matt Shannon, Jay Gonzales, Matt Waller, Tyler Coolbaugh, and Elias Aguirre amongst several others to lead them into the 2017 season.
Angelo State will open its season with a three game home series against Regis University with the first pitch scheduled to take place on Friday, February 3 at 3 p.m.
#3
Central
Missouri
Courtesy: ucmathletics.com
SAN ANGELO
#8
Courtesy: angelosports.com
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