ESU baseball team ranked in preseason poll
ESU Media Relations
Saturday, December 27, 2008
The defending MIAA regular season champion Emporia State baseball team is ranked eighth in the 2009 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason Poll.
The Hornets were 50-10 in 2008 and won the MIAA regular season title for the second time in three years. They also played in the MIAA Tournament Championship for the fifth time in six years.
ESU is scheduled to open the 2009 season on Feb. 10 at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Okla. This season ESU will be playing in the South Central Region for the first time. The South Central Region is made up of MIAA, Lone Star and Heartland Conference schools. A total of five teams from the South Central Region are in the top 30 of the Preseason Poll.
NCAA Div. II Preseason Poll
2008 record Total points
1. Mount Olive 58-6 640
2. Tampa 42-11-1 618
3. Central Missouri 47-17 604
4. U.C. San Diego 43-18 590
5. Columbus St. 43-19 576
6. Southern Arkansas 46-12 540
7. Cal. St. Chico 42-17 536
8. Emporia State 50-10 534
9. Ouachita Baptist 51-16 522
10. S.C. Aiken 47-17 498
11. Abilene Christian 44-17 490
12. Delta St. 48-11 452
13. Ashland 40-18 448
14. Franklin Pierce 43-15 440
15. West Chester 45-16 410
16. Florida Southern 29-21 388
17. North Georgia Coll. 41-21 372
18. Angelo St. 39-19 360
19. Grand Valley St. 34-13 338
20. Wayne St., NE 40-13 328
21. Valdosta St. 36-18-1 320
22. Tusculum 41-15 300
23. Shippensburg 39-26 298
24. Cal. St. Stanislaus 37-23 238
25. West Alabama 45-13 232
26. Northern Kentucky 38-24 228
27. Mesa St. 42-17 218
28. St. Mary's, TX 39-17 212
29. Catawba 43-18 208
30. Western Oregon 39-19 184
31. St. Joseph's, IN 46-16 168
32. West Virginia St. 36-14 134
33. Francis Marion 34-20 114
34. Florida Tech. 35-20 86
34. Carson-Newman 43-18 86
36. Erskine 44-13 60
36. Lynn 33-19 60
38. Minnesota St. 28-25 56
39. Mansfield 31-20 54
40. Bellarmine 36-22 40
40. Cal. St. Los Angeles 29-22 40