The Owls received votes in this week's NCBWA national poll.
Baseball Receives Votes In NCBWA National Poll
Owls garner votes for first time this season
5/6/2008 2:01:24 PM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University baseball team appears in the “Others receiving votes” section of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Poll for the week of May 6, as announced Tuesday by the NCBWA. The Owls (33-15) collect votes at the national level for the first time this year after going 3-0 last week.
Mount Olive (49-5) of Conference Carolinas is currently the unanimous choice for the No. 1 national ranking, as it garnered all 10 first-place votes in its fifth consecutive week atop the poll.
Fellow Northeast-10 members Bryant (37-15) and Franklin Pierce (35-12) are nationally ranked 12th and 20th, respectively
The Owls return to action on Tuesday, May 6 when they visit Merrimack for the final Northeast-10 Conference contest of the regular season. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Warrior Field in North Andover, Mass.
NCBWA National Poll
(First place votes in parentheses)
1. Mount Olive (10)
2. Tampa
3. Delta State
4. Emporia State
5. Sonoma State
6. Southern Arkansas
7. West Alabama
8. Columbus State
9. California-San Diego
10. Saint Joseph’s (Ind.)
11. Tusculum
12. Bryant
13. Abilene Christian
14. West Chester
15. Central Missouri
16. South Carolina-Aiken
17. Chico State
18. Erskine
19. Nebraska-Omaha
20. Franklin Pierce
21. West Virginia State
22. Catawba
23. Concord
24. Mesa State
25. Wayne State
Others receiving votes: Wayne State, Grand Valley State, Metro State, Angelo State, Ouachita Baptist, Southern Connecticut State University, Southern Indiana, Carson-Newman, California State-Stanislaus, Minnesota State.