March 5, 2012

Braves Dip To 20th In Latest Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll

SAVANNAH, Ga. – On the heels of dropping its second-straight Peach Belt Conference series of the season on Monday, the bad news continued for the UNCP baseball team as the Braves dropped five spots to No. 20 in the latest top-30 poll by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

The Braves (14-5) are one of six NCAA Southeast Region teams included in this week's listing and join fellow PBC squads Columbus State (No. 10), North Georgia (15) and USC Aiken (T-17) in the latest edition of the rankings. Tusculum (12) and Catawba (23) were also included in this week's top-30 poll.

UNCP held steady at No. 5 in the CollegeBaseballLineup.com top 30 poll that was released late Sunday evening.

The Braves will open up a four-game road trip on Wednesday when they make the short trek up U.S. 74 to battle region rival Wingate (10-11) in a 6 p.m. contest at Ron Christopher Stadium and Plyler Athletic Field.

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous
1.	West Florida	13-3	476	2
2.	Tampa	13-2	454	1
	Central Missouri	6-1	454	2
4.	St. Cloud St.	9-1	426	6
5.	Seton Hill	7-1	418	5
6.	Grand Valley St.	3-1	412	4
7.	Delta St.	10-2	386	11
8.	Angelo St.	16-4	360	18
9.	Lynn	11-5	346	30
10.	Columbus St.	13-5	342	7
11.	St. Mary's (TX)	15-4	316	9
12.	Tusculum	17-2	310	12
13.	Cal. St. Chico	13-5	280	15
14.	LeMoyne	4-2	262	10
15.	North Georgia	10-4	258	13
16.	Emporia St.	6-3	224	8
17.	S.C. Aiken	12-4	212	22
	Harding	14-3	212	20
19.	Millersville	5-2	192	NR
20.	UNC Pembroke	14-4	166	15
	Southern Conn. St.	6-2	166	14
22.	Franklin Pierce	5-2	146	17
23.	Catawba	13-4	134	23
24.	Missouri Southern	11-0	112	NR
25.	Nova S.E.	10-2	76	29
26.	Minnesota St.-Mankato	7-2	72	26
27.	Southern Indiana	6-3	52	24
28.	West Texas A&M	9-2	32	RV
29.	North Alabama	14-5	18	19
	Cal. St. Monterey Bay	12-6	18	27
	Mercyhurst	9-4	18	25

Also Receiving Votes: Cal. Poly Pomona (16), Fancis Marion (14), Wayne St., MI (14), Western Oregon (10), Mesa St. (10), Sonoma St. (8), Texas A&M-Kingsville (6), Winona (4), Flagler (4), Wayne St., NE (2), Cameron (2), Armstrong Atlantic (2), Mt. Olive (1), Belmont Abbey (1), Florida Southern (1), Barry (1), Rollins (1), Florida Tech. (1), Eckerd (1), Shippensburg (1), New Mexico Highlands (1).