RELEASE DATE: 3/21/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mounties Ninth in This Week’s NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Poll

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team rode their current hot steak to a ninth place ranking in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Poll.

The Mountaineers are 13-9 overall on the season but have 11 of their last 13 games after starting the season off with a 2-7 mark.

Mansfield has appeared in the national or regional rankings every season since 1992.

The Mountaineers travel to California (PA) this Saturday before hosting California in a doubleheader on Sunday at Joe Shaute Field.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION

March 20, 2006 Division II North Atlantic Regional poll

1. West Virginia State (12-3) 60 points

2. Shepherd (18-5) 50 points

3. Ohio Valley (18-6) 43 points

4. East Stroudsburg (13-5) 40 points

5. Shippensburg (11-10) 38 points

6. Slippery Rock (9-5) 30 points

7. Kutztown (11-7) 27 points

8. Pitt-Johnstown (9-4) 22 points

9. Mansfield (13-9) 12 points

10. Davis & Elkins (11-7) 8 points

Also receiving votes: Charleston (9-9) 4 points, California (7-7) 2 points, Millersville (7-7) 1 point and West Chester (7-8) 1 point.