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RELEASE DATE: 4/19/10 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield moves up to No. 6 in NCBWA Atlantic Region poll
Mansfield, ranked No. 9 in last week’s poll, won seven of eight games last week including a four-game sweep over Shippensburg to improve to 26-14 on the season. The Mountaineers also improved to 11-9 in the PSAC East to take over sole possession of third-place in the division with four conference games remaining in the regular season. The top four teams from the PSAC East and PSAC West advance to the PSAC playoffs in Johnstown, PA starting on April 28. Mansfield travels to Lock Haven on Tuesday and will host Washington Adventist in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday starting at 1 p.m. at Shaute Field. The Mountaineers host East Stroudsburg on Friday in a PSAC East doubleheader before traveling to East Stroudsburg for the regular season finale on Saturday.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Atlantic Regional poll for games played through April 18, 2010 is as follows:
RANK W-L PTS PREV 1 Kutztown, Pa. (7) 30-9 97 1 2 West Chester, Pa. (3) 29-9 93 2 3 West Virginia State 25-6 80 4 4 Concord, W. Va. 22-5 64 6 5 California, Pa. 24-14 54 3 6 Mansfield, Pa. 26-13 43 9 7 Seton Hill, Pa. 27-16 41 5 8 Pitt-Johnstown, Pa. 23-14 27 7 9 Alderson-Broaddus,WV 23-12 22 8 10 Indiana, Pa. 23-30 14 NR
Dropped out: #10 Mercyhurst, Pa. . Also receiving votes: Mercyhurst, Pa. (21-19) 7 points; Slippery Rock, Pa. (21-20) 4 points; East Stroudsburg, Pa. (22-16) 3 points; St. Augustine’s, N.C. (35-19) 1 point; Shepherd, W. Va. (20-18) 1 point; West Virginia Wesleyan (20-10) 1 point.
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MANSFIELD
– On the strength of a 7-1 week, the Mansfield University baseball team jumped
up to No. 6 in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)
Division II Atlantic Regional poll released today.