Tuesday,
June 10, 2008
TUSCULUM
RANKED NO. 14 IN FINAL PING!BASEBALL POLL
OMAHA, Neb. --- Tusculum College has ended the season ranked No. 14
in the 2008 Ping!Baseball
Division II Top 30 poll announced officials on Tuesday.
The Pioneers (41-15) dropped
eight spots and are one of three South Atlantic Conference listed in this year’s
final rankings.
Mount Olive captured its first
national championship, posting an impressive 58-6 worksheet and hold the top spot in this year’s final poll. Ouachita Baptist, who lost to the Trojans in
the national championship game, finished second, climbing 20 spots from the
previous poll. Sonoma State is third,
followed by Central Missouri State, Tampa, Ashland, Shippensburg, Franklin
Pierce, Delta State and Southern Arkansas to comprise the top 10.
CSU-Chico is 11th,
followed by Nebraska-Omaha, USC Aiken, Tusculum, Columbus State, UC San Diego,
Emporia State, Abilene Christian, West Chester, Catawba, Wayne State (Mich.),
West Chester, Catawba, Wayne State (Mich.), West Alabama, Grand Valley State, West
Virginia State, Bryant, Belmont Abbey, Carson-Newman, St. Joseph’s (Ind.),
Wayne State (Neb.) and Erskine.
Tusculum closed out the season on a 17-4 run, including four in a row to win
the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament, earning TC its second
straight trip to the NCAA II Tournament and fourth in the last six years. Tusculum accounted for its eighth consecutive
winning season and fourth straight 40-win campaign.
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Ping!Baseball
Division II National Rankings (Final) |
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|
Rk. |
Team |
Prv. |
|
1 |
Mount Olive |
1 |
|
2 |
Ouachita
Baptist |
22 |
|
3 |
Sonoma
State |
4 |
|
4 |
Central
Missouri State |
11 |
|
5 |
Tampa |
3 |
|
6 |
Ashland |
NR |
|
7 |
Shippensburg |
NR |
|
8 |
Franklin
Pierce |
14 |
|
9 |
Delta
State |
2 |
|
10 |
Southern
Arkansas |
5 |
|
11 |
CSU-Chico |
8 |
|
12 |
Nebraksa-Omaha |
9 |
|
13 |
USC
Aiken |
21 |
|
14 |
TUSCULUM |
6 |
|
15 |
Columbus
State |
11 |
|
16 |
UC
San Diego |
10 |
|
17 |
Emporia
State |
7 |
|
18 |
Abilene
Christian |
15 |
|
19 |
West
Chester |
24 |
|
20 |
Catawba |
18 |
|
21 |
Wayne
State (Mich.) |
NR |
|
22 |
West
Alabama |
12 |
|
23 |
Grand
Valley State |
16 |
|
24 |
West
Virginia State |
20 |
|
25 |
Bryant |
NR |
|
26 |
Belmont
Abbey |
28 |
|
27 |
Carson-Newman |
30 |
|
28 |
Saint
Joseph’s (Ind.) |
29 |
|
29 |
Wayne
State (Neb.) |
17 |
|
30 |
Erskine |
23 |
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Tusculum Opponents in Italics |
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