The seemingly-endless winter put Concord’s Baseball schedule into a deep freeze. But it hasn’t stopped the Mountain Lions from moving up in the rankings.
Concord stands at #6 in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division II Atlantic Region poll. Which means CU is up two spots – without having played a game.
Concord is one of five WVIAC programs in the top ten.
Here’s the complete NCBWA Top Ten. First-place votes are in parentheses; WVIAC teams are in italics.
RANK SCHOOL W-L PTS PREV
1 West Chester [PA] (6) 7-2 87 1
2 Kutztown [PA] (3) 5-0 84 3
3 Slippery Rock [PA] 2-2 64 4
4 Mercyhurst [PA] 3-4 60 2
5 West Virginia State 0-0 53 5
6 CONCORD 0-0 27 8
7 Pitt-Johnstown 0-0 26 9
T-8 California [PA] 0-2 23 6
T-8 Davis & Elkins 5-1 23 NR
10 Shepherd 0-3 16 7
Also receiving votes: Seton Hill (3-5) 11; Alderson-Broaddus (2-0) 6; Chowan [NC] (4-6-1) 4; Indiana [PA] (2-2) 2; Bloomsburg [PA] (3-4) 1; Lock Haven, [PA] (3-3) 1.
Concord is slated to finally begin the 2010 season on Sunday, March 7th, taking on Armstrong Atlantic State [GA] in the Savannah Invitational in Savannah, GA.