USM Enters Postseason At #11 In The Nation
The USM Huskies will be the #2 seed for this week's Little East Conference tournament but nationally the Huskies will start postseason play as the #11 team in the country.
USM(29-11) moved up eight spots in the D3baseball.com/NCBWAA Poll.
The Huskies open LEC play Wednesday at 3:30 vs Eastern Conn St.
The #11 seed means USM stands a good chance of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA if they get tripped up in the conference tourney.
The Huskies have played in the Division III World Series eight times since 1991.
2016 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25
Through games of Sunday May 8, 2016
# | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
1 | Cortland (23) | 37-5 | 623 | 1 |
2 | Randolph-Macon (2) | 32-6-1 | 565 | 2 |
3 | Trinity (Texas) | 35-7 | 563 | 3 |
4 | UW-La Crosse | 31-8 | 544 | 4 |
5 | Birmingham-Southern | 37-11 | 521 | 5 |
6 | Emory | 30-10 | 467 | 6 |
7 | Oswego State | 32-9 | 415 | 7 |
8 | Ramapo | 33-10-1 | 384 | 9 |
9 | Shenandoah | 32-10 | 365 | 8 |
10 | Salisbury | 25-10 | 351 | 10 |
11 | Southern Maine | 29-11 | 347 | 19 |
12 | La Roche | 32-8 | 305 | 18 |
13 | North Central (Ill.) | 28-8 | 298 | 12 |
14 | Cal Lutheran | 31-11 | 249 | 24 |
15 | UW-Whitewater | 27-12 | 248 | 11 |
16 | Wartburg | 31-9 | 223 | 20 |
17 | Occidental | 32-10 | 219 | 13 |
18 | TCNJ | 30-10 | 195 | 16 |
19 | Concordia-Chicago | 29-11 | 173 | 14 |
20 | Whitworth | 29-11 | 163 | 21 |
21 | Keystone | 30-9 | 133 | 22 |
22 | Buena Vista | 31-9 | 129 | 23 |
23 | Frostburg State | 30-12 | 119 | 17 |
24 | St. Thomas | 25-13 | 77 | 15 |
25 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 30-11 | 61 | rv |
Dropped out: No. 25 Grinnell.