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Last Week |
Team |
Comment |
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1 |
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Mount Olive College Trojans Mount Olive (58-6) earned its first national championship with a 6-2 victory over Ouachita Baptist. The national championship is the first in school history for any Mount Olive athletics team. |
| 2 |
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22 |
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Ouachita Baptist Tigers Ouachita Baptist (51-16) recorded the most wins in school history as the NCAA Division II Championship runner ups. |
| 3 |
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4 |
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Sonoma State Seawolves The Seawolves (52-15) made their first National Championship appearance. A pair of one run losses to OBU ended the best season in Sonoma State baseball history. |
| 4 |
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11 |
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Central Missouri Mules The Mules (47-17) season ended at the Division II Championship semi-finals after a loss to eventual champ Mount Olive. CMU won Central Regional title on the way to Sauget. |
| 5 |
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3 |
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Tampa Spartans University of Tampa (42-11-1) saw its run at history and a three-peat come to an end after a heartbreaking, come from behind defeat at the hands of Ouachita Baptist. |
| 6 |
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NR |
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Ashland Eagles The Eagles (40-18) dropped out of the rankings the second half of the season, but finished strong, finishing second in the GLIAC and winning the NCAA Division II North Central Regional. |
| 7 |
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NR |
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Shippensburg Pennsylvania Raiders The Red Raiders (39-26) won the PSAC Western Division title and a North Atlantic region championship en route to their fourth Division II World Series appearance in school history. |
| 8 |
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14 |
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Franklin Pierce University Ravens Franklin Pierce (43-15) captured its third-straight NCAA II Northeast Regional Champioship enroute to the DII Championships, but went 0-2 in the tournament. |
| 9 |
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2 |
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Delta State Statesmen The Statesmen (48-11) were denied an opportunity to advance to the DII Championship after being upended by OBU in the South Central Region Tournament final. |
| 10 |
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5 |
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Southern Arkansas Muleriders The Muleriders (46-12) reached the 40-win plateau for the third consecutive year and were ranked No. 1 mid season, but were eliminated by Delta State in the South Central Region semi-finals. |
| 11 |
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8 |
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California State - Chico Wildcats Chico State (42-17) played in their 10th regional final in the last 13 years, but couldn't withstand the inexorable force Sonoma State who won the West. |
| 12 |
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9 |
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Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks Nebraska-Omaha (45-13) had an incredible second half of the season, losing only four times in 37 games. Unfortunately for the Mavs, two of the losses were to CMU in the Central Regional to end their season. |
| 13 |
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21 |
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South Carolina Aiken Pacers USC Aiken's (47-17) forty-seven wins were the most in the program?s NCAA era, and the third highest win total in the Pacers' 36-year history of the program. |
| 14 |
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6 |
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Tusculum College Pioneers Tusculum (41-15) had their fourth straight 40-win campaign and were the South Atlantic Tournament Champions, but couldn't get out of the South Regional to advance to Sauget. |
| 15 |
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11 |
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Columbus State Cougars The Cougars (43-19) had their outstanding season ended at the hands of eventual champs Mount Olive in the South Atlantic Regional. |
| 16 |
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10 |
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California - San Diego Tritons UCSD (43-18) established a new school record for wins, but had their season come to a bitter end after a tough one run loss to Chico State in the West Regional semi-finals. |
| 17 |
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7 |
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Emporia State Hornets ESU (50-10) making a regional appearance for the fifth straight year and at one time were ranked number two in the nation when had a thirty-five game winning streak. |
| 18 |
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15 |
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Abilene Christian Wildcats A incredible Southern Arkansas seven run rally eliminated the Wildcats (44-17) in the South Central Region to end their season in heartbreaking fashion. |
| 19 |
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24 |
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West Chester Pennsylvania Golden Rams West Chester (45-16) fell to Shippensburg in the North Atlantic Regional Championships by a single run. The Golden Rams suffered both tournament losses to the upstart Raiders. |
| 20 |
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18 |
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Catawba College Indians Catawba (43-18) lost a seesaw game to Tampa in the South Region Baseball Championship. It was the second time in three years and third time in the past five seasons that the Indians have made the post-season tournament. |
| 21 |
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NR |
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Wayne State - Michigan Warriors The Warriors' (34-19) season came to an end when they were shutout by conference rival Ashland in the championship game of the NCAA North Central Regional. |
| 22 |
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12 |
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West Alabama Tigers The Tigers (45-13) ended their season tying the school record for wins, but fell short in their goal of advancing to the Division II Baseball Championships. |
| 23 |
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16 |
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Grand Valley State Lakers The Lakers (34-13) were eliminated early in the North Central Regional, going 0-2 in the tournament. GVSU is one of three teams in DII baseball to appear in every NCAA DII Regional since 2002. |
| 24 |
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20 |
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West Virginia State Yellow Jackets WVSU (36-14) won their 16th WVIAC baseball championship, but were stymied in the North Atlantic Regional, scoring only three runs in two straight losses. |
| 25 |
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NR |
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Bryant Bulldogs Bryant (43-21) set a school record for wins and finished second to Franklin Pierce in the Northeast Regional. The Bulldogs will transition to DI level next year. |
| 26 |
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28 |
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Belmont Abbey College Crusaders Belmont Abbey (41-22) fell to Columbus State in the South Atlantic Regionals to end their season. The Crusaders established a new school record for wins in 2008. |
| 27 |
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30 |
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Carson-Newman College Eagles Carson-Newman (43-18) had a nice showing in the South Region Baseball Classic and went 2-2 in the South Regional to end their season disappointingly, but respectfully. |
| 28 |
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29 |
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Saint Josephs College - Indiana Pumas SJC (46-18) lost two leads to Ashland in the semi-finals of the North Central Regional to end the Pumas title aspirations. |
| 29 |
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17 |
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Wayne State College - Nebraska Wildcats The Wayne State Wildcats (40-13) reached 40 or more wins for the third time in the last five seasons. Their season ended in the Central Regional for the fifth consecutive year. |
| 30 |
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23 |
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Erskine College Flying Fleet The Flying Fleet (44-13) stumbled at the end, losing their last five games, but they did establish a new school record for wins and will be looking for more 2009. |