PEMBROKE, N.C. – The East Stroudsburg University baseball team was ranked tied for 23rd in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Preseason Top 25, released on Wednesday.
This week, the Warriors were picked third in the NCBWA Atlantic Region Preseason Poll and
Chase Nowak was named to the All-Atlantic Region First Team.
ESU, who finished last season ranked 22nd by the NCBWA, return a quartet of All-PSAC players in
Ben Piripavel,
Jack Rothenhausler,
Brent Francisco and Nowak.
First pitch for the Warriors' 2023 season is schedule for Saturday, February 11, against Barton at 11 a.m.
2023 NCBWA Division II Top 25 (Preseason – January 25, 2023)
Rank Team (Final 2022 Record) Points
1. North Greenville (54-10) 468
2. Southern Arkansas (47-13) 438
3. Tampa (44-13) 424
4. Point Loma Nazarene (51-10) 428
5. Angelo St. (51-14) 399
6. Columbus St. (46-13) 336
7. West Chester (36-15) 332
8. Southern New Hampshire (46-12) 330
9. Illinois Springfield (48-11) 324
10. Rollins (43-17) 313
11. Colorado Mesa (43-17) 283
12. Wingate (48-10) 272
13. Central Missouri (45-9) 269
14. Azusa Pacific (38-19) 210
15. Augustana, SD (47-13-1) 179
16. Lenoir-Rhyne (46-13) 154
17. West Texas A&M (39-19) 152
18. Lee (33-24) 147
19. Millersville (42-14) 136
20. Quincy (37-25) 127
21. Molloy (40-15) 104
22. Nova Southeastern (36-17) 58
T23. East Stroudsburg (41-20) 47
T23. Minnesota State (39-9) 47
25. Cal State Monterey Bay (38-17) 44
