WINGATE, N.C. – Riding a 13-game winning streak, the East Stroudsburg University baseball team vaulted up to No. 17 in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25.
ESU sits at 16-3 overall and 8-0 in the PSAC East after defeating Pace yesterday on the road and sweeping all four games of the series from Shepherd last weekend.
Among other national rankings, the Warriors are ranked No. 24 by D2 Baseball Insider, No. 25 by Perfect Game and No. 30 by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
ESU returns to the diamond on Friday at 1 p.m. for a doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas at Creekview Park.
2024 NCBWA Division II Top 25 (Week Six – March 20, 2024)
|
Rank
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Institution (First-Place Votes)
|
Record
|
Points
|
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1.
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Tampa (19)
|
22-2
|
475
|
|
2.
|
Central Missouri
|
22-4
|
449
|
|
3.
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North Greenville
|
21-6
|
431
|
|
4.
|
West Texas A&M
|
19-7
|
389
|
|
5.
|
Point Loma
|
18-7-1
|
378
|
|
6.
|
Millersville
|
18-3
|
373
|
|
7.
|
Saint Leo
|
21-3
|
368
|
|
8.
|
Missouri Southern
|
23-5
|
348
|
|
9.
|
Young Harris
|
21-5
|
327
|
|
10.
|
Ashland
|
12-2
|
287
|
|
11.
|
Angelo State
|
20-9
|
263
|
|
12.
|
Northwest Nazarene
|
16-4-1
|
255
|
|
13.
|
Southern Arkansas
|
17-6
|
231
|
|
14.
|
West Florida
|
17-6
|
221
|
|
15.
|
North Georgia
|
19-4
|
196
|
|
16.
|
Molloy
|
12-5
|
193
|
|
17.
|
East Stroudsburg
|
15-3
|
170
|
|
18.
|
Wayne State (Mich.)
|
11-6
|
143
|
|
19.
|
Cal State Monterey Bay
|
17-7
|
140
|
|
20.
|
Augustana (S.D.)
|
13-4
|
117
|
|
21.
|
UNC Pembroke
|
20-6
|
111
|
|
22.
|
Lee
|
18-8
|
64
|
|
23.
|
Colorado Mesa
|
13-8
|
63
|
|
24.
|
Seton Hill
|
12-5
|
41
|
|
25.
|
Central Oklahoma
|
22-5
|
36
|
Others receiving votes: Mount Olive (16-8) 27 points; Goldey-Beacom (14-8) 23 points; Lubbock Christian (18-8) 20 points; Maryville (14-6) 15 points; Westmont (18-7-3) 9 points; Rollins (14-8) 5 points; Barton (22-5) 3 points; Southern New Hampshire (11-8); 2 points; Bentley (14-5) 1 point; San Fransisco State (17-9) 1 point
Dropped Out: West Chester (13th); Mount Olive (18th) Lubbock Christian (22nd); Illinois Springfield (24th)