The Pilots added another big win to their resume for the 2010 campaign with a convincing 12-4 with over the #1 team in all three Top 25 polls in NCAA Division II, Southern Arkansas University. The win came one week after the Pilots took down NCAA Division I's Louisiana Tech University by a final score of 10-7.
LSU Shreveport could impress the voters again this week with a double header against Northwood University of the Red River Athletic Conference. Northwood received enough notes for a 26th ranking in this week's poll. The Pilots and Knights are scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch in game one of a double dip on Wednesday afternoon at Knights field in Cedar Hill, Texas.
The Pilots will be on the road again this week after a three-game series sweep over Loyola last weekend in Westwego by final scores of 7-3 in game one, 26-3 in game two, and a 9-2 final score on Sunday.
This weekend the Pilots will travel to Tougaloo, Mississippi, for another three-game series versus the Tougaloo Bulldogs. If LSUS sweeps Tougaloo for three games and William Carey defeats Belhaven in one of their three games this weekend then the Pilots would propel to the top of the GCAC standings.
2010 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - (April 20)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES) |
2010 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (24) |
33-3 |
684 |
|
2 |
2 |
Cumberland University (Tenn.) |
37-8 |
662 |
|
3 |
3 |
Oklahoma City University |
32-8 |
629 |
|
4 |
4 |
University of British Columbia |
31-8 |
593 |
|
5 |
5 |
California Baptist University |
34-11 |
590 |
|
6 |
6 |
Lee University (Tenn.) |
38-10 |
584 |
|
7 |
7 |
Lubbock Christian University (Texas) |
30-10 |
543 |
|
8 |
8 |
Bellevue University (Neb.) |
30-6 |
539 |
|
9 |
10 |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) |
32-14 |
484 |
|
10 |
11 |
Belhaven University (Miss.) |
34-11 |
481 |
|
11 |
13 |
Vanguard University (Calif.) |
30-10 |
454 |
|
12 |
13 |
Louisiana State University Shreveport |
35-9 |
438 |
|
13 |
12 |
Union University (Tenn.) |
32-9 |
431 |
|
14 |
15 |
Madonna University (Mich.) |
30-6 |
385 |
|
15 |
9 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) |
30-11-1 |
367 |
|
16 |
18 |
Faulkner University (Ala.) |
35-16 |
346 |
|
17 |
17 |
York College (Neb.) |
35-7 |
309 |
|
18 |
22 |
Southern Polytechnic State University (Ga.) |
42-9 |
302 |
|
19 |
20 |
Avila University (Mo.) |
30-9 |
264 |
|
20 |
21 |
Campbellsville University (Ky.) |
31-15 |
204 |
|
21 |
23 |
College of Idaho |
29-11 |
199 |
|
22 |
RV |
Missouri Baptist University |
30-10 |
169 |
|
23 |
16 |
Brewton-Parker College (Ga.) |
34-15 |
162 |
|
24 |
19 |
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) |
24-12 |
151 |
|
25 |
RV |
University of South Carolina - Beaufort |
35-10 |
138 |
Others receiving votes:
Northwood University (Texas) 136; Tennessee Wesleyan College 133; University of Rio Grande (Ohio) 110; Union College (Ky.) 93; Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 88; Taylor University (Ind.) 84; William Jewell College (Mo.) 60; Indiana University Southeast 22; Jamestown College (N.D.) 16; Thomas University (Ga.) 15; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 7; Judson University (Ill.) 4; Warner University (Fla.) 3; Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) 3; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 1; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 1; Dickinson State University (N.D.) 1; Biola University (Calif.) 1; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 1; William Carey University (Miss.) 1
* Record as submitted by the conference rater and through games played on April 18.
2010 GCAC Standings
School GCAC Overall Streak
10Belhaven 22-6 .786 34-11 .756 Won 4
12LSU Shreveport 21-7 .750 35-9 .796 Won 5
William Carey 18-10 .643 25-23 .521 Lost 1
Spring Hill 14-15 .483 25-21 .544 Won 1
Mobile 13-18 .419 20-27 .426 Lost 1
Loyola 11-19 .367 14-22 .389 Lost 3
Tougaloo 1-25 .039 2-42 .046 Lost 27
