Posted: Mar 31, 2009
Bay City, Mich. -- The Grand Valley State University baseball team is ranked #1 for the third consecutive week in the latest NCBWA Division II Poll. The Lakers (24-3) received ten first-place votes to remain in the top spot. Ashland University (20-8) is listed at #14 this week, an improvement of four positions from last week.
There are four GLIAC baseball teams which appear in this week's Midwest Region Rankings. Grand Valley holds the top spot with its 24-3 record. Ashland sits at no. 2 in the region with a record of 20-8 while Wayne State University (14-10) and Northwood University (12-9) occupy the ninth and tenth positions, respectively.
NCBWA Division II National Poll (3/31)
| No | School | Record | (1st) | Points | LW |
| 1 | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | 24-3 | 10 | 366 | 1 |
| 2 | Southern Arkansas | 28-7 | 4 | 358 | 2 |
| 3 | Mesa State (Colo.) | 28-5 | 1 | 347 | 3 |
| 4 | Emporia State (Kan.) | 23-5 | 323 | 4 | |
| 5 | Barry (Fla.) | 27-3 | 314 | 5 | |
| 6 | UC San Diego | 19-7 | 289 | 7 | |
| 7 | Florida Southern | 28-5 | 276 | 8 | |
| 8 | Kutztown (Pa.) | 22-5 | 257 | 9 | |
| Tusculum (Tenn.) | 25-9 | 257 | 12 | ||
| 10 | Abilene Christian (Texas) | 28-10 | 232 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sonoma State (Calif.) | 21-8 | 196 | 11 | |
| 12 | West Alabama | 23-8 | 187 | 14 | |
| 13 | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 21-8 | 163 | 10 | |
| 14 | Ashland (Ohio) | 20-8 | 148 | 18 | |
| 15 | Georgia College & State | 22-9 | 147 | 16 | |
| 16 | Cameron (Okla.) | 26-9 | 131 | RV | |
| 17 | West Chester (Pa.) | 22-8 | 127 | 21 | |
| 18 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 17-6 | 98 | 24 | |
| 19 | Tampa (Fla.) | 26-10 | 80 | RV | |
| 20 | Texas-Permian Basin | 24-8 | 75 | NR | |
| 21 | UMass Lowell | 11-6 | 68 | 19 | |
| 22 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 19-14 | 54 | NR | |
| 23 | Angelo State (Texas) | 25-11 | 45 | 13 | |
| 24 | Delta State (Miss.) | 21-11 | 41 | RV | |
| 25 | Erskine (S.C.) | 25-8 | 38 | 25 | |
| DROPPED OUT: Cal State L.A. (15), Colorado
State-Pueblo (17), Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (20), Southern Indiana
(22), Lynn (Fla.) (23). OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Southern Indiana 36, Colorado State-Pueblo 26, Nebraska-Omaha 24, Columbus State (Ga.) 20, Dowling (N.Y.) 19, Saint Cloud State (Minn.) 18, California (Pa.) 17, Cal State L.A. 14, Lynn (Fla.) 11, Nova Southeastern (Fla.) 11, USC Aiken 11, New Mexico Highlands 10, Cal State Stanislaus 9, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 7, Southwest Minnesota State 6, Florida Tech 5, Francis Marion (S.C.) 4, Saint Edward's (Texas) 4, Valdosta State (Ga.) 3, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 2, Chico State (Calif.) 1. | |||||
| No | School | Record | (1st) | Points | LW |
| 1 | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | 24-3 | 6 | 60 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashland (Ohio) | 20-8 | 54 | 2 | |
| 3 | Southern Indiana | 18-8 | 45 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bellarmine (Ky.) | 18-10 | 42 | 4 | |
| 5 | Rockhurst (Mo.) | 19-9 | 37 | 5 | |
| 6 | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 21-10 | 32 | 6 | |
| 7 | Northern Kentucky | 17-12 | 18 | 7 | |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's (Ind.) | 17-11 | 17 | 8 | |
| 9 | Wayne State (Mich.) | 14-10 | 16 | RV | |
| 10 | Northwood (Mich.) | 12-9 | 6 | 10 | |
| DROPPED OUT: Drury (Mo.) (9). OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Drury (Mo.) 2, Quincy (Ill.) 1. | |||||