SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (May 3) - The Wheeling University baseball team moved up one spot to No. 9 in the most recent National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) Division II Atlantic Region Poll unveiled Monday.
The Cardinals (26-10, 21-7 MEC) went 5-2 last week and clinched the Mountain East Conference (MEC) North Division crown. Wheeling swept the back-end of its series with Notre Dame (Ohio) on Monday, held on for a wild 18-17 non-conference win at Indiana (Pa.) on Tuesday, and split its four-game series with Alderson Broaddus this past weekend.
Seton Hill remained at the top of the poll with all 12 first-place votes, followed by Charleston and Millersville in the top-three.
The Atlantic Region is made up of teams in the MEC, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and two independent teams (Virginia State and Bluefield State).
The NCBWA poll is a media poll and not used in determining the teams who will compete in the NCAA Atlantic Regional Tournament.
The Cardinals will wrap up the regular-season with a split-series against West Liberty (18-17, 16-12 MEC) next weekend. Wheeling will travel to West Liberty on Friday, May 7 for a doubleheader, before welcoming the Hilltoppers to the JB Chambers Complex on Sunday, May 9 to conclude the series. Games on both dates are slated to begin at 1 p.m.
| ATLANTIC REGION |
| Rank |
Team (1st Place Votes) |
Record |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1 |
Seton Hill (12) |
25-4 |
120 |
1 |
| 2 |
Charleston, W. Va. |
30-6 |
106 |
2 |
| 3 |
Millersville |
22-10 |
98 |
3 |
| t4 |
Mercyhurst |
22-13 |
68 |
5 |
| t4 |
West Virginia State |
28-7 |
68 |
7 |
| 6 |
West Chester |
17-9 |
55 |
8 |
| 7 |
Slippery Rock |
18-11 |
53 |
4 |
| 8 |
Cal, Pa. |
22-14 |
38 |
9 |
| 9 |
Wheeling |
26-10 |
28 |
10 |
| 10 |
Shepherd |
19-12-1 |
23 |
6 |
| Receiving Votes: Bloomsburg (16-12) 2 points; Gannon (17-13) 1 point |
| Dropped Out: - |
