April 13th D2 Baseball Top 25: Two New Teams Enter the Rankings, a new No.2 in D2 Baseball

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There is a slight change to the Top 5 in the April 13th D2 Baseball Top 25 rankings. Colorado Mesa (38-3) remains at No.1 after a home sweep of UCCS in one of our six series to watch picks. North Greenville (36-7) jumps two spots to No.2 after a 4-0 week. The Trailblazers beat Anderson in a midweek before a road sweep of RV UNC Pembroke in another series to watch pick. Catawba (32-7) stays at No.3, beating ranked Belmont Abbey in extras in the midweek with a weekend sweep over Lincoln Memorial. Tampa drops to No.4, going 2-2 on the week. The Spartans lost a midweek game to Valdosta State and went 2-1 against Nova Southeastern, going 2-2 on the week. It took a go-ahead 9th-inning home run by Jordan Evans to avoid the series loss to NSU.

Pittsburg State (31-8) remains at No.5 after a 3-1 week. The Gorillas swept Northeastern State on the road over the weekend but lost a midweek game against Missouri Southern. Point Loma (32-7) was idle this week and remains at No.6.

Grand Valley State (30-6) went 4-0 over the weekend against Roosevelt on the road. The Lakers hit six home runs in the final game of the series to complete the sweep, winning 22-6. Francis Marion (34-8) swept the week, going 4-0 with a midweek win over Lander and a home sweep against Ferrum.

UT Tyler (33-9) remains at No.9 after a sweep at Sul Ross State. The two teams played three games on Friday. Rogers State (33-6) remains at No.10, taking two of three against then-ranked Northwest Missouri State in a series to watch pick. The Hillcats also beat Arkansas-Fort Smith in a midweek game.

West Alabama (31-9) went 3-1 this week, beating Mississippi College in a midweek contest before winning both games of the doubleheader Saturday to win the series against No.22 West Florida in the D2 Baseball Series of the Week.

Lenoir-Rhyne (30-8-1) remains at No.12 with a 4-0 week, beating Barton in a midweek game with a weekend sweep over Emory & Henry. Belmont Abbey (31-9) moves four spots to No.13 with a sweep over Southern Wesleyan and a tightly contested extra-inning loss to No.3 Catawba.

Cal State Monterey Bay (28-10) remains at No.14 after a 3-1 series win against Cal State San Marcos.

Central Missouri (28-9) won a midweek against Drury and won two of three against Fort Hays State, going 3-1 on the week and remaining at No.15.

Young Harris (31-11) went 3-1 with a series win over Emmanuel in the Roar War and a midweek win over Mars Hill.

North Georgia (34-11) drops four spots to No.17. The Nighthawks went 3-2 on the week, splitting a doubleheader against Nova Southeastern with a series win against Columbus State.

Seton Hill (29-7) moves up two spots to No.18 after a four-game sweep against Pitt-Johnstown. Seton Hill lost a midweek game to Frostburg State, going 4-1 on the week.

Wayne State (MI) (26-8) remains at No.19 with a series win over Saginaw Valley State.

Rollins (28-9) moves up one spot to No.20 with a three-game sweep over Barry on the road.

Saint Mary's (TX) (32-10) enters the Top 25 for the first time this season after the Rattlers swept Cameron in four games.

West Florida (30-11) went 3-2 on the week, beating Columbus State twice before dropping two of three games to No.11 West Alabama. The Argonauts remain at No.23.

Wingate (30-12) went 2-2 on the week, as they lost to RV UNC Pembroke in the midweek, but won two of three against Newberry.

MSU Denver (31-7) moves up to No.24 after a series win over Colorado Christian, going 3-1 on the week. Minnesota State (25-8) enters the Top 25 at No.25 after going 6-1 on the week, winning two games each against Bemidji State, Wayne State (NE), and Southwest Minnesota State.

Conference Top 25 Breakdown:

Conference Carolinas (4), MIAA (3), SAC (3), Sunshine State (2), Lone Star (2), GLIAC (2), Gulf South (2), RMAC (2)

CCAA, NSIC, PacWest, Peach Belt, PSAC - 1 each

Region Top 25 Breakdown:

Southeast (8), South (4), South Central (4), Central (4), West (2), Midwest (2), Atlantic (1)

ENTERED: St. Mary's (TX) (21), Minnesota State (25)

DROPPED: West Chester (18), Northwest Missouri State (24)

RECEIVING VOTES (ALPHABETICAL): Angelo State (28-14), Augustana (28-9), Bentley (26-9), Eckerd (26-10), Emporia State (28-11), Flagler (27-13), Lee (28-13) Missouri S&T (25-10), Northwest Missouri State (27-12), Northwest Nazarene (27-11), Shippensburg (23-12), UNC Pembroke (26-14), USC Aiken (30-12), UT Dallas (30-12), West Chester (24-8)

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