April 6th D2 Baseball Top 25: Two New Teams Enter the Top 10 for the First Team, Two Teams Enter the Rankings for the First Time

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In the latest D2 Baseball Top 25 rankings, Colorado Mesa (34-3), Tampa (28-5), and Catawba (28-7) remain in the top three spots. Colorado Mesa swept its four-game series against Adams State. Both Tampa and Catawba dropped their first game to Florida Southern and Anderson, respectively, but won both games of the Saturday doubleheader.

North Greenville (32-7) jumps one spot to No.4 after a 4-0 week that including sweeping then No.13 Young Harris on back-to-back walkoffs in the D2 Baseball Series of the Week.

Pittsburg State (28-7) dropped one spot after a 2-1 week where they won a road series against Fort Hays State, which included a 4-homer game by Dagen Brewer and a cycle by Isaac Webb in the same game. Point Loma (32-7) moves up 4 spots to No.6 after a weekend sweep at Hawaii-Hilo. Grand Valley State (26-6) split a four-game series on the road at rival Wayne State (MI) and drops one spot to No.7.

Francis Marion (30-8) moves up three spots to No.8 after a home series win against RV UNC Pembroke and a midweek win at Newberry.

UT Tyler (29-9) moves up five spots to No.9 after a road series win against RV UT Dallas, winning three of the four games.

Rogers State (30-5) rounds out the Top 10, going 3-1 with its first ever series win at Central Missouri with a midweek win over Central Oklahoma. The Hillcats now have a two-game lead in the MIAA at 18-3, over Northwest Missouri State, who they play this weekend.

West Alabama (28-8) moves up one spot to No.11. The Tigers won a home series against Trevecca Nazarene with a midweek win over Tuskegee, going 3-1 on the week.

Lenoir-Rhyne (26-8-1) dropped four spots to No.12 after a 2-2 week. The Bears won a midweek game against Georgia College before dropping two of three in a road series against Newberry.

North Georgia (31-9) moves up two spots to No.13 after sweeping Georgia Southwestern over the weekend and a midweek loss to Lee, going 3-1.

Cal State Monterey Bay (25-9) moves up three spots with a 3-1 weekend against Cal Poly Pomona, who split a four-game series against Colorado Mesa.

Central Missouri (25-8) went 1-3 and fell eight spots to No.15. The Mules dropped a midweek game to now No.24 Northwest Missouri State on the road. Then, at home, Central Missouri lost two of three against now No.10 Rogers State.

Young Harris (28-10) went 1-3 with a win over Tusculum in the midweek before getting swept by Top 5 North Greenville. With the closeness of the games, Young Harris drops only three spots to No.16.

Belmont Abbey (28-8) moves seven spots to No.17 after continuing their win streak to 12 games, after winning two midweek games against ranked Wingate and Augusta.

West Chester (22-5) moves up four spots to No.18 after a series win against Kutztown, winning three of four games.

Wayne State (MI) (23-7) remains at No.19 with a series split over four games against Grand Valley State.

Seton Hill (25-6) moves up three spots to No.20 after going 4-1. It started with a midweek loss to Shepherd before Seton Hill swept its four game series against Lock Haven.

Rollins (23-9) stays the same at No.21 with a sweep over Florida Tech and a midweek loss to Flagler.

West Florida (27-9) won a road game against Spring Hill before getting swept at home by Lee, causing the drop of 13 spots to No.22. The Argos recently announced they will be moving to Division I next season.

Wingate (28-10) went 2-2 this past week, losing a midweek to Belmont Abbey before a series win against Carson-Newman. The Bulldogs drop seven spots to No.23.

Northwest Missouri State (26-9) and MSU Denver (28-6) enter at No.24 and No.25, respectively, after 4-0 weeks. Northwest Missouri State beat Central Missouri in a midweek game and swept UAFS. MSU Denver has now won 14 in a row.

Conference Top 25 Breakdown:

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

CCAA, Lone Star, PacWest, Peach Belt - 1 each

Region Top 25 Breakdown:

Southeast (9), South (4), Central (4)

Atlantic, Midwest, South Central, West - 2 each

ENTERED: Northwest Missouri State (24), MSU Denver (25)

DROPPED: Augustana (18), Westmont (25)

RECEIVING VOTES (ALPHABETICAL): Augustana (24-8), Bentley (22-8), Eckerd (24-8), Emporia State (27-8), Frostburg State (24-6), Illinois Springfield (25-8), Millersville (21-10), Minnesota State (19-7), Northwest Nazarene (27-11), St. Mary's (TX) (28-10) Trevecca Nazarene (26-12), UNC Pembroke (25-11), USC Aiken (26-12), UT Dallas (27-11), Westmont (21-9)

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