2008 Woodie Awards
Baseball tapped as pre-season favorites
By Matt Lombardo
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: Sports
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association last week released its 2008 NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Preseason Poll, and the West Chester University Golden Rams top the list. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Coaches also released their pre-season rankings and WCU is favored to win the conference there as well.
In the NCBW's pre-sesaon poll, West Chester received 84 points, and seven first place votes, and PSAC rival Slippery Rock earned 73 points in second. All told, five PSAC squads cracked the top 10, including defending conference champion Kutztown in fourth place, earning one first place vote in the process.
In 2007, the Golden Rams finished in second place to the Kutztown Golden Bears in the PSAC East, going 33-17 overall and boasting a 13-7 conference record. The Golden Rams, led by Head Coach Greg Mamula returns eight players to the lineup in 2008. West Chester travels to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to take on Caldwell in the opening game of the Myrtle Beach Tournament on Feb. 22nd.
Matt Lombardo is a third-year student majoring in communication studies with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at ML606516@wcupa.edu.
In the NCBW's pre-sesaon poll, West Chester received 84 points, and seven first place votes, and PSAC rival Slippery Rock earned 73 points in second. All told, five PSAC squads cracked the top 10, including defending conference champion Kutztown in fourth place, earning one first place vote in the process.
In 2007, the Golden Rams finished in second place to the Kutztown Golden Bears in the PSAC East, going 33-17 overall and boasting a 13-7 conference record. The Golden Rams, led by Head Coach Greg Mamula returns eight players to the lineup in 2008. West Chester travels to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to take on Caldwell in the opening game of the Myrtle Beach Tournament on Feb. 22nd.
Matt Lombardo is a third-year student majoring in communication studies with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at ML606516@wcupa.edu.
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