Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll Released
The 2013 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason baseball poll was released Sunday, January 27th by KIAC officials. KIAC coaches selected newcomer Point Park University as the top team. The Pioneers received five first-place votes and 35 total points. They were selected 6th nationally in the 2013 NAIA Baseball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. Last season, Point Park finished 53-11 overall and advanced to the Avista-NAIA World Series.
Indiana University Southeast was selected second by the coaches with one first-place vote and 31 total points. They finished as the KIAC tournament runner-up last season. Asbury was selected third in the conference with 21 total points after advancing to the NAIA National Tournament last year. Brescia University sits in the fourth spot in the preseason poll with 19 total points. Berea College is fifth with 12 points, followed by Alice Lloyd College with 8 points.
Conference play will begin in March. The season will conclude with the KIAC Tournament in late April.
Baseball | Points |
1) Point Park University (5) | 35 |
2) Indiana Univ. Southeast (1) | 31 |
3) Asbury University | 21 |
4) Brescia University | 19 |
5) Berea College | 12 |
6) Alice Lloyd College | 8 |