Trojans' baseball ranked No. 6 im regional poll

By MOC Sports Information
Published in Sports on May 11, 2006 2:09 PM

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Mount Olive slipped one spot to No. 6 in this week's NCAA Division II Baseball South Atlantic Region Poll, it was announced Wednesday.

It was the final poll of the regular season.

Mount Olive (39-14) captured its seventh Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference championship and earned an automatic berth in the South Atlantic Regional of the 2006 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.

This year marks the first year the CVAC champion has earned an automatic bid. Excluding exhibition games and scrimmages, the Trojans have been idle since April 29.

Peach Belt Conference teams hold down the top five spots: No. 1 Georgia College and State, No. 2 Francis Marion (S.C.), No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.), No. 4 Columbus State (Ga.) and No. 5 USC-Aiken. USC-Aiken moved ahead of Mount Olive after winning two-of-three games over Armstrong Atlantic State over the weekend.

In addition to Mount Olive, No. 7 Erskine and No. 10 Barton represent the CVAC.

Georgia College and State and Tampa (Fla.) hold down the top two spots for the third consecutive week.

Georgia College and State and Mount Olive are among six South Atlantic Region teams ranked in this week's top 25, joining No. 5 Francis Marion (S.C.), No. 15 Columbus State (Ga.), No. 16 USC-Aiken and No. 23 Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.). The Peach Belt Conference Tournament begins Thursday at Aiken, S.C.

Pairings and sites for the NCAA II Baseball Championship are expected to be announced Sunday. Six teams will compete in the South Atlantic Regional, which takes place May 18-21.