Great Plains Athletic Conference

Nebraska Wesleyan is Preseason Pick in GPAC Baseball Poll for 2010

Posted by Corey Westra - Tue, Jan 26, 2010 - [ Baseball ] - Viewed 980 times

2010 GPAC Baseball Preseason Poll

Nebraska Wesleyan with 130 points and six first place votes is the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) baseball coaches' choice to win the 2010 league title. The Prairie Wolves, champions of the GPAC regular season last spring, posted a 28-13 record in 2009 (18-6 in the GPAC). Dakota Wesleyan, who claimed the GPAC postseason title, is picked second with 112 points and three first place votes. Briar Cliff is tabbed third with 111 points. Morningside took three first place votes and is picked fourth with 109, while Doane took the final first place vote in the balloting.

The GPAC baseball season will once again consist of 24 games (12 doubleheaders) and conclude with the GPAC Postseason Tournament on May 6-8 in Mitchell, South Dakota, at Cadwell Park and Drake Field.

Points were assigned on a 12-1 basis and coaches' could not vote for their own team.

Here is the complete GPAC Baseball 2010 preseason coaches' poll:

Team	Points	First Place Votes
1. Nebraska Wesleyan	130	6
2. Dakota Wesleyan	112	3
3. Briar Cliff	111
4. Morningside	109	3
5. Mount Marty	103
6t. Doane	83	1
6t. Sioux Falls	83
8. Hastings	82
9. Midland Lutheran	73
10. Northwestern	55
11. Concordia	37
12. Dana	20
13. Dordt	16