Doane with 96 points and seven first place votes is the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) baseball coaches' choice to win the 2013 league title.
The Tigers, who won the GPAC regular season last spring, posted a 36-21 record in 2012 (16-4 in the GPAC). Mount Marty won the GPAC Tournament in Lincoln, NE and joined Doane in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. Doane advanced to the championship game at the Marian, Indiana, NAIA Opening Round site (vs. Point Park).
The GPAC baseball season will consist of 20 games (11 doubleheaders) and conclude with the GPAC Postseason Tournament on May 2-4 in Hastings, Nebraska.
Points were assigned on a 10-1 basis and coaches' could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete GPAC Baseball 2013 preseason coaches' poll:
Team | Points | First Place Votes |
1. Doane | 96 | 7 |
2. Morningside | 90 | 3 |
3. Northwestern | 82 | |
4. Mount Marty | 73 | 1 |
5. Nebraska Wesleyan | 59 | |
6. Dakota Wesleyan | 58 | |
7. Concordia | 41 | |
8. Briar Cliff | 39 | |
9. Hastings | 37 | |
10. Midland | 19 | |
11. Dordt | 11 |
Photo from Doane Sports Information
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - Final Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 3rd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 9th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 2nd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 6th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| (RV) Central Methodist College vs | 9 |
| (RV) Morningside | 4 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) (Elimination Game) | |
| Hastings at | 2 |
| (17) Freed-Hardeman | 9 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round | |
| Doane vs | 0 |
| (10) Concordia University | 9 |
| NAIA National Championships | |
| (13) Concordia University vs | 8 |
| (25) Nebraska Wesleyan | 1 |
| NAIA National Championship (Mobile, Ala.) | |
| Hastings vs | 1 |
| (4) Oklahoma City University | 6 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round | |
| (6) Williams Baptist College vs | (5) | 17 |
| (RV) Morningside | 2 | |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) | ||
| (23) Univ of Science and Arts of Oklahoma vs | 5 |
| (RV) Northwestern | 4 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | |
| Midland vs | 2 |
| Bellevue University | 7 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Elimination Game) | |
| Hastings at | No Team Score |
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| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
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