Baseball Ninth in D3baseball.com Poll

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Shenandoah University is the pre-season No. 9 team in the D3baseball.com poll released Wednesday.

The Hornets, coming off of a 38-10 season in which the squad won the South Region title and made an appearance in the NCAA Division III national championships, have 361 points in the pre-season poll to come in just behind fellow 2009 championship participant Carthage (Wis.).

The Red Men eliminated SU with a 9-8, 11 inning victory on May 24 in the Hornets third game of the championship tournament.

2009 National Champion St. Thomas (Minn.) is the No. 1 selection in the poll, just ahead of Wooster (Ohio), the team the Tommies defeated for the national title.

Shenandoah finished the 2009 season as the No. 7 team in the final D3baseball.com poll and was announced last month as the No. 8 squad in the 2010 Collegiate Baseball pre-season poll.

Last week, coach Kevin Anderson's squad was announced as the pre-season favorite to win the 2010 USA South Conference race.

SU is scheduled to open the 2010 season on February 13 with two games in the second-ever ODAC-USA South Conference Challenge.

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