Post by HLFanaticus on Feb 14, 2017 23:52:58 GMT -6
Link per horizonleague.org: Wright State Tabbed Horizon League Baseball Favorite
INDIANAPOLIS (February 14, 2017) -- Wright State, under the direction of first-year head coach Jeff Mercer, has been selected as the Horizon League baseball preseason favorite by a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Raiders received six of a possible seven first-place votes and 47 of a possible 49 points. This is the third consecutive season that Wright State has been tabbed as the preseason favorite.
UIC picked up 40 points and a first-place vote to finish second in the preseason balloting, while Milwaukee finished third in the poll with 36 points. Valparaiso checked in at No. 4 in the coaches’ vote with 27 points. Northern Kentucky (22), Oakland and Youngstown State rounded out the poll.
INDIANAPOLIS (February 14, 2017) -- Wright State, under the direction of first-year head coach Jeff Mercer, has been selected as the Horizon League baseball preseason favorite by a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Raiders received six of a possible seven first-place votes and 47 of a possible 49 points. This is the third consecutive season that Wright State has been tabbed as the preseason favorite.
UIC picked up 40 points and a first-place vote to finish second in the preseason balloting, while Milwaukee finished third in the poll with 36 points. Valparaiso checked in at No. 4 in the coaches’ vote with 27 points. Northern Kentucky (22), Oakland and Youngstown State rounded out the poll.
