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Wednesday, January 23, 2001 PRESBYTERIAN
PICKED FOURTH IN THE ROCK
HILL, SC –– Presbyterian College baseball has
been picked fourth in the 2002 preseason South Atlantic
Conference (SAC) coaches poll announced today by league
officials. Presbyterian was tabbed to finish fourth with 39 points. The Blue Hose, who posted a 30-29 overall record and finished third in the SAC regular season in 2001, received one first-place vote. PC returns the entire starting infield and six pitchers this season. Carson-Newman
College and Lenoir-Rhyne College, who had three exciting
battles in the 2001 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference
Baseball Tournament, were picked to finish in a tie for
first place for the 2002 season. Each school picked up
three first-place votes, in the voting by the eight head
baseball coaches in the league, and 56 total points. Lenoir-Rhyne
is the defending SAC regular-season and tournament
champs after going 33-18 last season. After losing to
the Eagles in the semifinals of the SAC Tournament, the
Bears came back to beat the Eagles twice in the finals
to claim the tournament title.
Lenoir-Rhyne jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the
second game, but Carson-Newman rallied back. The Eagles
trimmed the lead to 7-6, but an eighth-inning rally was
cut short by a Lenoir-Rhyne double-play. Wingate
University was picked to finish third with 51 points
while garnering one first place vote. The Bulldogs
received an at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals last
year. Catawba
College garnered 32 points for a fifth-place predicted
finish. Tusculum College was picked to finish sixth with
25 points followed by Mars Hill College and Newberry
College. 2002 SAC BASEBALL COACHES POLL
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