The University of Southern Indiana baseball team moved back into the national rankings this week after taking three of four from Bellarmine University last weekend. The Screaming Eagles re-enter the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper/ABCA Top 30 poll (the official NCAA Division II coaches’ poll) at number 30, while moving up in the HeroSports.com Division Top 25 to 14th.
USI resumes action Wednesday when it travels to the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a 2 p.m. non-conference match-up before continuing GLVC action Saturday and Sunday by hosting the University of Illinois-Springfield for a pair of doubleheaders. First pitch for the Eagles-Prairie Stars doubleheaders is 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday.
Collegiate Baseball/ABCA Top 30 Poll
Rank   Team
1. St. Cloud St.
2. Millersville
3. Franklin Pierce
4. Colorado Mesa
5. West Alabama
6. S.C.-Aiken
7. Tampa
8. Florida Southern
9. S. New Hampshire
10. Emporia State
11. West Texas A&M
12. East Stroudsburg
13. Missouri Southern
14 Indianapolis
15. Cal. Baptist
Lubbock Christian
17. Quincy
18. Belmont Abbey
19. Cal. St. Monterey Bay
20. Lander
21. St Edward’s
22. Texas A&M-Kingsville
Chico State
24. Delta State
25. Dixie State
26. North Greenville
27. Nova Southeastern
28. Cal. Poly Pomona
29. Seton Hill
30. Southern Indiana
Receiving Votes:Â Angelo State, West Florida ,U.C. San Diego, Tusculum, Arkansas-Monticello, Florida Tech, Lincoln Memorial.
HeroSports.com Top 25
1. St. Cloud St
2. Lander
3. South Carolina-Aiken
4. Tampa
5. Florida Tech
6. Georgia College
7. Flagler
8. Catawba
9. Florida Southern
10. Quincy
11. Chico St
12. West Alabama
13. Columbus St
14. Southern Indiana
15. Delta St
16. Emporia St
17. West Florida
18. GRU Augusta
19. Millersville
20. Lincoln Memorial
21. Newberry
22. California Baptist
23. West Georgia
24. Lubbock Christian
25. Nova Southeastern