NCBWA NATIONAL PRE-SEASON BASEBALL POLL | NCBWA EAST REGION PRESEASON POLL RELEASE | NCBWA PRESEASON ALL-EAST REGION TEAM RELEASE

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Southern New Hampshire University baseball team was chosen first in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region Preseason Poll, and seventh nationally in the Pre-Season rankings.  Senior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.)  claimed a spot on the NCBWA Preseason All-East Region Team.

SNHU earned all nine possible first-place votes in the regional poll to total 90 points as the defending East Region Champion.  Molloy (69), Franklin Pierce (67), Goldey-Beacom (66), and St. Thomas Aquinas (61) rounded out the regional top five.  Dominican (30), Adelphi (29), Felician (22), Le Moyne (21), and Thomas Jefferson (20) rounded out the top ten.

The national pre-season poll, released on Monday, has SNHU ranked seventh.  That's the position where the Penmen finished the 2021 season after compiling a 28-9 record.  The University of Tampa is the top-ranked team in that poll

Mulcay, an NCBWA All-East Region selection in 2021, returns for his senior season.  He hit. 338 (45-133) with 14 homers, 49 RBI and 41 runs scored.  Mulcay, who made the First Team in the designated hitter slot, produced an on-base percentage of .442 and slugged .737 in 37 games.  His 28 career home runs are a Penmen record.

The Penmen kick off the 2022 season with a three-game set at Colorado Mesa University that begins Thursday, Feb. 24 (5:30 p.m.) against Felician University in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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