SIUE Baseball - Ranked No. 25 in Preseason Poll

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Baseball Ranked No. 25 in Nation
       The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville baseball team begins the 2003 season with a No. 25 ranking in the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division II Poll.
       Coach Gary Collins and his Cougars completed last season with a 30-24 record. This season begins on Feb. 15 when the Cougars travel to meet Christian Brothers (Tenn.) in a three-game series in Memphis.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
NCAA Div. II Pre-Season Poll
School Name	’02 Record     Totals
 1. Kennesaw St. 	46-13	632
 2. Cal. St. Chico	55-10	612
 2. Tampa		36-20	612
 4. Abilene Christian	45-15	586
 5. Central Missouri	54-8	572
 6. North Florida	40-16	544
 7. UMass-Lowell	35-18	540
 8. Ashland 		48-13	538
 9. Delta St.		50-8	528
10. Florida Southern	43-16	496
11. Georgia C&S	36-18	486
12. Columbus St.	48-15	464
13. Mesa St.		39-23	442
14. Southern Arkansas 	42-14	438
15. USC-Aiken		37-19	408
16. Alabama-Huntsville 	33-12	400
17. Rollins 		41-16	388
18. Dallas Baptist	38-17	376
19. Central Oklahoma	46-10	342
20. Northern Kentucky	37-24	338
21. Southern Colorado	43-17	324
22. CSU-San Bernardino	35-21	290
23. S.E. Oklahoma 	28-22	286
24. Grand Canyon 	38-21	268
25. SIU Edwardsville	30-24	260
26. Fort Hays St.	43-16	230
27. North Alabama	37-16	222
28. Armstrong Atlantic	34-21	214
29. Valdosta St.	41-20	204
30. Mansfield		41-14	190
31. Indianapolis	31-21	158
32. Slippery Rock	22-16	136
33. Rockhurst		34-19	118
34. Saginaw Valley St.	36-12	108
35. Shepherd		37-12-1	 72
36. Missouri-St. Louis	30-19	 66
37. Bryant		35-22	 60
38. Concordia, N.Y.	44-12-1	 38
39. Carson-Newman	39-19	 33
40. Pittsburg St.	39-19	 28