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Baseball predicted for fifth place finish
Feb. 26, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A year removed from a seventh place finish, the Endicott baseball team has been selected to finish fifth in The Commonwealth Conference Baseball Preseason Poll released on Tuesday.
Defending Commonwealth Coast Champion Curry College has been selected as the favorite to win the 2008 Commonwealth Coast Conference baseball championship, it was announced today by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye. Voting for the preseason poll was conducted among the league's head baseball coaches.
Curry College (27-9, 18-2) received eight of the 12 first-place votes in the 2008 TCCC preseason poll. Western New England who received the remaining four first place votes and Salve Regina were tied for the second spot in the preseason poll. Roger Williams was selected to finish fourth, while Endicott and was picked to finish fifth.
Teams received 12 points for every first place vote received, 11 points for second place votes, 10 points for third place votes, down to one point for a last place vote. First place votes are shown in parentheses.
2008 TCCC PRESEASON BASEBALL POLL
TEAM POINTS (1st Place votes)
Curry 138 (8)
Western New England 125 (4)
Salve Regina 125
Roger Williams 110
Endicott 90
Colby-Sawyer 85
Wentworth 63
Eastern Nazarene 61
Nichols 60
Gordon 39
New England College 28
Anna Maria 12