Wednesday, May 04, 2011

MACON, Ga. - Seven baseball teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference appeared in this week's NCAA RPI Top-100 with Stetson leading the way at No. 13 with a 34-10 record. The A-Sun ties for fourth-most represented conference trailing only the Southeastern, Atlantic Coast and Big 12 Conferences.

ETSU and Jacksonville join the Hatters in the top-50 with their respective 37th and 50th place rankings. The remaining four A-Sun teams appear in the rear of the top-100 with Mercer at 80th, UNF in 81st, Belmont in 90th and Kennesaw State at 91st.

The A-Sun tied with the Pacific-10 and Conference USA with seven teams, while landing ahead of the Big East, Big 10, Missouri Valley, Southern, Sun Belt and Big South among others.

In the national polls, Stetson earned as high as 14th-place in the Perfect Game Top-25 and moved up to 15th in the Baseball America poll. The Hatters appeared in three other polls including the Collegiate Baseball (22nd), USA Today/ESPN Coaches (24th) and NCBWA (26th).

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