SHEPHERD RANKED THIRD IN NCBWA NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL POLL

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Shepherd University baseball team maintained a third place ranking in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) North Atlantic Regional Poll for April 17. The Rams are one of three WVIAC teams listed in the poll.

The complete NCBWA poll is listed below.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION

NCAA DIVISION II NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL POLL

April 17, 2006

1. West Virginia State (6) 32-3

2. Kutztown 25-10

3. Shepherd 29-11

4. Slippery Rock 25-11

5. West Chester 24-13

6. Pitt-Johnstown 24-12

7T. California (Pa.) 23-13

Shippensburg 25-16

9. Mansfield 24-14

10. Ohio Valley 27-19