SHEPHERD RANKED FIFTH IN NCBWA NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL POLL

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Shepherd University baseball team fell to fifth place ranking in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) North Atlantic Regional Poll for April 24. 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 24, 2006

1. West Virginia State (38-3) (5 first place votes) 50 points [#1 last week]

2. Kutztown (29-11) 44 points [#2 last week]

3. Slippery Rock (28-14) 34 points [#4 last week]

4. Pitt-Johnstown (30-14) 31 points [#6 last week]

5. Shepherd (30-12) 30 points [#3 last week]

6. California, Pa. (28-14) 27 points [#7t last week]

7. West Chester (26-13) 24 points [#5 last week]

8. Shippensburg (26-18) 14 points {#7t last week]

9. Mansfield (28-16) 11 points [#9 last week]

10. Ohio Valley (30-21) 10 points [#10 last week]