SHEPHERD RANKED SIXTH IN NCBWA NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL POLL

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Shepherd University baseball team moved to a sixth place ranking in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) North Atlantic Regional Poll for May 1. 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

May 1, 2006

1. West Virginia State (5) 41-4-1

2. Kutztown 36-12

3. West Chester 32-15

4. Pitt-Johnstown 32-15

5. California (Pa.) 33-16

6. Shepherd 33-14

7. Slippery Rock 32-20

8. Shippensburg 30-22

9. Mansfield 30-22

10. Ohio Valley 32-24