Baseball and Softball teams picked third by KCAC coaches
By: David Toelle, KWU Sports Information

Kansas Wesleyan’s Baseball and Softball teams were picked to finish third in their respective conference races by the coaches of the conference at the respective sports’ coaches’ meetings earlier this week.

In the baseball race, Bethany was picked to win the conference again this season, after winning its second KCAC Regular Season title in the last three years in 2007. Friends was picked second, and the Coyotes were third, followed by Ottawa and Saint Mary tied for fourth, Sterling and Tabor rounding out the polls.

After finishing the 2007 season with a share of the KCAC Championship, KWU softball was picked to finish third this season. Friends was picked first in the poll, with Ottawa being voted second. Wesleyan was third, followed by Bethany and Sterling tied for fourth. McPherson was picked sixth, Southwestern seventh, Tabor eighth and Saint Mary rounded out the poll.

Kansas Wesleyan Baseball begins its 2008 season on February 9, when the Coyotes head to Fort Hays State to take on the Tigers beginning at 1 p.m., from Larks Park in Hays.

KWU’s Softball team kicks off 2008 on February 16 against Pittsburg State in the Pitt State Classic I at 10 a.m., in Pittsburg.

The complete polls for the KCAC are below:

2008 KCAC Baseball Poll
Place		Total
1	Bethany	48 (6)
2	Friends	41 (1)
3	Kansas Wesleyan	36
4	Ottawa	25
4	Saint Mary	25
6	Sterling	12
7	Tabor	9
	Total	196

2008 KCAC Softball Poll
Place		Total
1	Friends	69 (6)
2	Ottawa	64 (2)
3	Kansas Wesleyan	51
4	Bethany	45
5	Sterling	45
6	McPherson	36
7	Southwestern	25
8	Tabor	13
9	Saint Mary	12
Total		360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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