April 10, 2007

Lute Baseball Team Ranked 14th in Nation, 3rd in West Region

Pacific Lutheran, which has won seven straight games and 21 of its last 24, is ranked 14th in the nation and third in the West Region in the American Baseball Coaches Association / Collegiate Baseball Poll released today.

The Lutes, 24-6 this season, were unranked in the previous national poll, though they were ranked seventh in the West Region. The Lutes were mentioned in the “others receiving votes” category in the ABCA preseason national poll conducted during the
fall. After they lost three-of-four games during a February trip to Anthem, Ariz., the Lutes dropped out of the ABCA poll altogether.

Following a three-game sweep of previously fifth-ranked George Fox on March 31 and April 1 and a series sweep of Willamette last weekend, the Lutes have received national recognition once again.

In addition to hosting Whitman in a three-game series this weekend, the Lutes will head to Whitworth for another weekend series on April 21-22, then greet cross-town rival and NWC foe Puget Sound in a three-game series to close out the regular season on April 28-29.

Pacific Lutheran currently leads the Northwest Conference with a 13-2 record and is seeking the program's first conference title since Pacific Lutheran College won consecutive Evergreen Conference championships in 1953-54.

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