HCAC announces Baseball preseason poll

CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced the baseball preseason poll. Earlham was voted to finish first and the Yellow Jackets were picked to finish at the very bottom.

The Quakers received eight first place votes and 80 total points. Rose-Hulman came in second with 67 points. Franklin (3rd) and Anderson (4th) each received one first place vote. 

Five Yellow Jackets were named to the Athletes to Watch list. Those five are Hunter Bostater, Alex Morr, Trent Murdock, Cohen Nies, and Sam Thombs. 

Bostater, Nies, and Morr are seniors, Murdock is a junior, and Thombs is a sophomore headed into this season.

Defiance finished 10-26 overall last season and at the bottom of the conference with a 4-14 mark.