Cal Baptist softball team ranked No. 2
California Baptist finds itself in a familiar place in the NAIA Softball Preseason Top 25 released Wednesday. The Lancers are in the top five again as they start the season at No. 2. Defending national champion, Oklahoma City, takes the top spot while Golden State Athletic Conference rival Point Loma Nazarene starts 2008 out at No. 3. Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and Simon Fraser (B.C.) round out the top five.
The Lancers did receive one first-place vote and a total of 313 points, but the Stars received 12 first-place votes and 324 points.
Other notables in the top 25 are No. 10 Vanguard, No. 19 Biola and No. 25 Concordia.
The four-time defending Golden State Athletic Conference champions kick off their season Friday when they travel to St. George, Utah to play in the Red Rock Invitational. The Lancers will play Northwest Nazarene and Dixie State, both Friday and Saturday, with games at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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