Sagehens move up to No. 1
The Pomona-Pitzer baseball team is the newly minted No. 1 team in the country.
The Sagehens moved from first to third in the Collegiate Baseball poll released earlier in the week. They are No. 3 in the D3 baseball poll.
They are a sparkling 31-3 with 12 straight wins, the most impressive three in a row coming against a Chapman team that traditionally challenges for the Division III national title.
Sometimes that No. 1 ranking isn't a good thing because it tends to put a target on your back. But this Pitzer team is a pretty composed bunch that seems like it will be able to handle that sort of thing.
The Sagehens do face a formidable foe next in Cal Lutheran which is ranked 16th in one poll and 13th in the other. Pitzer has a two-game lead over the Kingsmen in the SCIAC so it should be a great series. Game time Friday is 3 p.m. at Pomona-Pitzer.
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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