NAVY BASEBALL: The Patriot League released its annual baseball preseason poll on Tuesday and Navy was picked to finish second in a vote held amongst the conference's head coaches and sports information contacts. The reigning Patriot League regular season and postseason champions, the Midshipmen received five first-place votes and 43 points to rank second behind the Holy Cross Crusaders, who collected six first-place votes and 46 points.
Following the top two teams, Bucknell and Lehigh tied for third place honors with 30 points. Army and Lafayette rounded out the preseason rankings in fifth and sixth place respectively with point totals of 13 and 12.