CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University baseball team was selected to finish seventh in the preseason Mid-American Conference coaches poll, the league office announced Thursday, Feb. 15.
Kent State was picked to finish on top of the MAC with 98 points, including eight of the ten first-place votes. Central Michigan, Ball State, Ohio, and Miami rounded out the top-five, respectively, while Western Michigan, EMU, Toledo, Northern Illinois, and Bowling Green completed the rest of the poll, respectively. In addition, Miami and NIU received the other two first-place votes.
EMU is coming off a third-place regular season finish a season ago, that culminated with a run to the MAC Tournament Championship game.