LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Shepherd University baseball team is ranked fifth in the PSAC East Preseason Baseball Poll as announced by the league office today. Millersville was selected as the PSAC East favorite, while Mercyhurst was tabbed in the PSAC West.

With the addition of Shepherd to the sport, the Eastern Division will boast nine teams while the Western Division will stay the same with eight.
 
Conference play shall be conducted with each Western Division team playing four games against each opponent in their respective Division for a total of 28 games. The Eastern Division teams will play three games against each opponent in their respective division for a total of 24 games.

Shepherd was voted fifth in its inaugural season in the PSAC. The Rams have accumulated at least 30 wins in six consecutive seasons and have made NCAA DII Regional appearances in three of the last four seasons. Shepherd junior Jared Carr returns after pacing the team with a .428 batting average in 2019. Senior pitcher Mitchell Wilson will lead the pitching staff after posting an 8-2 mark last season.
 
 
2020 PSAC Preseason Baseball Poll

EAST (# of first-place votes)
1) Millersville (4)
2) East Stroudsburg (4)
3) West Chester (1)
4) Bloomsburg
5) Shepherd
6) Shippensburg
7) Lock Haven
8) Kutztown
9) Mansfield
 
WEST
1) Mercyhurst (4)
2) Seton Hill (3)
3) Cal U (1)
4) Gannon
5) Pitt-Johnstown
6) Slippery Rock
7) IUP
8) Clarion