Bloomsburg Softball Team Ranked 2nd in Nation in Preseason Poll

BLOOMSBURG- The Bloomsburg University women's softball team is ranked 2nd in the nation in the USA Today/national Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll. Defending Division II champion University Nebraska-Omaha was picked number one.

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 is voted on by eight NCAA Division II coaches representing each of the eight Division II regions. Records are from 2001. First-place votes are in parentheses.

USA Today/NFCA Division II Preseason Top 25

Ranking

Team

2001 Record

Points

2001 Ranking

1

Nebraska-Omaha (7)

54-6

199

1

2

Bloomsburg (Pa.)

44-7

183

4

3

Kennesaw State (Ga.) (1)

48-11

181

6

4

Lewis (Ill.)

55-12

180

2

5

UC Davis

44-14

165

9

6

West Florida

55-17-1

148

11

7

Humboldt State (Calif.)

53-14-1

145

3

8

Eastern New Mexico

32-10-1

143

7

9

North Dakota State

53-6

137

8

10

Alabama-Huntsville

52-14

129

5

11

Indiana (Pa.)

35-11

106

14

12

North Florida

41-12

104

10

13

Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.)

33-14

94

NR

14

Grand Valley State (Mich.)

48-7-1

89

17

15

SIU-Edwardsville

41-17

77

15

16

Dowling (N.Y.)

39-17

70

12

17

Mesa State (Colo.)

42-12

65

19

18

American International (Mass.)

32-21

51

22

19

California (Pa.)

33-9

43

21

20

Coker (S.C.)

44-6

42

18

21

(tie) Barry (Fla.)

29-20

33

NR

(tie) St. Cloud State (Minn.)

35-14

33

NR

23

Cal State Stanislaus

43-22

31

16

24

UC San Diego

34-17

29

NR

25

Southern Colorado

52-14-1

27

24

Others Receiving Votes: Merrimack (Mass.) 25, Missouri Southern State 16, St. Mary's (Texas) 14, Truman State (Mo.) 13, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 9, Cal State Bakersfield 8, Florida Southern 6, Wayne State (Mich.) 5.