Starkville, Miss. --- The Minnesota State softball team (17-4) climbed back into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll to No. 16 on Wednesday.
Minnesota State is one of three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams in the top-25, joining #7 Winona State and #23 Augustana.
The Mavericks are on an eight-game winning streak heading into the weekend where the Maverick pitching staff owns a 0.33 earned run average with opponents hitting just .143 in that span. MSU is coming off a 13-1 in its trip to the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla.
Sixteenth-ranked Minnesota State (17-4) travels to the Winona State University Dome Tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
National Fastpitch Coaches Association Poll (3/14):
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
|
1 |
North Georgia (14) |
26-4 |
393 |
2 |
|
2 |
Angelo State (2) |
22-3 |
379 |
3 |
|
3 |
Valdosta State |
13-2 |
354 |
4 |
|
4 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
20-4 |
338 |
6 |
|
5 |
Alabama-Huntsville |
16-5 |
323 |
1 |
|
6 |
Indianapolis |
14-1 |
316 |
7 |
|
7 |
Winona State |
18-1 |
283 |
12 |
|
8 |
Barry |
22-5 |
258 |
11 |
|
9 |
Cal State Chico |
18-5 |
254 |
9 |
|
10 |
Missouri Western State |
19-4 |
238 |
13 |
|
11 |
Armstrong Atlantic State |
26-7 |
226 |
8 |
|
12 |
Kutztown |
15-1 |
217 |
|
|
13 |
Rollins |
20-4 |
163 |
18 |
|
14 |
Bloomsburg |
10-2 |
157 |
17 |
|
15 |
Grand Valley State |
12-1 |
151 |
21 |
|
16 |
Minnesota State |
17-4 |
145 |
|
|
17 |
Central Oklahoma |
19-3 |
132 |
|
|
18 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
25-6 |
129 |
5 |
|
19 |
Tampa |
21-3 |
120 |
20 |
|
|
West Texas A&M |
15-7 |
120 |
14 |
|
21 |
UC San Diego |
20-8 |
110 |
22 |
|
22 |
Southern Conecticut State |
6-0 |
101 |
|
|
23 |
Augustana (South Dakota) |
10-3 |
93 |
15 |
|
24 |
Abilene Christian |
15-4 |
50 |
19 |
|
25 |
Columbus State |
19-9 |
45 |
24 |
Dropped Out: No. 10 Indiana (PA), No. 16 C.W. Post, No. 23 Sonoma St., No. 25 Lenoir Rhyne
Others Receiving Votes: California (PA) 21, Flagler 16, Mass.-Lowell 16, Tiffin 12, Tarleton St. 10, C.W. Post 9, Sonoma St. 7, Concordia-St. Paul 5, West Virginia Wesleyan 5, Florida Southern 1, Lenoir-Rhyne 1, Montana St. Billings 1, Texas Woman’s 1.
