North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Ranked No. 13 In DI Baseball 2021 Preseason Poll
1/18/2021 5:07:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – The NC State baseball team has been featured in DI Baseball's 2021 Preseason Top 25 poll on Monday, checking in at No. 13.
It marks the third preseason poll that the Wolfpack has been featured in, as the squad is ranked 13th on Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 50 preseason poll and 16th Perfect Game's Preseason College Top 25.
This is the 19th-straight year the squad has either started or finished the season nationally ranked.
The Wolfpack finished 14-3 in the shortened 2020 season, highlighted by a 12-0 start for the second-straight year, and finished as high as No. 9 nationally while staying ranked by all six major polls the entire season. In 2019, NC State posted a 42-19 record and earned its ninth NCAA Regional bid in the last 10 years.
The team returns 25 players from last season, including All-ACC performer and freshman All-American Tyler McDonough (2019) and Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Jose Torres (2020). NC State additionally welcomes 11 freshmen and junior college transfer Danny Carnazzo to the 2021 roster.
It marks the third preseason poll that the Wolfpack has been featured in, as the squad is ranked 13th on Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 50 preseason poll and 16th Perfect Game's Preseason College Top 25.
This is the 19th-straight year the squad has either started or finished the season nationally ranked.
The Wolfpack finished 14-3 in the shortened 2020 season, highlighted by a 12-0 start for the second-straight year, and finished as high as No. 9 nationally while staying ranked by all six major polls the entire season. In 2019, NC State posted a 42-19 record and earned its ninth NCAA Regional bid in the last 10 years.
The team returns 25 players from last season, including All-ACC performer and freshman All-American Tyler McDonough (2019) and Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Jose Torres (2020). NC State additionally welcomes 11 freshmen and junior college transfer Danny Carnazzo to the 2021 roster.
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