Baseball Picked To Finish Second In MAC West Division

2/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Feb. 13, 2001

MOUNT PLEASANT - Central Michigan University's baseball team, co-champions of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division last season, has been tabbed to finish second this season in the West in a vote of the conference coaches.

Coach Judd Folske's Chippewas were 41-17 overall in 2000 and tied Ball State with records of 18-8 in the West. Ball State received 76 total votes and had 11 for first place while CMU had 57 votes and one first-place ballot.

Miami was the narrow pick in the East with 79 points and five first-place votes followed by Kent State (78/3) and Ohio (76/3).

Following is the complete voting by the coaches:

West Division
Team (First-Place Votes)	Points
Ball State (11)	76
Central Michigan (1)	57
Western Michigan (1)	55
Northern Illinois	39
Toledo	28
Eastern Michigan	18
East Division
Team (First-Place Votes)	Points
Miami (5)	79
Kent State (3)	78
Ohio (5)	76
Bowling Green	53
Akron	36
Marshall	29
Buffalo	13