Baseball Picks Up Three Top 20 Rankings
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami baseball team picked up three preseason top 20 rankings this week, and will enter the 2014 season ranked in every major college baseball poll.
The Hurricanes were rated No. 16 by Baseball America and No. 20 by Perfect Game in the preseason rankings from those respective publications released Monday afternoon. Miami added a No. 17 ranking in the USA Today Sports preseason Top 25 baseball coaches’ poll released Wednesday.
Miami was ranked No. 13 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in the publication’s 2014 preseason rankings released in December.
The Hurricanes return a number of key contributors from a team that finished 37-25 overall and earned the program’s college baseball-record 41st consecutive NCAA tournament berth in 2013. Joining the returning nucleus is a recruiting class ranked among the best nationwide. The group was rated No. 4 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 6 by Baseball America – its highest ranking from the publication since 2006.
Six teams from the ACC, the most in the nation from any conference, were ranked in the USA Today Sports coaches’ poll.
Season tickets to Miami’s 2014 season at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field start for as low as $99, with a Family Plan option (two adult tickets, three youth tickets) covering all 33 home games available for just $199. For more information, visit CanesTix.com or call (305) 284-2263.
