USC Aiken NCAA Regional Packet - Click Link to Access
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team is ranked third in the nation in the 15th 2013 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Poll.
USC Aiken was ranked 10th in the 2013 preseason poll released on Dec. 21, 2012. The Pacers moved up five spots to fifth in the first regular-season national tally. The Pacers remained fifth in the second regular-season poll.
The Pacers were ranked sixth in the third, fourth and fifth regular-season polls. USC Aiken was ranked 13th in the sixth regular-season tally. USC Aiken had moved back up to eighth in the seventh regular-season poll. USC Aiken was ranked sixth in the eighth regular-season tally. USC Aiken was tabbed 10th in the ninth regular-season poll. USC Aiken was ranked ninth in the 10th regular-season poll. Four weeks ago, USC Aiken was fifth. Three weeks ago, the Pacers checked in at No. 3. USC Aiken had been ranked No. 1 for the past two weeks.
The Pacers have now been ranked in 32 straight national polls. The Pacers were ranked inside the top-30 in the final 16 national polls of the 2012 season.
Mount Olive is presently the No. 1 team in the nation. Tampa is just ahead of the Pacers in second. Delta State is fourth, while Minnesota State-Mankato is fifth.
USC Aiken is the highest-ranked of five Peach Belt Conference teams in the top-25 with Armstrong t14th, Lander 16th, UNC Pembroke 17th and Georgia College 25th.
USC Aiken claimed an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship on Sunday, May 12.
The NCAA Division II Baseball selection committee unveiled the 48-team field during a live selection show on NCAA.com. The 2013 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship will be composed of eight six-team, double-elimination regionals.
The 48-team field features 20 automatic qualifiers. USC Aiken received one of 28 at-large bids to the 2013 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.
The Pacers earned the No. 2 seed in the Southeast Region, which will be hosted by Mount Olive. The NCAA Division II Southeast Regional will be held Thursday, May 16-Sunday, May 19.
The Pacers will face off against 2013 Peach Belt Conference Tournament champion and regional fifth-seeded Georgia College (33-17) in the opening round of the regional at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 16.
Despite being Peach Belt Conference foes, third-ranked USC Aiken and 25th-ranked Georgia College did not meet during the 2013 regular-season.
USC Aiken is making its eighth trip to the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament (1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013).
The Peach Belt Conference regular-season champion Pacers closed out the regular-season with a 41-9 overall record. The Pacers were 24-6 in league play in the 2013 regular-season.
USC Aiken enters the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional with a 41-11 overall record.
The 2013 Peach Belt Conference regular-season championship was the second for USC Aiken in the last five years. The Pacers also obtained the league regular-season title in 2009.
The Pacers have three regular-season championships in school history now as they also acquired the 1994 regular-season title. USC Aiken has two Peach Belt Conference Tournament championships (1992 and 1993) in its history.
USC Aiken's regular-season-closing three-game sweep of Georgia Southwestern left the Pacers having claimed 11 of its 13 three-game series in the 2013 regular-season (Lincoln Memorial, Carson-Newman, Shepherd, Francis Marion, Flagler, Young Harris, North Georgia, Augusta State, Lander, Columbus State and Georgia Southwestern).
The Pacers swept three-game series from Lincoln Memorial, Shepherd, Flagler, Young Harris, North Georgia, Augusta State, Lander and Georgia Southwestern.
For more information on the 2013 NCAA Division II Baseball Southeast Regional, please visit the official tournament website at: http://www.moctrojans.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/2013_base_regional
All of the Pacer action in the regional will be able to be followed live on USC Aiken's official athletic website atwww.PacerSports.com.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Poll (5/14/13) - Click Link to Access
