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Jan. 27—MITCHELL — The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team was picked to finish eighth out of 11 programs in the Great Plains Athletic Conference Coaches preseason poll, the league announced on Monday.
The Tigers received 34 points in the coaches polls after finishing the 2024-25 season at 13-37 overall and 11-17 in the GPAC under head coach Charlie Dubanoski in his fourth year at the helm.
Concordia (Neb.) tallied 98 points and is the GPAC coaches' preseason selection as the top-ranked team. The Bulldogs received eight out of the 10 first-place votes after winning the regular season GPAC title with a league mark of 25-3.
Morningside was picked second with 87 points and one first-place vote, Doane (Neb.) was third with 85 points and one-first-place vote, while Briar Cliff (75) and Mount Marty (60) rounded out the top-five teams, respectively. Briar Cliff won the GPAC tournament last spring. Points were awarded on a 10-through-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
DWU will open its 49-game schedule on the road in an NAIA Festival tournament in Joplin, Missouri, on Feb. 14. Dakota Wesleyan will face Clarke (Iowa) in a doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., and then play College of the Ozarks at noon and 3 p.m. on Feb. 15. The Tigers will be at home 20 times this year, with the home opener tentatively scheduled for March 12 against Bismarck State (N.D.) at Drake Field.
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The Tigers received 34 points in the coaches polls after finishing the 2024-25 season at 13-37 overall and 11-17 in the GPAC under head coach Charlie Dubanoski in his fourth year at the helm.
Concordia (Neb.) tallied 98 points and is the GPAC coaches' preseason selection as the top-ranked team. The Bulldogs received eight out of the 10 first-place votes after winning the regular season GPAC title with a league mark of 25-3.
Morningside was picked second with 87 points and one first-place vote, Doane (Neb.) was third with 85 points and one-first-place vote, while Briar Cliff (75) and Mount Marty (60) rounded out the top-five teams, respectively. Briar Cliff won the GPAC tournament last spring. Points were awarded on a 10-through-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
DWU will open its 49-game schedule on the road in an NAIA Festival tournament in Joplin, Missouri, on Feb. 14. Dakota Wesleyan will face Clarke (Iowa) in a doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., and then play College of the Ozarks at noon and 3 p.m. on Feb. 15. The Tigers will be at home 20 times this year, with the home opener tentatively scheduled for March 12 against Bismarck State (N.D.) at Drake Field.
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