Pilots 4th in WCC Pre-season Baseball Poll

AND they got a 1st place vote! I'm guessing the San Diego coach thinks highly of the ball being played on the bluff.

2011 WEST COAST CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
Team (First Place Votes), Points
1. San Diego (7), 49
2. Pepperdine, 39
3. San Francisco, 33
4. Portland (1), 32
5. Loyola Marymount, 23
6. Gonzaga, 20
7. Santa Clara, 16
8. Saint Mary’s, 12

http://portlandpilots.com/news/2011/2/10/BSB_0210113626.aspx

Not only that 3 selected to all conference team:

2011 PRESEASON ALL-WEST COAST CONFERENCE TEAM
Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Troy Channing, Saint Mary’s, Jr., INF
Ryan Hawthorne, Loyola Marymount. Jr., OF
Riley Henricks, Portland, Sr., INF
Brian Humphries, Pepperdine, Jr., OF
Jonathan Johnson, Loyola Marymount, Sr., INF
Matt Lowenstein, Loyola Marymount, So., OF/INF
Kevin Muno, San Diego, Sr., OF
Joe Sever, Pepperdine, So., INF,
Curtis Wagner, Santa Clara, Sr., 1B/DH
Stephen Yarrow, San Francisco, Sr., INF

Pitcher, School, Yr.
Mark Anderson, Saint Mary’s, Jr.
Ryan Carpenter, Gonzaga, Jr.
Chris Dennis, Portland, Sr.
Kyle Kraus, Portland, Jr.
Martin Viramontesm, Loyola Marymount, Jr.

Interesting all-conference team. Good pitching, and that lineup can hit, but I have doubts about the defense. It all starts with the catcher and that's a big question mark imo.

DaTruRochin wrote:AND they got a 1st place vote! I'm guessing the San Diego coach thinks highly of the ball being played on the bluff.

I was involved in one of these, once. It tuned out to be the second place team that voted for a lower ranked team, hoping they might get the top spot themselves.

Didn't work that time either.