BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Coppin State's baseball team has been picked to finish seventh in the 2024 Northeast Conference Preseason Poll, it was announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. The Eagles, who finished 21-31 overall and 14-16 in the NEC last season, were tied in the poll with Stonehill.
Central Connecticut received ten first place votes and are the preseason favorites, followed by Wagner with two first place votes, Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island University and Merrimack. Maryland Eastern Shore and Le Moyne are tied for ninth with Delaware State and Norfolk State rounding out the poll.
The Eagles finished in a tie for sixth place in their inaugural season as an associate member of the NEC in 2023, missing out on the conference tournament via tiebreakers.
CSU returns three of its top six hitters from last season, including senior outfielder
Brody Black who hit .304 with 13 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBI while leading the team with 16 stolen bases. Sophomore infielder
Angel Colon hit .281 in his first collegiate season and
Liam McCallum was a key two-way performer last season, accumulating a .429 on-base percentage while striking out 30 batters in 39.1 innings.
Nico Felber leads the returnees on the pitching staff after going 2-3 with a 4.24 ERA and 45 strikeouts while leading the Navy & Gold with a 1.27 WHIP.
Head Coach
Sherman Reed, the winningest coach in school-history who enters his 14
th season at the helm of the Eagles program, welcomes the largest incoming class in school-history with 23 new players.
The 2024 season opens on February 16-18 when the Eagles host Creighton for a three-game series at Joe Cannon Stadium in Hanover, Md.
