SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drury Panthers are ranked 21^st in the NCWBA NCAA-II poll for the week of March 1st. Drury is 9-2 and ranks in the top 25 for the first time this season.
 
North Greenville (13-1) is ranked number 1, while Tampa (10-2) and Angelo State (13-3) rank second and third in the country.
 
One other team from the Great Lakes Valley Conference is ranked in the top 25, with Illinois Springfield coming in at 12^th this week.
 
The Panthers return to action this weekend as they travel to St. Louis to take on Maryville in a non-conference series. First pitch on Saturday is scheduled at Noon.
 
NCAA-II NCWBA Poll – Mar. 1, 2023

Rank	School (Record)		Total Points	Last Week's Rank
1	North Greenville (13-1) (19)		475	1
2	Tampa (10-2)		441	4
3	Angelo State (13-3)		436	2
4	Southern Arkansas (10-3)		425	3
5	Cal State San Bernardino (9-1)		387	T6
6	Columbus State (11-3)		370	5
7	West Chester (6-1)		339	8
8	Montevallo (12-1)		337	10
9	Southern New Hampshire (7-1)		318	9
10	Central Oklahoma (11-2)		281	13
11	Point Loma (8-3)		262	12
12	Illinois Springfield (8-3)		262	12
13	MSU Denver (12-2)		234	23
14	Wingate (11-4)		216	22
15	Cal Poly Pomona (8-1)		206	16
16	Millersville (10-3)		182	18
17	Valdosta State (10-4)		158	24
18	UNC Pembroke (10-3)		139	14
19	Molloy (6-1)		132	20
20	Henderson State (10-4)		114	RV
21	Drury (9-2)		101	RV
22	St Edward's (Texas) (9-4)		93	15
23	Hawaii Hilo (10-2)		64	RV
24	Lenior-Rhyne (13-4)		56	25
25	West Georgia (9-3)		35	RV

 
Dropped out: Colorado Mesa (T6th); West Florida (17th); Quincy (19th); Rogers State (21st).
 
Others receiving votes: East Stroudsburg (8-2) 30 points; Northwood (6-1) 22 points; Minnesota State (4-1) 9 points; Franklin Pierce (4-1) 7 points; Quincy (4-3) 7 points; San Francisco State (9-2) 7 points; UT Tyler (10-6) 7 points; Colorado Mesa (6-5) 5 points; Florida Southern (9-4) 4 points; Newberry (12-3) 3 points.
 
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