TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (February 21, 2017) – The Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) has released its NJCAA Region 8 Baseball and Softball Coaches' Polls for February 21 and Player and Pitcher of the Week selections for games played February 13-19.
The next poll and player of the week selections will be released February 28.
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NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches' Poll
February 21, 2017
The NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches' Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by Region 8 baseball coaches, the FCSAA Baseball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
|
1. |
Chipola (10) |
12-3 |
203 |
1 |
|
2. |
Polk State (5) |
13-4 |
188 |
3 |
|
3. |
Gulf Coast State (6) |
12-2 |
176 |
4 |
|
4. |
State College of Florida |
13-5 |
143 |
2 |
|
5. |
Palm Beach State |
11-3 |
127 |
8 |
|
6. |
St. Petersburg |
14-4 |
123 |
6 |
|
7. |
Santa Fe |
13-6 |
81 |
5 |
|
8. |
St. Johns River State |
13-7 |
67 |
7 |
|
9. |
Northwest Florida State |
11-5 |
47 |
10 |
|
10. |
Eastern Florida State |
8-4 |
29 |
9 |
Also receiving votes: Hillsborough 14, Miami Dade 5, Tallahassee 1.
NJCAA Region 8 Softball Coaches' Poll
February 21, 2017
The NJCAA Region 8 Softball Coaches' Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by Region 8 softball coaches, the FCSAA Softball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
|
1. |
Chipola (22) |
22-1 |
220 |
1 |
|
2. |
Central Florida |
17-3 |
179 |
2 |
|
3. |
Florida SouthWestern |
19-3 |
173 |
3 |
|
4. |
Seminole State |
16-1 |
171 |
4 |
|
5. |
Indian River State |
12-7 |
117 |
5 |
|
6. |
Northwest Florida State |
17-5 |
114 |
7 |
|
7. |
Tallahassee |
9-3 |
80 |
6 |
|
8t. |
Gulf Coast State |
10-7 |
35 |
8 |
|
8t. |
State College of Florida |
12-8 |
35 |
9 |
|
10. |
Santa Fe |
9-4 |
31 |
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Also receiving votes: Pensacola State 19, Daytona State 15, St. Petersburg 14, Hillsborough 1.
Dropped from rankings: No. 10 St. Petersburg.
NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Player of the Week
Jacob McFadden, Eastern Florida State
Sophomore – OF
Seminole, Fla.
- Batted .467 (7-15) with three runs scored, one double, two home runs and 10 RBIs in three games during the voting period
- Hit safely in all three games for the Titans
- Went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Daytona State; was 1-for-5 with two runs scored against Santa Fe
- Enjoyed his best game of the week vs. Lake-Sumter State, going 4-for-6 with three runs scored, two homers and seven RBIs
Other nominees: Skylar Frey, Polk State; Gavin Garay, St. Petersburg; Orley Arellano, Broward
NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Matt Weidenbach, Lake-Sumter State
Sophomore – RHP
Jacksonville, Fla.
- 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two appearances during the voting period
- Opened the week with six innings of one-hit ball against the Southeastern JV. He allowed one run and one walk and struck out six in the Lakehawks' 5-3 win
- Against Florida SouthWestern, he tossed seven shutout innings and struck out eight in Lake-Sumter State's 6-0 win
- For the week, he totaled 13 innings, allowing six hits, one earned run and three walks while striking out 14
Other nominees: Davie Inman, Florida SouthWestern; Jack Riley, St. Petersburg
NJCAA Region 8 Softball Player of the Week
Cameryn Strother, Seminole State
Sophomore – OF
Chesapeake, Va.
- Batted .688 (11-for-16) with six runs scored, one double, one triple, three RBIs and one stolen base in six games during the voting period
- Hit safely in all six games and scored in five of the six for the Raiders, who were a perfect 6-0 for the week
- Was 3-for-5 in a doubleheader sweep of Hillsborough; went 4-for-6 with two runs scored in a sweep of Eastern Florida State
- Against Miami Dade, was 1-for-1 in game one then went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and two RBIs in game two
Other nominees: Riley Russell, Florida SouthWestern, Holli Jones, Daytona State; Ashley Morris, Chipola
NJCAA Region 8 Softball Pitcher of the Week
Morgan Goree, Chipola
Freshman – RHP
Senoia, Ga.
- 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two appearances during the voting period
- Was the winning pitcher in games against Alabama Southern (11-0) and Walters State (1-0)
- Allowed two hits in four innings with five strikeouts against Alabama Southern
- Tossed a complete-game three-hitter against Walters State with eight strikeouts
- For the week, totaled 11 innings and allowed five hits and one walk with 13 strikeouts
Other nominees: Courtney Gettins, Florida SouthWestern; Devyn Terry, Chipola