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March 18, 2010

JCJC 18-2 on the season; play at PRCC Saturday

From JCJC Sports Information The Laurel Leader-Call Thu Mar 18, 2010, 10:15 AM CDT

ELLISVILLE – The Jones County Junior College baseball program continues to achieve impressive heights.

JCJC is rated No. 5 in the country in the latest NJCAA Division II baseball rankings, which were released Wednesday afternoon.

Despite playing every game away from campus because of construction of the new Community Bank Park baseball/softball complex, the Bobcats have achieved an 18-2 record this season.

Second-year head coach Christian Ostrander’s team won its first ten games this season before losing to Itawamba Community College and then won seven straight contests before falling to Southwest Mississippi Community College. Both of JCJC’s loses have come in extra innings (5-3 in eight innings to ICC and 4-2 to SMCC in ten innings) and the Bobcats led both games going into the seventh inning.

JCJC, 1-1 in the South Division, continues league play with a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at Pearl River Community College.

Preseason No. 1 team LSU-Eunice tops the poll with a 25-3 record, while Heartland Community College (Ill.) at 6-1 is rated No. 2, Western Oklahoma State College at 13-2 is third and Des Moines Area Community College (Iowa) at 8-2 is fourth.

The only other Mississippi school that is rated is East Central Community College at No. 10 with a 16-4 record.

NJCAA Div. II Poll

Top 15 Poll

Rank Team Record Pts Prev.

1 LSU at Eunice 25-3 99 0

2 Heartland Comm. College 6-1 82 0

3 Western Okla. State College 13-2 77 0

4 Des Moines Comm. College 8-1 62 0

5 Jones County Jr. College 17-1 58 0

6 Wallace Comm. College 18-6 45 0

7 Parkland College 5-2 41 0

8 Frederick Comm. College 10-1 36 0

9 Chandler-Gilbert Comm. College 15-8 20 0

10 East Central Comm. College 16-4 17 0

11 Patrick Henry Comm. College 16-5 6 0

12 Mesa Comm. College 17-7 3 0

13 Iowa Central Comm. College 5-1 2 0

14 Catawba Valley Comm. College 14-4 1 0

15 Monroe Comm. College 1-3 1 0

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