Skyline Preseason Coaches Polls Released; Baseball Picked to Finish 5th

NEW YORK — The Skyline Conference released their spring preseason coaches polls yesterday and after finishing in third in the Skyline Conference Championship in their first trip last season, Baseball has been picked to finish fifth in 2017, up one position from their regular season finish last year.

Softball and Men's Tennis were tapped to finish eighth in their respective polls.

Softball begins their season on March 2 at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. before heading down to Virginia Beach for the Virginia Wesleyan University Beach Blast. Baseball also opens their 2017 campaign next weekend with a three-game set against Wesley College on March 4 and 5. Men's Tennis opens their schedule on March 25 at York College.

The full Skyline Preseason College Polls releases can be viewed below:

• Baseball
• Softball
• Men's Tennis 

Rank, Team (2016 Record / Conference Record) - Points (first-place votes)
1. Old Westbury (26-15 / 12-4) - 73 (3)
2. Farmingdale State (20-17 / 12-4) - 70 (2)
3. Maritime (22-14 / 11-5) - 67 (3)
4. St. Joseph's-Long Island (25-13 / 11-5) - 65 (2)
5. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (22-20 / 8-8) - 42
6. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (11-24 / 6-15 Landmark) - 41
7. Mount Saint Mary (14-25 / 8-8) - 32
8. Purchase (12-23 / 7-9) - 29
9. Mount Saint Vincent (7-23 / 3-13) - 22
10. Yeshiva (2-26 / 0-16) - 9

2017 Skyline Conference Softball Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank, Team (2016 Record / Conference Record) - Points (first-place votes)
1. Mount Saint Mary (23-12 / 16-2) - 81 (9)
2. Sage (27-15 / 14-4) - 71
3. Mount Saint Vincent (21-17 / 14-4) - 62 (1)
4. St. Joseph's-Long Island (21-14 / 13-5) - 56
5. Farmingdale State (15-18 / 12-6) - 53
6. Purchase (19-12 / 7-11) - 41
7. Old Westbury (10-14 / 6-12) - 30
8. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (9-16 / 4-14) - 26
9. Sarah Lawrence (9-22 / 2-16) - 21
10. Yeshiva (7-22 / 2-16) - 9

2017 Skyline Conference Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank, Team (2016 Record / Conference Record) - Points (first-place votes)
1. Yeshiva (13-4 / 7-0) - 62 (7)
2. Mount Saint Mary (11-4 / 6-1) - 52 (1)
3. Farmingdale State (11-6 / 5-2) - 49
4. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (9-5 / 4-4 Landmark) - 43 (1)
5. Purchase (9-8 / 4-3) - 39
6. Sarah Lawrence (6-6 / 3-4) - 28
7. St. Joseph's-Long Island (3-8 / 2-5) - 27
8. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (2-10 / 1-6) - 15
9. Sage (0-11 / 0-7) - 9