LA JOLLA, Calif. – The University of California San Diego baseball team was ranked second in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Preseason Poll, released on December 17. The Tritons received 626 points, just one point behind first ranked and 2019 NCAA World Series Champions Tampa.
 
UC San Diego went 41-16 last season and made a third consecutive appearance in the College World Series. The Tritons ranked fourth at the end of the 2019 season.
 
Also ranked in the polls are West regional foes Azusa Pacific (No. 21) and Point Loma (No. 29) and CCAA rivals Cal Ply Pomona (No. 35) and Cal St. Monterey Bay (No. 39)
 
The Tritons start their final season of Division II on February 1 when they host Concordia Portland.

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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country.  The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference.  UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent.  A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships.  In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.

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