Baseball Eighth in Preseason Poll

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern baseball heads into the 2019 season in the underdog role after being picked eighth in the Great American Conference preseason poll released on Tuesday.
 
The Savage Storm garnered 52 points in the poll after finishing eighth in the final 2018 standings with a 22-23 record overall and a 17-15 mark in GAC play.
 
Southeastern returns its top hitter from a season ago in Austin Ferguson who posted a .380 average and three home runs along with seven doubles and 30 RBI.
 
Joseph Cerda also returns after hitting .309 a year ago with seven homers, while the team's home run leader Easton Elliott also comes back, as do Bryce Deatherage, Caleb Dubler, and Harrison Whitworth, all of whom made 25 or more starts.
 
Deatherage and Cody Nitson make a return on the hill after posting records of 6-3 and 5-3, respectively, with Nitson leading the club in strikeouts.
 
The team will also see 16 new faces with the squad heading into the season.
 
Southeastern opens the 2019 season on Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. in Edmond, Okla., when it faces long-time in-state rival Central Oklahoma.