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CHARGERS TABBED 5TH IN 2026 CACC BASEBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
January 27, 2026

CHARGERS TABBED 5TH IN 2026 CACC BASEBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

New Haven, Conn. (1/27/26) Felician University has been selected for first place in the 2026 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. The voting was conducted by the conference's 12 head coaches and the results were announced today by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.

For the first time in a full season since the 2017 campaign, the CACC baseball regular season will not be contested in a divisional format. The conference's 12 teams will play three games against each of the others, a doubleheader and a single game. Each school will thus have 33 league contests, and the top eight teams in the standings at season's end will qualify for the CACC Championship tournament.

Felician (43-22, 28-8 in 2025) shared the CACC North Division regular-season championship a year ago, and went on to become the first conference school in 10 years to win the NCAA Division II East Region. The Golden Falcons received nine first-place votes and 118 total points in the poll.

Wilmington University (37-22, 23-11) secured two first-place votes and was selected for second place with 107 points, followed by Thomas Jefferson University in third (100 points) and Goldey-Beacom College in fourth (91). Wilmington won the 2025 CACC championship, while Jefferson captured the South Division regular-season crown. In order, the Rams, Wildcats, Golden Falcons, and Lightning were the top four seeds in last year's NCAA East Region playoffs.

Dominican University New York claimed the final first-place vote and was chosen for fifth place with 88 points. Also predicted for playoff position were Post University (6th, 67 points), Chestnut Hill College (7th, 56), and Holy Family University (8th, 48). Rounding out the balloting were Caldwell University (47 points), the University of Bridgeport (32), Georgian Court University (24), and Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (14).

The regular season begins with four teams in action during the weekend of February 13-15, with conference action slated to start on Wednesday, March 11. The CACC Tournament first round will be held on May 1-2 with four best-of-three series at campus sites. Post University will host the four-team, double-elimination final segment on May 7-9 at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Conn. The CACC champion will automatically quality for the 2026 NCAA D-II East Regional Championship.

 

 

2026 CACC BASEBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Points
1. Felician University (9) 118
2. Wilmington University (2) 107
3. Thomas Jefferson University 100
4. Goldey-Beacom College 91
5. Dominican University New York (1) 88
6. Post University 67
7. Chestnut Hill College 56
8. Holy Family University 48
9. Caldwell University 47
10. University of Bridgeport 32
11. Georgian Court University 24
12. Lincoln University 14

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.