Wichita State baseball picked to finished third in Valley

Wichita State is picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference baseball race, according to a poll of coaches released Wednesday.

WSU got 47 points and no first-place votes. Missouri State was the pick to win, gaining 60 points and five first-place votes. Creighton was second with 53 points and three first-place votes.

No Shocker players were named to the preseason All-Valley team.

MVC coaches poll

1. Missouri State (5 firsts), 60 points

2. Creighton (3), 53

3. Wichita State, 47

4. Indiana State, 37

5. Illinois State, 34

6. Southern Illinois, 31

7. Bradley, 15

8. Evansville, 11

All-MVC preseason team

Catcher, Jeremy Lucas, Indiana State

1B, Chris Serritella, SIU

2B, Kevin Medrano, MSU

3B, Koby Kraemer, Indiana State

SS, Eric Stamets, Evansville

OF, Mike Gerber, Creighton

OF, Robby Ort, Indiana State

OF, Jordan Sivertsen, SIU

OF, Mike Tauchman, Bradley

DH, Mike Hollenbeck, Illinois State

Utility, Anthony Bemboom, Creighton

Starting pitcher, Ty Blach, Creighton

Starting pitcher, Nick Petree, Missouri State

Reliever, Kenny Long, Illinois State

Reliever, Kurt Spomer, Creighton