Curry College has been picked as the favorite to win the 2010 Commonwealth Coast Conference baseball championship, it was announced today by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye. Voting for the preseason poll was conducted among the league’s head baseball coaches.

Curry (34-7, 22-1), 2009 TCCC Regular Season Champions received eight of the 12 first-place votes in the 2010 TCCC preseason poll. Two-time Defending Champion Western New England received the remaining four first place votes and was selected as the runner-up, while Roger Williams was picked to finish third. Endicott was selected to finish fourth, while Wentworth was slotted in the fifth spot.

Teams received 12 points for every first place vote received, 11 points for second place votes, 10 points for third place votes, down to one point for a last place vote. First place votes are shown in parentheses.

2010 TCCC PRESEASON BASEBALL POLL

Curry 140 (8)
Western New England 133 (4)
Roger Williams 115
Endicott 109
Wentworth 93
Salve Regina 92
Nichols 66
Colby-Sawyer 50
Anna Maria 49
Eastern Nazarene 38
Gordon 38
New England College 13

Note: To view the complete news release, please visit http://www.thecommonwealthcoastconference.com/sports/releases0910/bbpoll10.pdf  You will need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer to view the file.