Hancock Baseball Soars to No.3 in Regional Poll

Off to its best start in more than a decade, the Allan Hancock College baseball team soared in the latest polls. Coming off two wins over Cypress, the defending state champion and preseason No.1 team in California, the Bulldogs start the week 10-2 overall under head coach Chris Stevens.

The Bulldogs are ranked No.6 in the Pacific Association Division poll issued by the American Baseball Coaches Association. This means Hancock is ranked sixth out of every community college baseball team in California, Oregon and Washington. Orange Coast is ranked No.1 on the west coast, with Cosumnes River, Everett (WA), Santa Barbara and Modesto rounding out the top five. The Bulldogs were not ranked in the preseason PAD poll.

Hancock also climbed 12 spots in the SoCal Regional poll issued by the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association. The Bulldogs are ranked No.3 this week after receiving 387 points in the voting. Orange Coast (11-2) is the top-ranked team in the poll with 456 points. Santa Barbara (10-1) is ranked second with 406 points. Fullerton (9-3) and Santa Ana (9-3) round out the top five in the region. Previously top-ranked Cypress is ranked seventh.

The Bulldogs host College of the Canyons (3-8) on Tuesday, Feb.25, at 2 p.m. Hancock is 6-0 at John Osborne Field this season. The Bulldogs travel to Canyons on Thursday afternoon.