Hancock Baseball Ranked No. 13 in SoCal Preseason Coaches Poll
The Allan Hancock College baseball team is ranked in the preseason polls for the fifth straight year. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 13 in the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association's SoCal Preseason Poll. Chris Stevens returns for his 14th season as head coach of the Bulldogs.
Hancock baseball is coming off a 24-16-1 season that included the program's first appearance in the Super Regionals since 2010. Last season, Hancock was tabbed No. 15 in the preseason poll.
Defending state champion Orange Coast, which eliminated Hancock in the Super Regionals last season, sits atop the preseason poll. Palomar is ranked second, followed by Western State Conference programs, Oxnard in third and Santa Barbara in fourth. L.A. Pierce is ranked No.16 and Cuesta is No. 18. Other ranked teams on the Bulldogs' 2015 schedule are No. 9 Rio Hondo and No. 11 Canyons.
The Bulldogs open the season on January 29, against Portervillle at a tournament hosted by Bakersfield City College. First pitch will be at 6 p.m.