San Joaquin Delta takes over No. 1 in SIA Baseball Top 20
PASADENA - The Big 8 Conference has emerged this week as the state's top division as defending CCCAA champion San Joaquin Delta is No. 1 as part of six Big 8 teams on the second 2019 California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA) State Top 20 Baseball Rankings.
Delta (21-4) moved from No. 2 receiving nine of the 16 first-place votes as the Mustangs have won eight straight. The other Big 8 squads are Sierra at #5, Santa Rosa at #10, Sacramento City at #12, Cosumnes River at #14, and Modesto tied for #20. The teams are a combined 112-37 for a sizzling .752 win percentage.
While previous state #1 Orange Coast (20-5-1) fell two spots to #3, fellow Orange Empire Conference power Riverside City, 21-4, grabbed five first-place votes and jumped from #6 to No. 2 in the rankings. The OEC is well represented in this week's ratings with Cypress at #9, Santa Ana moving up four spots to #13, and Golden West tied at #20.
With the two other first-place votes, Feather River, owning the most victories in the state with 24, is at #4 while two other red-hot NorCal teams busted their way on to the top in No. 7 Mission (jumped three slots after winning 10 of its last 11) and No. 8 Ohlone, a leap of seven spots behind a current 10-game win streak. In the South, formidable El Camino fell three spots to No. 6.
Five new teams joined the top 20 in #11 Fresno City (8-game win streak), #15 Palomar, #17 Butte, #18 Glendale and #19 San Diego Mesa.
Pasadena City, fresh off a 3-game sweep over Chaffey (went from No. 9 to not making this week's ratings), climbed three on the ladder to No. 16.
Current State Longest Win Streak: 13 by #4 Feather River, 10 by #8 Ohlone
Current State Team Batting Average Leaders: Mission .337, Pasadena .322
State Current Batting Average Individual Leader: Tyler Rando, Mission, .451
Current State Team Earned Run Average Leaders: El Camino 1.87, Modesto 2.40
State Current Top Pitching ERA Individual Leader: Ian Churchill, Santa Barbara City, 0.21 in 42 innings.
Conference Leaders as of March 26
Bay Valley: unranked College of Marin at 6-2, Los Medanos 6-3
Big 8: #1 San Joaquin Delta at 7-2, #5 Sierra 9-3
Central Valley: #11 Fresno City and unranked College of the Sequoias tied at 8-1
Coast Golden Gate: #7 Mission at 8-1
Coast Pacific: #8 Ohlone perfect at 6-0
Golden Valley: #5 Feather River also perfect at 13-0
Orange Empire: #2 Riverside City at 8-1, #3 Orange Coast 7-2
Pacific Coast Athletic: #19 San Diego Mesa at 10-2
South Coast North: unranked Mt. San Antonio at 9-2
South Coast South: unranked Long Beach City at 9-2, #6 El Camino 8-3
Western State East: #18 Glendale at 7-1, unranked Citrus 6-2
Western State North: unranked Allan Hancock at 6-3, 3 teams 5-4
Western State South: unranked Bakersfield 9-3, unranked LA Mission 8-4
| CCCSIA 2019 Baseball Poll-March 26-Ranking #2 | ||||
| RK | School | Record | Pts | PR |
| 1. | San Joaquin Delta (9) | 21-4 | 311 | 2 |
| 2. | Riverside City (5) | 21-5 | 294 | 6 |
| 3. | Orange Coast | 20-5-1 | 260 | 1 |
| 4. | Feather River (2) | 24-4 | 254 | 5 |
| 5. | Sierra | 21-5 | 253 | 4 |
| 6. | El Camino | 20-4 | 232 | 3 |
| 7. | Mission | 19-4 | 206 | 10 |
| 8. | Ohlone | 20-5 | 193 | 15 |
| 9. | Cypress | 19-7 | 177 | 7 |
| 10. | Santa Rosa JC | 19-6 | 174 | 14 |
| 11. | Fresno City | 19-6 | 145 | NR |
| 12. | Sacramento City | 17-8 | 134 | 13 |
| 13. | Santa Ana | 16-8 | 117 | 17 |
| 14. | Cosumnes River | 17-7 | 94 | 8 |
| 15. | Palomar | 14-7-1 | 64 | NR |
| 16. | Pasadena City | 15-7 | 63 | 19 |
| 17. | Butte | 20-7 | 59 | NR |
| 18. | Glendale | 16-8 | 38 | NR |
| 19. | San Diego Mesa | 15-8-1 | 35 | NR |
| T20. | Golden West | 15-9 | 34 | 16 |
| T20 | Modesto | 17-7 | 34 | 18 |
| (First place votes in parentheses) | ||||
| Others receiving votes: Cuesta 31, Long Beach City 30, College of San Mateo 21, Mt. San Antonio 21, Chaffey (LW-9) 20, Saddleback (LW-12) 10, Irvine Valley (LW-11) 10, Cabrillo (LW-20) 9, Bakersfield 8, Allan Hancock 6, College of the Sequoias 5, Merced 2. | ||||