Beavers Pick Up 5th No. 2 Ranking

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State baseball is now ranked second to open the 2018 season as the USA Today Coaches Poll was released on Thursday.

The Beavers received 735 points, 31 shy of No. 1 Florida. Oregon State also received four of a possible 31 first-place votes; the Gators picked up 26 with Texas Tech also taking one.

The Red Raiders are No. 3, followed by TCU and Florida State to round out the top five.

Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game have all ranked the Beavers second as well. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) rankings remain the final poll yet to be unveiled, and will be released at a later date.

Oregon State finished the 2017 season ranked third after advancing to the College World Series, where the Beavers were one of four teams remaining. OSU set a school record with 56 wins – 31 of which came at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field – and the pitching staff led the nation with a 1.93 earned run average. That also set a school record, bettering the 2014 staff's 2.28 mark.

2018 opponents for the Beavers who will open the season ranked by USA Today include No. 11 Cal State Fullerton (at Goss Stadium March 9-11), No. 14 UCLA (May 24-26 at Goss Stadium) and No. 16 Stanford (at Goss Stadium May 11-13).

Outfield general admission season tickets for the 2018 season can be purchased by visiting beavertickets.com/baseball.

Oregon State opens the 2018 season Feb. 16 against New Mexico in Surprise, Ariz. Tickets for the team's eight-game trip to Surprise can be purchased by visiting the Surprise Stadium Box Office or by calling 623-222-2222. Tickets are not available online.

For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.

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