FOREST, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team has been picked to finish 12th in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference this season, ODAC officials announced Wednesday. The poll is voted on by the head coaches of the league's baseball programs.
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Last year, E&H went 6-31, picking up three wins against ODAC opponents. The Wasps return 29 players from last year's squad and welcome 12 newcomers to this year's team. Top returners include position players in senior catcher Caleb Wallace (Mocksville, N.C.), junior first baseman Joe Tolone (Concord, N.C.) and junior third baseman Caleb Haynes (Covington, Va.). On the mound, 11 of the top 12 innings-getters are back for the Wasps with senior leadership coming from Toby Robson (Blythewood, S.C.), Alex Laws (Hudson, N.C.), and Ethan Cave (Jonesville, Va.).
Randolph-Macon College is picked to win the league, earning seven first-place votes while Shenandoah is second with three number-one picks. Roanoke College takes third while Virginia Wesleyan University and University of Lynchburg are fourth and fifth, splitting the final two top nods.
Emory & Henry will open the season this weekend with a three-game series at Berry College. The Wasps will play a pair of seven-inning games on Saturday at noon and complete the series on Sunday with a nine-inning contest at 1:00 p.m.
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2020 ODAC Baseball
Preseason Poll
| School (FPV) | Pts. |
| 1. Randolph-Macon (7) | 114 pts. |
| 2. Shenandoah (3) | 100 pts. |
| 2. Roanoke | 100 pts. |
| 4. Virginia Wesleyan (1) | 98 pts. |
| 5. Lynchburg (1) | 83 pts. |
| 6. Hampden-Sydney | 73 pts. |
| 7. Ferrum | 68 pts. |
| 8. Bridgewater | 44 pts. |
| 9. Washington and Lee | 36 pts. |
| 10. Eastern Mennonite | 35 pts. |
| 11. Guilford | 29 pts. |
| 12. Emory & Henry | 12 pts. |