The Missouri Western Griffon Baseball team is receiving praise in the 2013 preseason polls that have been released up to this point. Three polls have been released in preparation for the upcoming season and the Griffons are ranked in the top 40 in the nation in two of them.

Missouri Western’s highest ranking is a No. 25 selection in Collegiate Baseball Lineup’s Preseason Poll. The Griffons are ranked 37th in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll.

The Griffons were 34-17 a season ago finishing second with a 26-12 MIAA record. MWSU gets the 2013 season underway February 10-11 when they will take on the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys in a pair of doubleheaders in Russellville, Ark.

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