Just one year removed from a National Championship, the UCLA Baseball team is looking to get back on track after a year where rebuilding and injuries halted any plans of a repeat. That changes this year as the Bruins are ranked 4th in the nation by D1Baseball.com.
Vanderbilt tops @d1baseball Preseason Top 25!http://t.co/xJMANgaJ3H pic.twitter.com/M4gajtQQKa
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) January 19, 2015
Among the Top 25, UCLA plays six ranked teams, including two Pac-12 schools. The Bruins will be well tested when they go up against the likes of #1 Vanderbilt, #6 North Carolina, #8 TCU, #19 Cal State Fullerton, #22 Oregon and#24 Arizona State. The Bruins are in better shape than last year as several key players have healed and a lot of talent is returning, which goes without saying, will make for a vastly improved team.
#UCLA comes in at No. 4 in the inaugural @d1baseball Preseason Top-25 Rankings: http://t.co/VbawdG2aXs pic.twitter.com/Yhi3nn2F8c
— UCLA Baseball (@UCLABaseball) January 19, 2015
UCLA not only has experience with 19 players that were on the 2013 Championship team returning, but they will also have the help of three Pre-Season All-Americans.
First Team – David Berg, Relief
Second Team – James Kapreilian, RHP
Third Team – Kevin Kramer, SS
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Go Bruins!