INDIANAPOLIS – Maryville baseball has been voted to finish second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, per the GLVC preseason coaches' poll, the league office announced on Friday.
 
The preseason poll is determined by the league's head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
 
The Saints tallied three first-place votes alongside 174 total points after capturing their second ever league title in 2024. Pat Evers' squad advanced to their second-straight NCAA tournament after a 40-19 record and a 26-10 GLVC mark.
 
27 players return from the 2024 Maryville squad, including Camden Ruby, Michael Long and Dominic Sharp who sit as the offense with the most amount of at bats last season.
 
Ruby, who played in 44 of the Saints 59 contests, carried a .311 average, with a .884 OPS as well. Long is right there with Ruby, carrying a .922 OPS over 33 games played, adding 14 extra base hits to his name. Sharp a sophomore outfielder from Booneville, Ind. was just under 100 at bats, working a .815 OPS to his name.
 
The returning backstop for the Saints sits with Matt Arnold who carried a .991 fielding percentage over 235 chances. He'll help manage a pitching staff that is headed up by Ben Gregory who tallied 15 starts on the mound last season, including a win over Trevecca Nazarene in the NCAA tournament.
 
The Saints begin their season on the road at Pittsburg State with a three-game set starting on Feb. 14 in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
FULL PRESEASON' POLL

PL	TEAM	POINTS (1ST PL VOTES)
1.	Indianapolis	194 (12)
2.	Maryville	174 (3)
3.	Quincy	164
4.	Drury	156
5.	Missouri-St. Louis	141
6.	Illinois Springfield	124
7.	Lewis	123
8.	Rockhurst	107
9.	William Jewell	99
10.	Missouri S&T	89
11.	McKendree	67
12.	Truman State	45
13. 14. 15.	Southwest Baptist Upper Iowa Lincoln	41 37 14