The Savannah State Tigers moved up one position in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) South Regional Top 10 Poll to a No. 8 tie with Lynn University, entering their fourth week of action in the top 10 in the nation.
Savannah State (18-6) will be back in action Saturday and Sunday March 26-27 after last week’s three game sweep against Morehouse. The Tigers will face SIAC opponent Lane College on the road, then a home three-game series with Miles College on April 1-2 and then a nonconference game against Voorhees College April 6.
Joseph Smith leads the squad in batting average this season, hitting an impressive .429. Smith has thirty-three hits in 77 at bats. He has scored 26 times and tallied 15 runs batted in. Champion Robbins, has also been a force at the plate with a .392 batting average and 16 RBIs. Andrai Wright has the most RBI on the team with 23, and a batting average of .340. As a team, Savannah State is hitting .335.
On the mound, Jared Showalter is 4-0 with 25 strikeouts and Jose Santiago is 5-0 with a 2.54 earned run average and 43 strike outs.
2022 NCBWA Division II South Region Top 25 (Week 6 – March 23):
| SOUTH REGION | ||||
| Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | 2022 Record | Pts | Prev |
| 1 | Tampa (8) | 22-3 | 80 | 1 |
| 2 | Rollins | 21-5 | 69 | T3 |
| 3 | Valdosta State | 16-5 | 57 | 5 |
| 4 | West Florida | 14-9 | 53 | T3 |
| 5 | Florida Tech | 22-7 | 51 | 6 |
| 6 | Nova Southeastern | 19-5 | 43 | 2 |
| 7 | Delta State | 14-7 | 32 | 9 |
| T8 | Lynn | 18-9 | 14 | 7 |
| T8 | Savannah State | 18-6 | 14 | 10 |
| T10 | Auburn Montgomery | 17-10 | 7 | NR |
| T10 | Montevallo | 19-6 | 7 | RV |
| Receiving Votes: Saint Leo (18-9) 5 points; Shorter (14-10) 5 points; Florida Southern (14-12) 3 points. | ||||
| Dropped Out: Shorter (8th). | ||||