GOLDEN, Colo – The MSU Denver baseball team is ranked 10^th in the South Central Region in the NCBWA's preseason poll.
 
The Roadrunners made their seventh straight trip to the RMAC Tournament last season while going 28-24 overall and 19-13 in the RMAC for a fourth-place finish.
 
The Roadrunners return All-American outfielder Jesse Velders and All-RMAC honorees in Dylan Webber, Tyler Tobey, Cam Yuran and Cal Walsh.
 
Angelo State, out of the Lone Star Conference, is ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, followed by the RMAC's Colorado Mesa. Also ranked out of the RMAC is Regis University at No. 5 and the Colorado School of Mines at No. 9. 
 
MSU Denver opens its season in Edmond, Oklahoma where they will compete in the First Pitch Invitational on Jan 31 through February 2. They will first take on Emporia State on Friday, January 31 at 9 a. m. mountain time.