After posting the best record in the Sun Belt Conference in its first season in the league last year, the Coastal Carolina baseball team has been picked to finish second in the conference’s East Division this upcoming season by the league’s coaches.
South Alabama, which won the conference tournament title to garner the only NCAA berth the Sun Belt received last season, has been chosen the East Division favorite, earning all 12 first-place votes.
The Chants followed up their 2016 NCAA championship by earning a Sun Belt regular season championship with a league record of 22-7-1 that included 11 consecutive wins to close out the regular season.