CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State baseball team will open the 2022 season ranked 18th in the country per D1Baseball.com, which released its preseason top 25 on Tuesday.
The Beavers are one of three teams from the Pac-12 Conference in the top-25 rankings.
Oregon State is coming off a 37-24 campaign in 2021, and advanced to the Regional Final of the Fort Worth Regional. The Beavers are buoyed by the return of preseason All-American Cooper Hjerpe, who finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 98 strikeouts last season. Jake Pfennigs returned after a 5-0 year, while Will Frisch was a Freshman All-American after going 3-0 with a 2.