The conference schedule is well underway for Division 2 baseball clubs across New England.
While there have been some surprises since New England Baseball Journal released its Preseason Top 5, nothing has changed at the top as Southern New Hampshire has followed its College World Series appearance with a 20-win campaign already.
The Northeast-10 Conference’s Northeast Division standings remain competitive in the early going, but Merrimack is looking strong following its conference championship season and Franklin Pierce is playing better than .500 ball entering the first weekend of April. American International and Assumption are the early Southwest leaders.
With April games set to begin in earnest this weekend, NEBJ takes another Top 5 peek and looks at other recent notes from the Division 2 landscape: