WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Midwestern State moved ahead two spots to No. 3 in the latest National Fast-pitch Coaches' Association Division II Top 25 poll released Wednesday morning.

The Mustangs are one of six teams from the South Central Region to receive mention in the rankings joining No. 1 Angelo State (25-2), No. 11 West Texas A&M (22-6), No. 24 Nebraska-Omaha (19-5), No. 25 Emporia State (18-5) and Missouri Western (20-5).

MSU has won 18 of its last 19 games and is off to its best start in school history at 27-2.

The Mustangs open the MSU Invitational II Friday afternoon with games against Central Missouri and St. Mary's (Texas) and noon and 4 p.m., respectively.

Midwestern closes the tournament with games against Delta State and St. Edward's (Texas) at noon and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

All games of the classic take place at Mustangs Park.
  

NFCA Division II Preseason Poll
March 23, 2011
Rank	School	Record																										Points	Previous
1	Angelo State (Texas)	25-2																										393	1
2	Alabama-Huntsville	22-1-1																										389	3
3	Midwestern State (Texas)	27-2																										347	5
4	Valdosta State (Ga.)	12-4																										339	2
5	North Georgia	28-8																										333	4
6	Hawaii Pacific	16-4																										297	9
7	Arkansas-Monticello	24-2																										292	6
8	Winona State (Minn.)	14-3																										276	8
9	Western Washington	17-2																										239	7
10	Tampa (Fla.)	23-3																										218	13
11	West Texas A&M	22-6																										215	10
12	Lenoir-Rhyne	23-6																										195	16
13	Indianapolis (Ind.)	17-7-1																										182	12
14	Indiana (Pa.)	15-2																										180	25
15	Minnesota State-Mankato	21-4																										171	18
16	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	13-3																										156	19
17	Rollins (Fla.)	27-1																										153	17
18	Augustana (S.D.)	15-2																										137	14
19	Kutztown (Pa.)	21-4																										115	11
20	California-San Diego	20-6																										111	20
21	West Virginia Wesleyan	23-4																										108	15
22	Dowling (N.Y.)	10-0																										72	21
23	Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.)	20-4																										59	24
24	Nebraska-Omaha	19-5																										54	23
25	Emporia State (Kan.)	18-5																										47	RV
	Missouri Western	20-5																										47	22
Others Receving Votes: Saginaw Valley (Mich.) 23; California (Pa.) 14; Augusta State (Ga.) 10; Lewis (Ill.) 10; Columbus State (Ga.) 7; Tusculum (Tenn.) 4; C.W. Post (N.Y.) 4; Sonoma State (Calif.) 2; Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 1.
Dropped out: None