New York, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Baseball team has been selected seventh in the 2023 Skyline Conference Preseason Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Knights picked up 52 points in the annual rankings voted on by the league's 11 head coaches.
 
St. Joseph's-L.I., who won the 2022 Skyline Conference crown and three of the last six conference titles, leads the way in the rankings after collecting 96 total points and six first place nods. The Golden Eagles beat out USMMA who checks in second with 89 tallies and four first place votes.
 
Farmingdale State ranks third according to the head coaches with 80 points with Maritime trailing in fourth place with 67 total points and the remaining first place vote. The College of Mount Saint Vincent (65) in fifth and Manhattanville (61) in sixth finish off the top half of the rankings.
 
Mount Saint Mary, who finished the 2022 season with a 16-17 overall record and an 11-9 mark in league play, sits in seventh followed by Old Westbury in eighth. The final three positions in the rankings are filled by Purchase (26) in ninth, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (21) in tenth and Yeshiva (10) in eleventh.
 
Mount Saint Mary, under the direction of first year head Coach Trevor Purcell '04, opens the 2023 season with a doubleheader on Saturday as part of a three-game weekend series at Mary Washington.