AUGUSTA, Ga. | Young Harris College has been selected to finish in third place in the Peach Belt Conference in a poll of the league's baseball head coaches.

Columbus State Univesity received six first-place votes and 78 total points to take the top spot in the coaches poll, edging out the University of North Georgia by four. Young Harris and Georgia College were tied for third with 60. The University of South Carolina-Aiken was fifth with 46 points and was followed by Georgia Southwestern State University (37), Flagler College (37), Lander University (32), Augusta University (17) and Claflin University (9).

The Mountain Lions, who are ranked 26th nationally in the preseason Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division II Coaches poll, went 20-13 in the Peach Belt Conference in 2021, setting a program-best PBC wins total as Young Harris finished in third place. YHC advanced to the semifinals of the PBC Tournament a year ago.

The Mountain Lions open their 2022 season Feb. 4 with a 2 p.m. home doubleheader against Union (Tenn.) University at Zell B. Miller Field.

YHC has seven games on its 2022 schedule against teams that are ranked in the Collegiate Baseball national poll. The Mountain Lions will play a three-game weekend series against No. 16 Columbus State (March 25-27) and home-and-home series with No. 17 Lee University (Feb. 16, April 27) and No. 32 University of Alabama in Huntsville (March 1, April 19).

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