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***Saturday's doubleheader at Benedictine has been cancelled***
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Photo / Siouxland Sports Authority.com
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City rivals Morningside and Briar Cliff will renew their baseball rivalry on Thursday when the teams play a nine-inning game at 3 p.m. at Briar Cliff.
The Mustangs’ Bret Hoch and Kelly Kotlik will both take four-game hitting streaks into the contest, while senior slugger Jared Noteboom has connected for three home runs in his last two games to double his season’s tally to six roundtrippers.
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 Morningside has been tabbed for a fourth place finish in the GPAC Baseball Coaches’ Pre-Season Poll.
The Mustangs, who received three of the 13 first place votes, are coming off a 2009 season where they posted a 31-25 record and finished sixth in the GPAC with a 13-11 league mark.
Morningside returns four first-team All-GPAC players from last year, including GPAC Pitcher of the Year Wade Morrison and 2008 GPAC Player of the Year Bret Hoch.
Click here for the 2010 GPAC Baseball Coaches’ Pre-Season Poll.
 Jared Noteboom, a senior second baseman from South Sioux City, Neb., has been named to the 17-player 2010 NAIA Pre-Season All-America baseball team.
Noteboom earned honorable mention NAIA All-America honors last season when he hit .366 with 22 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, and 60 RBIs. His 22 doubles was a Morningside single-season record.
The Mustangs posted a 31-25 record in the 2009 season.
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