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    SLC Releases Preseason Poll
    `Jacks picked 11th in their return to the diamond
    'Jacks open season Friday against UALR.
    'Jacks open season Friday against UALR.

    Jan. 31, 2006

    PLANO, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack baseball team has been picked 11th in a preseason poll of the Southland Conference head coaches and sports information directors announced league officials Tuesday afternoon. The 2006 season will mark the first year SFA has fielded a baseball team since 1995. Conference champion Northwestern State was picked to defend its title in both polls.

    The `Jacks kick off the 2006 regular season Friday when they open a three-game series against Arkansas-Little Rock. Friday's game is slated to begin at 2 p.m., from Jaycees Field at the Nacogdoches City Park. The games on Saturday and Sunday will begin at 1 p.m.

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