The St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team has moved up in a pair of regional rankings after taking two of three games against Wilmington University to start the 2013 season.

In the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association pre-season poll, Wilmington was ranked #4 in the east with STAC starting at #7, but the teams flipped slots this week off the Spartans' strong performance. The website d2baseballnews.com also weighed in, with St. Thomas Aquinas currently occupying the #5 position.

STAC returns to action this Friday, March 1, when they take on Nyack College, followed by the Home Opening double-header - also against Nyack - slated for Saturday, March 2 at Provident Bank Park.

NCBWA East Rankings (as of 2/24/13)

1.   Franklin Pierce

1.   Southern New Hampshire

3.   Stonehill

4.   St. Thomas Aquinas

5.   LeMoyne

6.   Southern Connecticut State

7.   Wilmington

8.   St. Anselm

9.   Bentley

9.   Dowling

d2baseballnews.com East Rankings (as of 2/24/13)

1.   Franklin Pierce

2.   Southern New Hampshire

3.   Southern Connecticut

4.   Dowling

5.   St. Thomas Aquinas

6.   LeMoyne

7.   Stonehill

8.   Wilmington

9.   Felician

10. Bentley