CHARLOTTE – Expectations are high again for Jones College softball.
 
Second-year head coach Tori Dew's Bobcats are ranked No. 4 in the NJCAA Division II preseason poll.

Jones has been ranked in 14 consecutive preseason polls dating back to 2012.
 
Last season Jones went 41-15, won the Region 23 championship, finished runner-up in the MACCC, advanced to the Division II World Series and finished No. 4 in the final national ratings.

It was the 12th straight season (not counting the 2020 Covid year) in which Jones won 40 or more games.
 
Jones returns seven position starters from 2024, including Jayden Sawyer, who set the single-season school record with 29 home runs last season.
 
The Bobcats open the season play Jan. 31 at Chipola College (Florida). The first home date at Community Bank Park/Gwen Magee Field will be on Feb. 4 vs. Coastal Alabama-South.
 
Defending national champion St. John's River State College (Florida) is rated first in the national poll, followed by Kirkwood (Iowa) and Murray State (Oklahoma). Other MACCC schools in the poll are Copiah-Lincoln at No. 6 and Pearl River at No. 11. Region foe LSU Eunice is No. 12.

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