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Jared Noteboom hit three home runs to lead Morningside to a split with Peru State College in Sunday’s baseball doubleheader in Omaha, Neb.
Noteboom, who doubled his season’s total to six home runs, homered twice to lead the Mustangs to an 8-5 triumph in the opener. The Bobcats rebounded for a 7-5 victory in the nightcap.
The Mustangs won the opener after they scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally from a 5-3 deficit. Bret Hoch and Taylor Rasmussen each singled to start the rally before Noteboom slugged a three-run homer to put the Mustangs ahead to stay at 6-5. The Mustangs scored two more runs after Kelly Kotlik walked and Bill Meacham blasted a two-run homer.
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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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