Deleting message in Exchange goes to next message down

When I'm in the view sorted by recency (most recent on top), can I
specify which message receives focus when I delete a message?  The use
case is as follows:

Msg 3  (most recent)
Msg 2   (hi-lited)
Msg 1  (least recent)

When I'm on Msg 2 and delete the message, it current goes to Msg 3.
Can I make it go to Msg 1?

Thanks,
John