May 12, 2009
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POMONA-PIZTER TOPS NCBWA
D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll. Weekly polls continue through the NCAA Division III Championship.

The poll voters come from 25 college baseball writers, sports information directors and related media persons from throughout the nation.

Rk. School [1st place] Record Pts Pvs.
1. Pomona-Pitzer [15] 35-5 595 2
2. Salisbury [3] 37-6 575 3
3. Eastern Connecticut [5] 35-6 572 4
4. Heidelberg [1] 36-7 523 5
5. Trinity (Conn.) 29-5 511 6
6. Southern Maine 35-7 501 1
7. Carthage 32-6 476 7
8. Keystone [1] 37-4 452 9
9. Wooster 35-8 434 10
10. St. Scholastica 35-5 409 8
11. Texas-Tyler 38-10 365 11
12. Millsaps 32-8 355 12
13. Kean 34-9 343 13
14. Curry 34-7 259 16
15. Cal Lutheran 31-9 246 15
16. George Fox 33-9 235 17
17. Shenandoah 28-6 211 18
18. St. Thomas 31-10 189 14
19. Cortland State 30-12 133 23
20. Ithaca 29-8 131 19
21. Adrian 31-9 117 24
22. RPI 31-9 86 20
23. Pacific Lutheran 31-9 72 21
24. Wheaton (Mass.) 30-12 60 22
25. Linfield 28-12 47 25
Also receiving votes: St. Olaf 43, Beloit 28, Suffolk 18, Washington and Jefferson 15, UW-Whitewater 15, Penn State-Behrend 13, UW-Stevens Point 13, Worcester Polytech 11, Christopher Newport 11, Marietta 10, Luther 9, Franklin 9, Wartburg 6, Chapman 6, Birmingham-Southern 5, Rochester 5, Washington U. 4, Johns Hopkins 2, Concordia (Ill.) 2, Nebraska Wesleyan 1, Rose-Hulman 1, Western New England 1.
Dropped out: None.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors the Pro-Line Cap Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.

2009 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Cortland State)
Feb. 24 (Salisbury)
March 3 (Salisbury)
March 10 (Salisbury)
March 17 (Trinity [Conn.])
March 24 (Eastern Connecticut)
March 31 (Eastern Connecticut)
April 7 (Eastern Connecticut)
April 14 (Millsaps)
April 21 (Southern Maine)
April 28 (Southern Maine)
May 5 (Southern Maine)
May 12 (Pomona-Pitzer)
May 29 (St. Thomas)