April 16, 2013 For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Johns Hopkins rises to No. 2
LINFIELD 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 D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches,
Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country,
and is published weekly.
NCBWA/D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL (APRIL 16)
Rk.
School [1st place]
Record
Pts.
Pvs.
1.
Linfield [17]
26-5
602
2
2.
Johns Hopkins [4]
26-2
571
5
3.
Kean [2]
24-6
565
1
4.
St. Thomas [2]
16-4
526
4
5.
Salisbury
23-6
521
3
6.
Marietta
17-6
464
6
7.
Cortland State
21-8
393
7
8.
UW-Whitewater
18-4
389
11
9.
Manchester
23-3-1
343
14
10.
Webster
22-6
336
15
11.
Wheaton, Mass.
21-7
331
12
12.
Texas-Tyler
29-8
281
16
13.
Trinity, Texas
29-7
280
10
14.
Ramapo
18-5-1
278
9
15.
Keystone
21-7
264
13
16.
Cal Lutheran
25-6-1
256
18
17.
Christopher Newport
28-11-1
238
8
18.
Southern Maine
20-3
197
24
19.
George Fox
24-9
168
17
20.
Ithaca
22-4
159
rv
21.
Illinois Wesleyan
21-5
135
rv
22.
Augustana
19-5
131
19
23.
Millsaps
26-8
80
rv
24.
UW-Oshkosh
13-4
62
21
25.
Shenandoah
22-9
55
25
Also receiving votes: Texas Lutheran
54, Wartburg 46, Concordia (Ill.) 36, Bridgewater (Va.)
32, Western New England 31, UW-Stevens Point 31, Birmingham
Southern 29, Baldwin Wallace 23, St. Scholastica 23,
Pomona-Pitzer 21, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 13, Haverford
11, Huntingdon 5, La Roche 3, Washington & Jefferson
3, Suffolk 2, UW-La Crosse, Wooster 1, Denison 1.
Dropped out: Birmingham-Southern
(20), Pomona-Pitzer (22), UW-Stevens Point (23).
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the Year, and publication and writing contests.