April 23, 2013 For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Kean 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 23)
Rk.
School [1st place]
Record
Pts.
Pvs.
1.
Linfield [19]
29-5
616
1
2.
Kean [3]
28-6
585
3
3.
Johns Hopkins [1]
30-3
561
2
4.
St. Thomas [2]
16-4
540
4
5.
Salisbury
27-6
526
5
6.
Cortland State
26-8
466
7
7.
UW-Whitewater
22-4
457
8
8.
Marietta
21-8
432
6
9.
Trinity, Texas
32-7
407
13
10.
Webster
25-6
394
10
11.
Cal Lutheran
28-6-1
383
16
12.
Wheaton, Mass.
23-8
311
11
13.
Southern Maine
25-4
307
18
14.
Keystone
27-7
300
15
15.
Manchester
25-5-1
273
9
16.
Augustana
23-6
208
22
17.
Texas-Tyler
30-10
195
12
18.
Ithaca
25-6
163
20
19.
Ramapo
22-8-1
149
14
20.
Wartburg
25-5
122
-
21.
Christopher Newport
29-12-1
106
17
22.
Concordia, Ill.
22-5
96
-
23.
Bridgewater, Va.
28-9
93
-
24.
Illinois Wesleyan
23-7
64
21
25.
Millsaps
28-10
59
23
Also receiving votes: UW-Stevens
Point 55, Shenandoah 44, Western New England 42, George
Fox 38, Texas Lutheran 29, Wheaton (Ill.) 16, Pomona-Pitzer
14, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 13, Huntingdon 13, Birmingham
Southern 11, UW-Oshkosh 11, St. Scholastica 9, DeSales
7, Wooster 5, Haverford 2, Coe 1, La Roche 1, Rowan
1.
Dropped out: George Fox (19),
UW-Oshkosh (24), Shenandoah (25).
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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
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the Year, and publication and writing contests.