April 30, 2013 For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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St. Thomas moves up 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 30)
Rk.
School [1st place]
Record
Pts.
Pvs.
1.
Linfield [22]
32-5
622
1
2.
St. Thomas [2]
22-4
578
4
3.
Cortland State
31-8
520
6
4.
UW-Whitewater
28-5
516
7
5.
Kean
30-8
502
2
6.
Johns Hopkins [1]
33-5
492
3
7.
Salisbury
30-7
478
5
8.
Trinity, Texas
36-7
452
9
9.
Marietta
24-8
451
8
10.
Webster
29-7
366
10
11.
Cal Lutheran
31-7-1
341
11
12.
Keystone
29-7
327
14
13.
Manchester
28-5-1
295
15
14.
Wheaton, Mass.
27-10
293
12
15.
Ithaca
30-6
287
18
16.
Southern Maine
29-6
259
13
17.
Texas-Tyler
32-10
230
17
18.
Wartburg
28-6
157
20
19.
Bridgewater, Va.
31-9
149
23
20.
Illinois Wesleyan
26-7
137
24
21.
Augustana
26-8
130
16
22.
Concordia, Ill.
27-5
104
22
23.
UW-Stevens Point
24-7
103
-
24.
Christopher Newport
29-12-1
78
21
25.
Millsaps
32-11
53
25
Also receiving votes: Western
New England 32, Ramapo 22, Texas Lutheran 21, George
Fox 16, Huntingdon 16, Shenandoah 15, Misericordia 15,
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 13, Birmingham Southern 10, St.
Scholastica 8, MIT 7, Gettysburg 4, Rowan 3, Wis.-Oshkosh
2, La Roche 2, Wooster 2, Pomona-Pitzer 2, Denison 1,
Penn State-Behrend 1.
Dropped out: Ramapo (19).
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