May 30, 2013 For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Wildcats win first national title since 1971
LINFIELD TOPS FINAL
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. This is the final
poll for the 2013 season.
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.
FINAL NCBWA/D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL (MAY 30)
Rk.
School [1st place]
Record
Pts.
Pvs.
1.
Linfield [25]
42-8
625
1
2.
Southern Maine
46-10
599
14
3.
Ithaca
41-8
574
7
4.
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
41-11
539
16
5.
Kean
39-13
513
10
6.
Webster
37-12
494
12
7.
Manchester
39-7-1
475
9
8.
Millsaps
38-14
426
23
9.
Trinity, Texas
40-9
403
6
10.
Cortland State
38-11
393
3
11.
Salisbury
33-9
327
4
12.
Keystone
37-10
314
11
13.
St. Thomas
34-7
306
2
14.
Marietta
32-14
274
13
15.
Wisconsin-Whitewater
35-9
255
5
16.
Concordia, Ill.
39-7
226
19
17.
Cal Lutheran
35-9-1
198
8
18.
Texas-Tyler
37-12
189
18
19.
Endicott
35-14
165
-
20.
Augustana
34-11
147
20
21.
Case Western
29-14
125
-
22.
Wheaton, Mass.
32-12
116
15
23.
Johns Hopkins
37-10
97
17
24.
Misericordia
39-11
71
-
25.
Huntingdon
32-11
57
-
Also receiving votes: Western
New England 47, St. Scholastica 33, Amherst 32, Wartburg
30, Bridgewater (Va.) 15, George Fox 10, Thomas More
8, Rowan, Ill. 7, Wesleyan 6, Christopher Newport 5,
Shenandoah 4, Washington and Jefferson 3, Eastern Connecticut
State 3, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 2, Penn State-Behrend
2, La Roche 1, Texas Lutheran 1.
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