April 29, 2014 For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Top six teams remain the same
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 29)
Rk.
School [1st place]
Record
Pts.
Pvs.
1.
Linfield [20]
32-4
619
1
2.
Webster [3]
30-4
593
2
3.
Concordia-Chicago [2]
31-3
578
3
4.
UW-Whitewater
25-6
507
4
5.
Southern Maine
26-8
486
5
6.
Cortland State
27-8
454
6
7.
Rowan
28-8
420
11
8.
Heidelberg
29-7
388
7
9.
Tufts
27-3
386
13
10.
Salisbury
30-7
350
15
11.
Kean
28-10
344
8
12.
St. Thomas
25-7
336
10
13.
Trinity (Texas)
30-8
330
12
14.
Cal Lutheran
31-8
302
17
15.
UW-Stevens Point
22-9
295
9
16.
Shenandoah
31-9
293
14
17.
Birmingham-Southern
33-10
250
19
18.
Ithaca
26-8
187
20
19.
Case Western Reserve
30-10
186
16
20.
Buena Vista
29-7
147
18
21.
Gettysburg
30-6
131
24
22.
Moravian
29-8
116
21
23.
Marietta
25-11
98
23
24.
Eastern Connecticut
23-7
82
25
25.
Emory
29-10
70
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Also receiving votes:
Bridgewater (Va.) 57, Rutgers-Camden 36, St. John
Fisher 18, Rhodes 17, George Fox 11, Adrian 9,
Amherst 5, Concordia (TX) 4, Oswego St. 3, La Roche
3, Augustana (Ill.) 2, Castleton 2, Lynchburg 2,
Alvernia 1, Chapman 1, York (Pa.) 1.
Dropped out: St.
John Fisher (22).
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