April 14, 2015
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Four teams get No. 1 votes
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CORTLAND STATE 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 Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.

Rk. School [1st place] Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Cortland State [13] 21-2 608 2
2. UW-Whitewater [6] 18-3 577 3
3. Salisbury [3] 21-2 572 1
4. Frostburg State [3] 27-3 554 8
5. Kean 24-6 535 5
6. Shenandoah 18-4-1 455 9
7. UW-Stevens Point 16-5 448 7
8. Heidelberg 19-5 443 4
9. Birmingham-Southern 26-7-1 428 6
10. Millsaps 25-7 367 12
11. Concordia (Texas) 24-6 310 19
12. Wooster 20-4 295 17
13. Wartburg 23-6 235 11
14. St. Thomas (Minn.) 16-8 231 10
15. Misericordia 17-5 219 13
16. Linfield 24-9 213 24
17. Trinity (Texas) 22-9 189 22
18. Baldwin Wallace 16-5 178 16
19. Randolph-Macon 19-7 162 15
20. Rhodes 24-11 123 14
21. Southern Maine 15-6 122 21
22. Methodist 26-8 102 23
23. Ohio Northern 20-5 94 25
24. John Carroll 18-5 77 -
25. Thomas More 19-4 74 -
Also receiving votes: Pacific Lutheran 70, Mary Washington 66, Tufts 64, Cal Lutheran 58, Adrian 47, Webster 46, Rowan 38, Emory 29, Buena Vista 19, Bridgewater (Va.) 18, Wesleyan (Conn.), Oswego State 11, Texas Lutheran 10, Carthage 5, UW-La Crosse 4, Augustana (Ill.) 2, Bethel (Minn.) 1, Marietta 1, Pomona-Pitzer 1.
Dropped out: Buena Vista (18), Augustana (20).

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of 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 also sponsors the Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.

2015 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (UW-Whitewater)
Feb. 24 (UW-Whitewater)
March 3 (UW-Whitewater)
March 10 (UW-Whitewater)
March 17 (UW-Whitewater)
March 24 (Salisbury)
March 31 (Salisbury)
April 7 (Salisbury)
April 14 (Cortland State)
April 21 (Cortland State)
April 28 (Cortland State)
May 5 (Cortland State)
May 12 (Cortland State)
Final (Cortland State)