2

April 24, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
907-479-4306
Top 5 remains the same
Bookmark and Share
TRINITY (TEXAS) 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.

Rk. School [1st place] Location Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Trinity [15] San Antonio, Texas 31-4 598 1
2. Wooster [3] Wooster, Ohio 25-4 584 2
3. UW-Whitewater [3] Whitewater, Wis. 17-3 576 3
4. Randolph-Macon [3] Ashland, Va. 26-4-1 548 4
5. UMass-Boston [1] Boston, Mass. 26-5 531 5
6. Rowan Glassboro, N.J. 25-6 502 7
7. Cortland Cortland, N.Y. 28-7 472 6
8. Christopher Newport Newport News, Va. 29-7 413 9
9. TCNJ Ewing, N.J. 23-6 398 12
10. Concordia-Chicago River Forest, Ill. 20-8 324 8
11. UW-Oshkosh Oshkosh, Wis. 18-4 311 16
12. Case Western Reserve Cleveland, Ohio 25-6 298 10
13. Roanoke Salem, Va. 26-8 265 13
14. Shenandoah Winchester, Va. 26-8 263 11
15. Texas Lutheran Seguin, Texas 28-9 242 14
16. Redlands Redlands, Calif. 28-9 222 18
17. Franklin Franklin, Ind. 28-2 212 22
18. La Roche Pittsburgh, Pa. 23-6-1 176 21
19. Methodist Fayetteville, N.C. 30-11 127 17
20. Marietta Marietta, Ohio 22-9 120 15
21. Salisbury Salisbury, Md. 25-9 112 19
22. Adrian Adrian, Mich. 24-5 98 25
23. Southern Maine Gorham, Maine 20-8 96 23
24. Keystone La Plume, Pa. 22-7 89 rv
25. UW-Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wis. 18-5 77 rv
Also receiving votes: Oswego State 70, Spalding 64, Webster 47, Piedmont 42, Chapman 35, North Central (Ill.) 32, Babson 23 Berry 22, Otterbein 19, La Verne 18, Saint John's (Minn.) 18, Baldwin Wallace 12, Carthage 12, Washington & Jefferson 11, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 8, NYU 6, Catholic 5, Johns Hopkins 5, Concordia (Texas) 4, Bethel (Minn.) 3, Mitchell 3, Rhodes 3, St. John Fisher 2, Alvernia 1.
Dropped out: No. 20 Spalding, No. 24 Oswego State.

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.

2018 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (Cortland)
Feb. 26 (Cortland)
March 6 (UMass-Boston)
March 13 (UMass-Boston)
March 20 (UMass-Boston)
March 27 (Trinity, Texas)
April 3 (Trinity, Texas)
April 10 (Trinity, Texas)
April 17 (Trinity, Texas)
April 24 (Trinity, Texas)
May 1 (Wooster)
May 8 (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
May 15 (Wisconsin-Whitewater)