(Photo by Joshua Moczygemba)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Trinity University, off to an 8-2 record to open the season, has moved from 11th to seventh in the first D3baseball.com Top 25 poll of the 2013 regular season.
The SCAC preseason favorite, Trinity is 2-1 in conference play after taking 2 of 3 against Austin College in the conference-opening series for both teams. The Tigers only other loss was in the third game of a three game set at Chapman (Calif.).
D3baseball.com Top 25, week 1
Through games of Sunday February 24, 2013
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Wheaton (Mass.) (12) | 0-0 | 605 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (3) | 2-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Marietta (10) | 0-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | Cortland State | 1-1 | 523 | 4 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport | 8-2-1 | 504 | 8 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 4-1 | 471 | 9 |
| 7 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-2 | 421 | 11 |
| 8 | Birmingham-Southern | 7-3 | 414 | 6 |
| 9 | Adrian | 0-0 | 366 | 13 |
| 10 | Kean | 1-1 | 359 | 7 |
| 11 | Webster | 2-1 | 336 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 0-0 | 311 | 14 |
| 13 | Western New England | 0-0 | 299 | 15 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 0-0 | 256 | 18 |
| 15 | Whitworth | 4-3-1 | 255 | 5 |
| 16 | Keystone | 2-0 | 247 | 12 |
| 17 | UW-La Crosse | 0-0 | 228 | 17 |
| 18 | Ramapo | 2-0 | 187 | 20 |
| 19 | Trinity (Conn.) | 0-0 | 167 | 19 |
| 20 | Shenandoah | 4-1 | 154 | 23 |
| 21 | St. Scholastica | 0-0 | 116 | 22 |
| 22 | Linfield | 7-1 | 99 | rv |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 0-0 | 91 | 21 |
| 24 | Aurora | 0-0 | 71 | 24 |
| 25 | UW-Stevens Point | 0-0 | 47 | rv |
Dropped Out: No. 16 Concordia (Texas), No. 25 Farmingdale State.
Others receiving votes: Illinios Wesleyan 45, Pomona-Pitzer 37, Concordia (TX) 33, Neumann 26, Cal Lutheran 23, Mount Union 22, Bridgewater (Va.) 20, St. John Fisher 20, Texas-Tyler 19, Whittier 17, DePauw 17, Misericordia 15, Southern Me. 15, Augustana (Ill.) 13, Millsaps 10, Washington (Mo.) 7, Eastern Conn. St. 6, La Roche 6, Rowan 6, Penn St.-Behrend 6, La Verne 5, Emory 5, Alvernia 5, Farmingdale State 4, Manchester 4, Ozarks (Ark.), Brockport St. 3, Rose-Hulman 3, Anderson (Ind.) 2, Lynchburg 2, Heidelberg 2, Bridgewater St. 2, Tufts 2, Chicago 1.
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. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.
