MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Trinity University baseball has moved to No. 1 in the nation for the first time since April 3rd, 2012 in the latest D3baseball.com poll. Trinity also check in at No. 2 in the first American Baseball Coaches Association of the season.
Trinity was named the No. 1 team in the nation for the
first time in school history on March 20th and held onto that
ranking for three weeks before falling to No. 4 on April 10th.
Before that, the SCAC has not seen a No. 1 ranking since Millsaps
earned it in April of 2009.
The Tigers (18-1) continue to roll as they earned another
sweep this past weekend, taking down Southwestern University in
three games.
Trinity continues with a weekday game against Mary
Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday, a team that is receiving votes in the
latest D3baseball.com polls, followed by a home conference weekend
series against the University of Dallas.
D3baseball.com Poll
Through games of Sunday March 16, 2014
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) (15) | 18-1 | 605 | 2 |
| 2 | Linfield (9) | 15-3 | 603 | 1 |
| 3 | Southern Maine (1) | 4-1 | 554 | 3 |
| 4 | Kean | 11-2 | 542 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point | 4-1 | 518 | 5 |
| 6 | Webster | 5-2 | 446 | 6 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 12-4 | 423 | 7 |
| 8 | Cortland State | 10-4 | 387 | 8 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 6-2 | 386 | 9 |
| 10 | Rowan | 5-0 | 384 | 13 |
| 11 | Marietta | 8-3 | 362 | 10 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 7-3 | 304 | 11 |
| 13 | Cal Lutheran | 12-4 | 303 | 12 |
| 14 | Concordia-Chicago | 9-2 | 275 | 16 |
| 15 | Birmingham-Southern | 15-3 | 260 | 21 |
| 16 | UW-Whitewater | 0-0 | 249 | 14 |
| 17 | Mount Union | 10-1 | 196 | 20 |
| 18 | Shenandoah | 12-2 | 195 | rv |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 6-2 | 159 | 18 |
| 20 | George Fox | 15-5 | 120 | 17 |
| 21 | Concordia (Texas) | 13-2 | 100 | rv |
| 22 | Augustana | 6-2 | 97 | 23 |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve | 11-3 | 96 | 24 |
| 24 | LeTourneau | 16-2 | 75 | rv |
| 25 | Rhodes | 15-5 | 54 | rv |
Dropped out: No. 15 Ithaca, No. 19 Manchester, No. 22 Bridgewater (Va.) No. 25 Washington and Jefferson.
Others receiving votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor 50, Ithaca 47, Heidelberg 47, Endicott 30, Washington and Jefferson 28, St. John Fisher 28, Buena Vista 23, Hampden-Sydney 23, Bridgewater (Va.) 22, Millsaps 21, Wis.-Oshkosh 18, Manchester 17, Frostburg St. 12, Huntingdon 9, Anderson (Ind.) 7, Dickinson 6, St. Scholastica 6, Otterbein 5, Alvernia 4, La Roche 3, Lynchburg 3, Covenant 2, York (Pa.) 2, Farmingdale State 1, Berry 1.
ABCA Poll
Through games of Sunday March 16, 2014
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Rank School |
Record* Points |
Preseason Rank |
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1. Linfield (Ore.) (10) |
15-3 |
474 |
1 |
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2. Trinity (Texas) (6) |
18-1 |
461 |
5 |
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3. Kean (N.J.) |
11-2 |
438 |
3 |
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4. Southern Maine |
4-1 |
387 |
2 |
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5. Wis.-Stevens Point |
4-1 |
378 |
6 |
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6. Salisbury (Md.) |
12-3 |
368 |
12 |
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7. Cal Lutheran |
12-4 |
366 |
10 |
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8. Webster (Mo.) |
5-2 |
337 |
7 |
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9. Cortland (N.Y.) State |
10-3 |
328 |
15 |
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10. St. Thomas (Minn.) |
6-2 |
315 |
9 |
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11. Marietta (Ohio) |
8-3 |
278 |
19 |
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12. Concordia-Chicago |
9-2 |
267 |
13 |
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13. Wis.-Whitewater |
0-0 |
264 |
16 |
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14. Wheaton (Mass.) |
7-3 |
219 |
18 |
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15. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
15-3 |
214 |
nr |
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16. Heidelberg (Ohio) |
11-2 |
190 |
nr |
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17. Rowan (N.J.) |
5-0 |
185 |
30 |
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18. Rhodes (Tenn.) |
15-5 |
157 |
nr |
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19. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) |
13-2 |
150 |
nr |
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20. Concordia (Texas) |
13-2 |
144 |
nr |
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21. Millsaps (Miss.) |
12-7 |
120 |
14 |
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22. LeTourneau (Texas) |
16-2 |
118 |
nr |
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23. George Fox (Ore.) |
15-5 |
115 |
rv |
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24. Augustana (Ill.) |
6-2 |
114 |
22 |
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25. Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
6-2 |
109 |
20 |
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26. Case Western (Ohio) |
11-3 |
104 |
29 |
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27. Huntingdon (Ala.) |
15-5 |
94 |
rv |
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28. Endicott (Mass.) |
1-0 |
91 |
23 |
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29. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
8-1 |
77 |
nr |
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30. Buena Vista (Iowa) |
6-1 |
66 |
nr |
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* records through games of March 16
Also receiving votes: Ithaca (N.Y.) 64, Methodist (N.C.) 58, Mount Union (Ohio) 49, Farmingdale (N.Y.) State 39, Shenandoah (Va.) 37, Manchester (Ind.) 35, Emory (Ga.) 34, Bridgewater (Va.) 25, Anderson (Ind.) 21, Hampden-
Sydney (Va.) 11, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 8, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 7, Berry (Ga.) 6, Misericordia (Pa.) 2, Eastern Connecticut State 1, Lynchburg (Va.) 1, Rensselaer (N.Y.) 1, Tufts (Mass.) 1, Wartburg (Iowa) 1, York (Pa.) 1.