MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Trinity University baseball team dropped to No. 8 in the nation in the latest ABCA poll and has fallen to No. 11 in the D3baseball.com poll.
The Tigers (21-6), who have lost five of their last six games after posting a 16-game winning sreak, had a tough week. Trinity lost a non-conference game on Tuesday to No. 11/12 Concordia (TX), 5-1, before dropping three straight to former SCAC foe Hendrix College over the weekend. It was the first time the Tigers have been on the wrong end of a three-game series sweep since April of 2007.
Trinity will stay on the road as they take on Hardin-Simmons on Tuesday in Abilene and follow that up with a road weekend series in Kerrville, Texas against Schreiner University.
D3baseball.com Poll
Through games of Sunday March 30, 2014
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (21) | 21-3 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Stevens Point (4) | 10-1 | 591 | 2 |
| 3 | Kean | 14-4 | 502 | 4 |
| 4 | Webster | 12-3 | 496 | 6 |
| 5 | Southern Maine | 12-4 | 489 | 5 |
| 6 | Cortland State | 14-4 | 473 | 7 |
| 7 | Concordia-Chicago | 12-2 | 435 | 10 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 20-5 | 430 | 13 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 10-2 | 424 | 14 |
| 10 | Rowan | 11-3 | 398 | 8 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 21-6 | 318 | 3 |
| 12 | Concordia (Texas) | 19-3 | 287 | 16 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 9-5 | 266 | 9 |
| 14 | Salisbury | 13-6 | 258 | 15 |
| 15 | Birmingham-Southern | 21-6 | 242 | 12 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 236 | 17 |
| 17 | Shenandoah | 18-4 | 234 | 19 |
| 18 | Marietta | 12-6 | 208 | 11 |
| 19 | Rhodes | 21-6 | 202 | 20 |
| 20 | Heidelberg | 15-4 | 187 | 23 |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve | 14-4 | 153 | 22 |
| 22 | St. John Fisher | 12-1 | 124 | 21 |
| 23 | George Fox | 20-6 | 104 | rv |
| 24 | Tufts | 12-1 | 82 | rv |
| 25 | Buena Vista | 13-3 | 57 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 18 Mount Union, No. 24 Wheaton (Mass.).
Others receiving votes: Endicott 55, Wheaton (Mass.) 32, Mary Hardin-Baylor 27, Emory 27, York (Pa.) 16, Hampden-Sydney 15, UW-Oshkosh 13, Ithaca 11, Augustana (Ill.) 10, Moravian 10, Lynchburg 9, Farmingdale State 8, Berry 7, Wooster 7, Dickinson 6, Baldwin Wallace 5, Susquehanna 4, Alvernia 4, Adrian 4, Mount Union 3, Rensselaer 3, LeTourneau 3, Wartburg 2, Covenant 2, Colby 1, Bridgewater (Va.) 1.
ABCA Poll
Through games of Sunday March 30, 2014
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Rank School |
Record* Points |
Last Rank |
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1. Linfield (Ore.) (16) |
21-3 |
480 |
1 |
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2. Wis.-Stevens Point |
10-1 |
462 |
3 |
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3. Cal Lutheran |
20-5 |
432 |
6 |
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4. Southern Maine |
12-4 |
419 |
5 |
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5. Kean (N.J.) |
14-4 |
410 |
4 |
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6. Webster (Mo.) |
12-3 |
396 |
7 |
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7. Cortland (N.Y.) State |
14-4 |
346 |
8 |
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8. Trinity (Texas) |
21-6 |
343 |
2 |
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9. Concordia-Chicago |
12-2 |
338 |
9 |
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10. Wis.-Whitewater |
10-2 |
333 |
11 |
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11. Concordia (Texas) |
19-3 |
306 |
17 |
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12. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
21-6 |
277 |
10 |
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13. Heidelberg (Ohio) |
15-4 |
275 |
14 |
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14. Rhodes (Tenn.) |
21-6 |
254 |
16 |
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15. Rowan (N.J.) |
11-3 |
239 |
15 |
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16. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
12-1 |
233 |
20 |
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17. Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
12-2 |
206 |
19 |
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18. Marietta (Ohio) |
12-6 |
202 |
13 |
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19. George Fox (Ore.) |
20-6 |
185 |
23 |
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20. Tufts (Mass.) |
12-1 |
164 |
24 |
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21. St. Thomas (Minn.) |
9-5 |
161 |
12 |
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22. Salisbury (Md.) |
13-6 |
148 |
18 |
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23. Case Western (Ohio) |
14-4 |
145 |
22 |
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24. Shenandoah (Va.) |
18-4 |
141 |
26 |
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25. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) |
17-6 |
75 |
21 |
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26. Buena Vista (Iowa) |
13-3 |
72 |
25 |
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27. Endicott (Mass.) |
9-2 |
68 |
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28. York (Pa.) |
11-2 |
66 |
27 |
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29. Lynchburg (Va.) |
15-4 |
51 |
30 |
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30. Emory (Ga.) |
20-9 |
39 |
29 |
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* records through games of March 30
Also receiving votes: Susquehanna (Pa.) 25, Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 18, Berry (Ga.) 17, Rensselaer (N.Y.) 12,
Amherst (Mass.) 11, Ithaca (N.Y.) 7, Wheaton (Mass.) 5, Willamette (Ore.) 4, Ferrum (Va.) 3, Alvernia (Pa.) 3, Farmingdale (N.Y.) State 1, Frostburg (Md.) State 1, Hendrix (Ark.) 1, Moravian (Pa.) 1, St. Norbert (Wis.) 1.