MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Trinity University baseball team have climbed back up the national polls, moving up to sixth in the ABCA polls and ninth in the latest D3baseball.com polls.
The Tigers (25-6), who surprisingly went winless one week
ago, responded with a bang, going 4-0 this past weekend as the
offense exploded for 45 runs, scoring in double digits in three of
the four games they played in this past weekend. They started with
a road win over Hardin Simmons before returning and sweeping
Schreiner University in dominant fashion on the road to remain in
first in the SCAC.
Trinity returns home and will look to extend its lead in the
conference as they welcome in the No. 2 team in the SCAC, the Texas
Lutheran Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs are receiving votes in the ABCA polls as they came off a huge win over No. 22/16 Concordia (TX) followed by an even bigger home sweep over Centenary to take control on second place.
D3baseball.com Poll
Through games of Sunday April 6th, 2014
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (21) | 24-3 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Stevens Point (4) | 14-1 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | Webster | 17-3 | 557 | 4 |
| 4 | Cortland State | 19-4 | 524 | 6 |
| 5 | Concordia-Chicago | 18-2 | 515 | 7 |
| 6 | Kean | 18-6 | 461 | 3 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 13-3 | 422 | 9 |
| 8 | Southern Maine | 14-6 | 399 | 5 |
| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 25-6 | 389 | 11 |
| 10 | Cal Lutheran | 22-6 | 387 | 8 |
| 11 | Birmingham-Southern | 25-6 | 342 | 15 |
| 12 | Heidelberg | 20-4 | 339 | 20 |
| 13 | Rowan | 15-5 | 314 | 10 |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 10-5 | 266 | 13 |
| 15 | Shenandoah | 22-5 | 240 | 17 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher | 15-1 | 225 | 22 |
| 17 | Salisbury | 19-7 | 222 | 14 |
| 18 | Tufts | 16-1 | 186 | 24 |
| 19 | George Fox | 23-6 | 158 | 23 |
| 20 | Rhodes | 24-8 | 139 | 19 |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve | 18-6 | 128 | 21 |
| 22 | Concordia (Texas) | 20-6 | 125 | 12 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 18-6-1 | 78 | rv |
| 24 | York (Pa.) | 17-3 | 77 | rv |
| 25 | Buena Vista | 16-4 | 66 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Johns Hopkins, No. 18
Marietta.
Others receiving votes: Marietta 63, Endicott 44, Johns Hopkins 41, Lynchburg 30, Gettysburg 27, Ithaca 23, Emory 21, Bridgewater (Va.) 17, Baldwin Wallace 13, Moravian 12, Augustana (Ill.) 9, Dickinson 6, Berry 5, Hampden-Sydney 4, Covenant 3, Frostburg St. 3, Adrian 3, Eastern Conn. St. 2, Colby 2, Mount Union 2, Wartburg 1, Whittier 1.
ABCA Poll
Through games of Sunday April 6th, 2014
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Rank School |
Record* Points |
Last Rank |
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1. Linfield (Ore.) (16) |
24-3 |
480 |
1 |
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2. Wis.-Stevens Point |
15-1 |
464 |
2 |
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3. Webster (Mo.) |
17-3 |
422 |
6 |
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4. Cal Lutheran |
22-6 |
417 |
3 |
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5. Cortland (N.Y.) State |
19-4 |
404 |
7 |
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6. Trinity (Texas) |
25-6 |
377 |
8 |
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7. Kean (N.J.) |
18-6 |
375 |
5 |
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8. Concordia-Chicago |
18-2 |
373 |
9 |
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9. Southern Maine |
14-6 |
339 |
4 |
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10. Wis.-Whitewater |
13-3 |
326 |
10 |
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11. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
25-6 |
324 |
12 |
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12. Heidelberg (Ohio) |
20-4 |
323 |
13 |
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13. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
15-1 |
278 |
16 |
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14. Tufts (Mass.) |
16-1 |
239 |
20 |
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15. Rowan (N.J.) |
15-5 |
230 |
15 |
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16. Concordia (Texas) |
20-6 |
228 |
11 |
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17. George Fox (Ore.) |
23-6 |
220 |
19 |
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18. Rhodes (Tenn.) |
24-8 |
197 |
14 |
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19. Salisbury (Md.) |
19-7 |
180 |
22 |
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20. St. Thomas (Minn.) |
10-5 |
151 |
21 |
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21. Shenandoah (Va.) |
22-5 |
147 |
24 |
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22. Case Western (Ohio) |
18-6 |
123 |
23 |
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23. York (Pa.) |
17-3 |
117 |
28 |
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24. Buena Vista (Iowa) |
16-4 |
106 |
26 |
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25. Wheaton (Mass.) |
18-6-1 |
105 |
rv |
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26. Lynchburg (Va.) |
19-5 |
73 |
29 |
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27. Marietta (Ohio) |
15-9 |
71 |
18 |
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28. Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
13-6 |
53 |
17 |
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29. Gettysburg (Pa.) |
19-3 |
42 |
nr |
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30. Endicott (Mass.) |
13-4 |
40 |
27 |
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* records through games of April 6
Also receiving votes: Emory (Ga.) 35, Ithaca (N.Y.) 31, Eastern Connecticut State 17, Bridgewater (Va.) 14,
Moravian (Pa.) 13, Covenant (Ga.) 11, Berry (Ga.) 10, Augustana (Ill.) 6, Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) 5, Amherst (Mass.) 4, New Jersey 4, Texas Lutheran 4, Alvernia (Pa.) 3, Chapman (Calif.) 3, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 2, Oswego (N.Y.) State 1.