MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Trinity University baseball team fell one spot in the ABCA polls, moving to fourth in the nation and fell three spots to 12th in the latest D3baseball.com Poll.
The Tigers (30-7), with the top seed in the SCAC Tournament already locked up, took two out of three from Centenary to finish the SCAC season at 14-2. They take on Mary Hardin- Baylor on Tuesday.
Trinity will go into to the tournament on their home field and take on the Southwestern Pirates at 1 p.m. on Friday.
D3baseball.com Poll
Through games of Sunday April 20th, 2014
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (18) | 29-4 | 614 | 1 |
| 2 | Webster (4) | 26-4 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | Concordia-Chicago (2) | 23-2 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 21-4 | 561 | 4 |
| 5 | Southern Maine | 23-7 | 477 | 6 |
| 6 | Cortland State | 25-7 | 466 | 7 |
| 7 | Heidelberg | 27-5 | 434 | 10 |
| 8 | Kean | 25-8 | 413 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 18-7 | 385 | 5 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 23-5 | 382 | 13 |
| 11 | Rowan | 23-7 | 370 | 11 |
| 12 | Trinity (Texas) | 30-7 | 363 | 9 |
| 13 | Tufts | 23-2 | 324 | 15 |
| 14 | Shenandoah | 28-7 | 318 | 12 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 27-7 | 268 | 16 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve | 25-7 | 234 | 18 |
| 17 | Cal Lutheran | 27-8 | 223 | 17 |
| 18 | Buena Vista | 27-5 | 200 | 21 |
| 19 | Birmingham-Southern | 30-10 | 180 | 19 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 22-7 | 143 | 25 |
| 21 | Moravian | 26-7 | 142 | rv |
| 22 | St. John Fisher | 20-5 | 118 | 14 |
| 23 | Marietta | 22-10 | 70 | rv |
| 24 | Gettysburg | 27-5 | 68 | 22 |
| 25 | Eastern Connecticut | 19-6 | 39 | rv |
Dropped out: No. 20 Concordia (Texas), No. 23 York (Pa.) , No. 24 Wheaton (Mass.)
Others receiving votes: York (Pa.) 29, Emory 28, Amherst 26, Wheaton (Mass.) 15, Concordia (TX) 13, George Fox 11, Adrian 11, Rhodes 7, Salem St. 6, Chapman 6, Augustana (Ill.) 5, Rutgers-Camden 3, Endicott 1, Bridgewater (Va.) 1.
ABCA Poll
Through games of Sunday April 20th, 2014
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1. Linfield (Ore.) (16) |
29-4 |
480 |
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2. Webster (Mo.) |
26-4 |
449 |
2 |
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3. Concordia-Chicago |
23-2 |
434 |
5 |
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4. Trinity (Texas) |
30-7 |
427 |
3 |
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5. Wis.-Whitewater |
21-4 |
422 |
6 |
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6. Southern Maine |
23-7 |
374 |
7 |
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7. Heidelberg (Ohio) |
27-5 |
362 |
9 |
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8. Kean (N.J.) |
25-8 |
333 |
8 |
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9. Cal Lutheran |
27-8 |
332 |
10 |
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10. Tufts (Mass.) |
23-2 |
325 |
12 |
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11. Cortland (N.Y.) State |
25-7 |
316 |
11 |
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12. Wis.-Stevens Point |
18-7 |
311 |
4 |
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13. St. Thomas (Minn.) |
23-5 |
280 |
16 |
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14. Salisbury (Md.) |
27-7 |
277 |
17 |
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15. Rowan (N.J.) |
23-7 |
263 |
14 |
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16. Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) |
30-10 |
234 |
15 |
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17. Buena Vista (Iowa) |
27-5 |
216 |
21 |
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18. Shenandoah (Va.) |
28-7 |
204 |
18 |
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19. Case Western (Ohio) |
25-7 |
202 |
19 |
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20. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
20-5 |
178 |
13 |
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21. Moravian (Pa.) |
26-6 |
154 |
29 |
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22. Gettysburg (Pa.) |
27-5 |
127 |
22 |
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23. George Fox (Ore.) |
25-10 |
122 |
23 |
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24. Amherst (Mass.) |
21-5 |
120 |
30 |
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25. Ithaca (N.Y.) |
22-7 |
92 |
25 |
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26. Eastern Connecticut State |
19-6 |
69 |
26 |
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27. Marietta (Ohio) |
22-10 |
68 |
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28. York (Pa.) |
22-7 |
62 |
24 |
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29. Concordia (Texas) |
23-10 |
40 |
20 |
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30. Rhodes (Tenn.) |
27-12 |
26 |
27 |
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* records through games of April 20
Also receiving votes: Wheaton (Mass.) 25, Chapman (Calif.) 24, Augustana (Ill.) 22, Emory (Ga.) 21, Wesleyan (Conn.) 15, Salem (Mass.) State 3, Adrian (Mich.) 2, Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) 2, Lake Forest (Ill.) 2, La Roche (Pa.) 1, Randolph-Macon (Va.) 1, Widener (Pa.) 1.