Baseball ranked No. 23 nationally by D3baseball.com

Baseball ranked No. 23 nationally by D3baseball.com
March 31, 2015

By Tim Glon

| D3baseball.com poll | ABCA poll |

ADA – The Ohio Northern baseball team is ranked No. 23 nationally in the sixth weekly D3baseball.com poll, released Tuesday.

The Polar Bears (14-2 overall)also received votes in the fourth American Baseball Coaches Association Division III poll.

Northern received 76 votes in the D3baseball.com poll, which was 25 more than last week.

ONU received 26 votes in the ABCA poll, which is 17 less than last week and is the 33rd most in the poll.

In the D3baseball.com poll, Salisbury (Md.) is No. 1, Cortland State (N.Y.) is No. 2 and Wisconsin-Whitewater is No. 3.

Whitewater is No. 1 in the ABCA poll, followed by Cortland State at No. 2 and Salisbury at No. 3.

The Polar Bears are scheduled to return to action Tuesday with a 6 pm road game at Denison at Big Red Field.

D3baseball.com Division III Poll - #6

Mar. 31, 2015

Rank School Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Salisbury (Md.) (13)
 12-0 611 1
2. Cortland State (N.Y.) (4)
 15-1 595 2
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (7)
 8-1 584 3
4. Birmingham-Southern (Va.) (1)
 22-3-1 540 5
5. Kean (N.J.) 15-4 498 6
6. Heidelberg 15-1 456 14
7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9-3 425 10
8. St. Thomas (Minn.) 8-4 423 4
9. Shenandoah (Va.) 12-3-1 402 11
10. Randolph-Macon (Va.) 16-3 383 7
11. Rhodes (Tenn.) 22-6 363 9
12. Frostburg State (Md.) 17-2 342 16
13. Misericordia (Pa.) 10-1 264 17
14. Wartburg (Iowa) 17-2 263 18
15.  Southern Maine 9-5 229 12
16. Baldwin Wallace 11-4 183 15
17. Buena Vista (Iowa) 13-2 177 21
18. Concordia (Tex.) 20-5 175 20
19. Trinity (Tex.) 17-8 170 13
20. Cal Lutheran 18-8 164 8
21.  Millsaps (Miss.)
 19-4 125 RV
22. Emory (Ga.) 16-9 116 19
23. Ohio Northern
 14-2 76 RV
24. Augustana (Ill.)
 15-4 75 RV
25.
 Wooster
 14-2 54 RV

Others Receiving Votes: Linfield 53, Pacific Lutheran 45, Marietta 37, Thomas More 31, Rowan 29, Concordia-Moorhead 21, Adrian 19, Otterbein 18, Puget Sound 14, Methodist 14, Piedmont 14, Washington (Mo.) 14, Tufts 13, Pomona-Pitzer 12, John Carroll 10, Neumann 10, Webster 10, Bridgewater (Va.) 8, Wash. & Jeff. 8, Carthage 6, Southwestern (Tex.) 6, UW-La Crosse 6, Alvernia 2, Clarkson 1, Oswego St. 1, Wheaton (Mass.) 1.

ABCA Division III Poll - #4

Mar. 31, 2015

Rank School Record Pts. Pvs.
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater (9) 8-1 471 1
2. Cortland State (N.Y.) (7)
 15-1 469 2
3. Salisbury (Md.) (8) 12-0 451 3
4. Birmingham-Southern (Va.) (1)
 22-3-1 426 5
5. Kean (N.J.) 15-4 410 7
6. St. Thomas (Minn.) 8-4 376 4
7. Heidelberg 15-1 328 16
8. Frostburg State (Md.) 17-2 321 11
9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9-3 319 10
10. Wartburg (Iowa) 17-2 317 14
11. Rhodes (Tenn.) 22-6 311 12
12. Randolph-Macon (Va.) 16-3 284 8
13. Trinity (Tex.) 17-8 276 6
14. Buena Vista (Iowa) 13-2 258 15
15.  Concordia (Tex.) 20-5 226 18
16. Millsaps (Miss.) 19-4 224 23
17. Cal Lutheran 18-8 220 13
18. Southern Maine 9-5 208 9
19. Shenandoah (Va.) 12-3-1 182 21
20. Linfield (Ore.) 18-9 179 17
21.  Baldwin Wallace 11-4 159 19
22. Misericordia (Pa.) 10-1 154 25
23. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 19-8 122 22
24. Wooster 12-2 106 29
25.
 Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 19-7 88 RV
26. Emory (Ga.) 16-9 64 26
27. Wesleyan (Conn.) 8-4 62 30
28. Augustana (Ill.) 15-4 58 28
29. Methodist (N.C.) 21-7 55 NR
30. Rowan (N.J.) 11-5 52 RV

Others Receiving Votes: Thomas More (Ky.) 39, William Paterson (N.J.) 32, Ohio Northern 26, Marietta 22, Piedmont (Ga.) 20, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 19, Otterbein (Ohio) 10, Southwestern (Texas) 8, Wheaton (Mass.) 8, Bridgewater (Va.) 7, MIT 7, Adrian (Mich.) 5, Carthage (Wis.) 4, Illinois Wesleyan 4, Bates (Maine) 3, Clarkson (N.Y.) 3, Washington University (Mo.) 2, Whitworth (Wash.) 2, Oswego (N.Y.) State 1.