Softball receives votes in final NFCA poll

Softball receives votes in final NFCA poll
June 7, 2022

By Tim Glon

| NFCA Poll - Final |

ADA — The Ohio Northern softball team received votes in the final NCAA Division III National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll.

The Polar Bears (24-11 overall) received eight points, which was the 26th-most in the poll.

Ohio Northern finished its season with a 24-11 overall record, won the OAC Regular Season title with a 16-2 mark, won the OAC Tournament and participated in the NCAA III Tournament in 2022 under sixth-year head coach Jackie Price.

National Champion Christopher Newport (Va.) is the top-ranked team in the poll with 250 points and all 10 first-place votes.

National Runner-UP Trine (Ind.) is second with 240 points and Texas Lutheran is third with 230 points.

Ohio Northern was ranked No. 24 in the final regular season poll on May 10.

NFCA Coaches Poll - Final

June 7, 2022

Rank 
 School (First Place Votes) 2022
Record		 Total
Points		 Last
Week
1. Christopher Newport (Va.) (10)   47-1 250 1
2. Trine (Ind.) 35-13 240 20
3. Texas Lutheran 45-6 230 2
4. Berry (Ga.) 36-3 220 10
5. Salisbury (Md.) 42-8 210 4
6. Eastern Connecticut State 44-7 200 3
7. Belhaven (Ky.) 41-8 190 5
8. Virginia Wesleyan 36-13 180 9
9. Millikin (Ill.) 37-9 170 RV
10. Bethel (Minn.) 37-7 155 12
  Randolph Macon (Va.) 35-11 155 16
12. Worcester Polytecnic Institute (Mass.) 35-17 140 NR
13. Case Western Reserve 30-12 130 t25
14. Linfield (Ore.) 38-9 120 6
15. East Texas Baptist 33-12 110 7
16. Concordia (Wis.) 36-6 100 18
17. Wartburg (Iowa) 30-4 90 t25
18. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) 32-11 80 11
19. Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 32-8 70 15
20. Piedmont (Ga.) 31-11 60 14
21. Rowan (N.J.) 35-10 50 17
22. DePauw (Ind.) 35-11 40 8
23. Mount Saint Joseph 34-12 11 NR
  Tufts (Conn.) 36-12 11 NR
25. Babson (Mass.) 38-10 10 23

Others receiving votes: Ohio Northern 8, Washington (Mo.) 7, Arcadia (Pa.) 1.