Baseball moves up two spots to No. 20 in tenth weekly D3baseball.com poll
By Tim Glon
| D3baseball.com poll | ABCA poll |
ADA – The Ohio Northern baseball team moved up two spots to No. 20 nationally in the 10th weekly D3baseball.com poll, released Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (28-8 overall) also received votes in the eighth weekly American Baseball Coaches Association Division III poll.
Northern received 148 votes in the D3baseball.com poll, which was 43 more than last week when ONU was ranked No. 22.
The Polar Bears were ranked No. 23 in the eighth poll, were No. 25 in the seventh poll and were No. 23 in the sixth poll.
ONU received 56 votes in the ABCA poll, which is 17 more than last week and is the 31st most in the poll.
Cortland State (N.Y.) is No. 1, Frostburg State (Md.) is No. 2 and Wisconsin-Whitewater is No. 3 in both polls.
The Polar Bears are scheduled to return to action Tuesday with a 4 pm contest against No. 7-ranked Wooster at Wander Field.
D3baseball.com Division III Poll - #10
April 28, 2015
| Rank | School | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Cortland State (N.Y.) (33) | 32-2 | 621 | 1 |
| 2. | Frostburg State (Md.) (3) | 32-3 | 600 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
25-4 | 578 | 3 |
| 4. | Birmingham-Southern (Va.) | 34-8-1 | 514 | 6 |
| 5. | Salisbury (Md.) |
25-4 | 509 | 4 |
| 6. | Heidelberg | 27-7 | 482 | 7 |
| 7. | Wooster | 30-5 | 466 | 9 |
| 8. | Shenandoah (Va.) | 27-8-1 | 420 | 8 |
| 9. | Kean (N.J.) | 28-10 | 397 | 5 |
| 10. | Baldwin Wallace | 27-8 | 365 | 15 |
| 11. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 28-9 | 316 | 10 |
| 12. | Methodist (N.C.) | 31-8 | 304 | 19 |
| 13. | Rhodes (Tenn.) | 30-11 | 252 | 21 |
| 14. | Concordia (Tex.) | 27-9 | 235 | 12 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 21-11 | 200 | 11 |
| 16. | Linfield (Ore.) | 28-12 | 187 | 14 |
| 17. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 24-8 | 182 | 13 |
| 18. | Trinity (Tex.) | 28-11 | 176 | 16 |
| 19. | Cal Lutheran | 28-10 | 157 | 23 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 28-8 | 148 | 22 |
| 21. | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) |
28-11 | 126 | 18 |
| 22. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 22-10 | 104 | RV |
| 23. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 24-9 | 99 | 20 |
| 24. | Webster (Mo.) |
26-10 | 74 | RV |
| 25. |
Texas-Tyler |
28-9 | 72 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: Millsaps 68, Southern Maine 53, Whitworth 44, Bethel (Minn.) 44, Mary Washington 43, Tufts 42, Wesleyan (Conn.) 41, Adrian 37, Emory 34, Oswego State 24, Mitchell 17, Rowan 13, Thomas More 11, Bridgewater (Va.) 10, John Carroll 10, Johns Hopkins 6, Rutgers-Camden 5, Pomona-Pitzer 5, Stevens 5, Ill. Wesleyan 4, La Roche 4, Thiel 3, Rose-Hulman 2.
ABCA Division III Poll - #8
April 28, 2015
| Rank | School | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Cortland State (N.Y.) (13) | 32-2 | 477 | 1 |
| 2. | Frostburg State (Md.) (2) |
32-3 | 461 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Whitewater (1) | 35-4 | 451 | 3 |
| 4. | Salisbury (Md.) |
35-4 | 412 | 5 |
| 5. | Birmingham-Southern (Va.) |
34-8-1 | 411 | 4 |
| 6. | Wooster | 30-5 | 400 | 11 |
| 7. | Heidelberg | 27-7 | 377 | 6 |
| 8. | Baldwin Wallace | 27-8 | 339 | 12 |
| 9. | Shenandoah (Va.) | 27-8-1 | 327 | 10 |
| 10. | Kean (N.J.) | 28-10 | 312 | 7 |
| 11. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 28-9 | 297 | 8 |
| 12. | Methodist (N.C.) | 31-8 | 293 | 15 |
| 13. | Concordia (Tex.) | 27-9 | 256 | 14 |
| 14. | Rhodes (Tenn.) | 30-11 | 253 | 18 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 21-11 | 207 | 13 |
| 16. | Linfield (Ore.) | 28-12 | 205 | 9 |
| 17. | Cal Lutheran | 28-10 | 200 | 20 |
| 18. | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) | 28-11 | 184 | 17 |
| 19. | Trinity (Tex.) | 28-11 | 176 | 16 |
| 20. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 22-10 | 139 | 24 |
| 21. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 21-7 | 132 | 21 |
| 22. | Webster (Mo.) | 26-10 | 131 | 27 |
| 23. | Randolph-Macon (Va.) | 24-9 | 106 | 19 |
| 24. | Texas-Tyler |
30-10 | 94 | RV |
| 25. |
Mary Washington (Va.) | 27-7 | 83 | 28 |
| 26. | Millsaps (Miss.) | 28-12 | 79 | 23 |
| 27. | Southern Maine | 23-10 | 78 | RV |
| 28. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 24-8 | 75 | 26 |
| 29. | Bethel (Minn.) | 25-6 | 71 | RV |
| 30. | Oswego State (N.Y.) |
23-8 | 57 | 29 |
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio Northern 56, Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 50, Rowan (N.J.) 34, Tufts (Mass.) 30, Emory (Ga.) 24, Clarkson (N.Y.) 22, Whitworth (Wash.) 17, Adrian (Mich.) 16, Johns Hopkins (Md.) 13, Illinois Wesleyan 9, Stevens (N.J.) 7, Mitchell (Conn.) 6, Alvernia (Pa.) 4, Washington University (Mo.) 3, North Central (Ill.) 2, Case Western (Ohio) 1, Thomas More (Ky.) 1.