Baseball ranked No. 18 in D3baseball.com's final regular season poll; ranked No. 30 by ABCA

Baseball ranked No. 18 in D3baseball.com's final regular season poll; ranked No. 30 by ABCA
May 12, 2015

By Tim Glon

| D3baseball.com poll | ABCA poll |

ADA – The Ohio Northern baseball team is ranked No. 18 nationally in the final regular season D3baseball.com poll, released Tuesday.

The Polar Bears (30-9 overall) are also ranked No. 30 nationally in the final regular season American Baseball Coaches Association Division III poll.

Northern received 177 votes in the D3baseball.com poll, which was 25 less than last week when ONU was ranked No. 16.

The Polar Bears were ranked No. 20 in the 10th poll, were No. 22 in the ninth poll, were No. 23 in the eighth poll, were No. 25 in the seventh poll and were No. 23 in the sixth poll.

ONU received 27 votes in the ABCA poll, which was good for 30th. ONU was ranked No. 29 with 29 points in last week's ABCA poll.

Cortland State (N.Y.) is No. 1, Frostburg State (Md.) is No. 2 and Wisconsin-Whitewater is No. 3 in both polls for the third consecutive week.

The Polar Bears set a school record with 58 victories over the past two seasons under fourth-year head coach Gene Stechschulte.

D3baseball.com Division III Poll - #12

May 12, 2015

Rank School Rec. Pts. Pvs.
1. Cortland State (N.Y.) (23) 36-4 623 1
2. Frostburg State (Md.)
 37-6 585 2
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (1)
 33-9 536 3
4. Kean (N.J.) 34-10 533 5
5. Salisbury (Md.) 29-4-1 529 4
6. Rhodes (Tenn.) 32-11 469 8
7. Birmingham-Southern (Va.)
 34-10-1 437 6
8. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 31-12 417 13
9. Shenandoah (Va.) 27-8-1 409 10
10. Heidelberg 31-12 356 9
11. Baldwin Wallace 31-10 351 7
12. Methodist (N.C.) 32-8 327 12
13. Texas-Tyler 34-10 227 24
14. Trinity (Tex.) 33-12 221 18
15.  Wooster 36-9 219 11
16. Wartburg (Iowa) 32-12 217 14
17. Linfield (Ore.) 30-13 181 19
18. Ohio Northern 30-9 177 16
19. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 30-12 162 21
20. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 28-12 143 17
21.  Wesleyan (Conn.) 28-9 111 25
22. Concordia (Tex.) 31-12 105 15
23. Adrian (Mich.)
 33-10 103 RV
24. Webster (Mo.) 30-13 99 22
25.
 Southern Maine
 31-13 69 RV

Others Receiving Votes: Cal Lutheran 89, Misericordia 69, Millsaps 40, Whitworth 38, Marietta 37, Johns Hopkins 35, Oswego State 29, Mary Washington 28, Emory 23, La Roche 21, Alvernia 18, Randolph-Macon 11, Anderson 9, Rutgers-Camden 6, Bethel (Minn.) 6, Washington (Mo.) 5, Concordia-Chicago 4, Carthage 3, Tufts 3, Ramapo 2, Mitchell 1.

ABCA Division III Poll - #10

May 12, 2015

Rank School Rec. Pts. Pvs.
1. Cortland State (N.Y.) (16) 36-4 480 1
2. Frostburg State (Md.)
 37-6 462 2
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater
 33-9 432 3
4. Kean (N.J.) 34-10 418 6
5. Salisbury (Md.) 29-4 407 4
6. Rhodes (Tenn.) 32-11 384 8
7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 31-12 345 14
8. Shenandoah (Va.) 27-8-1 326 9
9. Methodist (N.C.) 32-8 316 10
10. Birmingham-Southern (Va.) 34-10-1 310 11
11. Baldwin Wallace 31-10 303 5
12. Wooster 36-9 271 7
13. Wartburg (Iowa) 32-12 263 12
14. Heidelberg 31-12 262 13
15.  Trinity (Tex.) 33-12 232 16
16. Texas-Tyler 34-10 225 23
17. Linfield (Ore.) 30-13 222 17
18. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 30-12 212 20
19. Wesleyan (Conn.) 28-9 207 21
20. Cal Lutheran 32-12 199 19
21.  Concordia (Tex.) 31-12 181 15
22. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 28-12 149 18
23. Southern Maine 31-13 138 26
24. Webster (Mo.) 30-13 129 22
25.
 Millsaps (Miss.) 28-12 80 27
26. Mary Washington (Va.) 27-7 65 24
27. Randolph-Macon (Va.) 26-10 50 25
28. Alvernia (Pa.)
 32-12 49 RV
29. LaRoche (Pa.)
 30-11 30 RV
30. Ohio Northern 30-9 27 29

Others Receiving Votes: Whitworth (Wash.) 26, Adrian (Mich.) 24, Oswego (N.Y.) State 23, Washington (Mo.) 16, Misericordia (Pa.) 15, Emory (Ga.) 14, Johns Hopkins (Md.) 10, Amherst (Mass.) 9, MIT 8, Keystone (Pa.) 7, Bethel (Minn.) 6, Marietta (Ohio) 6, Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 5, Ramapo (N.J.) 4, Mitchell (Conn.) 1.