April 5, 2011
2011 Season - Baseball team moves to 14th in NCAA ranking
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| The Augustana Vikings are currently 13-2 overall and ranked 14th in NCAA Division III. |
A three game sweep of Wheaton to open the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin baseball season, the Augustana Vikings have moved their record to 13-2 overall. They also moved up one notch in the NCAA Division III national baseball poll, according to D3baseball.com.
Augustana garnered 281 points in the poll, which has Shenandoah (22-2) in the top spot with 614 points and 17 first place votes. Two other teams from the CCIW are also in the top 25 with Carthage (11-3) sitting in 16 th with 238 points and Illinois Wesleyan (10-4) in 21 st with 117 points.
The Vikings beat Wheaton by scores of 15-5, 6-5 and 16-1 over the weekend. The only losses for the Vikings so far have come against Wartburg by a score of 2-0 on February 28 in Auburndale, Florida and 7-4 at home to Aurora on March 27.
Augustana will host Illinois Wesleyan in a double header on Tuesday, April 5 at 2:00 p.m. at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field and then will play a three game series with Elmhurst on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10. The Saturday date will be a double header at home and the Sunday date will be a single nine inning contest.
NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL BASEBALL POLL *** Compiled by D3baseball.com as of 04/03/11
|
RANK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
PTS |
PREVIOUS |
|
1 |
Shenandoah(17) |
22-2 |
614 |
1 |
|
2 |
Christopher Newport (5) |
29-3 |
599 |
2 |
|
3 |
Marietta (2) |
15-2 |
559 |
4 |
|
4 |
Kean |
17-4 |
518 |
5 |
|
5 |
Texas-Tyler (1) |
26-2 |
517 |
6 |
|
6 |
Heidelberg |
16-4 |
509 |
3 |
|
7 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
11-2 |
443 |
10 |
|
8 |
Chapman |
19-5 |
420 |
8 |
|
9 |
Linfield |
18-6 |
408 |
7 |
|
10 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
8-3 |
369 |
9 |
|
11 |
St. Scholastica |
12-3 |
321 |
12 |
|
12 |
Eastern Connecticut |
15-3 |
314 |
13 |
|
13 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
22-7 |
293 |
11 |
|
14 |
AUGUSTANA |
13-2 |
281 |
15 |
|
15 |
St. Olaf |
14-3 |
249 |
18 |
|
16 |
Carthage |
11=3 |
238 |
21 |
|
17 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
12-2 |
213 |
17 |
|
18 |
Trinity (Texas) |
25-8 |
181 |
22 |
|
19 |
College of New Jersey |
14-4 |
148 |
20 |
|
20 |
SUNY-Cortland |
11-5 |
129 |
23 |
|
21 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
10-4 |
117 |
24 |
|
22 |
George Fox |
18-7 |
110 |
14 |
|
23 |
Thomas More |
13-3 |
98 |
19 |
|
24 |
Johns Hopkins |
12-7 |
90 |
16 |
|
25 |
Hardin-Simmons |
22-7 |
72 |
NR |
DROPPED OUT: No. 25 Alvernia
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Redlands 58, Adrian 46, Alvernia 38, Wheaton (Mass.) 37, Tufts 24, Haverford 22, Concordia (Ill.) 18, Western New England 15, Anderson 10, Amherst 8, Ramapo 8, Coe 7, Emory 6, North Park 5, Maryville 5, Louisiana College 4, Babson 2, Richard Stockton 1, Millsaps 1.
