USM Baseball Ranked #5
The USM Huskies baseball team has returned from its Florida spring trip with a 9-3 record and that is enough for voters around the country to place USM in 5th place in the national Division-3 poll.
Ed Flaherty's team set a school record with 46 wins a year ago and the Huskies were the national D-3 runner-up. 18 players return from that team.
While USM spends the week at #5 in the poll, Linfield (Oregon) is #1. The Wildcats beat the Huskies in last year's national title game. That team is coached by former New York Yankee Scott Brosius.
D3baseball.com Top 25, week 5
Through games of Sunday March 23, 2014
# | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
1 | Linfield (12) | 18-3 | 606 | 2 |
2 | UW-Stevens Point (7) | 10-1 | 586 | 5 |
3 | Trinity (Texas) (6) | 21-2 | 577 | 1 |
4 | 13-3 | 531 | 4 | |
5 | 9-3 | 525 | 3 | |
6 | 8-3 | 443 | 6 | |
7 | 13-4 | 436 | 8 | |
8 | 10-2 | 412 | 10 | |
9 | 8-3 | 398 | 9 | |
10 | 12-2 | 353 | 14 | |
11 | 11-4 | 343 | 11 | |
12 | 20-4 | 337 | 15 | |
13 | 16-5 | 307 | 13 | |
14 | 5-0 | 302 | 16 | |
15 | 13-6 | 261 | 7 | |
16 | 16-2 | 226 | 21 | |
17 | 12-2 | 196 | 19 | |
18 | 10-1 | 185 | 17 | |
19 | 15-4 | 169 | 18 | |
20 | 18-5 | 135 | 25 | |
21 | 13-3 | 119 | 23 | |
22 | 12-1 | 110 | rv | |
23 | 14-3 | 92 | rv | |
24 | 7-5-1 | 76 | 12 | |
25 | 8-1 | 53 | rv |
Dropped out: No. 20 George Fox, No. 22 Augustana, No. 24 LeTourneau.
Others receiving votes: George Fox 51, Tufts 46, Mary Hardin-Baylor 43, Dickinson 32, Hampden-Sydney 23, York (Pa.) 22, Ithaca 20, Augustana (Ill.) 12, Piedmont 9, UW-Oshkosh 9, Susquehanna 8, Eastern Conn. St. 7, Farmingdale State 7, LeTourneau 7, Johnson & Wales 6, Millsaps 5, Frostburg St. 4, Lynchburg 4, Endicott 4, Wooster 2, Berry 2, Moravian 1, Emory 1, Alvernia 1, Bridgewater (Va.) 1.