Hopkins Moves Up One Spot to 13th in Latest Poll

Blue Jays have won 10 straight games and 15 of their last 16.

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April 9, 2002

BALTIMORE - The Johns Hopkins baseball team moved up one spot to 13th in the latest 2002 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division III poll. The Blue Jays, 22-4 overall, received 145 points to tie Carthage (Wis.) for the 13th spot and are the lone Centennial Conference school in the top-30. Hopkins has won 10 straight games and 15 of its last 16 games.

The Blue Jays went 5-0 last week, defeating Washington College twice (17-10, 10-1), Catholic in a non-conference contest, 9-6, and finishing the week with a doubleheader sweep of Franklin & Marshall (4-1, 8-7). JHU is currently in first place in the Centennial with an 8-0 record and has its longest winning streak since the 1998 team won 11 straight games.

JHU travels to face Dickinson for a Centennial Conference game this afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

ABCA Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's

NCAA Division III Poll 4/8/02

Rank School, Record, Points
1. Methodist (NC) (6), 27-3-1, 234
2. St. Thomas (Minn.) (1), 11-3, 227
3. Wooster (Ohio) (1), 20-1, 216
4. Dallas (Texas), 27-1, 208
5t. Montclair State (NJ), 15-5, 206
5t. Eastern Connecticut State, 18-3-1, 206
7. Marietta (Ohio), 17-2-1, 193
8. Aurora (Ill.), 15-3, 190
9. Salisbury (Md.), 19-6-3, 155
10. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.), 26-5, 152
11. Ohio Wesleyan, 20-3, 151
12. Rensselaer (NY), 13-6, 146
13t. Johns Hopkins (Md.), 21-4, 145
13t. Carthage (Wis.), 15-3, 145
15. Wis.-Oshkosh, 9-1, 132
16. Cortland State (NY), 14-8, 108
17t. Wheaton (Mass.), 16-4-1, 102
17t. Ferrum (Va.), 21-5, 102
19. Rutgers-Camden (NJ), 23-1, 97
20. Texas Lutheran, 28-5, 83
21. Wis.-Whitewater, 12-4, 79
22. Washington (Mo.), 23-4, 78
23. Mary Washington (Va.), 21-4-1, 62
24. Trinity (Texas), 23-6, 55
25. Wis.-Stevens Point, 9-2, 42
26. Worcester State (Mass.), 16-3, 41
27. Hope (Mich.), 15-3, 37
28. Allegheny (Pa.), 10-3, 26
29. Concordia (Texas), 26-8, 23
30. Ithaca (NY), 10-8, 19

Also Receiving Votes: Alvernia (Pa.), Anderson (Ind.), Augustana (Ill.), Cal Lutheran, Chapman (Calif.), Heidelberg (Ohio), Kean (NJ), Macalester (Minn.), Southern Maine, Southwestern (Texas), Tufts (Mass.)

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