April 12, 2004
Baltimore, MD -
The Johns Hopkins baseball team remained in the No. 1 spot in the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Poll released Monday.
Hopkins, which is 24-0 overall and 9-0 in the Centennial Conference this season, received 239 points and seven of the eight first-place votes. Emory, which is 34-3 on the year, is tied for second with 225 points and the other first-place vote, while Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 18-2 this season, also picked up 225 points. Eastern Connecticut State is fourth with 211 points, just ahead of Carthage with 210 points. Trinity-TX (202), Wooster (195), Virginia Wesleyan (168), Cortland State (168) and Rowan (161) round out the top 10.
Senior Rob Morrison (Malibu, CA/Loyola) leads Hopkins with a .482 batting average, while senior Tim Casale (West Hempstead, NY/Chaminade), the current conference co-player of the week, has posted team-highs of 33 hits and 24 runs scored to lead an offense that is averaging 8.7 runs per game. Junior Mike Durgala (Annandale, VA/Thomas Jefferson) is batting .422 with 27 hits and 20 RBIs, while junior Paul Winterling (Glenelg, MD/McDonogh) is hitting .359 with a team-best 30 runs batted in and six home runs.
Senior
Jeremy Brown (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) is 6-0 with a 1.23 earned average and a team-high 52 strikeouts to lead a Blue Jay pitching staff this has a 2.45 earned run average this season. Senior
Matt Righter (Clarion, PA/Lawrenceville Prep) is 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA, while sophomore
Jason Thayer (Finksburg, MD/Westminster) is also 3-0 with a 1.27 earned run average. Senior
Russ Berger (Owings Mills, MD/Owings Mills) and junior
Ryan McConnell (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) also are 3-0, while senior
Sven Stafford (Evanston, IL/Evanston) has posted six saves.
Hopkins returns to action Tuesday when the Blue Jays host McDaniel in a league game at 3:30 p.m.
Rank School Record Points Last Poll
1. (7) Johns Hopkins (Md.) 24-0 239 1
2t. (1) Emory (Ga.) 34-3 225 2
2t. Wis.-Oshkosh 18-2 225 4
4. Eastern Connecticut State 17-5 211 6
5. Carthage (Wis.) 16-3 210 3
6. Trinity (Texas) 28-5 202 4
7. Wooster (Ohio) 20-5 195 7
8t. Virginia Wesleyan 23-6 168 9
8t. Cortland (N.Y.) State 15-8 168 13
10. Rowan (N.J.) 22-5 161 8
11. Marietta (Ohio) 20-3 158 11
12. Trinity (Conn.) 19-3 154 14
13. Mississippi College 25-6 151 9
14. St. Thomas (Minn.) 17-3 143 11
15. Chapman (Calif.) 23-7 124 15
16. Lynchburg (Va.) 24-6 115 16
17. Denison (Ohio) 22-4 112 19
18. Ithaca (N.Y.) 17-5 96 18
19. Wis.-Whitewater 16-5 79 24
20. Cal State-Hayward 25-5 78 21
21. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 25-4 76 23
22. Ferrum (Va.) 24-8 69 22
23. New Jersey 14-5 68 20
24. Suffolk (Mass.) 17-6 58 25
25. Simpson (Iowa) 15-7 53 nr
26. Millsaps (Miss.) 30-6 50 27
27. St. Scholastica (Minn.) 22-3 36 rv
28. Mary Washington (Va.) 23-7 28 28
29. Linfield (Ore.) 23-7 20 rv
30. Heidelberg (Ohio) 15-5-1 13 rv
Also receiving votes and named on more than one ballot (alphabetically): La Verne (Calif.), Monmouth (Ill.), Rensselaer (N.Y.), Salisbury (Md.), Texas-Dallas.
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