April 22, 2002

BALTIMORE - The Johns Hopkins baseball team moved up five spots to eighth in the latest 2002 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Division III poll. The ranking is the highest for JHU since the team was ranked fourth in the country for three straight polls during the 1998 season. The Blue Jays, 26-5 overall, received 180 points to tie Salisbury (Md.) for the eighth spot and are the lone Centennial Conference school in the top-30.

The Blue Jays, who are also ranked first in the Mid-Atlantic region, went 5-1 in the last two weeks. JHU defeated Villa Julie, 14-5, before suffering its first conference loss to Dickinson, 7-3. The Blue Jays rebounded to win their last four games with victories over Dickinson (20-2), Swarthmore (3-0, and 6-4), and Gettysburg (17-0). Hopkins has won 19 of its last 21 games and leads the Centennial with a 12-1 record.

The Blue Jays return to action Tuesday as JHU hosts Ursinus for a Centennial Conference doubleheader beginning at 1:30 p.m.

ABCA Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Division III Poll 4/22/02

Rank School, Record, Points
1. Wooster (Ohio) (4), 26-2, 233
2. Methodist (N.C.) (3), 35-6-1, 231
3. Dallas (Texas) (1), 31-3, 220
4. Aurora (Ill.), 25-3, 207
5. St. Thomas (Minn.), 18-6, 204
6. Marietta (Ohio), 25-3-1, 190
7. Eastern Connecticut State, 23-7-1, 181
8t. Johns Hopkins (Md.), 26-5, 180
8t. Salisbury (Md.), 24-7-3, 180
10. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.), 31-5, 168
11. Rensselaer (N.Y.), 22-7, 164
12. Ohio Wesleyan, 25-6, 152
13. Wis.-Whitewater, 21-5, 140
14. Wheaton (Mass.), 26-6-1, 136
15. Cortland State (N.Y.), 23-9, 129
16. College of New Jersey, 25-9, 118
17. Texas Lutheran, 33-6, 106
18. Christopher Newport (Va.), 28-13, 94
19. Wis.-Stevens Point, 19-6, 91
20. Trinity (Texas), 32-7, 74
21. Kean (N.J.), 25-7, 73
22t. Hope (Mich.), 22-3, 72
22t. Brandeis (Mass.), 19-8, 72
24. Illinois Wesleyan, 18-10, 55
25. St. Olaf (Minn.), 17-9, 41
26. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.), 28-6, 31
27. Ithaca (N.Y.), 18-10, 27
28. Buena Vista (Iowa), 17-8, 23
29. Southwestern (Texas), 32-8, 21
30. Montclair State (N.J.), 21-8, 19

Also Receiving Votes: Allegheny (Pa.), Blackburn (Ill.), Cal Lutheran, Carthage (Wis.), Chapman (Calif.), Ferrum (Va.), Franklin (Ind.), Monmouth (Ill.), Ripon (Wis.), Tufts (Mass.), Wis.-Oshkosh, Worcester State (Mass.), York (Pa.).

Mid-Atlantic Region Rankings

1. Johns Hopkins, 26-5
2. College of New Jersey, 25-9
3. Kean, 25-7
4. Rutgers-Camden, 28-6
5. Montclair State, 21-8
6. Alvernia, 27-6
7t. Penn State-Behrend, 21-4
7t. FDU-Madison, 26-6
9t. DeSales, 22-8
9t. Franklin & Marshall, 26-8

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