April 26, 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 33-0 overall and 17-0 in the Centennial Conference this season, received 240 points and all eight of the first-place votes. Emory, which is 40-3 on the year, is second with 232 points, while Trinity-TX is third with 221 points. Eastern Connecticut State is fourth with 207 points, just ahead of Denison with 201 points. Wisconsin-Whitewater (194), St. Thomas (190), Rowan (30-5), Ithaca (176) and Trinity-CT (166) round out the top 10.
Senior Rob Morrison (Malibu, CA/Loyola) leads Hopkins with a .500 batting average, while senior Tim Casale (West Hempstead, NY/Chaminade) has posted team-highs of 45 hits and 32 runs scored to lead an offense that is averaging 8.8 runs per game. Junior Mike Durgala (Annandale, VA/Thomas Jefferson) is batting .395 with 34 hits and 27 RBIs, while junior Paul Winterling (Glenelg, MD/McDonogh) is hitting .317 with team-highs of 35 runs batted in and seven home runs.
Senior Jeremy Brown (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) is 8-0 with a 1.16 earned average and a team-high 76 strikeouts to lead a Blue Jay pitching staff this has a 2.39 earned run average this season. Senior Matt Righter (Clarion, PA/Lawrenceville Prep) is 5-0 with a 1.29 ERA, while junior Ryan McConnell (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) is also 5-0 with a 2.67 earned run average. Senior Russ Berger (Owings Mills, MD/Owings Mills) and sophomore Jason Thayer (Finksburg, MD/Westminster) are each 4-0, while senior Sven Stafford (Evanston, IL/Evanston) has posted six saves.
Hopkins, which currently is tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in NCAA history, travels to No. 30 Montclair State Tuesday at 7 p.m. and hosts Dickinson Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Rank School Record Points Last Poll
1. (8) Johns Hopkins (Md.) 33-0 240 1
2. Emory (Ga.) 40-3 232 2
3. Trinity (Tx.) 35-8 221 6
4. Eastern Connecticut State 25-8 207 4
5. Denison (Ohio) 29-5 201 17
6. Wis.-Whitewater 25-5 194 19
7. St. Thomas (Minn.) 24-4 190 14
8. Rowan (N.J.) 30-5 182 10
9. Ithaca (N.Y.) 26-5 176 18
10. Trinity (Conn.) 26-5 166 12
T11. Marietta (Ohio) 26-6 155 11
T11. Texas-Dallas 31-6 155 RV
13. Simpson (Iowa) 22-8 154 25
14. Salisbury (Md.) 28-10 144 RV
15. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 26-4 131 2
16. Wooster (Ohio) 27-8 116 7
17. Virginia Wesleyan 27-9 112 8
18. Cortland State (N.Y.) 23-11 102 8
19. LaVerne (Calif.) 25-9 91 RV
20. Suffolk (Mass.) 27-10 90 24
21. Elmhurst (Ill.) 22-9 76 RV
22. Chapman (Calif.) 27-10 72 15
23. Manchester (Ind.) 24-6 60 NR
24. William Paterson (N.J.) 21-9 53 NR
25. Ferrum (Va.) 26-10 52 22
26. Rochester (N.Y.) 23-6 36 NR
27. Linfield (Ore.) 29-8 32 29
28. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 33-6 28 21
29. Southern Maine 19-8-1 23 NR
30. Montclair State (N.J.) 18-10 14 NR
Also receiving votes and named on more than one ballot (alphabetically): Cal State-Hayward, Carthage (Wis.), Illinois Wesleyan, Lynchburg (Va.)
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