May 10, 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 37-2 and has won the Centennial Conference Tournament championship this season, received 239 points and seven of the eight of the first-place votes. Emory, which is 40-4 on the year, received the other first-place vote and is second with 230 points, while Trinity-TX is third with 227 points. Eastern Connecticut State is fourth with 211 points, while Wisconsin-Whitewater is fifth with 198 points. Ithaca (194), St. Thomas (185), Rowan (182), Marietta (174) and Wooster (163) round out the top 10.
Senior Rob Morrison (Malibu, CA/Loyola) leads Hopkins with a .491 batting average, while senior Tim Casale (West Hempstead, NY/Chaminade), the Centennial Player of the Year, has posted team-highs of 57 hits and 40 runs scored to lead an offense that is averaging 9.2 runs per game. Junior Mike Durgala (Annandale, VA/Thomas Jefferson) is batting .375 with 36 hits and 36 RBIs, while junior Paul Winterling (Glenelg, MD/McDonogh) is hitting .343 with team-highs of 49 runs batted in and 10 home runs.
Centennial Pitcher of the Year Jeremy Brown (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) is 8-0 with a 1.74 earned average and a team-high 83 strikeouts to lead a Blue Jay pitching staff this has a 2.89 earned run average this season. Senior Matt Righter (Clarion, PA/Lawrenceville Prep) is 6-0 with a 2.22 ERA, while junior Ryan McConnell (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor) is 7-0 with a 2.37 earned run average. Sophomore Jason Thayer (Finksburg, MD/Westminster) is 5-0 and senior Russ Berger (Owings Mills, MD/Owings Mills) is 4-0, while senior Sven Stafford (Evanston, IL/Evanston) has posted seven saves.
Hopkins, which has set the school record for wins in a season, will compete in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional beginning on Thursday, May 20 in Boyertown, PA.
Rank School Record Points Last Poll
1. (7) Johns Hopkins (Md.) 37-2 239 1
2. (1) Emory (Ga.) 40-4 230 2
3. Trinity (Tx.) 35-8 227 3
4. Eastern Connecticut State 31-9 211 4
5. Wisconsin-Whitewater 31-7 198 6
6. Ithaca (N.Y.) 30-5 194 9
7. St. Thomas (Minn.) 33-6 185 7
8. Rowan (N.J.) 36-6 182 8
9. Marietta (Ohio) 30-8 174 11
10. Wooster (Ohio) 35-8 163 16
11. Salisbury (Md.) 33-11 155 14
12. Linfield (Ore.) 31-9 138 27
13. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 33-7 134 15
14. Virginia Wesleyan 31-10 133 17
15. Cortland State (N.Y.) 28-13 122 18
16. Illinois Wesleyan 25-13 117 RV
17. Southern Maine 27-11-1 107 29
18 Chapman (Calif.) 28-11 91 22
19. Mary Washington (Va.) 29-10 90 NR
20. Manchester (Ind.) 28-9 86 23
21. Brockport State (N.Y.) 30-13 78 NR
22. Trinity (Conn.) 27-9 73 10
23. Denison (Ohio) 31-7 65 5
24. LaVerne (Calif.) 27-10 58 19
25. Elmhurst (Ill.) 24-13 47 21
26. DeSales (Pa.) 26-12 46 NR
27. Carthage (Wis.) 31-8 39 RV
28. Western New England (Mass.) 30-11 26 NR
T29. Methodist (N.C.) 27-17 18 NR
T29. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 25-15 18 NR
Also receiving votes and named on more than one ballot (alphabetically): Albion (Mich.), Arcadia (Pa.), Concordia (Minn.), George Fox (Ore.), Suffolk (Mass.)
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