Hopkins Drops Two Spots to Eighth in ABCA Coaches Poll

Blue Jays Ranked in Top 10 for Third Time in Five Polls.

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Head coach Bob Babb and the Blue Jays face Alvernia in the NCAA Regional Tournament on Thursday.

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May 12, 2003

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins baseball team fell two spots to eighth in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III poll released on Monday. The Blue Jays (32-5) received 181 points and are the lone Centennial Conference school in the top-30.

Hopkins, which also slipped to second in the Mid-Atlantic region, is ranked in the top 10 for the third time in five polls this season. The Blue Jays posted a 6-1 record since the previous poll on April 28, including two wins against Muhlenberg for the Centennial Conference title.

The Blue Jays swept Ursinus in a doubleheader (15-3, 3-1), dropped a 6-2 decision against Montclair State in non-conference action and completed the Centennial Conference schedule with a 5-4 win over Gettysburg. Hopkins then won the Centennial Conference Tournament with two wins against Muhlenberg (9-2, 6-4) and closed the regular season with a 16-5 win at home versus York.

Hopkins has earned the No. 2 seed for the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament and will face Alvernia College in its opening game on Thursday, May 15 at 3:00 p.m. in Boyertown, Pennsylvania.

American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball
NCAA Division III Poll
May 12, 2003; Final poll: May 27

1. (6) Eastern Connecticut State 37-7, 233 points; 2. (1) Carthage (Wis.) 33-6, 231; 3. (1) Cortland (N.Y.) State 31-9, 213; 4. Wis.-Whitewater 33-7, 206; 5. Chapman (Calif.) 30-10, 205; 6. Rowan (N.J.) 29-8, 202; 7. Averett (Va.) 26-12, 194; 8. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 32-5, 181; 9t. Ripon (Wis.) 32-4, 172; 9t. Ohio Wesleyan 29-15, 172; 11. Virginia Wesleyan 32-7, 157; 12. Mississippi College 32-13, 136; 13. Wis.-Oshkosh 33-6, 135 ; 14. Christopher Newport (Va.) 27-7, 120; 15. Trinity (Conn.) 23-9, 119; 16. Anderson (Ind.) 29-13, 117; 17. Wartburg (Iowa) 32-10-1, 111; 18. Thomas More (Ky.) 31-8, 104; 19. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 26-13, 88; 20. George Fox (Ore.) 29-10, 77; 21. DeSales (Pa.) 26-11 68; 22. Wheaton (Mass.) 25-8-2, 59; 23. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 29-9, 58; 24. Salisbury (Md.) 31-11-1, 57; 25. Texas Lutheran 37-6, 56; 26. Heidelberg (Ohio) 32-12, 52; 27t. Mary Washington (Va.) 29-8, 42; 27t. St. Olaf (Minn.) 26-12, 42; 29. Ithaca (N.Y.) 24-10, 23; 30. Chicago (Ill.) 25-6 , 19.

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