June 5, 2002
Baltimore, MD -
The Johns Hopkins baseball team remained in the No. 21 spot in the Final 2002 American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Poll released Tuesday.
The Blue Jays went 35-9 this season, just one win shy of the school record for wins in a season. Hopkins captured a second straight Centennial Conference Championship with a 16-2 mark in league play and earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament.
The Hopkins offense, which averaged over nine runs a game this season, was paced by sophomore left fielder Craig Cetta (Randolph, NJ/Randolph), who batted .356 and led the Blue Jays with 47 hits, 39 runs batted in, and 10 doubles. Senior Yani Rosenberg (Baltimore, MD/Gilman) led the JHU pitching staff with a 9-1 record and a 1.52 earned run average.
Final ABCA Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Poll - June 4, 2002
No. Team Rec. Pts. Last
1. Eastern Connecticut State (8) 39-11-1 240 2
2. Marietta (Ohio) 41-9-1 232 1
3. Christopher Newport (Va.) 38-16 224 3
4. College of New Jersey 36-14 216 4
5. Rensselaer (N.Y.) 33-11 201 7
6. Wooster (Ohio) 38-6 189 8
7. Wheaton (Mass.) 37-9-1 182 9
8. Lakeland (Wis.) 34-16-1 181 10
9. Concordia (Texas) 35-13 170 6
10. Carthage (Wis.) 34-11 163 5
11. Aurora (Ill.) 34-6 157 11
12. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 36-7 151 12
13. Wis.-Stevens Point 37-10 147 13
14. Ohio Wesleyan 35-13 136 14
15. Dallas (Texas) 33-3 118 15
16. York (Pa.) 34-15 115 16
17. Alvernia (Pa.) 36-10 113 17
18. Methodist (N.C.) 39-9-1 101 18
19. Ithaca (N.Y.) 27-18 95 19
20. St. Thomas (Minn.) 31-12 87 20
21. Johns Hopkins 35-9 84 21
22. Cortland State (N.Y.) 31-11 66 22
23. Wartburg (Iowa) 29-15 55 23
24. Salisbury (Md.) 30-13-3 49 24
25. Trinity (Texas) 37-11 48 25
26. Wis.-Whitewater 29-11 43 26
27. Tufts (Mass.) 27-10-1 39 27
28. Manchester (Ind.) 31-13-1 29 28
29. DeSales (Pa.) 32-10 24 29
30. Worcester State (Mass.) 33-9 20 30
Receiving Votes (alphabetically): Cal Lutheran, Chapman (Calif.), Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), Illinois Wesleyan, Kean (N.J.), Monmouth (Ill.), Ripon (Wis.), St. Olaf (Minn.), Southwestern (Texas), Trinity (Conn.).
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