Baseball Ranked Ninth in NCAA
Division III Poll
Having won 20 of its last 22 games, the UW-Stevens Point baseball team made
its appearance in the NCAA Division III rankings in a big way, landing the
No. 9 spot in this week�s poll by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
The Pointers were ranked 18th following their 6-1 start, but then
dropped out of the rankings before returning this week in the top 10. Polls
are released every two weeks.
UW-Stevens Point is now 26-5 overall and will play at Division I
Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday before playing a four-game series at
UW-Superior over the weekend.
UW-Whitewater is ranked No. 1 in the country and plays at UW-Stevens
Point for a four-game series May 6-7 at University Field to end the regular
season. The Warhawks also host 16th-ranked UW-Oshkosh in a four-game series
this weekend.
Pointers Lead Division III Baseball in Home Run Hitting
Fans of the
long ball have to be in love with the UW-Stevens Point baseball team as the
Pointers are the first NCAA Division III team to reach 60 home runs,
according to a glance of Division III baseball statistics from around the
country.
Through 31
games, the Pointers are already closing in on the school record of 67 homers
set during 2002. UW-Stevens Point has three of the nation�s top individual
home run hitters in Ryan Jones, who has 13 round-trippers, and Steve Wiczek
and Chuck Brehm, who each have 10 homers. In fact, the Pointers have had 14
different players hit home runs. UW-Stevens Point has homered in 28 of its
31 games this year and has hit at least two homers in 21 different games.
As of April
24, East Texas Baptist had 56 home runs in 40 games, while Wooster (Ohio)
had 55 homers in 30 games and Johns Hopkins (Md.) had 51 homers in 28 games. |
