NJAC NEWS ARCHIVE

 2002-03

January 7, 2003


THREE NJAC TEAMS BASEBALL TEAMS 
EARN PRESEASON RANKING 


TCNJ, KEAN & WILLIAM PATERSON RANKED IN 
2003 COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PRE-SEASON POLL

While the first pitch of the 2003 NJAC baseball season will not officially take place until March 1, three teams have earned a preseason ranking in a poll conducted by Collegiate Baseball. 

The College of New Jersey, which finished fourth in the 2002 NCAA Division III National Championship after winning the 2002 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, was selected as the top NJAC vote-getter and is ranked third in the poll. Defending NJAC champion Kean is ranked No. 21, while two-time national champion William Paterson earned a 25th place ranking. Additional NJAC teams receiving votes in the poll included Rowan, Montclair State and Rutgers-Camden.

2003 Collegiate Baseball Pre-Season Division III Poll
1. Marietta
2. Eastern Connecticut
3. The College of New Jersey
4. Rensselaer
5. Wooster
6. Wheaton
7. Carthage
7. Concordia
8. Aurora
9. Methodist
10. California Lutheran
11. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
12. Ohio Wesleyan
13. Dallas
14. St. Thomas
15. Christopher Newport
16. Pomona-Pitzer
16. Alvernia
17. Lakeland
18. York (PA)
19. Texas Lutheran
20. Ripon, WI
21. Kean
22. Johns Hopkins
23. Cortland
24. Ithaca
25. William Paterson
26. Wartburg
27. Salisbury
28. Trinity (TX)
29. Wisconsin-Whitewater
30. Manchester

Other Top Teams: DeSales, Southern Maine, Worcester, Tufts, Rutgers-Camden,  Maryville, Montclair State, Rowan, Mississippi College, Hope.