NFCA D3 Softball Top 25 Poll 2023

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Top 25/ARV match-ups between now and 3/14/23:

#  1 CNU:  3/4 vs. #6 Belhaven; 3/5 vs. #11 Case; 3/10 vs. #8 Millikin; 3/11 vs #2 Trine and #5 Berry.
#  2 Trine:  3/4 vs. #14 Wartburg; 3/6 vs. ARV Hiram; 3/10 vs. #5 Berry and #7 VA Wesleyan; 3/11 @ #1
                              CNU
#  3 Salisbury:  2/25 vs. #21 U of Rochester; 3/1 @ #7 VA Wes;
#  4 TLU:  2/25 vs. Babson; 3/8 vs. #25 Piedmont;
#  5 Berry:  2/18 @ #6 Belhaven; 3/8 @ #10 Randolph Macon; 3/10 vs. #8 Millikin and #1 CNU;
#  6 Belhaven:  2/18 vs #5 Berry; 3/1 vs. #19 BSC: 3/3 vs. #24 Rowan; 3/4 @ CNU; 3/5 vs. #7 VA Wes
#  7 VA Wes:  3/1 vs. #3 Salisbury; 3/5 @ #6 Belhaven, @ #19 BSC; 3/10 vs. #2 Trine; 3/11 vs.#8
                    Millikin; 3/15 @ #1 CNU
#  8 Millikin:  3/10 vs. #5 Berry, @ #1 CNU; 3/11 @ #7 VA Wes;
#  9 Bethel-MN:  2/25 vs. ARV UW-Eau Claire
#10 Randolph-Macon:  3/8 vs. #5 Berry
#11 Case:  3/5 vs. #1 CNU; 3/13 vs. #20 Babson
#12 Linfield:  No matchups with Top 25/ARV squads.
#13 ETBU:  No matchups with Top 25/ARV squads.
#14 Wartburg:  2/25-26 vs. ARV MSJ; 3/4 vs. #2 Trine; 3/11-12 @ #23 Wash-MO.
#15 Tufts:  No games for above period.
#16 Concordia-WI:  3/13 vs. ARV Coe
#17 ECSU:  No games against Top 25/ARV squads.
#18 Mary Hardin-Baylor:  No games against Top 25/ARV squads.
#19 BSC:  2/18 vs. ARV MSJ; 3/1 vs. #6 Belhaven; 3/5 @ #7 VA Wes
#20 Babson:  2/25 @ #4 TLU; 3/13 vs. #11 Case
#21 U of Rochester:  2/25-26 @ #3 Salisbury; 3/7 vs. ARV Hiram
#22 WPI: No games against Top 25/ARV squads for this period.
#23 Wash-MO:  3/4-5 vs. ARV Coe; 3/11-12 vs. #14 Wartburg;
#24 Rowan:  3/3 @ #6 Belhaven; 3/14 vs. ARV MSJ
#25 Piedmont:  3/8 vs. #4 TLU.

ARV:
MSJ:   2/18 @ #19 BSC; 2/25-26 vs. #14 Wartburg; 3/14 vs. #24 Rowan.
UW-Eau Claire:  2/25 vs. #9 Bethel-MN:
Hiram:  3/6 vs. #2 Trine; 3/7 vs. #21 U of Rochester.
Coe:  3/4-5 @ #23 Wash-MO; 3/13 vs. #16 Concordia-WI.

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Top 25-How They Fared 2/7-3/13/2023:

#  1. CNU (6-2):  W-Susquehanna, #6 Belhaven, Bethany-WV, #8 Millikin, #2 Trine, #5 Berry; L- #11
                                   CWRU, Pfeiffer
#  2. Trine (10-2):  W-#14 Wartburg, CMU, PSU-Behrend, Lebanon Valley, Aurora, Heidelberg, NE Wes,
                                   Otterbein, #5 Berry, Pfeiffer; L- #7 VA Wes, #1 CNU
#  3. Salisbury (14-0):  Swept #21 Rochester, Stockton, #7 VA Wes, Clarkson, McDaniel, Pfeiffer, Ursinus
#  4. TLU (13-2):  Swept Hutson-Tillotson, #20 Babson, Hanover, #24 Piedmont, 3-0 over Schreiner, 1-1
                                HSU and St. Mary's-TX   
#  5. Berry (14-3): Swept Covenant, La Grange, #10 Randolph-Macon; 3-0 over Sewanee, W-Wittenberg,
                               Maryville-TN, #8 Millikin, Transylvania, split-#6 Belhaven; L-#2 Trine, #1 CNU
#  6. Belhaven (7-8):  Swept Millsaps, 1-1 #5 Berry, W-#19 BSC, Pfeiffer, UW-River Falls, Western NE; L-
                                     #24 Rowan, Susquehanna, #1 CNU, Lynchburg, #7 VA Wes, St. Benedict-MN,
                                               Geneseo State
#  7. VA Wesleyan (7-3):  Swept Meredith, W-#6 Belhaven, #19 BSC, #2 Trine, #8 Millikin, Transylvania; L-
                                            2 to #3 Salisbury, Pfeiffer   
#  8. Milikin (4-4):  W- Defiance, Hanover, IL College, Fontbonne:  L-#5 Berry, #1 CNU, Transylvania, #7 VA
                                            Wesleyan   
#  9. Bethel-MN (4-2):  W-UW-Stout, Dubuque, Amherst, Kenyon; L-Luther-IA, ARV UW-Eau Claire
#10. Randolph-Macon (5-3):  Swept Muhlenberg, W-Pfeiffer, DePauw, Marymount-VA; L- 2 to #5 Berry, NC
                                                       Wesleyan
#11. CWRU (8-0):  W-Huntingdon, Averett, #1 CNU, Arcadia, Ramapo, ONU, Salve Regina, #20                                       
                                                     Babson
#12. Linfield (8-2):  Swept Pomona-Pitzer, 4-0 vs. L & C, 1-1 vs Redlands and CMS
#13. ETBU (10-1):  2-1 vs CU-TX, 3-0 vs HPU, 2-0 vs. Trinity TX and St. John's Fisher; W over
                                                    Southwestern TX
#14. Wartburg (8-7):  Swept Alma, 1-1 ARV MSJ; W-Calvin, Moravian, Cabrini, Bridgewater, DePauw; L- 0-2
                                               Huntingdon & #23 Wash-MO  L-MSOE, #2 Trine
#15. Tufts (0-0):  No games.
#16. Concordia-WI (6-0):  Swept UW-Stout, W-UW-Stevens Point, St. Scholastica, ARV Coe, Dickinson
#17. ECSU (2-2):  Split with Concordia-TX and Oneonta St.
#18. Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-4):  3-0 vs HPU, W Southwestern TX; 1-1 vs. St. Thomas TX, Trinity-TX, 1-2 vs.
                                                                  McMurry
#19. BSC (14-5):  3-0 vs Sewanee and Rhodes; Swept ARV MSJ, Covenant, 1-1 vs. PLU and La Grange;
                                 Greensboro, DePauw; L- #6 Belhaven, #7 VA Wes, Pfeiffer
#20. Babson (6-6):  Swept Trinity-TX, 1-1 vs Schreiner, W-Hamilton, Endicott, ONU; L - 0-2 vs #4 TLU; L-
                                 Lebanon Valley, Ramapo, #11 CWRU
#21. U of Rochester (7-5):  W- Mt. Union, Husson, Marian-WI, Kenyon, Misericordia, St. Joseph's-ME; 1-1
                                                 vs. Stockton, 0-2 vs. #3 Salisbury; L- ARV Hiram, St. Benedict-MN
#22. WPI (2-6):  Swept Occidental; 0-2 vs Chapman, Pomona-Pitzer and La Verne
#23. Wash-MO (4-4):  Swept #14 Wartburg, 1-1 vs ARV Coe and DePauw, 0-2 vs. IL Wesleyan ,
#24. Rowan (9-1):  W-#6 Belhaven, Maryville-TN, NC Wesleyan, Monmouth, Gordon, Fredonia St., Plymouth
                                          State, Carroll-WI, Bowdoin; L-Pfeiffer
#25. Piedmont (11-5):  Swept PLU, Southwestern-TX, Trinity-TX, 1-1 vs. Emmanuel GA W-DePauw, 
                                   Lynchburg, Randolph, Shenandoah; L- 0-2 vs.#4 TLU, 0-1 Methodist and Rhode
                                                   Island College

ARV:
MSJ (5-5):  1-1 vs Maryville-TN, #14 Wartburg and Huntingdon; W- Caroll, Plymouth State: L- 0-2 vs. #19
                                                             BSC
UW-Eau Claire (4-4):  W- #9 Bethel-MN, Grinnell; 1-2 vs. St. Olaf, 1-1 vs. GAC, L- Hamline
Hiram (5-3):  W-St. Benedict-MN, #21 U of Rochester, UW-River Falls, Fontbonne, Geneva; L-J&W RI,
                                        Muskingum, Aurora
Coe (8-2):  Swept IL Wesleyan, W- St. Catherine's-MN, GAC, RIT, Dickinson, UW-La Crosse; 1-1 vs. #23
                                          Wash-MO; L- #16 Concordia-WI
                         

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3/14/23 Poll now up:

https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/unbeaten-salisbury-new-no-1-in-nfca-division-iii-top-25-coaches-poll

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^ #7 Case Western Reserve moves to 14-0

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/sball/2022-23/schedule

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Top 25:  How They Fared 3/14-20/2023:

#  1. Salisbury (3-1):  W-TCNJ, Swarthmore, 1-1 vs. ARV Lynchburg
#  2. CNU (5-1):  Swept Husson, 1-1 vs. #6 VA Wesleyan, W-#10 Randolph Macon, Stockton
#  3. Trine (0-0):  All scheduled games for above period were cancelled.
#  4. TLU (0-0):  No games for above period.
#  5. Berry (4-1):  3-0 vs. Centre, 1-1 vs. Huntingdon
#  6. VA Wesleyan (5-1):  Swept Stockton and Husson, 1-1 vs. #2 CNU.
#  7. CWRU (6-0):  W-Geneseo St. Endicott, Westminster-PA, Hood, Hope-MI, UW-Stout
#  8. ETBU (6-0):  Swept Oneonta St, IL Wesleyan and #17 ECSU
#  9. Bethel-MN (5-1):  W-Arcadia, Southern ME, Meredith, UNE, Sewanee; L-Loras
#10. Randolph-Macon (3-1):  Swept #13 Transylvania, W-Stockton, L- #2 CNU
#11. Linfield (6-0):  W-Anderson-IN, Calvin, #13 Transylvania, Hanover, #25 Wash-MO, Spalding
#12. Pfeiffer (0-0):  No games scheduled for above period.
#13. Transylvania (3-4):  W-Asbury, KY, #25-Wash-MO, DePauw; L- 0-2 vs. #10 Randolph-Macon, 0-1 vs.
                                       George Fox, #11 Linfield
#14. St. Benedict-MN (0-0):  3/19 DH vs. Buena Vista postponed.
#15. Tufts (6-0):   W-Farmingdale St, Hope, St. Catherine's-MN, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point, Wooster                       
#16. Concordia-WI (3-3): (1-2) vs. #23 Central-IA; W- Webster, UW-LaCrosse, L- ARV Coe,
#17. ECSU (3-3):  Swept Centenary-LA; 1-1 vs. Mary Hardin Baylor, 0-2 vs. #8 ETBU
#18. Rowan (5-1):  W-MSJ, F&M, Carthage, Geneseo St, Mt. St. Mary's-NY; L- Ohio Wesleyan
#19. Belhaven (5-1):  Swept Wesleyan-GA and Agnes Scott, W-Carroll-WI; L-Plymouth St.
#20. Millikin (2-2):  W-Buffalo St., UW-Stevens Point; L- UW-Oshkosh, Wooster 
#21. BSC (3-0):  All wins over Hendrix.
#22. Piedmont (2-1):  Swept Berea, L- Emory
#23. Central-IA (4-2):  1-1 vs. #16 Concordia-WI; W-SRSU, RIT, L- Dickinson
#24. HSU (0-0):  No games scheduled.
#25. Wash-MO (3-3):  1-1 vs IL College, W- Calvin, Anderson-IN; L- #13 Transylvania, #11 Linfield

ARV:
Lynchburg (3-1):  1-1 vs #1 Salisbury, W-TCNJ, Swarthmore
Coe (5-1):  W- RIT, Webster, #16 Concordia-WI, UW-La Crosse, Dickinson; L- SRSU
Hiram (0-0):  All scheduled games postponed to later dates.
U of Rochester (0-0):  No games scheduled.
Luther-IA (4-2):  W-St. Lawrence, Wooster, Trinity-CT, Carleton; L-Hamilton, UW-Platteville                                       
Babson (3-1):  W-UW-Stout, Geneseo St., U of Chicago, L- Wooster
   

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3/21/23 Poll now up:

https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/salisbury-still-no-1-in-nfca-division-iii-top-25-coaches-poll