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NCAA DIVISION III BASEBALL REGIONAL RANKINGS
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has released its third and final 2009 regional poll. The committee has ranked the top 15 percent of eligible teams in each region. The following teams, with records through May 5, were included in this week's regional poll. The baseball championship selection release will be posted early Monday, May 11 on www.ncaa.com.
Central Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Carthage 29-5 25-2
2. St. Norbert 21-11 19-10
3. Illinois Wesleyan 23-13 21-12
4. Coe 21-17 20-12
5. Loras 25-12 2011
6. Luther 27-11 25-11
Mid-Atlantic Region Overall Record
In-Region Record
1. Kean 33-9 29-6
2. Montclair State 25-15 22-8
3. Keystone 34-4 28-1
4. Penn State-Behrend 27-7 25-6
5. The College of New Jersey 23-16-1 21-13-1
6. Manhattanville 25-16 24-15
7. Wilkes 28-11 26-8
8. Frostburg State 24-13 23-8
9. William Patterson 24-16 21-14
Mideast Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Wooster 33-8 27-7
2. Heidelberg 33-7 29-6
3. Otterbein 22-15 18-8
4. Marietta 26-12 22-11
5. Washington and Jefferson 28-11 23-8
6. Adrian 27-9 24-4
7. Franklin 28-9 22-8
Midwest Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. St. Thomas (Minnesota) 28-9 21-8
2. St. Scholastica 31-4 22-3
3. St. Olaf 25-11 20-8
4. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 27-13 25-12
5. Concordia Chicago 29-13 27-7
6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 23-15 22-14
New England Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Southern Maine 34-5 29-4
2. Eastern Connecticut State 31-6 28-6
3. Trinity (Connecticut) 26-5 26-3
4. Curry 34-7 30-6
5. Suffolk 30-8 27-7
6. WPI 26-11 25-8
7. Wheaton (Massachusetts) 30-12 27-10
8. Williams 24-10 20-7
9. Western New England 29-15 26-14
10. St. Joseph's (Maine) 31-13 28-9
New York Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Cortland State 29-12 24-8
2. Rensselaer 31-9 29-8
3. Ithaca 28-7 22-4
4. Rochester 30-11 27-11
5. Farmingdale State 25-13 24-10
6. Fredonia State 25-10 16-10
South Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Salisbury 36-6 29-6
2. Millsaps 32-8 29-7
3. Shenandoah 33-8 27-7
4. North Carolina Wesleyan 27-19 25-15
5. Christopher Newport 24-11-2 20-11-1
West Region Overall Record In-Region
Record
1. Pomona-Pitzer 35-5 27-3
2. Texas-Tyler 38-10 35-9
3. Cal Lutheran 31-9 27-6
4. Pacific Lutheran 31-8 29-8
5. George Fox 32-9 29-6
6. Texas-Dallas 28-18 27-14
[Note: The above rankings do not guarantee a team's selection into the national championship.]
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