GREENSBORO, N.C. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) has released their top 30 weekly poll for Division III baseball. The Webster University baseball team has earned their first top 25 rankings of the season and were selected at #19 in this week's ABCA Coaches Poll.
The Webster University baseball team has moved up eight spots from last week's poll to #19 which secures their first top 25 ranking of the season. The Gorloks have won 18 of their last 19 games dating back to March 10 and are currently on a 11-game win streak. During these past 19 games, the Gorloks pitching staff and bats have been on fire.
The Webster pitching staff has recorded an earned-run-average of 3.02 led by starting pitchers
Ryan Greifelt and
Carter Hunt. During this stretch of games, Greifelt is undefeated with a 6-0 record while pitching 35.2 innings for an ERA of 2.27. He has recorded a team-high 46 strikeouts and was named D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Week on April 9th.
Carter, a San Diego native, is the number two starting pitcher for the Gorloks as he has pitched 29.1 innings and holds a 1.23 ERA in his past five starts. In those past five starts, he is currently undefeated at 5-0 and has recorded 28 strikeouts and allowed just four earned runs. The anchor of the pitching staff in
Joel Arsenault has appeared in nine games and has secured seven saves while striking out 26 batters for a 0.55 ERA.
The Gorloks bats have been electric as Webster has outscored their opponents 155-60. In this stretch of games, senior
Evan Evola leads the team with a batting average of .408 and 22 RBI's. The first baseman has recorded 29 hits while adding four home runs and three doubles. Sophomore outfielder
James Theodore leads the team with 30 hits and 18 stolen bases while ranking second on the team with 23 runs and six doubles. In addition, seniors R.J LaRocco and
Karl Peters are currently hitting above .324 while driving in at least 13 runs. Lastly, first-year
Ryan Hartz has started every game in right field and has recorded a batting average of .323 that includes 21 hits, 20 RBI's, and four home runs. He was named the SLIAC Baseball Hitter of the Week for the week of April 7-13.
Webster will be back in action on Wednesday, April 16 hosting Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at 3:00PM at Grizzlies Ballpark.
To see the full top 30 rankings, please read below:
April 15th ABCA Coaches Poll
Rank School Record Points (First)
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater 21-2 733 (15)
T1. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 28-3 733 (10)
3. Lynchburg (Va.) 27-5 673
4. Endicott (Mass.) 22-3 672
5. Denison (Ohio) 21-5 648
6. Salisbury (Md.) 25-5 628
7. La Verne (Calif.) 23-5 592
8. Kean (N.J.) 26-5 546
9. Trinity (Texas) 26-7 545
10. Wisconsin-La Crosse 19-6 474
11. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 22-8 463
12. Cal Lutheran 22-8 446
13. Centre (Ky.) 21-7 393
14. Penn State-Harrisburg 23-7-1 379
15. Brockport (N.Y.) 22-2-1 378
16. Salve Regina (R.I.) 17-7 339
17. Case Western Reserve 20-10 327
18. Coe (Iowa) 21-6 287
19. Webster (Mo.) 24-6 273
20. Rowan (N.J.) 18-8 266
21. Concordia (Texas) 25-9 249
22. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 21-6 198
23. East Texas Baptist 20-10 143
24. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 18-11 141
25. Chicago (Ill.) 21-9 135
26. Washington & Jefferson 20-5 128
27. Buena Vista (Iowa) 21-6 103
28. Gettysburg (Pa.) 24-8 76
29. Millsaps (Miss.) 24-10 72
30. Mount Union (Ohio) 19-7 61
