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Baseball Jumps to Nine in D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll; 15th in ABCA Top 25

FROSTBURG, Md. - After beginning the season with its best start since the 2015 campaign, the Frostburg State baseball team has jumped to the ninth spot in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Week Four Poll. 

In addition, Frostburg is ranked 15th in the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Poll.
 
Frostburg (11-2) won nine-straight games prior to last Sunday, which included a pair of wins over ranked teams. Frostburg rolled to an 8-5 victory over SUNY Cortland, the top-ranked team in the country at the time, and followed it up with a convincing 7-3 victory against then 13th-ranked Shenandoah. 
 
The Bobcats were tabbed 14th in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Week Three Poll, marking the first time Frostburg was ranked in the 2018 season. Frostburg also made its debut in the ABCA Top 25 last week, claiming the 19th spot.
 
Notables: 
  • Frostburg is the highest ranked CAC team in the D3baseball.com Top 25 Poll. Christopher Newport is ranked 13th while Salisbury continues to receive votes. 
  • Frostburg has scored five or more runs in every game this season. The Bobcats are 14th in NCAA DIII in scoring, averaging 9.4 runs/game.
  • The Bobcat pitching staff paces the country in strikeouts per nine innings (13.7) and ranks 11th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.61)
  • The pitching duo of senior Greg Schneider and junior Brady Adam have combined for 92 strikeouts this season, more than three teams in the conference to this point in the season (Southern Virginia, Wesley and St. Mary's). The pitching duo sit atop the conference in ERA.
  • Senior outfielder Matt Bougourd (.404 AVG, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 6 2B) leads the team in RBI and is tied for sixth in the CAC in doubles.
  • Cortland checks in at 12 in the D3baseball.com Top 25 and 20th in the ABCA Poll. Shenandoah is 16th in the D3baseball.com Top 25 Poll.  
Upcoming Schedule (note time/date changes): 
Friday, March 23
Frostburg at Marymount (Va.)
Nationals Youth Baseball Academy | 12:45 p.m.
Live Stats | Live Video 
 
Saturday, March 24
Frostburg at Penn State Harrisburg (DH)
12:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m.
Live Video
 
Sunday, March 25
Frostburg at Gallaudet
Hoy Field | 2:00 p.m.
 


 
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