Etta Express voted back into ABCA Top 30

May 9, 2005
MARIETTA, Ohio - After a two week absence, the Marietta College baseball team is back in the national poll. The Etta Express, who enter Tuesday's regular season finale against Washington & Jefferson with a 29-8-1 record, were voted 14th in the latest ABCA/Collegiate Baseball Poll, released Monday (May 9).

Marietta, who wrapped up its second straight OAC regular season title with two wins on Saturday (May 7) at John Carroll, was voted second in the Mideast Region, behind No. 3 Wooster (33-7). The Fighting Scots have already locked up a berth into next weekend's regional by winning the NCAC Tournament this past Saturday.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (36-4) remained atop the poll for the second straight time, gaining all eight first place votes. Chapman (CA) (32-8) jumped from third to second in the poll, while Wooster, Cortland (NY) State (35-6-1) and Trinity (CT) (28-5) round out the top five in the poll, which ranks the top 30 Division III teams in the nation.

Rowan (NJ) (37-7), who stood atop the poll for much of the year, fell from a tie for first to eighth this week.

Franklin (IN) (27-13), DePauw (29-14) and Washington & Jefferson (28-11) round out the top five behind Wooster and Marietta in the regional rankings.

The Etta Express are the top seed in Thursday's (May 12) OAC Tournament at Pioneer Park. They will host No. 4 Heidelberg at 7 p.m. No. 2 Otterbein will battle No. 3 Wilmington earlier in the day at 3:30 p.m.