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Emma Jensen in action during the Central softball team's Arizona trip.

Softball

Central stays No. 19 in softball poll

Dutch take 15-3 mark into home Tuesday doubleheader

PELLA—Central College held steady at No. 19 in the NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Softball Poll.
           
The Dutch are 15-3 overall and are coming off a 2-0 week in which they swept a doubleheader Friday with Greenville University (Ill.), winning 4-3 and 8-0 (six innings).
           
Salisbury University (Md.) remains a unanimous choice at No. 1 after a 5-1 week, improving to 22-2 overall. American Rivers foe Coe College (13-3) stayed at No. 23 while Luther College (17-3) is among those receiving votes.
           
Central plays host to Grinnell College in a 2 p.m. non-conference doubleheader Tuesday at the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex softball field. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire visits Saturday for a noon twinbill.

NFCA Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll – March 28, 2023
Rank Team Points 2023 Record Previous
1 Salisbury (10) 250 22-2 1
2 Christopher Newport 240 13-3 2
3 Trine 230 12-2 3
4 Texas Lutheran 220 19-3 4
5 Berry 210 22-4 8
6 Virginia Wesleyan 200 15-5 6
7 Linfield 190 18-2 9
8 Case Western Reserve 180 15-2 5
9 Randolph-Macon 170 14-4 10
10 Tufts 160 14-1 13
11 Bethel 150 11-3 11
12 East Texas Baptist 140 18-4 7
13 Pfeiffer 130 14-8 12
14 Saint Benedict (Minn.) 120 9-1 14
15 Rowan 110 16-2 15
16 Lynchburg 100 11-7 16
17 Transylvania 90 14-7 17
18 Birmingham-Southern 80 19-5 18
19 Central 70 15-3 19
20 Concordia (Wis.) 60 11-3 20
21 Hardin-Simmons 50 18-3 21
22 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 30 17-1 24
23 Coe 20 13-3 23
24 Mary Hardin-Baylor 13 14-8 NR
25 Pacific Lutheran 12 17-7 NR
Others receiving votes: Luther 9, Huntingdon 5, Belhaven 3, Brandeis 2, Rochester 2, Amherst 1, Emory 1, Piedmont 1, Ramapo 1.
Dropped out: Millikin, St. John Fisher, Washington-St. Louis (Mo.).
 
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