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.).
