After an opening weekend that saw the Central College softball team finish 2-2 and picking up a win against No. 20 ranked Calvin College, The Dutch fell back in the NFCA rankings to No. 16.
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The team picked up two wins behind complete games from
Emma Beck (junior, Holland, Grundy Center HS) including scoring eight runs in the sixth inning against Calvin.
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There are no other American Rivers teams in the rankings this week and East Texas Baptist University remains ranked No. 1.
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The Dutch will return to the field when they travel to Louisville Kentucky and take on Hanover College (Ind.) March 12 with a double header starting at 4 p.m. EST.
NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll – March 4, 2025
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
2025 Record |
Previous |
| 1 |
East Texas Baptist (10) |
250 |
13-1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Case Western Reserve |
240 |
5-1 |
7 |
| 3 |
Linfield |
230 |
5-1 |
2 |
| 4 |
Rowan |
220 |
4-0 |
3 |
| 5 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
210 |
6-0 |
4 |
| 6 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
200 |
6-0 |
8 |
| 7 |
Christopher Newport |
190 |
6-0 |
9 |
| 8 |
Texas Lutheran |
180 |
11-0 |
14 |
| 9 |
Trine |
170 |
3-3 |
10 |
| 10 |
Redlands |
160 |
11-2 |
22 |
| 11 |
Huntingdon |
150 |
12-2 |
25 |
| 12 |
Williams |
140 |
0-0 |
12 |
| 13 |
Salisbury |
130 |
3-1 |
13 |
| 14 |
Belhaven |
120 |
6-5 |
5 |
| 15 |
Berry |
110 |
9-1 |
15 |
| 16 |
Central |
100 |
2-2 |
11 |
| 17 |
Pfeiffer |
90 |
6-2 |
18 |
| 18 |
Calvin |
80 |
3-1 |
20 |
| 19 |
Muskingum |
70 |
0-0 |
19 |
| 20 |
Tufts |
60 |
1-5 |
6 |
| 21 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
50 |
0-0 |
21 |
| 22 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
31 |
7-1 |
23 |
| 23 |
Randolph-Macon |
29 |
5-1 |
17 |
| 24 |
Rochester |
16 |
1-3 |
16 |
| 25 |
St. John Fisher |
14 |
4-2 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: DePauw 6 and Saint Mary's (Minn.) 4.
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