Salem, Va. – The Roanoke College Baseball team is receiving votes in the 2019 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Preseason Top 25.
RC's appearance in the D3baseball.com poll comes on the heels of the Maroons being ranked 30th in the nation in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll.
Roanoke finished the 2018 season with a 31-11 record which is the second most wins in school history.
Head Coach Matt McGuire returns all-region third baseman Jack Howard who hit .348 with one home run and 36 RBI last season. Also back in the mix is ODAC Rookie of the Year Will Salva. Salva finished his first season in Salem hitting .329 with five home runs and 37 RBI.
Roanoke opens its season on Feb. 9 when it travels to Methodist for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader.
2019 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Preseason Top 25
Records from 2018, Previous rankings from final 2018 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25
The first Top 25 of the regular season will be posted February 26, 2019
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Wooster (16) | 40-10 | 588 | 5 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 33-8 | 553 | 9 |
| 3 | Texas Lutheran | 42-12 | 519 | 2 |
| 4 | Trinity (Texas) (2) | 33-9 | 493 | 3 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon | 38-9-1 | 486 | 12 |
| 6 | Rowan (2) | 35-11 | 460 | 6 |
| 7 | Swarthmore | 38-11 | 459 | 6 |
| 8 | Cortland (3) | 35-12 | 452 | 14 |
| 9 | Mass-Boston | 37-10 | 409 | 10 |
| 10 | Concordia-Chicago (1) | 40-15 | 391 | 4 |
| 11 | Misericordia | 37-15 | 387 | 7 |
| 12 | Southern Maine | 30-15 | 308 | 18 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 35-12 | 287 | 13 |
| 14 | Oswego State | 30-14 | 229 | 8 |
| 15 | Keystone | 36-12 | 211 | rv |
| 16 | Webster | 38-10 | 204 | 16 |
| 17 | Babson | 35-12 | 200 | 15 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 34-10 | 184 | 11 |
| 19 | La Roche | 35-10-1 | 140 | 25 |
| 20 | Chapman | 35-13 | 131 | 24 |
| 21 | Franklin | 39-5 | 126 | 20 |
| 22 | Salisbury | 34-12 | 120 | 23 |
| 23 | TCNJ | 29-11 | 103 | 19 |
| 24 | Rhodes | 32-16 | 95 | 17 |
| 25 | Shenandoah | 35-12 | 84 | rv |
Others recieving votes: Baldwin Wallace 57, Adrian 53, Johns Hopkins 35, Wabash 33, Cal Lutheran 31, Western New England 29, Berry 29, Piedmont 26, Ithaca 23, Roanoke 23, St. John Fisher 21, Case Western Reserve 21, Otterbein 18, Saint John's (Minn.) 14, Methodist 12, North Central (Ill.) 11, Rutgers-Camden 10, Marietta 9, Denison 8, LaGrange 7, Ramapo 7, Redlands 7, Arcadia 6, Union 5, Washington (Mo.) 4, Washington & Jefferson 3, Aurora 1, Concordia (Texas) 1, New York Univ. 1, Wheaton (Mass.) 1.
