LOUISVILLE, KY – The Roanoke College softball team has been ranked #16 in the latest NFCA Division III Top-25 poll, announced Wednesday.  The Maroons move up two spots in the polls from the NFCA Week Five Poll.

In the past week, the Maroons have gone 3-1.  On Friday, March 29^th Roanoke took two games over Eastern Mennonite on the road, winning 2-1 and 9-1.  On Tuesday, April 2^nd, the Maroons split a pair of games against NAIA opponent, Virginia Intermont College.  The Maroons fell in the first game 13-2, but rallied in the second for a 4-0 win.

Leona Rainey has the top batting average on the squad, hitting .439 so far this season.  Alea Bier is second on the team, hitting .417.  Bier ranks among the top-5 in the ODAC in many statistical categories.  Bier ranks first in walks (18), third in doubles (8), fourth in on-base percentage (.578), and fifth in stolen bases (12).  Alexis Roop and Stephanie Clark lead the team in home runs, hitting five each.

Clark is also 8-1 inside the circle, pitching 2.26 throwing six complete games.  Sophomore Kelly Higbie has a 7-4 record with a 2.05 mark.  Higbie leads the team with 41 strikeouts, while Clark has struck out 38 batters.

The Maroons are back in action on Wednesday, April 3^rd as they play Emory & Henry at the Moyer Complex.  The first pitch is scheduled for 5:00 PM.

Listed Below is the latest NFCA Division III Top-25 Poll.  For More Information go to http://www.nfca.org

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous
1	Montclair State (8)	16-0	200	1
2	Emory	37-1	192	2
3	Illinois Wesleyan	12-2	182	3
4	Texas-Tyler	24-2	178	4
5	Trine	16-2	161	5
6	Tufts	16-1	154	7
7	Salisbury	20-2	145	10
8	Linfield	21-5	143	9
9	Luther	13-3	135	6
10	Redlands	23-7	131	14
11	Piedmont	25-3	130	11
12	Simpson (Iowa)	21-3	112	15
13	East Texas Baptist	20-6	92	8
	Wisconsin-Whitewater	12-0	92	19
15	Coe	18-2	90	16
16	Roanoke	15-4	81	18
17	Rowan	17-3	76	22
18	Lynchburg	16-5	48	17
19	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	19-9	41	12
20	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	8-2	39	13
21	Central (Iowa)	16-5	35
22	Chapman	19-7	28	24
23	College of New Jersey	14-4	27
24	Virginia Wesleyan	23-4	26
25	La Verne	19-9	14
	Wisconsin-River Falls	15-5	14

Others receiving votes:
Wesleyan (10), Mt. Union (7), Christopher Newport (5), North Central College (3), Moravian (2), Susquehanna (2), UW Eau Claire (2), Carthage (1), Finlandia (1), Muhlenberg (1)

Dropped out:
Christopher Newport (previously No. 21), Carthage (previously No. 20), Eastern Connecticut (previously No. 23), Plattsburgh State (previously No. 25).