Softball earns first national ranking of the year
April 2, 2014
The Fontbonne University softball team moved into the Top 25 of this week's NFCA Coaches Poll, and are ranked #24 in NCAA Division III. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll is voted on by eight NCAA Division III head coaches representing the eight NCAA regions. Records as of Monday are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
| 1 | Tufts (8) | 12-1 | 200 |
| 2 | Salisbury | 17-1 | 192 |
| 3 | Montclair State | 15-1 | 184 |
| 4 | Texas-Tyler | 26-2 | 175 |
| 5 | Luther | 15-2 | 160 |
| 6 | Trine | 14-1 | 160 |
| 7 | Virginia Wesleyan | 20-2 | 145 |
| 8 | Linfield | 22-6 | 137 |
| 9 | Piedmont | 29-3 | 130 |
| 10 | East Texas Baptist | 23-5 | 126 |
| 11 | Central (Iowa) | 16-4 | 124 |
| 12 | Coe | 18-3 | 118 |
| 13 | Lebanon Valley | 11-0 | 107 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 17-5 | 92 |
| 15 | Redlands | 20-6 | 86 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-3 | 81 |
| 17 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 14-4 | 74 |
| 18 | Emory | 29-6 | 53 |
| 19 | Augustana (Ill.) | 17-5 | 52 |
| 20 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-2 | 50 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 20-2 | 38 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 9-3 | 29 |
| 23 | Anderson (Ind.) | 9-2 | 23 |
| 24 | Fontbonne | 18-4 | 19 |
| 25 | Washington (Mo.) | 16-9 |
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The Griffins return to the diamond on Thursday as they play a doubleheader at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.