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The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 is voted on by eight NCAA Division III coaches representing each of the eight Division III regions. First-place votes are in parentheses. Records are as of May 5, 2003. THIS RECORD WAS UPDATED AT 3:49 P.M. CENTRAL TIME 5/7/03.

      School                          Record     Pts.   Previous Ranking 
1.   Pacific Lutheran (Wash.)        30-1       196 (5)     1
 2.   Emory (Ga.)                     33-4       190 (1)     2 
3.   Muskingum (Ohio)		     39-3       189 (2)     3 
4.   SUNY Cortland (N.Y.)            38-6-1     170         5 
5.   Central (Iowa)                  32-4-1     164         8
 6.   Illinois Wesleyan               33-6       153         11 
7.   Salisbury (Md.)                 37-3-1     151         6 
8.   Bethany                         31-6       145         9 
9.   Wheaton (Mass.)                 33-7       142         7 
10.  Alma (Mich.)                    30-4       131         10
 11.  East Texas Baptist              30-11      114         15
 12.  Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)       26-9       97          NR 
13.  Ramapo (N.J.)                   32-5       96          13 (tie) 
14.  U. of Chicago (Ill.)            21-8       85          20  (tie) 
15.  Methodist (N.C.)                36-8       85          13 (tie) 
16.  Ithaca (N.Y.)                   28-9       76          18
 17.  Wartburg (Iowa)                 32-7       68          NR 
18.  Tufts (Mass.)                   25-11      62          NR 
19.  Moravian (Pa.)                  29-8       57          NR
 20.  Chapman (Calif.)                29-8       51          NR
 21.  Western New England (Mass.)     28-5       42          25 
22.  Washington University (Mo.)     30-7       40          17 
23.  Lake Forest (Ill.)              23-11      31          NR 
24.  Simpson (Iowa)                  31-4-1     19          4 
25.  William Paterson (N.J.)         27-10-1    12          NR

Dropped out: Geneseo (N.Y.), Western Connecticut State, St. Thomas (Minn.), California State-Hayward, Rutgers-Camden (N.J.), Montclair State (N.J.), Maryville (Tenn.).

Others receiving votes: Wittenberg (Ohio) 12, Keene State (N.H.) 11, St. Thomas (Minn.) 3, Maryville (Tenn.) 2, California Lutheran 1, Montclair State (N.J.) 1, Geneseo (N.Y.) 1.

Others considered:Cabrini (Pa.), King's (Pa.) LaVerne (Calif.), Linfield (Ore.), Rochester Institute of Technology (N.J.), Norwich (Vt.), California State-Hayward, Springfield (Mass.), Endicott (Mass.), Union (N.Y.), Oneonta (N.Y.), Webster (Mo.), Coe (Iowa), Emory and Henry (Va.), College of Mt. St. Joseph (Ohio), Thomas More (Ky.), Wisconsin-Whitewater, Carthage (Wis.).