FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill Tharp, Assistant SID
(540) 365-4306
 
April 14, 2003
 
 
Baseball Ranked #4 in Nation
Panthers are the Top Team in the South Region.
 
Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College Baseball team moved up to #4 in the nation in the latest NCAA Division III baseball poll by the American Baseball Coaches Association.  The Panthers are also ranked 1st in the South Region by the ABCA.  Fellow Dixie Conference members, Christopher Newport University (9th) and Methodist College (15th) are also ranked in the top 25 nationally.
 
Ferrum is currently 25-3 overall and 10-2 in the Dixie Conference.  The Panthers won the Dixie regular season title and enter the Dixie Tournament as the #1 seed.  Ferrum opens play in the tournament against Shenandoah University on Wednesday, April 16th, at 10:00 a.m. at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia.  The tournament will run through April 19th.  For more information, contact the sports information office at (540) 365-4306. 
 
 
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