LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Moravian University softball squad is ranked 16th in the first 2024 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll of the regular season released Tuesday.
The Greyhounds, who were sixth in the NFCA DIII Preseason Poll are 2-3 on the year after beginning the year at the 2024 NFCA Division III Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Georgia this past weekend. Moravian began the season with a 10-4 win over Central (Iowa) College, which is 23rd in the poll, and the Hounds fell to Bethel (Minn.) University, ranked 11th this week, 4-3, and Chapman (Calif.) University, ranked 25th this week, 12-1. A total of 13 of the 22 teams that competed in the NFCA Leadoff Classic are ranked in the Top 25 this week.
The Blue & Grey still have six road games to play including a doubleheader at No. 19 Lebanon Valley College on Tuesday, March 19 before the squad makes its 2024 home debut on Saturday, March 23 versus Wilkes University.
To view the full 2024 NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll, visit https://nfca.org/divnews/ncaa3/diii-top-25-coaches-poll-3-5-24.
