LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the first time in program history, the Emory & Henry College Softball Team is ranked in the Top 25 of NCAA Division III. The Wasps break into the NFCA Division III poll at No. 25, NFCA officials announced Wednesday. The NFCA is the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

E&H received votes in the March 21 poll and made their first-ever appearance in the national conversation on May 3, 2017 before receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

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Emory & Henry is one of three Old Dominion Athletic Conference schools to be mentioned in the poll as defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan College remains the year-long unanimous No. 1 team in the country and Randolph-Macon College is ranked seventh.

Also in the top five this week are Texas Lutheran University, the University of Texas-Tyler, Christopher Newport University and Luther College.

With eight games scheduled for this week, Wasps will play the toughest stretch of their season between now and Sunday. E&H will visit No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday and No. 7 Randolph-Macon Sunday.

Emory & Henry takes the field in an ODAC doubleheader Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., against Randolph College.

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