NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- After being ranked as high as sixth nationally in the preseason collegiate polls, Christopher Newport University baseball is up to No. 5 in the D3baseball.com Top 25 in the first regular season ranking. The Captains have raced out to a 10-2-1 start, leading the nation in wins and taking a two-and-a-half game lead in the USA South standings. CNU is back in action on Wednesday, traveling to St. Mary's College (Md.) for a 2:00 pm first pitch.

Christopher Newport has been led by a steady staff of pitching that has posted a 2.90 ERA through the first 13 games. The Captains pitching staff has struck out 144 batters in 115 innings so far this season. Offensively, CNU has stroked 32 doubles and are hitting .298 as a team. Newcomer Justin Weaver is leading the attack, hitting .383 with seven extra-base hits. 

St. Mary's College is off to a 3-2 start with three straight wins. The Seahawks swept a doubleheader at home against Widener in their last time out, after dropping two of three to Randolph-Macon in their season-opening series on the road. Jered Eaker has 10 hits already this season, hitting .556 with four runs scored and driven in. 

First pitch is set for 2:00 pm and live stats will be available by clicking here.

D3baseball.com Top 25, Week 1

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Wheaton (Mass.) (12)	0-0	605	1
2	St. Thomas (3)	2-0	600	2
3	Marietta (10)	0-0	579	3
4	Cortland State	1-1	523	4
5	Christopher Newport	8-2-1	504	8
6	Salisbury	4-1	471	9
7	Trinity (Texas)	8-2	421	11
8	Birmingham-Southern	7-3	414	6
9	Adrian	0-0	366	13
10	Kean	1-1	359	7
11	Webster	2-1	336	10
12	St. Joseph's (Maine)	0-0	311	14
13	Western New England	0-0	299	15
14	UW-Whitewater	0-0	256	18
15	Whitworth	4-3-1	255	5
16	Keystone	2-0	247	12
17	UW-La Crosse	0-0	228	17
18	Ramapo	2-0	187	20
19	Trinity (Conn.)	0-0	167	19
20	Shenandoah	4-1	154	23
21	St. Scholastica	0-0	116	22
22	Linfield	7-1	99	rv
23	Washington and Jefferson	0-0	91	21
24	Aurora	0-0	71	24
25	UW-Stevens Point	0-0	47	rv

Dropped Out: No. 16 Concordia (Texas), No. 25 Farmingdale State.

Others receiving votes: Illinios Wesleyan 45, Pomona-Pitzer 37, Concordia (TX) 33, Neumann 26, Cal Lutheran 23, Mount Union 22, Bridgewater (Va.) 20, St. John Fisher 20, Texas-Tyler 19, Whittier 17, DePauw 17, Misericordia  15, Southern Me. 15, Augustana (Ill.) 13, Millsaps 10, Washington (Mo.) 7, Eastern Conn. St. 6, La Roche  6, Rowan 6, Penn St.-Behrend 6, La Verne 5, Emory 5, Alvernia 5, Farmingdale State  4, Manchester 4, Ozarks (Ark.), Brockport St. 3, Rose-Hulman 3, Anderson (Ind.) 2, Lynchburg 2, Heidelberg 2, Bridgewater St. 2, Tufts 2, Chicago 1.

The D3baseball.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.