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LANCASTER, PA – Franklin & Marshall College finished the year ranked seventh in the final American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region Poll. The Diplomats won the 2005 Centennial Conference championship over Johns Hopkins University by taking games one and three of the best of three series with runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The championship marked the third in school history as Franklin & Marshall last won the Centennial Conference title 10 years ago in 1995 as the Diplomats recorded a 30-6-1 record to win the regular season by three games over McDaniel College and earn the second conference title in school history. In 1978, the Diplomats finished 14-11-1 to win the Middle Atlantic Conference championship. At the NCAA Regional Tournament at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, the Diplomats fell to #6 nationally ranked Rowan University 1-0 in 10 innings and 1-0 to #6 regionally ranked Messiah College to conclude the season 25-16, 15-3 in Centennial Conference play. ABCA/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region Poll (Final)
1. Rowan (42-10)
2. Alvernia (41-6)
3. DeSales (35-10)
4. Kean (34-9)
5. College of New Jersey (34-13)
6. Messiah (28-14-1)
7. Franklin & Marshall (25-16)
8. Pitt-Bradford (26-16)
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