baseball: Aaron Etchison and Alfredo Rodriguez had two hits each and three Terps had two-RBI games to lift Maryland (15-6) to an 8-6 win over George Washington (6-13). Eight of Maryland's nine starters had a hit in the game, while K.J. Hockaday (John Carroll), Jordan Hagel and Korey Wacker all drove in a pair of runsto help the Terps improve to 14-1 in nonconference games. ... Salisbury is ranked No. 7 in both the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division III poll and the D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 poll. The Sea Gulls went 4-0 with wins over Albertus Magnus and Mary Washington last week to earn 174 points in the first regular-season ABCA Top 30 poll. Trinity (Texas) tops the poll with 234 points and five first-place votes. Marietta is second with 225 points points and two first-place votes, while Christopher Newport is third with 214 points and the one remaining first-place vote. Salisbury receieved 452 points and one first-place vote in the d3baseball.com poll. ... Winners of its past 11 games and owners of a 12-1 record, Washington College is receiving Top 25 votes for the first time ever. The Shoremen got a total of 12 votes in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll.



