WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team was ranked sixth in Region VII in the most recent edition of the Division III Baseball regional rankings, which were released by the NCAA Wednesday afternoon. 

W&J sports a 28-10 record against Division III competition this season. The Presidents finished the regular season with a 17-3 conference mark to claim the top seed in this week's Presidents' Athletic Conference Tournament. 

The Presidents are one of seven teams highlighted in the third and final set of Region VII rankings prior to the NCAA Division III Championship bracket being released early next week. 

Marietta, Baldwin Wallace, Denison, Case Western Reserve, and Wittenberg precede W&J while Otterbein ranks seventh in the Region VII rankings. W&J holds a 3-3 record against other ranked teams in its region. The Presidents beat Baldwin Wallace by a 10-9 score on Feb. 26. W&J split a doubleheader at CWRU on March 5 while the Presidents fell by a 12-4 score at Marietta on April 5. W&J then split a doubleheader with Otterbein on Thursday, May 4. 

W&J has also faced three teams who are listed in the Regional Rankings outside of its own region, Johns Hopkins (#1 - Region V), Colby (#4 - Region I) and Wisconsin Stevens Point (#2 - Region IX), in non-conference play this season. 

W&J hosts Westminster in the opening game of the 2023 PAC Tournament on Thursday, May 11. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Ross Memorial Park. Grove City and Saint Vincent will follow with a tentative start time slated for 4 p.m.