Lindsey Wilson Holds on to the Top Spot - NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

	Head Coach Paul Furey has Mount Vernon Nazarene in the Top 25 for the first time in program history

Nov. 4, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) remains No. 1 in this week’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Nov. 4). The Blue Raiders defeated Georgetown (Ky.) and No. 19 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) over the past week to improve their record to 14-1-1 on the year. Lindsey Wilson now has an 11 game unbeaten streak. Lindsey Wilson receives 22 first-place votes and 653 total points in this week’s poll.

Coming in at No. 2 are the Stars of Oklahoma City who collect one first-place vote and 625 total points. Notre Dame (Ohio) moves up a spot to No. 3 after receiving 612 total points. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 576 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Rio Grande (Ohio.). The Red Storm earns 565 total points.

Oklahoma Baptist and Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) enter the Top 25 this week after receiving votes in last week’s poll. This is the first time in program history that Mount Vernon Nazarene is in the Top 25. Head coach Paul Furey has guided the Cougars to a 13-3-2 record this year. Oklahoma Baptist comes in at No. 17 this week.

The next regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Nov. 4

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	22	14-1-1	653
2	2	Oklahoma City University	1	16-1-1	625
3	4	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		16-2-0	612
4	5	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		14-2-1	576
5	6	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)		14-2-1	565
6	3	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		10-5-0	547
7	7	Concordia University (Calif.)		11-5-1	538
8	9	Bellevue University (Neb.)		12-3-1	505
9	12	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		11-3-3	469
10	11	Park University (Mo.)		10-2-3	465
11	10	University of Maine at Fort Kent		18-0-0	453
12	13	MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)		13-4-0	413
13	8	McKendree University (Ill.)		13-3-1	386
14	14	William Carey University (Miss.)		11-4-1	373
15	16	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		13-3-2	364
16	17	Benedictine College (Kan.)		9-3-3	328
17	RV	Oklahoma Baptist University		12-2-3	284
18	21	Hastings College (Neb.)		15-3-0	269
19	19	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		10-5-0	257
20	15	Vanguard University (Calif.)		9-5-2	253
21	18	Warner Southern College (Fla.)		10-5-1	203
22	23	University of Mobile (Ala.)		8-6-2	196
23	25	Graceland University (Iowa)		11-4-2	188
24	20	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		10-4-1	181
25	RV	Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)		13-3-2	136

Others receiving votes:

Lambuth (Tenn.) 81; Northwood (Fla.) 68; Madonna (Mich.) 66; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 57; Illinois Tech 47; College of Idaho 39; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 37; Lindenwood (Mo.) 37; Bryan (Tenn.) 24; Belhaven (Miss.) 22; Texas-Brownsville 20; Science and Arts (Okla.) 16; Grand View (Iowa) 15; Bethel (Tenn.) 13; The Master’s (Calif.) 7; Holy Names (Calif.) 7; Concordia (Ore.) 6; Kansas Wesleyan 3; Shorter (Ga.) 1; Baker (Kan.) 1; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 1