Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Finishes the Regular Season at No. 1

Nov. 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) ends the regular season ranked No. 1 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Nov. 16). The Blue Raiders won the Mid-South Conference Tournament and are now 17-1-1 on the year. Lindsey Wilson receives 19 first-place votes and 529 total points in this week’s poll.

Coming in at No. 2 are the Falcons of Notre Dame (Ohio) who collect 509 total points. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) is No. 3 after receiving 492 total points. Oklahoma City checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 475 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Azusa Pacific (Calif.). The Cougars earn 453 total points.

Lambuth (Tenn.) and Baker (Kan.) enter the Top 25 this week after being left out of last week’s poll. Lambuth comes in at No. 19 while Baker is No. 21

The NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship Tournament will begin on Saturday, Nov. 22

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Nov. 16

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	19	17-1-1	529
2	3	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		18-2-0	509
3	4	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		16-2-1	492
4	2	Oklahoma City University		17-2-1	475
5	7	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		13-3-3	453
6	8	Bellevue University (Neb.)		14-3-1	453
7	22	Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)		15-3-2	387
8	10	University of Maine at Fort Kent		20-0-0	383
9	11	Concordia University (Calif.)		12-6-1	377
10	9	Park University (Mo.)		11-3-3	367
11	6	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		11-5-1	340
12	5	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)		15-3-1	331
13	14	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		14-4-2	321
14	16	University of Mobile (Ala.)		11-6-2	317
15	17	Hastings College (Neb.)		18-3-0	300
16	12	MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)		14-5-0	285
17	20	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		13-4-1	240
18	23	Northwood University (Fla.)		15-2-2	228
19	RV	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		13-4-2	205
20	13	McKendree University (Ill.)		14-4-2	204
21	NR	Baker University (Kan.)		13-6-2	182
22	19	Graceland University (Iowa)		13-5-2	159
23	18	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		12-5-1	156
24	25	Westmont College (Calif.)		9-6-2	125
25	21	William Carey University (Miss.)		12-5-1	116

Others receiving votes:

Madonna (Mich.) 72; Benedictine (Kan.) 62; Grand View (Iowa) 49; Texas-Brownsville 41; Oklahoma Baptist 41; Bethel (Ind.) 30; Judson (Ill.) 29; Bethel (Tenn.) 25; Vanguard (Calif.) 21; Science and Arts (Okla.) 20; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 17; Illinois Tech 12; King (Tenn.) 12; Holy Names (Calif.) 9; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 9; Warner (Fla.) 7; Concordia (Ore.) 6; Lee (Tenn.) 1; The Master’s (Calif.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Shorter (Ga.) 1; Belhaven (Miss.) 1