March 5, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -There were no major changes in the top 5 of the second regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Tennis Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (March, 5th). Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) continues its dominance of the top spot. The Senators are off to a 9-0 start and collected all 13 first-place votes for a total of 325 points.
Despite dropping its first match of the season to Brigham Young (Utah), Azusa Pacific remains at No. 2 followed by No. 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.), No. 4 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) and No. 5 Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.).
California Baptist University and Concordia University (Calif.) had the biggest jumps in the poll moving up from No. 20 to No. No. 17 to No. 8.
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2008 NAIA Men's Tennis Top 25 Coaches' Poll - March 5, 2008
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|
LAST |
|
1ST PLACE |
|
TOTAL |
|
RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES |
W-L |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII) |
13 |
9-0 |
325 |
|
2 |
2 |
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (II) |
|
8-1 |
309 |
|
3 |
3 |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) (XIV) |
4-0 |
301 |
|
4 |
4 |
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (II) |
|
4-0 |
285 |
|
5 |
5 |
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
6-1 |
260 |
|
6 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (XI) |
|
1-0 |
259 |
|
7 |
8 |
Lee University (Tenn.) (XIII) |
|
2-1 |
238 |
|
8 |
17 |
Concordia University (Calif.) (II) |
|
5-0 |
228 |
|
9 |
9 |
Bethel College (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
4-0 |
221 |
|
10 |
20 |
California Baptist University (II) |
|
5-1 |
202 |
|
11 |
11 |
Graceland University (Iowa) (V) |
|
2-0 |
188 |
|
12 |
12 |
Berry College (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
3-0 |
184 |
|
13 |
7 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II) |
|
5-3 |
160 |
|
14 |
15 |
Union College (Ky.) (XII) |
|
2-0 |
155 |
|
15 |
13 |
Benedictine College (Kan.) (V) |
|
1-0 |
147 |
|
16 |
10 |
Vanguard University (Calif.) (II) |
|
2-4 |
133 |
|
17 |
14 |
Webber International University (Fla.) (XIV) |
|
2-3 |
119 |
|
18 |
16 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (I) |
|
8-5 |
112 |
|
19 |
18 |
Shorter College (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
3-2 |
85 |
|
20 |
19 |
Cumberland University (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
5-1 |
72 |
|
21 |
21 |
Oklahoma Baptist University (VI) |
|
1-3 |
60 |
|
22 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII) |
|
7-0 |
53 |
|
23 |
21 |
Aquinas College (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
5-0 |
53 |
|
24 |
24 |
Xavier University (La.) (XIII) |
|
6-4 |
37 |
|
25 |
25 |
Oklahoma Christian University (VI) |
|
2-1 |
35 |
Others receiving votes:
Bethany College (Kan.) (IV) 2; Northwood University (Fla.) (XIV) 1; Taylor University (Ind.) (VIII) 1
