April 4, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) earned nine first-place votes to hold off Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and its three first-place considerations in this week's NAIA Men's Tennis Top 25. The top five remained unchanged from last week, with Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Fresno Pacific (Calif.) and Bethel (Tenn.) also holding ground in the rating.

Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and Vanguard (Calif.) traded places at No. 6 and No. 7 this week, while Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) stayed at No. 8. Another Top 10 flip occurred in the No. 9 and No. 10 positions, where Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and Lee (Tenn.) traded places.

Two teams new to the Top 25 entered this week, as Union (Ky.) made a splash in the ranking at No. 16 and Xavier (La.) entered at No. 25.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)	9	13-2	297
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)	3	21-1	291
3	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		14-1	276
4	4	Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II)		12-2	261
5	5	Bethel (Tenn.) (XII)		18-0	250
6	7	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI)		14-3	235
7	6	Vanguard (Calif.) (II)		15-5	225
8	8	Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV)		7-3	221
9	10	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		12-3	193
10	9	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		10-2	188
11	11	Berry (Ga.) (XIII)		9-8	145
12	15	Benedictine (Kan.) (V)		11-3	141
13	12	Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI)		13-3	139
14	19	Webber International (Fla.) (XIV)		13-5	133
15	16	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (XI)		9-4	124
16	NR	Union (Ky.) (XII)		10-3	116
17	17	Graceland (Iowa) (V)		8-2	97
18	13	Shorter (Ga.) (XIII)		5-11	93
19	14	Northwood (Fla.) (XIV)		3-3	87
20	20	Concordia (Calif.) (II)		5-3	80
21	18	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)		9-9	72
22	24	Oklahoma Baptist (VI)		13-7	61
23	21	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII)		11-1	60
24	22	Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII)		15-2	59
25	NR	Xavier (La.) (XIII)		8-8	21

Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma Christian (VI), 11; Virginia Intermont (XII), 7; Bethany (Kan.) (IV), 6; Westmont (Calif.) (II), 6; Sioux Falls (S.D.) (III), 3; Spring Arbor (Mich.), 2.