Senators Keep No. 1 Spot in Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll

May 3, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the seventh time this season, the Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) men’s tennis team is the No. 1 squad in the country, announced this afternoon (May 3) in the final regular season edition of the 2009 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Senators gathered all 13 first-place votes and 343 total points. AUM stands 17-2 on the year and is searching for its fourth straight national title and ninth overall.

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No. 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) slid up one spot while No. 3 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) jumped up one spot as well. No. 4 California Baptist and No. 5 Concordia (Calif.), both out of the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC), round out the Top 5 teams. In fact, there are five GSAC schools ranked in the Top 10.

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2009 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (May 3 - FINAL)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1^st PLACE VOTES)	2009 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (13)	17-2	343
2	3	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)	16-2	327
3	4	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)	21-2	326
4	2	California Baptist University	17-2	311
5	5	Concordia University (Calif.)	16-5	299
6	8	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)	13-12	286
7	7	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	8-5	272
8	6	Vanguard University (Calif.)	14-7	269
9	10	Graceland University (Iowa)	15-3	251
10	9	Union College (Ky.)	16-0	243
11	11	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)	9-14	226
12	12	Bethel College (Tenn.)	10-0	225
13	13	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	10-4	209
14	16	Lee University (Tenn.)	10-3	202
15	14	Berry College (Ga.)	6-5	188
16	15	Oklahoma Christian University	9-5	182
17	17	Shorter College (Ga.)	12-9	167
18	18	Xavier University (La.)	16-6	155
19	25	Hope International University (Calif.)	8-15	141
20	19	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)	9-11	136
21	20	Saint Thomas University (Fla.)	6-7	121
22	22	Oklahoma Baptist University	9-8	108
23	21	Westmont College (Calif.)	4-17	106
24	23	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)	13-6	97
25	24	Aquinas College (Mich.)	16-6	82

Others Receiving Votes:

Webber International University (Fla.) 55; Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) 35; Georgetown College (Ky.) 32; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 31; Bethany College (Kan.) 21; Indiana Wesleyan University 17; Campbellsville University (Ky.) 13; University of Mobile (Ala.) 9; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 6; Ohio Dominican University 1; Walsh University (Ohio) 1; Tennessee Wesleyan College 1

* As submitted by conference raters