Jan. 5, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Union (Tenn.) stayed No. 1 in the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Lady Bulldogs received 10 first place votes and 311 points to edge No. 2 Oklahoma City by 13 points for the top spot. 

OCU received two first place votes and 298 points.  The Stars moved up two spots from the previous poll.  Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) remained at No. 3 with 296 points while Vanguard (Calif.) dropped two spots to No. 4 with 283 points.  No. 5 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) held its spot with 258 points while Lee (Tenn.) climbed four spots and tied with Lubbock Christian (Texas) at No. 6 with 254 points.  LCU moved up two spots from the previous poll.  No. 8 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (244 points), No. 9 Saint Xavier (Ill.) (236 points) and No. 10 Lambuth (Tenn.) (231 points) rounded out the top-10.

No. 17 California Baptist moved back into the top-25 poll after in week one.  CBU was ranked No. 13 in the preseason poll.

The fourth regular season poll will be released on Monday, January 12.

2008-09 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Top 25 Poll – Jan. 5

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	WON	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Union (Tenn.)	10	14	1	311
2	4	Oklahoma City	2	12	0	298
3	3	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)		13	0	296
4	2	Vanguard (Calif.)		10	2	283
5	5	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		11	2	258
T6	10	Lee (Tenn.)		11	3	254
T6	8	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		11	1	254
8	9	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)		11	4	244
9	7	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		12	3	236
10	6	Lambuth (Tenn.)		10	4	231
11	14	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		10	3	201
12	18	Cumberlands (Ky.)		13	2	195
13	17	Columbia (Mo.)		13	1	191
14	19	Oklahoma Baptist		10	2	190
15	20	Westmont (Calif.)		10	1	184
16	13	Campbellsville (Ky.)		12	3	155
17	RV	California Baptist		10	3	135
18	12	Oklahoma Christian		10	2	133
19	15	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		9	3	124
20	23	Bethel (Tenn.)		10	4	109
21	21	Westminster (Utah)		10	5	101
22	16	Xavier (La.)		9	3	97
23	22	The Master's (Calif.)		7	5	89
24	25	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		10	3	82
25	24	Carroll (Mont.)		11	5	65

Others receiving votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 58; Langston (Okla.) 47; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 37; Biola (Calif.) 35; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 33; William Woods (Mo.) 19; William Jewell (Mo.) 16; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 8; Louisiana State-Shreveport 7; Pikeville (Ky.) 1; Science and Arts of Oklahoma 1; Montana State-Northern 1; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 1; McKendree (Ill.) 1; William Carey (Miss.) 1.