Jan. 12, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Union (Tenn.) received all 11 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Lady Bulldogs earned 281 total points. 

Vanguard (Calif.) moved back to No. 2 after winning both games last week.  The Lions received 269 total points.  No. 3 Oklahoma City and No. 4 Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) both dropped a spot after going 1-1 last week.  OCU earned 264 points while Trevecca Nazarene received 255 points.  Lee (Tenn.) moved up a spot from last week to No. 5 with 241 points while Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) climbed two spots to No. 6 with 229 points. 

Lubbock Christian (Texas) knocked off then-No. 2 Oklahoma City on Monday but fell to then-No. 19 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) on Thursday and dropped a spot in the poll to No. 7.  The Lady Chaps compiled 222 total points.

No. 8 Lambuth (Tenn.) (220 points) moved up two spots after winnings against Trevecca Nazarene last week.  Saint Xavier (Ill.) held its spot at No. 9 with 215 points.

Westmont (Calif.) knocked off two top-25 teams last week and moved into the top-10.  The Warriors moved up five spots from last week and earned 197 points.

No. 18 Biola (Calif.), No. 21 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), No. 22 Louisiana State-Shreveport and No. 23 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) all moved into the top-25 this week.

The fifth regular season poll will be released on Monday, January 19.

2008-09 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Top 25 Poll – Jan. 12

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	WON	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Union (Tenn.)	11	15	1	281
2	4	Vanguard (Calif.)		12	2	269
3	2	Oklahoma City		14	1	264
4	3	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)		14	1	255
5	6	Lee (Tenn.)		13	3	241
6	8	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)		13	4	229
7	6	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		13	2	222
8	10	Lambuth (Tenn.)		12	4	220
9	9	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		12	3	215
10	15	Westmont (Calif.)		12	1	197
11	13	Columbia (Mo.)		15	1	190
12	12	Cumberlands (Ky.)		15	2	185
13	14	Oklahoma Baptist		13	2	174
14	5	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		11	4	163
15	16	Campbellsville (Ky.)		14	3	150
16	11	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		11	4	145
17	19	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		12	3	144
18	RV	Biola (Calif.)		10	3	120
19	20	Bethel (Tenn.)		11	5	116
20	21	Westminster (Utah)		12	5	105
21	RV	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		10	4	88
22	RV	Louisiana State-Shreveport		12	1	65
23	RV	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)		12	2	61
24	24	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		10	5	54
25	23	The Master's (Calif.)		8	6	48

Others receiving votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 45; Xavier (La.) 40; William Woods (Mo.) 37; Carroll (Mont.) 34; Rogers State (Okla.) 31; Concordia (Calif.) 25; Shorter (Ga.) 18; Oklahoma Christian 16; Benedictine (Kan.) 15; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 6; Montana State-Northern 3; William Jewell (Mo.) 1; Mobile (Ala.) 1; Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 1; Missouri Baptist 1; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 1; William Carey (Miss.) 1.