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Union (Tenn.) Remains No. 1 in Division I Women's Basketball Poll



Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) moves up to No. 3.

Jan. 30, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Union (Tenn.) maintained its No. 1 ranking in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I Women's Basketball Top-25 poll for the sixth straight week.  The Lady Bulldogs collected all first place votes every week this season.

Lee (Tenn.) remained in the second position with 319 total points for the fourth consecutive week.  Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) climbed three spots to No. 3 with 305 points after defeating then-No. 3 Vanguard (Calif.), 86-65, last week.   Vanguard dropped to No. 4 with 298 total points.  Azusa Pacific (Calif.) picked up two wins against top-25 teams (No. 10 Master's (Calif.) and No. 19 Cal Baptist) last week and moved into top-five with 280 points.

The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, February 6.

2007-08 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Jan. 30

RANK

LAST WEEK

SCHOOL

1ST PLACE VOTES

RECORD*

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Union University (Tenn.)

11

19-0

330

2

2

Lee University (Tenn.)

 

19-2

319

3

6

Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)

 

14-2

305

4

3

Vanguard University (Calif.)

 

12-3

298

5

7

Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)

 

16-3

280

6

4

Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.)

 

16-4

266

T7

8

Langston University (Okla.)

 

18-1

258

T7

12

Oklahoma City University

 

14-4

258

9

5

Oklahoma Baptist University

 

17-2

240

10

13

Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)

 

18-3

236

11

9

Saint Xavier University (Ill.)

 

16-4

219

12

10

The Master's College (Calif.)

 

13-5

202

13

14

Lubbock Christian University (Texas)

 

16-3

199

14

11

Carroll College (Mont.)

 

17-3

191

15

15

Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)

 

15-3

177

16

17

Loyola University (La.)

 

15-4

159

17

18

Lambuth University (Tenn.)

 

13-7

153

18

21

Xavier University (La.)

 

17-3

126

T19

16

Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)

 

10-7

119

T19

19

California Baptist University

 

11-5

119

21

22

Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)

 

15-4

104

22

20

University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)

 

15-6

90

23

24

Harris-Stowe State University (Mo.)

 

15-6

87

24

25

Berry College (Ga.)

 

16-4

74

25

23

Westminster College (Utah)

 

17-6

68


Others receiving votes: Westmont (Calif.) 55; Georgetown (Ky.) 51; Wiley (Texas) 47; Robert Morris (Ill.) 20; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 20; Lyon (Ark.) 11; McKendree (Ill.) 9; Science and Arts of Oklahoma 7; Montana Western 7; Campbellsville (Ky.) 4; Mobile (Ala.) 3; Montana-Northern 2; Brescia (Ky.) 1; Shorter (Ga.) 1.


* Records through Sunday, Jan. 27th.


 

 

 
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