Sept. 16, 2008

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third straight time, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) is the No. 1 team in the second regular season edition of the 2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced today (Sept. 16). Standing with a perfect 4-0 record, the RedHawks hold the narrow lead over No. 2 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) by a 609-606 point margin. Martin Methodist owns a 25-1 goals advantage in its four wins. MMC hosts No. 4 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) on Friday (Sept. 19) in a non-conference battle

Azusa earned six first-place votes and has shut out three of its four opponents. The Cougars took down Bethel (Tenn.), who was receiving votes in last week’s poll, by a count of 8-1 on Sept. 6.

Lee (Tenn.) holds at No. 3 with 579 total points. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is right behind at No. 4 with 570 points followed by No. 5 Concordia (Ore.) with 545 points.

Four teams vault into the Top 25 for the first time this season: No. 19 Spring Arbor (Mich.), No. 20 Rocky Mountain (Mont.), No. 21 Vanguard (Calif.) and No. 22 Benedictine (Kan.). Perhaps making the biggest jump is No. 9 California State University-San Marcos. The Cougars are unbeaten at 4-0-2 including an upset win over then-No. 22 Kansas Wesleyan last Saturday.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffiliated groups. The third regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Sept. 23.

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2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (#2)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES)	2008 RECORD^	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) (14)	4-0	609
2	2	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (6)	4-0	606
3	3	Lee University (Tenn.)	4-0	579
4	4	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (1)	5-0	570
5	5	Concordia University (Ore.) (1)	6-0-1	545
6	6	Northwood University (Fla.)	3-0	520
7	7	California Baptist University	5-1	502
8	9	Graceland University (Iowa)	4-0	471
9	18	California State University-San Marcos	4-0-2	425
10	8	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)	6-1	417
11	15	Berry College (Ga.)	2-2	414
12	20	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)	4-1	404
13	14	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	6-0	397
14	13	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	3-2	344
15	21	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)	4-0	333
16	24	Concordia University (Calif.)	4-1	323
17	23	Park University (Mo.)	2-0-2	275
18	19	Houghton College (N.Y.)	4-1	271
19	RV	Spring Arbor University (Mich.)	5-3	198
20	RV	Rocky Mountain College (Mont.)	5-2	188
21	NR	Vanguard University (Calif.)	5-0-1	161
22	RV	Benedictine College (Kan.)	4-0	160
T23	17	William Carey University (Miss.)	0-2-1	154
T23	25	McKendree University (Ill.)	4-0-1	154
25	16	Indiana Wesleyan University	3-1	135

Others receiving votes:

Carroll College (Mont.) 110; Westmont College (Calif.) 110; Trinity International University (Ill.) 99; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 91; Kansas Wesleyan University 87; Madonna University (Mich.) 74; Rogers State University (Okla.) 38; Reinhardt College (Ga.) 34; College of Idaho (Idaho) 17; Bethel College (Tenn.) 14; William Jewell College (Mo.) 9; Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) 8; McPherson College (Kan.) 7; Cornerstone University (Mich.) 6; Louisiana State University-Shreveport 5; Dominican University (Calif.) 5; Notre Dame College (Ohio) 4; John Brown University (Ark.) 3; Covenant College (Ga.) 1; Northwood University (Texas) 1; Hastings College (Neb.) 1; William Woods University (Mo.) 1; Union University (Tenn.) 1; Bellevue University (Neb.) 1