Oct. 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third straight week, No. 1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) claims the top spot in the seventh regular season edition of the 2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced today (Oct. 21). The Blue Raiders have won seven straight which includes a recent win (Oct. 15) over NCAA Division II Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.). Holding 638 total points and 14 of a possible 23 first-place votes, Lindsey Wilson is 11-1 overall on the year.

Lee (Tenn.) remains at No. 2 with 628 total points and four first-place nods. No. 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.), the national runners-up last season, stands with 612 points and three first-place votes. Defending national champion Martin Methodist (Tenn.) is at No. 4 while Concordia (Ore.) rounds out the Top 5 with the remaining two first-place votes.

Four programs are still without a loss on the season, Concordia (Ore.), No. 7 Graceland (Iowa), No. 9 Trinity Christian (Ill.), No. 17 McKendree (Ill.) and No. 18 Lindenwood (Mo.). Trinity leads the country with 15 wins thus far.

No. 19 (tie) Westmont makes its debut in the poll. The Warriors took two conference wins last week including a 2-1 road win at then-No. 15 Concordia (Calif.).

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffiliated groups. The eighth regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Oct. 28.

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2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Oct. 21)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	2008 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (14)	11-1	638
2	2	Lee University (Tenn.) (4)	13-1	628
3	3	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (3)	11-1	612
4	4	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)	11-1	593
5	5	Concordia University (Ore.) (2)	14-0-1	584
6	6	California Baptist University	11-3	541
7	7	Graceland University (Iowa)	13-0-1	524
8	8	Northwood University (Fla.)	12-1	508
9	11	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	15-0	465
10	10	Berry College (Ga.)	8-4-1	441
11	12	California State University-San Marcos	10-2-3	438
12	9	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)	9-4	434
13	13	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	8-4	409
14	16	Park University (Mo.)	9-1-2	382
15	14	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)	9-1-3	344
16	17	William Carey University (Miss.)	8-2-1	333
17	19	McKendree University (Ill.)	12-0-1	307
18	20	Lindenwood University (Mo.)	9-0-2	260
T19	21	Notre Dame College (Ohio)	9-2-1	258
T19	RV	Westmont College (Calif.)	5-6-2	258
21	22	Madonna University (Mich.)	11-2	234
22	23	Spring Arbor University (Mich.)	10-4	202
23	24	Houghton College (N.Y.)	11-2-1	172
24	15	Concordia University (Calif.)	6-3-3	156
25	25	Trinity International University (Ill.)	11-3	122

Others receiving votes:

Oklahoma City University 91; Ottawa University (Kan.) 68; Dominican University (Calif.) 63; William Jewell College (Mo.) 53; King College (Tenn.) 52; Indiana Wesleyan University 44; Carroll College (Mont.) 30; The Master's College (Calif.) 30; Lyon College (Ark.) 23; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 23; Bellevue University (Neb.) 18; College of Idaho (Idaho) 10; John Brown University (Ark.) 6; Ohio Dominican University 5; Covenant College (Ga.) 5; Kansas Wesleyan University 3; Bethel College (Tenn.) 1; Dordt College (Iowa) 1; Marian College (Ind.) 1; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 1; Benedictine College (Kan.) 1

* Record as submitted by conference rater