Oct. 28, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Winners of eight straight matches, No. 1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) once again is the leading team for the fourth consecutive week, as the eighth regular season edition of the 2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll was announced today (Oct. 28). The Blue Raiders have been dominant this season, especially during their winning streak. They have out-scored the opposition by a 51-3 margin and boast five shut outs during the eight-match swing. Standing 13-1 on the year, Lindsey Wilson garnered 13 first-place votes and 607 total points.

Lee (Tenn.) again is nipping at the heels of Lindsey Wilson and is on a tear as well. LU has won 10 straight contests and shut out six opponents during that stretch. The Flames earned 599 total points and four first-place votes. The next three teams all follow in the same order as last week -- No. 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.), No. 4 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) and No. 5 Concordia (Ore.).

Four programs still do not have a blemish on their record this year, Concordia, No. 7 Graceland (Iowa), No. 8 Trinity Christian (Ill.) and No. 17 McKendree (Ill.). One team suffered its first loss last week, Lindenwood (Mo.), which fell five spots to No. 23.

There are two scheduled Top 25 matches on Saturday (Nov. 1), No. 18 Westmont (Calif.) at No. 6 California Baptist and No. 7 Graceland (Iowa) at No. 23 Lindenwood. Regular season play is winding down for some conferences and independents. To track all the schedules and scores from conference/independent tournaments, click here.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffiliated groups. The ninth regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Nov. 4.

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2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Oct. 28)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES)	2008 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (13)	13-1	607
2	2	Lee University (Tenn.) (4)	15-1	599
3	3	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (3)	13-1	585
4	4	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)	13-1	561
5	5	Concordia University (Ore.) (2)	16-0-1	558
6	6	California Baptist University	13-3	517
7	7	Graceland University (Iowa)	15-0-1	501
8	9	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	17-0	461
9	8	Northwood University (Fla.)	12-2	458
10	12	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)	9-5	415
11	13	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	9-4	414
12	14	Park University (Mo.)	10-1-2	400
13	10	Berry College (Ga.)	9-5-1	389
14	11	California State University-San Marcos	11-3-3	356
15	15	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)	11-1-3	353
16	16	William Carey University (Miss.)	10-2-1	329
17	17	McKendree University (Ill.)	14-0-1	300
18	T19	Westmont College (Calif.)	7-6-2	279
19	21	Madonna University (Mich.)	13-2	255
20	23	Houghton College (N.Y.)	12-2-1	232
21	22	Spring Arbor University (Mich.)	12-4	219
22	24	Concordia University (Calif.)	7-4-3	190
23	18	Lindenwood University (Mo.)	10-1-2	148
24	25	Trinity International University (Ill.)	12-3-1	132
25	T19	Notre Dame College (Ohio)	10-3-1	123

Others receiving votes:

Oklahoma City University 91; Dominican University (Calif.) 81; King College (Tenn.) 62; Kansas Wesleyan University 49; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 44; Indiana Wesleyan University 42; Lyon College (Ark.) 33; The Master's College (Calif.) 22; Bellevue University (Neb.) 17; Carroll College (Mont.) 12; Bethel College (Tenn.) 11; College of Idaho (Idaho) 11; John Brown University (Ark.) 9; Vanguard University (Calif.) 9; William Jewell College (Mo.) 5; Ohio Dominican University 4; Ottawa University (Kan.) 3; Dordt College (Iowa) 1; Brenau University (Ga.) 1; McPherson College (Kan.) 1

* Record as submitted by conference rater