Nov. 4, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the fifth straight week, No. 1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) sits on top of the pack in the ninth regular season edition of the 2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced today (Nov. 4). The Blue Raiders recorded 582 points and 15 of the possible 21 first-place votes. Winners of 10 straight, the Blue Raiders have been dominant during their current winning streak. They have out-scored the opposition by a 62-3 margin and have seven shut outs during the streak. LWC has one regular-season match to play before opening up Mid-South Conference Tournament action – it travels to St. Catharine (Ky.) today.

Speaking of being on a hot streak, No. 2 Lee (Tenn.) has rattled off 11 straight wins and blanked seven opponents during that stretch. The Flames posted 572 points in the poll and notched four first-place votes. No. 3 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) and No. 4 Concordia (Ore.) both moved up one slot from last week. That movement was made possible after No. 5 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) lost at home to Vanguard (Calif.) 3-1 on Saturday (Nov. 1). Concordia earned the remaining two first-place votes and are 17-0-1 on the year.

Five programs head into the final week of the regular season or their respective conference tournaments with undefeated records, Concordia, No. 6 Graceland (Iowa), No. 8 Trinity Christian (Ill.), No. 16 McKendree (Ill.) and No. 23 Marian (Ind.).

Regular season play is winding down or been completed for 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 10th regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Nov. 11.

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2008 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Nov. 4)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES)	2008 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (15)	15-1	582
2	2	Lee University (Tenn.) (4)	17-1	572
3	4	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)	15-1	549
4	5	Concordia University (Ore.) (2)	17-0-1	546
5	3	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)	14-2	512
6	7	Graceland University (Iowa)	16-0-1	489
7	6	California Baptist University	14-3-1	479
8	8	Trinity Christian College (Ill.)	19-0	460
9	9	Northwood University (Fla.)	14-2	443
10	12	Park University (Mo.)	12-1-2	404
11	14	California State University-San Marcos	10-3-3	380
12	15	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)	13-1-3	370
13	16	William Carey University (Miss.)	12-2-1	354
14	10	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)	10-6	334
15	11	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	11-5	327
16	17	McKendree University (Ill.)	16-0-1	313
17	13	Berry College (Ga.)	10-6-1	297
18	20	Houghton College (N.Y.)	13-2-1	266
19	18	Westmont College (Calif.)	7-7-2	254
20	19	Madonna University (Mich.)	14-3	221
21	24	Trinity International University (Ill.)	13-3-1	192
22	22	Concordia University (Calif.)	7-4-4	168
23	NR	Marian College (Ind.)	15-0-2	120
24	RV	Oklahoma City University	13-4-1	113
25	RV	Kansas Wesleyan University	12-5-1	87

Others receiving votes:

Lindenwood University (Mo.) 81; Ohio Dominican University 77; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 66; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 51; Dominican University (Calif.) 46; Bethel College (Tenn.) 45; Lyon College (Ark.) 42; King College (Tenn.) 40; The Master's College (Calif.) 27; College of Idaho (Idaho) 20; Carroll College (Mont.) 17; John Brown University (Ark.) 10; Notre Dame College (Ohio)         7; Indiana Wesleyan University 6; Bellevue University (Neb.) 4; Vanguard University (Calif.) 3; Dordt College (Iowa) 3; MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) 1; Ottawa University (Kan.) 1; Robert Morris College (Ill.) 1

* Record as submitted by conference rater