April 11, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - California Baptist grabbed a dozen first place votes while Oklahoma City received one to check in at No. 2 in this week's NAIA Softball Top 25, followed by Simon Fraser (B.C.), Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and St. Gregory's (Okla.) in an unchanged Top 5.
Shorter (Ga.) moved up one spot to No. 6 to begin the second half of the Top 10, followed by Vanguard (Calif.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Houston Baptist (Texas) and Lee (Tenn.), who round out the Top 10 after each moving up one spot on the week.
Four previously unranked teams join the Top 25 this week, headed by No. 21 William Penn (Iowa) and followed by No. 23 Albertson (Idaho), No. 24 McKendree (Ill.) and No. 25 Rogers State (Okla.).
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
California Baptist (II) |
12 |
38-2 |
324 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
1 |
28-4 |
311 |
|
3 |
3 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
|
11-0 |
297 |
|
4 |
4 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
24-6 |
283 |
|
5 |
5 |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI) |
|
21-5 |
276 |
|
6 |
7 |
Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) |
|
32-4 |
257 |
|
7 |
8 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
33-8 |
239 |
|
8 |
9 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
28-5 |
233 |
|
9 |
10 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI) |
|
27-7 |
217 |
|
10 |
11 |
Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) |
|
30-10 |
211 |
|
11 |
12 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
35-6 |
198 |
|
12 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) (XIII) |
|
24-11 |
166 |
|
13 |
19 |
Thomas (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
18-13 |
155 |
|
14 |
14 |
Oregon Tech (I) |
|
24-6-1 |
151 |
|
15 |
15 |
Evangel (Mo.) (V) |
|
22-8 |
145 |
|
16 |
16 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
|
22-8 |
142 |
|
17 |
6 |
Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV) |
|
26-4 |
136 |
|
18 |
18 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
10-4 |
96 |
|
19 |
20 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
|
15-3 |
74 |
|
20 |
21 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI) |
|
26-6 |
69 |
|
21 |
NR |
William Penn (Iowa) (VII) |
|
18-7 |
52 |
|
22 |
23 |
Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX) |
|
13-5 |
38 |
|
23 |
NR |
Albertson (Idaho) (I) |
|
23-8 |
27 |
|
24 |
NR |
McKendree (Ill.) (V) |
|
27-7 |
25 |
|
25 |
NR |
Rogers State (Okla.) (VI) |
|
19-8 |
20 |
Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) (VIII), 17; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 13; Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII), 11; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 9; Morningside (Iowa) (III), 8; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 8; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 8; Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI), 6; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (XI), 1; Virginia Intermont (XII), 1; Waldorf (Iowa) (VII), 1.
