AUM Ranked No. 1 for Seventh Straight Poll - NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

May 3, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In the final poll of the 2009 season, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) reigns as the No. 1 program in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced this afternoon (May 3). The Lady Senators earned 12 of the possible 13 first-place votes and 343 total points. AUM has now been the No. 1 team in all seven polls this year. AUM is gunning for its sixth straight national championship. Last week, AUM defeated No. 3 Berry (Ga.) in the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship.

The official announcement of the Championship qualifiers will be released by 6 p.m. CST today (Sunday).

No. 2 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) tallied the remaining first-place vote and 332 total points. The Sunbirds stand 21-1 overall on the year. Berry checks in at No. 3 with 321 total points. Concordia (Calif.) slides up three spots to No. 4 while Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) holds at No. 5.

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2009 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll - (May 3 - FINAL)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1^st PLACE VOTES	2009 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (12)	18-3	343
2	2	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (1)	21-1	332
3	3	Berry College (Ga.)	13-3	321
4	7	Concordia University (Calif.)	16-5	304
5	5	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)	10-2	303
6	6	California Baptist University	17-7	287
7	4	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)	14-8	273
8	8	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)	14-1	272
9	9	Vanguard University (Calif.)	13-8	250
10	10	Brenau University (Ga.)	17-5	247
11	11	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	10-4	234
12	12	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)	12-10	215
13	13	Northwood University (Fla.)	9-6	214
14	14	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)	8-9	195
15	15	Xavier University (La.)	18-6	186
16	16	Indiana Wesleyan University	21-0	169
17	18	Lee University (Tenn.)	9-5	160
18	17	Oklahoma Christian University	8-7	160
19	20	Bethel College (Tenn.)	12-0	159
20	19	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)	11-11	136
21	21	Westmont College (Calif.)	7-14	116
22	23	Shorter College (Ga.)	9-12	108
23	22	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)	13-4	105
24	25	Oklahoma Baptist University	8-14	86
25	NR	Cumberland University (Tenn.)	5-10	68

Others Receiving Votes:

Georgetown College (Ky.) 60; University of Mobile (Ala.) 42; Hope International University (Calif.) 32; Union College (Ky.) 31; Saint Thomas University (Fla.) 22; Taylor University (Ind.) 20; Aquinas College (Mich.) 13; Ohio Dominican University 8; Missouri Valley College 4; Bethel College (Kan.) 3; Nebraska Wesleyan University 1

* As submitted by conference raters