Brenau Tennis Remains at #7 in NAIA Poll

February 24, 2010
Gainesville, Ga- The Brenau tennis team held their position at #7 in the NAIA Top 25 Poll released yesterday at the national office. Defending National Champions and SSAC foe Auburn Montgomery remains the top rated team, and #17 Lee University and #18 Shorter round out the four teams from the SSAC that are ranked in the poll. The complete poll follows:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) has been named No. 1 in the NAIA Women's
Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Coaches' Poll for the 42nd straight time, the NAIA announced on Tuesday.
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) snagged two first-place votes and remained in second place. No. 3 Concordia (Calif.), No. 4 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) and No. 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) round out the top five.

Auburn Montgomery has won the last six NAIA Women's Tennis National Championships and its reign at No. 1 dates back to Feb. 11, 2004. The Lady Senator's are off to a 2-0 start, defeating NCAA Division I Jacksonville State (Ala.), 7-0 on Feb. 2, and No. 18 Shorter (Ga.), 7-2 on Feb. 18.

Nine conferences and unaffiliated groupings are represented in the poll. The Golden State Athletic Conference leads all groups with six ranked schools. The GSAC is represented by Fresno Pacific, Concordia, No. 6 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), No. 7 Vanguard (Calif.), No. 10 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and No. 15 Westmont (Calif.).

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffiliated groupings. The next poll will be announced on March 9.

2010 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll #1 - (Feb. 23)

RANK

LAST POLL

SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)

2010 RECORD

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (11)

2-0

342

2

2

Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (2)

3-0

333

3

3

Concordia University (Calif.)

3-0

321

4

4

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)

4-3

308

5

5

Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)

0-0

294

6

8

Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)

3-0

291

7

6

Vanguard University (Calif.)

2-1

267

7

7

Brenau University (Ga.)

1-2

267

9

9

Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)

4-0

260

10

11

Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)

2-1

238

11

10

Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)

0-0

237

12

12

Oklahoma Christian University

3-1

232

13

13

Northwood University (Fla.)

4-0

211

14

15

Indiana Wesleyan University

11-0

191

15

17

Westmont College (Calif.)

1-2

181

16

14

Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)

2-5

180

17

16

Lee University (Tenn.)

0-0

172

18

18

Shorter College (Ga.)

2-1

157

19

19

University of Mobile (Ala.)

3-0

149

20

20

Oklahoma Baptist University

0-1

137

21

21

Xavier University (La.)

6-3

128

22

22

Cumberland University (Tenn.)

0-2

117

23

RV

William Jewell College (Mo.)

3-0

88

24

RV

Georgetown College (Ky.)

0-2

87

25

RV

Taylor University (Ind.)

10-2

62