Statesmen 20th in Current Linkster Poll
William Penn Women’s Athletics
Oskaloosa–Consecutive weeks of near upsets have pushed the William Penn women’s golf team forward as the NAIA’s third top-25 poll was released Friday.
The Statesmen moved up one spot to #20 with 184 points. WPU is the only representative from the Midwest Collegiate Conference in the rating.
Northwood (Fla.) is still #1 with 461 points and 10 first-place votes. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is second with six top votes, while British Columbia (one first-place vote), Oklahoma City, and William Woods (Mo.) round out the top five.
WPU is next in action on Monday and Tuesday by traveling to Valley, Neb. to compete in the Bellevue Invitational at The Pines Country Club.
NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #3 – April 10, 2015
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Northwood (Fla.) (10)
2. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (6)
3. British Columbia (1)
4. Oklahoma City
5. William Woods (Mo.)
6. South Carolina Beaufort
7. Cumberlands (Ky.)
8. Houston-Victoria (Texas)
9. Texas Wesleyan
10. Wayland Baptist (Texas)
11. Cal State-San Marcos
12. Bellevue (Neb.)
13. Indiana Tech
14. Dalton State (Ga.)
15. Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
16. Victoria (B.C.)
17. William Carey (Miss.)
17. Thomas (Ga.)
19. Concordia (Ore.)
20. William Penn
21. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
22. Southeastern (Fla.)
23. Mobile (Ala.)
24. Milligan (Tenn.)
25. Oklahoma Baptist
Others receiving votes: Campbellsville (Ky.) 85; Marian (Ind.) 79; Madonna (Mich.) 72; Coastal Georgia 48; Cumberland (Tenn.) 27; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 11; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3; Bethel (Ind.) 3.
