WPU Jumps Four Spots in Second Rating
William Penn University Athletics
by Wade Steinlage
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s golf team used a strong finish to its fall season to move up several positions as the NAIA’s second top-25 poll was released Friday.
WPU improved four rungs from #25 to #21 with 140 points. Morningside, at #28, and Briar Cliff, at #35, also represent the state of Iowa; no other program from the Heart of America Athletic Conference is rated.
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) remains the NAIA’s top squad with 434 points and 13 first-place votes. Dalton State (Ga.) has the other three votes to earn the #2 ranking, while British Columbia, Keiser (Fla.), and Texas Wesleyan round out the top five.
NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #2 – November 3, 2017
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (13)
2. Dalton State (Ga.) (3)
3. British Columbia
4. Keiser (Fla.)
5. Texas Wesleyan
6. South Carolina Beaufort
7. Cumberlands (Ky.)
8. William Carey (Miss.)
9. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
10. William Woods (Mo.)
11. Northwestern Ohio
12. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
13. Oklahoma City
14. Milligan (Tenn.)
15. Southeastern (Fla.)
16. Taylor (Ind.)
17. Loyola (La.)
18. Faulkner (Ala.)
19. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
20. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
21. William Penn
22. Victoria (B.C.)
23. Brenau (Ga.)
24. Cumberland (Tenn.)
25. Bethel (Ind.)
Others receiving votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 88, Marian (Ind.) 80, Morningside 38, Oregon Tech 33, Campbellsville (Ky.) 30, Tennessee Wesleyan 17, Indiana Wesleyan 15, Bellevue (Neb.) 8, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 7, Briar Cliff 5.
