Statesmen Hold at #22

William Penn University Athletics

by Wade Steinlage

Oskaloosa–With its spring season opener just a few days away, the William Penn women’s golf team is sitting in a nice spot as the NAIA’s fourth top-25 poll was released Friday.

WPU continues to be 22nd nationally with 157 points. The Statesmen are the Heart of America Athletic Conference’s lone representatives. Morningside (#30) joins the navy and gold as the only other Iowa program in the poll.

The top five did not witness any movement with SCAD Savannah (Ga.) still #1 with 465 points and 14 first-place votes. Dalton State (Ga.) is second with two first-place votes, while British Columbia (final vote), USC Beaufort, and Texas Wesleyan rounding out the top five.

William Penn begins its spring campaign next Monday and Tuesday in Oskaloosa as it hosts the Mike “Fluff” Cowan Invitational at Edmundson GC.

NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #4 — March 23, 2018
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)

1. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (14)
2. Dalton State (Ga.) (2)
3. British Columbia (1)
4. USC Beaufort (S.C.)
5. Texas Wesleyan
6. William Woods (Mo.)
7. Cumberlands (Ky.)
8. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
9. William Carey (Miss.)
10. Keiser (Fla.)
11. Northwestern Ohio
11. Oklahoma City
13. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
14. Southeastern (Fla.)
15. Victoria (B.C.)
16. Milligan (Tenn.)
17. Taylor (Ind.)
18. Loyola (La.)
19. Faulkner (Ala.)
20. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
21. Cumberland (Tenn.)
22. William Penn
23. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
24. Brenau (Ga.)
25. Bethel (Ind.)

Others Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 89; Tennessee Wesleyan 64; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 53; Indiana Wesleyan 29; Morningside 23; Oregon Tech 17; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 9; Campbellsville (Ky.) 9; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 3.