Statesmen Start Spring at #16
William Penn University Athletics
by Wade Steinlage
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s golf team will begin the spring season as one of the top squads in the nation as the NAIA’s third top-25 poll was released last Friday.
WPU dropped two spots from last fall’s position to #16 with 285 points. The squad won four tournaments last fall and was in the top 10 at the NAIA Preview.
The Statesmen are the only representatives from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the poll.
Keiser (Fla.) remains first with 529 points and all 19 first-place votes. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is second, while William Carey (Miss.), Dalton State (Ga.), and British Columbia round out the top five.
William Penn travels to St. Joseph, Mo. next Monday and Tuesday, March 18-19 to compete in the Holiday Inn Express Classic.
NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #3 — March 8, 2019
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Keiser (Fla.) (19)
2. SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
3. William Carey (Miss.)
4. Dalton State (Ga.)
5. British Columbia
6. Cumberlands (Ky.)
7. South Carolina Beaufort
8. Texas Wesleyan
9. Loyola (La.)
10. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
11. Victoria (B.C.)
12. Oregon Tech
13. Southeastern (Fla.)
14. Taylor (Ind.)
15. Oklahoma City
16. William Penn
17. Morningside
18. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
19. Indiana Tech
20. Coastal Georgia
21. Northwestern Ohio
22. Cumberland (Tenn.)
23. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
24. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
25. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
Others Receiving Votes: Saint Francis (Ind.) 100, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 96, Indiana Wesleyan 62, Tennessee Wesleyan 60, Milligan (Tenn.) 37, Thomas (Ga.) 6, Bellevue (Neb.) 4.
