WPU #23 in Third NAIA Rating
William Penn University Athletics
Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s golf team has yet to play a competitive round this spring, but found itself actually moving up a rung as the NAIA’s third top-25 poll was released Friday.
The Statesmen advanced one position from last November’s poll, now sitting in 23rd with 139 points. The squad, which is coming off a successful fall in which it claimed four tournament wins, is the lone representative from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the ranking.
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) remains #1 with 498 points and all 18 first-place votes, while Keiser (Fla.), Oklahoma City, Dalton State (Ga.), and South Carolina Beaufort round out the top five.
WPU begins its spring slate next Friday by co-hosting the Icebreaker Collegiate Open at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #3 – March 10, 2017
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (18)
2. Keiser (Fla.)
3. Oklahoma City
4. Dalton State (Ga.)
5. South Carolina Beaufort
6. Cumberlands (Ky.)
7. British Columbia
8. William Carey (Miss.)
9. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
10. William Woods (Mo.)
11. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
12. Campbellsville (Ky.)
13. Texas Wesleyan
14. Thomas (Ga.)
15. Indiana Tech
16. Oregon Tech
17. Faulkner (Ala.)
18. Southeastern (Fla.)
19. Marian (Ind.)
20. Northwestern Ohio
21. Milligan (Tenn.)
22. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
23. William Penn
24. Cumberland (Tenn.)
25. Bellevue (Neb.)
Others receiving votes: Victoria (B.C.) 77; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 74; Rocky Mountain (Mont) 53; Madonna (Mich.) 35; St. Andrews (N.C.) 33; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 31; Coastal Georgia 19; Corban (Ore.) 16; Saint Francis (Ind.) 16.
