WPU Down to #17 in Fourth Ranking
William Penn University Athletics
by Wade Steinlage
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s golf team has not done much to hurt its cause, but other programs might be playing just a bit better as the NAIA’s fourth top-25 poll was released last Friday.
William Penn fell one rung since the last rating to #17 with 247 points. The crew remains the only representatives from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the poll.
Keiser (Fla.) is still a unanimous #1 with 498 points and all 18 first-place votes. SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is second, while William Carey (Miss.) and Dalton State (Ga.) are second and third, respectively. British Columbia and Cumberlands (Ky.) are tied for fifth.
William Penn is in fourth place after the first day of action at the Southern Illinois Saluki Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. The event concludes Monday.
NAIA Women’s Golf Rating #4 — March 22, 2019
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Keiser (Fla.) (18)
2. SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
3. William Carey (Miss.)
4. Dalton State (Ga.)
5. British Columbia
5. Cumberlands (Ky.)
7. South Carolina Beaufort
8. Loyola (La.)
9. Oregon Tech
10. Victoria (B.C.)
11. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
12. Texas Wesleyan
13. Southeastern (Fla.)
14. Taylor (Ind.)
15. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
16. Oklahoma City
17. William Penn
18. Morningside
19. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
20. Indiana Tech
21. Coastal Georgia
22. Northwestern Ohio
23. Cumberland (Tenn.)
24. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
25. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana Wesleyan 103, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 78, Faulkner (Ala.) 78, Saint Francis (Ind.) 45, Tennessee Wesleyan 38, Milligan (Tenn.) 5, Bellevue (Neb.) Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 4, Bethel (Ind.) 3, Thomas (Ga.) 1, William Woods (Mo.) 1.
