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Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 – No. 3

April 12, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third-consecutive poll, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) sits atop the 2013 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Bees received 10-of-17 first-place votes for 456 points to earn the No. 1 ranking in the third-regular season edition.

 

SCAD Savannah returned to the course on April 6 when the Bees participated in the Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Bash at the Beach. SCAD Savannah finished third out of 12 teams in that event, led by Alazne Urizar, who finished tied for second after shooting rounds of 76-74 – 150; one stroke behind the winner Patrizia Trevisan of NCAA Division I Bethune-Cookman (Fla.).

 

Moving up two spots to No. 2 is Oklahoma City, who received four first-place votes and 439 points. The Stars finished second in the Kangaroo Invitational hosted by NCAA Division I Missouri-Kansas City. Oklahoma City shot rounds of 301-303-319 for a total of 923, four strokes behind the winner. Holding steady at No. 3 is Cal State San Marcos with one first-place vote and 434 points. The Cougars participated in the NCAA Division II Sonoma State (Calif.) Spring Invitational and finished in second-place with a team total of 956 (318-318-320).

 

Coming in tied at No. 4 is William Woods (Mo.) and Lubbock Christian (Texas). Both teams received one first-place vote and tallied 427 points. William Woods took first-place in both events it participated in over this past week. On April 2, William Woods won its own tournament, the Owls Invitational. The Owls finished the week with a victory at the Washington (Mo.) University Spring Invitational on April 5-7. Lubbock Christian finished fifth in the Dallas Baptist (Texas) Invitational on April 2. The Chaps shots rounds of 316-300 – 616 during the two day event.

Three schools made the biggest move this week, Oklahoma City, Bethel (Ind.) and Bellevue (Neb.), jumping two spots in the poll. Cumberland (Tenn.) slid the farthest falling four positions.

 

Joining the Top 25 this week is No. 23 William Penn (Iowa) and No. 25 Oklahoma Baptist. William Penn took second in the Ashford (Iowa) Spring Invitational on April 6. The Statesmen were lead by Maggie Yong, who tied for second-place after shooting rounds of 79-80 – 159, one stroke behind the winner. Oklahoma Baptist finished third in the Oklahoma Baptist Spring Invitational on April 8. Whitney Manley led the Bison with rounds of 82-76 – 158 for a fifth-place finish.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mobile (Ala.) (No. 24) and Grand View (Iowa) (No. 25) fell out of the poll.

 

2013 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (10)	456
2	4	Oklahoma City (4)	439
3	3	Cal State San Marcos (1)	434
4	5	William Woods (Mo.) (1)	427
4	2	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (1)	427
6	6	British Columbia	385
7	7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	382
8	8	Lee (Tenn.)	359
9	9	Northwood (Texas)	340
10	9	Northwood (Fla.)	334
11	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	323
12	12	Victoria (B.C.)	288
13	13	South Carolina Beaufort	285
14	14	Cumberlands (Ky.)	278
15	17	Bethel (Ind.)	246
16	16	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	235
17	18	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	232
18	20	Bellevue (Neb.)	213
19	15	Cumberland (Tenn.)	196
19	19	Coastal Georgia	196
21	21	Rogers State (Okla.)	153
22	23	Concordia (Ore.)	147
23	RV	William Penn (Iowa)	126
24	21	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	116
25	RV	Oklahoma Baptist	93

Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) 78; Grand View (Iowa) 76; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 73; Westminster (Utah) 22; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 20; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 18; College of Idaho 17; Texas at Brownsville 11; St. Francis (Ill.) 4; Aquinas (Mich.) 3; Biola (Calif.) 3; Texas Wesleyan 3; Bethel (Tenn.) 3.