Union (Tenn.) Starts No. 1 In Division I Women's Basketball Preseason Poll

Oct 31, 2007

Oct. 31, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Union University (Tenn.) women's basketball team is the favorite in the 2007-08 NAIA Preseason Division I Women's Basketball Top 25 poll. The Lady Bulldogs received nine first place votes and 328 total points.

Union returns four of the top five leading scores from last year's team that advanced to the National Championship Tournament Final Four. The Bulldogs posted a 30-6 record last season.

Vanguard (Calif.) received the other two first place votes and compiled 321 total points for the second spot on the poll. No. 3 Lee (Tenn.), No. 4 Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and No. 5 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) rounded out the top five with 293, 287 and 281 total points respectively.

The 2007-08 National Champion, Lambuth (Tenn.), starts the season at No. 11 in the preseason poll.

The first regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, December 5.

2007-08 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Preseason Top 25 Poll - Oct. 31

RANK	06-07 FINAL	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	2006-07 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	3	Union (Tenn.)	9	30-6	328
2	1	Vanguard (Calif.)	2	31-1	321
3	4	Lee (Tenn.)	0	29-4	293
4	8	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)	0	27-7	287
5	10	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	0	29-6	281
6	2	St. Xavier (Ill.)	0	29-3	274
7	9	Carroll (Mont.)	0	30-5	250
8	17	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	0	21-11	245
9	7	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	0	24-8	242
10	6	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	0	26-7	233
11	19	Lambuth (Tenn.)	0	27-9	220
T12	5	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	0	31-3	204
T12	16	Oklahoma City	0	27-8	204
14	19	Langston (Okla.)	0	29-5	193
15	14	Cumberland (Tenn.)	0	27-8	173
16	13	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	0	24-8	164
17	21	Loyola (La.)	0	25-9	137
18	NR	West Virginia Tech	0	24-9	122
19	NR	The Master's (Calif.)	0	15-13	121
20	23	Oklahoma Baptist	0	17-13	113
21	NR	Columbia (Mo.)	0	26-8	110
22	NR	Brescia (Ky.)	0	23-15	94
23	15	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	0	28-6	71
24	NR	Westminster (Utah)	0	22-12	70
25	NR	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	0	16-16	67

Others receiving votes: Xavier (La.) 64; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 50; California Baptist 33; Harris-Stowe (Mo.) 31; Cumberlands (Ky.) 27; Oklahoma Christian 25; Montana Tech 16; Mobile (Ala.) 14; Westmont (Calif.) 14; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 10; Georgetown (Ky.) 4; McKendree (Ill) 3: Montana State-Northern 2; St. Francis (Ill.) 2; Campbellsville (Ky.) 1; Robert Morris 1; Science & Arts (Okla.) 1.

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Union (Tenn.) Starts No. 1 In Division I Women's Basketball Preseason Poll

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