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

Jan 09, 2008

Jan. 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Union (Tenn.) Lady Bulldogs garnered all 11 first place votes to continue as the No. 1 team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I Women's Basketball Top-25 poll.

The Bulldogs are undefeated on the season with a 12-0 record and earned for 330 total points in the poll.

The next four spots have shuffled from the previous poll. Lee (Tenn.) moved up two spots to No. 2 with 316 points after wins against previous No. 2 Vanguard (Calif.) and then-No. 25 Cumberlands (Ky.). Vanguard fell to No. 3 with 303 points while Oklahoma Baptist climbed a spot to No. 4 with 297 points. No. 5 Free-Hardeman (Tenn.) dropped two spots with 291 points to round out the top-five.

The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, January 16.

2007-08 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Jan. 9

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Union University (Tenn.)	11	12-0	330
2	4	Lee University (Tenn.)		13-2	316
3	2	Vanguard University (Calif.)		7-2	303
4	5	Oklahoma Baptist University		13-0	297
5	3	Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.)		11-2	291
6	6	The Master's College (Calif.)		10-2	272
7	7	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		12-2	269
8	10	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		8-2	240
9	12	Langston University (Okla.)		10-1	234
10	8	Saint Xavier University (Ill.)		12-3	229
11	14	Lubbock Christian University (Texas)		11-2	219
12	9	Carroll College (Mont.)		12-2	212
13	16	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)		12-3	188
14	T17	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		8-4	177
15	13	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		10-2	174
16	T17	Oklahoma City University		8-3	172
17	11	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)		6-5	163
T18	T21	California Baptist University		8-2	133
T18	19	Loyola University (La.)		9-4	133
20	T21	Xavier University (La.)		11-3	99
21	24	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)		12-3	98
22	25	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		11-4	93
23	15	Cumberland University (Tenn.)		9-4	91
24	23	Westminster College (Utah)		13-4	89
25	RV	Berry College (Ga.)		12-3	56

Others receiving votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 52; Westmont (Calif.) 39; Brescia (Ky.) 38; Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 33; Wiley (Texas) 28; Campbellsville (Ky.) 13; Oklahoma Christian 12; Montana-Northern 9; McKendree (Ill.) 3; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 2; Montana Tech 2; Shorter (Ga.) 2; Robert Morris (Ill.) 2; Montana Western 1; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 1.

* Records through Sunday, Jan. 6th

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

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