KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the final NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25 Coaches’ Poll of the season, Keiser (Fla.) claimed the No. 1 spot with 180 points and 12 first-place votes following its national championship performance. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) came in second with 174 points, while Tennessee Wesleyan secured the No. 3 position with 165 points. Rounding out the top five were William Carey (Miss.) at No. 4 and Xavier (La.) at No. 5 in the final rankings.
Keiser captured the 45th annual UTR Sports NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship with a 4-1 victory over Lindsey Wilson in the title match. The title marked Keiser’s second NAIA women’s tennis national championship and its first under the Keiser name, after previously winning as Northwood (Fla.) in 2003.
| Rank |
Last |
Trend |
|
School |
Record |
Points |
| 1 |
1 |
● |
|
Keiser (Fla.) [12 first-place votes] |
24-1 |
180 |
| 2 |
2 |
● |
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
17-2 |
174 |
| 3 |
3 |
● |
|
Tennessee Wesleyan |
20-2 |
165 |
| 4 |
5 |
▲ |
|
William Carey (Miss.) |
18-2 |
164 |
| 5 |
6 |
▲ |
|
Xavier (La.) |
19-8 |
156 |
| 6 |
9 |
▲ |
|
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
11-6 |
147 |
| 7 |
T-13 |
▲ |
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
17-5 |
138 |
| 8 |
10 |
▲ |
|
Loyola (La.) |
10-8 |
137 |
| 9 |
4 |
▼ |
|
Southeastern (Fla.) |
14-6 |
130 |
| T-10 |
11 |
▲ |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
10-4 |
121 |
| T-10 |
7 |
▼ |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
8-7 |
121 |
| 12 |
12 |
● |
|
Marian (Ind.) |
17-7 |
115 |
| 13 |
NR |
▲ |
|
Goshen (Ind.) |
14-7 |
99 |
| 14 |
21 |
▲ |
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
11-10 |
91 |
| 15 |
19 |
▲ |
|
Coastal Georgia (Ga.) |
12-8 |
90 |
| 15 |
NR |
▲ |
|
Stanton (Calif.) |
10-6 |
90 |
| 17 |
T-13 |
▲ |
|
Louisiana Christian |
13-7 |
82 |
| 18 |
17 |
▼ |
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
8-6 |
73 |
| 18 |
15 |
▼ |
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
11-5 |
73 |
| 20 |
16 |
▼ |
|
Morningside (Iowa) |
26-2 |
69 |
| 21 |
25 |
▲ |
|
Oakland City (Ind.) |
14-6 |
49 |
| 22 |
NR |
▲ |
|
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
13-4 |
37 |
| 23 |
NR |
▲ |
|
William Woods (Mo.) |
10-10 |
30 |
| 24 |
18 |
▼ |
|
Dillard (La.) |
8-13 |
27 |
| 25 |
NR |
▲ |
|
Bethel (Kan.) |
18-4 |
25 |
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 23, Indiana Wesleyan 22, Georgia Gwinnett 12, St. Thomas (Fla.) 11, Texas A&M -Texarkana 11, Bethel (Tenn.) 7, Texas Wesleyan 2.
Key: Steady●| Climbed ▲ | Dropped ▼
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no “previous ranking” column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>University</th>
<th>Points</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.)</td><td>504</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)</td><td>485</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Keiser University (Fla.)</td><td>456</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Bethel University (Ind.)</td><td>455</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)</td><td>407</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)</td><td>397</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Louisiana State University Shreveport (La.)</td><td>374</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.)</td><td>364</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>William Carey University (Miss.)</td><td>354</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Life University (Ga.)</td><td>351</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Cumberland University (Tenn.)</td><td>318</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.)</td><td>317</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Grand View University (Iowa)</td><td>281</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Bethel University (Tenn.)</td><td>270</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Madonna University (Mich.)</td><td>262</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>William Penn University (Iowa)</td><td>244</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Indiana Tech (Ind.)</td><td>229</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>West Virginia University Institute of Technology (W.Va.)</td><td>215</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Dalton State College (Ga.)</td><td>167</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Grace College (Ind.)</td><td>147</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Ottawa University (Kan.)</td><td>118</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Xavier University (La.)</td><td>108</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)</td><td>89</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)</td><td>75</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>University of Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)</td><td>74</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
