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California Baptist Finishes No. 1 in NAIA Softball Rating

May 07, 2008

May 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - California Baptist remained No. 1 in the final National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) softball ratings. The Lancers earned all 13 first place votes and compiled 325 total points to stay in the top spot for the sixth straight week.

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) stayed at No. 2 with 311 total points for the sixth straight week and Oklahoma City remained at No. 3 with 298 total points for the third consecutive rating. No. 4 Mobile (Ala.) and No. 5 Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) stayed in the same spots with 285 and 272 total points respectively for the second straight week.

The 2008 NAIA Region Tournaments are underway and will wrap up on Saturday, May 10th.

The 28th Annual NAIA Softball National Championship Tournament will be held on May 16-21 at Wilson Morgan Softball Complex in Decatur, Ala. The 20-team field will be announced on Sunday, May 11th.

2008 NAIA Softball Final Top 25 Poll - May 7

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	California Baptist University (II)	13	51-5	325
2	2	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II)		41-7	311
3	3	Oklahoma City University (VI)		44-10	298
4	4	University of Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		33-7	285
5	5	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) (XI)		47-5	272
6	6	Saint Gregory's University (Okla.) (VI)		49-12	256
7	7	Shorter College (Ga.) (XIII)		47-9	249
8	8	Dickinson State University (N.D.) (III)		33-6	234
9	9	Lubbock Christian University (Texas) (VI)		47-8	223
10	10	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII)		49-9	206
11	11	William Carey University (Miss.) (XIII)		35-10	193
12	12	Columbia College (Mo.) (V)		35-9	173
13	13	Bethel College (Ind.) (VIII)		46-4	170
14	14	Simon Fraser University (B.C.) (I)		14-7	147
15	19	University of Houston - Victoria (TX) (VI)		30-16	135
16	16	Warner Southern College (Fla.) (XIV)		34-9	128
17	17	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) (XI)		42-13	106
18	18	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		37-11	90
19	20	Biola University (Calif.) (II)		25-23	89
20	21	Oregon Institute of Technology (I)		34-12	87
21	15	Rogers State University (Okla.) (VI)		41-18	84
22	22	California State University-San Marcos (II)		27-17	51
23	23	Georgetown College (Ky.) (XI)		34-13	26
24	24	Lee University (Tenn.) (XIII)		31-20	19
25	25	Faulkner University (Ala.) (XIII)		33-22	15

Others receiving votes: Friends (Kan.) 13; Morningside (Iowa) 11; Walsh (Ohio) 7; Milligan (Tenn.) 5; Waldorf (Iowa) 5; Central Methodist (Mo.) 5; Concordia (Ore.) 4; Free-Hardeman (Tenn.) 1; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 1; Concordia (Neb.) 1.