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California Baptist Remains No. 1 in NAIA Softball Rating

Apr 09, 2008

April 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - California Baptist earned all 13 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) softball ratings. The Lancers compiled 325 total points.

The next three spots in the rating also remained the same for the second straight week. Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Lubbock Christian (Texas) and Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) claimed their respective 2-3-4 slots with 310, 299 and 283 total points. William Carey (Miss.) climbed two spots to No. 5 with 256 total points to round out the top-five.

Saint Gregory's (Okla.) moved up nine spots into the top-10 at No. 6 with 250 total points.

Three teams made their debut in the top-25 this week. California State-San Marcos, Central Methodist (Mo.) and Warner Southern (Fla.) all appeared in the poll for the first time this year.

The fifth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, April 16.

2008 NAIA Softball Preseason Top 25 Poll - April 9

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	California Baptist (II)	13	40-4	325
2	2	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		29-7	310
3	3	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI)		37-4	299
4	4	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		25-3	283
5	7	William Carey (Miss.) (XIII)		28-5	256
6	15	Saint Gregory's (Okla.) (VI)		28-7	250
7	6	Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		29-7	249
8	8	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		18-2	235
9	5	Rogers State (Okla.) (VI)		32-6	203
10	11	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		22-6	202
11	9	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		10-4	201
12	13	Oklahoma City (VI)		23-10	182
13	10	Vanguard (Calif.) (II)		30-14	175
14	16	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII)		29-4	155
15	14	Columbia (Mo.) (V)		21-7	147
16	12	Bethel (Ind.) (VIII)		26-4	139
17	18	Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI)		26-5	120
18	17	Shorter (Ga.) (XIII)		31-9	118
19	19	Georgetown (Ky.) (XI)		27-7	88
20	20	Faulkner (Ala.) (XIII)		20-17	52
T21	NR	California State-San Marcos (II)		23-11	44
T21	23	Oregon Tech (I)		20-10	44
23	NR	Central Methodist (Mo.) (V)		18-7	25
T24	25	Morningside (Iowa) (III)		18-5	24
T24	RV	Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV)		25-6	24

Others receiving votes: Concordia (Ore.) 18; Oklahoma Christian 16; Waldorf (Iowa) 9; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 7; Lee (Tenn.) 7; Ohio Dominican 6; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 3; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3; Bellevue (Neb.) 2; Milligan (Tenn.) 2; Walsh (Ohio) 1; Evangel (Mo.) 1.

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43rd ANNUAL
NAIA SOFTBALL
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May 23-29, 2024
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