The Lewis-Clark State College men’s tennis team remained at No. 16 while the Warrior women’s team dropped four spots from the preseason poll to No. 20 in the first regular-season edition of the NAIA Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 polls, which were released on Tuesday.
The Warrior men, 4-2 overall, drew 164 points in the poll as there were no changes among the top 17 teams from the preseason poll. LCSC is 10 points behind No. 15 St. Thomas and 18 points ahead of No. 17 Martin Methodist. Fresno Pacific drew nine of the 12 first-place votes to hold down the top spot while Auburn University-Montgomery drew the other three first-place votes and was second.
The women’s side also saw little movement as only two teams traded positions who were ranked ahead of LCSC in the preseason poll. However, the Warriors have played a number of NCAA teams this season and stand 3-5 overall. All five losses have been against NCAA Division I teams.
The Warriors are only two points behind William Carey in the poll.
The Warrior men are back in action this Friday and Saturday for three matches in Bozeman, Mont. On Friday, LCSC plays MSU-Billings and Seattle University, and then tangles with Montana State University of the Big Sky Conference on Saturday.
The LCSC women are off until playing Seattle University at home on March 11.
MEN
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RANK
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LAST WEEK
|
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
|
2011 RECORD
|
TOTAL POINTS
|
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (9)
|
3-0
|
310
|
|
2
|
2
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (3)
|
5-0
|
304
|
|
3
|
3
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
|
3-0
|
291
|
|
4
|
4
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
0-1
|
282
|
|
5
|
5
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
2-0
|
269
|
|
6
|
6
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
5-0
|
263
|
|
7
|
6
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
2-1
|
255
|
|
8
|
8
|
Westmont College (Calif.)
|
0-2
|
241
|
|
9
|
10
|
Graceland University (Iowa)
|
2-2
|
227
|
|
10
|
10
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
1-0
|
223
|
|
11
|
11
|
Union College (Ky.)
|
2-3
|
214
|
|
12
|
12
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
3-1
|
199
|
|
13
|
13
|
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)
|
0-0
|
191
|
|
14
|
14
|
Xavier University (La.)
|
7-2
|
186
|
|
15
|
15
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
3-2
|
174
|
|
16
|
16
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
4-2
|
164
|
|
17
|
17
|
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)
|
0-1
|
146
|
|
18
|
19
|
Webber International University (Fla.)
|
4-2
|
138
|
|
19
|
18
|
Tennessee Wesleyan College
|
0-0
|
135
|
|
20
|
20
|
McKendree University (Ill.)
|
1-1
|
116
|
|
21
|
21
|
Aquinas College (Mich.)
|
2-1
|
112
|
|
22
|
23
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
0-0
|
97
|
|
23
|
23
|
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)
|
5-0
|
93
|
|
24
|
24
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
1-1
|
71
|
|
25
|
24
|
Oklahoma Baptist University
|
0-0
|
61
|
Others receiving votes: Huntington (Ind.) 35; Biola (Calif.) 32; Bethel (Tenn.) 26; Northwood (Fla.) 25; Belhaven (Miss.) 23; Walsh (Ohio) 17; Lindenwood (Mo.) 17; Campbellsville (Ky.) 14; William Carey (Miss.) 9; Northwestern Ohio 5; Hope International (Calif.) 4; Cumberland (Tenn.) 3; Indiana Southeast 1; Georgetown (Ky.) 1; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 1; Davenport (Mich.) 1; Warner (Fla.) 1.
WOMEN
|
RANK
|
LAST WEEK
|
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
|
2011 RECORD
|
TOTAL POINTS
|
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (13)
|
4-0
|
374
|
|
2
|
2
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (1)
|
4-1
|
361
|
|
3
|
3
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
1-0
|
349
|
|
4
|
4
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
1-0
|
330
|
|
5
|
5
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
|
4-1
|
322
|
|
6
|
5
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
3-0
|
320
|
|
7
|
8
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
5-0
|
304
|
|
8
|
7
|
Brenau University (Ga.)
|
1-2
|
295
|
|
9
|
9
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
2-0
|
274
|
|
10
|
10
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
1-0
|
269
|
|
11
|
11
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
2-0
|
252
|
|
12
|
12
|
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)
|
0-1
|
241
|
|
13
|
13
|
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)
|
0-0
|
232
|
|
14
|
14
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
3-2
|
214
|
|
15
|
15
|
Indiana Wesleyan University
|
13-0
|
210
|
|
16
|
17
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
0-0
|
190
|
|
17
|
19
|
Oklahoma Baptist University
|
1-0
|
181
|
|
18
|
18
|
Northwood University (Fla.)
|
1-3
|
162
|
|
19
|
21
|
William Carey University (Miss.)
|
2-1
|
159
|
|
20
|
16
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
2-4
|
157
|
|
21
|
20
|
Tennessee Wesleyan College
|
0-0
|
134
|
|
22
|
22
|
Xavier University (La.)
|
2-4
|
109
|
|
23
|
24
|
Westmont College (Calif.)
|
0-3
|
98
|
|
24
|
NR
|
William Jewell College (Mo.)
|
2-1
|
95
|
|
25
|
NR
|
Belhaven University (Miss.)
|
3-1
|
71
|
Others receiving votes: Indiana Southeast 61; Georgetown (Ky.) 57; Webber International (Fla.) 29; Mobile (Ala.) 28; Northwestern Ohio 24; Biola (Calif.) 19; Spring Hill (Ala.) 16; Robert Morris (Ill.) 15; Taylor (Ind.) 13; Milligan (Tenn.) 7; Morningside (Iowa) 6; McKendree (Ill.) 4; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 1; Marian (Ind.) 1; Aquinas (Mich.) 1.
