The Lewis-Clark State College men’s tennis team climbed one spot to No. 15 while the Warrior women’s team remained at No. 19 in their respective NAIA Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 polls, the NAIA announced on Tuesday.
The Warrior men are 7-7 on the season and drew 122 points in the poll, just five points behind No. 14 Saint Thomas University. Fresno Pacific was the unanimous pick at No. 1, while Embry-Riddle moved up to the second spot.
On the women’s side, the Warriors are 4-9 on the season, but all of the losses have been either to NCAA schools or top-ranked NAIA teams. LCSC drew 133 points in the poll, while Fresno-Pacific drew all 12 first-place votes for the top spot.
Both Warrior teams are coming off 1-4 road trips to California where they lost to some of the top-ranked NAIA teams. The Warrior men fell to No. 4 Azusa Pacific, No. 6 Point Loma Nazarene, No. 9 Concordia, and No. 12 Vanguard, while the women lost to No. 3 Point Loma Nazarene, No. 5 Azusa Pacific, No. 8 Concordia, and No. 10 Vanguard.
Both Warrior teams are off until next weekend when the men play Whitworth on April 2 at 11 a.m. and the women play Gonzaga on April 3 at noon. Both matches are in Spokane.
\MEN
|
RANK
|
LAST
WEEK |
SCHOOL
|
2011
RECORD |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (9)
|
12-2
|
219
|
|
2
|
3
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
|
7-5
|
207
|
|
3
|
2
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
|
13-2
|
203
|
|
4
|
4
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
10-3
|
199
|
|
5
|
5
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
11-1
|
197
|
|
6
|
6
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
8-2
|
184
|
|
7
|
7
|
Westmont College (Calif.)
|
5-4
|
177
|
|
8
|
8
|
Xavier University (La.)
|
10-5
|
169
|
|
9
|
9
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
4-8
|
164
|
|
10
|
11
|
Union College (Ky.)
|
10-4
|
156
|
|
11
|
10
|
Graceland University (Iowa)
|
3-4
|
145
|
|
12
|
13
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
4-9
|
142
|
|
13
|
12
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
6-1
|
139
|
|
14
|
14
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
8-2
|
127
|
|
15
|
16
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
7-7
|
122
|
|
16
|
19
|
Aquinas College (Mich.)
|
13-2
|
104
|
|
17
|
18
|
Webber International University (Fla.)
|
12-3
|
100
|
|
18
|
RV
|
Cumberland University (Tenn.)
|
3-1
|
95
|
|
19
|
21
|
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)
|
10-0
|
85
|
|
T20
|
20
|
McKendree University (Ill.)
|
5-1
|
84
|
|
T20
|
RV
|
Campbellsville University (Ky.)
|
6-4
|
84
|
|
22
|
22
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
1-4
|
69
|
|
23
|
16
|
Tennessee Wesleyan College
|
3-2
|
66
|
|
24
|
17
|
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)
|
4-4
|
62
|
|
25
|
24
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
3-3
|
57
|
Others receiving votes: William Carey (Miss.) 42; Oklahoma Baptist 36; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 36; Huntington (Ind.) 17; Bethany (Kan.) 17; Northwood (Fla.) 8; Biola (Calif.) 5; Northwestern Ohio 4; Bethel (Tenn.) 1; Belhaven (Miss.) 1.
WOMEN
|
RANK
|
LAST
WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
|
2011
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS
|
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (12)
|
8-4
|
312
|
|
2
|
4
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
|
12-3
|
297
|
|
3
|
3
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
9-0
|
292
|
|
4
|
2
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
|
10-4
|
287
|
|
5
|
5
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
12-2
|
270
|
|
6
|
5
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
8-2
|
264
|
|
7
|
8
|
Brenau University (Ga.)
|
4-3
|
247
|
|
8
|
10
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
6-4
|
240
|
|
8
|
9
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
5-1
|
240
|
|
10
|
7
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
6-5
|
221
|
|
11
|
11
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
5-0
|
215
|
|
12
|
12
|
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)
|
6-3
|
202
|
|
13
|
18
|
William Carey University (Miss.)
|
8-4
|
177
|
|
14
|
15
|
Indiana Wesleyan University
|
14-0
|
173
|
|
15
|
17
|
Oklahoma Baptist University
|
4-4
|
171
|
|
16
|
13
|
Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)
|
3-2
|
169
|
|
17
|
14
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
7-7
|
154
|
|
18
|
16
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
5-0
|
152
|
|
19
|
19
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
4-9
|
133
|
|
20
|
21
|
William Jewell College (Mo.)
|
7-4
|
119
|
|
21
|
20
|
Webber International University (Fla.)
|
10-4
|
98
|
|
22
|
RV
|
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)
|
5-3
|
97
|
|
23
|
RV
|
Georgetown College (Ky.)
|
4-6
|
75
|
|
24
|
RV
|
Belhaven University (Miss.)
|
7-2
|
69
|
|
25
|
25
|
Westmont College (Calif.)
|
2-9
|
66
|
Others receiving votes: Indiana Southeast 57; Xavier (La.) 56; Campbellsville (Ky.) 43; Northwood (Fla.) 27; Tennessee Wesleyan 19; Taylor (Ind.) 14; The Master’s (Calif.) 13; Northwestern Ohio 11; Biola (Calif.) 5; McKendree (Ill.) 4; Spring Hill (Ala.) 1; Mobile (Ala.) 1; Marian (Ind.) 1; Lindenwood (Mo.) 1.
