The Lewis-Clark State College men’s and women’s tennis teams held steady in this week’s NAIA Tennis Coaches Top 25 polls. The men’s team stayed at No. 15 and the women remained at No. 19, the NAIA announced on Tuesday.
On the men’s side, the Warriors, 8-7 overall, drew 136 points and trail No. 14 Aquinas College of Michigan by just three points. For the 12th straight week Fresno Pacific is the No. 1 team as it received all 10 first-place votes.
The Warrior women are 5-11 overall, but all losses have been to either NCAA schools or California schools ranked in the NAIA Top 10. LCSC drew 102 points in the poll and trail No. 18 Saint Thomas of Florida by nine points.
Fresno Pacific remains the No. 1 team for the fifth week in a row, followed by Embry-Riddle.
The Warrior men don’t resume play until April 16 against Portland State at 10 a.m. in Lewiston.
Both Warrior teams then head to Oklahoma City for the NAIA National Qualifying Tournament on April 19-20. The tourney will involve LCSC, College of Idaho, Central Christian of Kansas, Oklahoma Wesleyan, Oklahoma Baptist, Southern Nazarene of Oklahoma, John Brown of Arkansas, LSU Shreveport, Our Lady of the Lake of Texas, and Southwest of New Mexico. Only the winner of each tournament will receive an automatic berth to nationals.
Currently on the men’s side, Oklahoma Christian is No. 5 in the poll and is the only other team ranked besides LCSC from the group. On the women’s side, Oklahoma Christian is No. 5, Southern Nazarene is No. 12, and Oklahoma Baptist is No. 15.
2011 Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll - April 5
|
RANK
|
LAST WEEK
|
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
|
2011 RECORD
|
TOTAL POINTS
|
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (10)
|
15-2
|
250
|
|
2
|
2
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
|
10-5
|
240
|
|
3
|
3
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
|
17-3
|
231
|
|
4
|
4
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
13-4
|
227
|
|
5
|
5
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
13-1
|
220
|
|
6
|
6
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
11-3
|
211
|
|
7
|
7
|
Westmont College (Calif.)
|
8-5
|
202
|
|
8
|
8
|
Xavier University (La.)
|
11-7
|
191
|
|
9
|
9
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
6-9
|
189
|
|
10
|
12
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
5-11
|
174
|
|
11
|
11
|
Graceland University (Iowa)
|
4-4
|
171
|
|
12
|
13
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
7-1
|
163
|
|
13
|
14
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
10-2
|
151
|
|
14
|
16
|
Aquinas College (Mich.)
|
16-3
|
139
|
|
15
|
15
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
8-7
|
136
|
|
16
|
25
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
7-3
|
126
|
|
17
|
19
|
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)
|
11-0
|
121
|
|
18
|
20
|
McKendree University (Ill.)
|
12-1
|
117
|
|
19
|
RV
|
William Carey University (Miss.)
|
6-8
|
103
|
|
20
|
24
|
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)
|
8-4
|
102
|
|
21
|
17
|
Webber International University (Fla.)
|
13-4
|
91
|
|
22
|
18
|
Cumberland University (Tenn.)
|
4-2
|
83
|
|
23
|
22
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
3-4
|
76
|
|
24
|
RV
|
Lindenwood University (Mo.)
|
5-1
|
56
|
|
25
|
RV
|
Bethany College (Kan.)
|
11-3
|
50
|
Others receiving votes: Northwood (Fla.) 49; Biola (Calif.) 30; Oklahoma Baptist 30; Northwestern Ohio 28; Huntington (Ind.) 28; Belhaven (Miss.) 19; William Jewell (Mo.) 1; Bethel (Tenn.) 1.
2011 Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll - April 5
|
RANK
|
LAST
WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
|
2011
RECORD |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
1
|
1
|
Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (9)
|
12-4
|
250
|
|
2
|
2
|
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) (1)
|
15-3
|
242
|
|
3
|
3
|
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)
|
12-1
|
233
|
|
4
|
4
|
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
|
17-5
|
227
|
|
5
|
4
|
Oklahoma Christian University
|
10-2
|
214
|
|
5
|
5
|
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
|
15-3
|
214
|
|
7
|
8
|
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
10-5
|
196
|
|
8
|
7
|
Brenau University (Ga.)
|
5-5
|
194
|
|
9
|
8
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
9-1
|
192
|
|
10
|
10
|
Vanguard University (Calif.)
|
8-6
|
174
|
|
11
|
11
|
Shorter University (Ga.)
|
8-0
|
173
|
|
12
|
12
|
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)
|
7-4
|
161
|
|
13
|
13
|
William Carey University (Miss.)
|
8-5
|
156
|
|
14
|
NR
|
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)
|
13-1
|
142
|
|
15
|
15
|
Oklahoma Baptist University
|
7-5
|
137
|
|
16
|
18
|
Lee University (Tenn.)
|
7-3
|
124
|
|
17
|
14
|
Indiana Wesleyan University
|
17-1
|
116
|
|
18
|
17
|
Saint Thomas University (Fla.)
|
9-7
|
111
|
|
19
|
19
|
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
|
5-11
|
102
|
|
20
|
22
|
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)
|
7-4
|
96
|
|
21
|
RV
|
Campbellsville University (Ky.)
|
8-4
|
95
|
|
22
|
20
|
William Jewell College (Mo.)
|
11-6
|
90
|
|
23
|
RV
|
University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)
|
6-8
|
72
|
|
24
|
21
|
Webber International University (Fla.)
|
12-5
|
68
|
|
25
|
24
|
Belhaven University (Miss.)
|
12-2
|
57
|
Others receiving votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 54; Westmont (Calif.) 45; Indiana Southeast 23; Xavier (La.) 16; Northwestern Ohio 8; Taylor (Ind.) 7; Georgetown (Ky.) 5; McKendree (Ill.) 3; Spring Hill (Ala.) 3; Mobile (Ala.) 1; Northwood (Fla.) 1; Robert Morris (Ill.) 1; The Master’s (Calif.) 1; Marian (Ind.) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1.
