KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A 4-2 start to the season by the Southeastern women's tennis team has the group up one spot in the latest NAIA Coaches' Poll.
In the third installment of the poll released this afternoon, the Fire moved up to third and are just 22 points behind conference rival Keiser for the second spot.
Georgia Gwinnett was the unanimous No. 1 choice. Four of the top 11 hail from The Sun Conference with St. Thomas checking in at seventh and SCAD Savannah at 11
th.
The Fire open Sun Conference play in Bartow this afternoon taking on Warner at 1 p.m.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [First Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Georgia Gwinnett [13] |
9-0 |
343 |
| 2 |
2 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
3-1 |
332 |
| 3 |
4 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
4-2 |
310 |
| 4 |
11 |
Middle Georgia State |
4-2 |
304 |
| 5 |
3 |
Xavier (La.) |
7-2 |
302 |
| 6 |
5 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
5-2 |
299 |
| 7 |
7 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
4-0 |
273 |
| 7 |
6 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
2-3 |
273 |
| 9 |
8 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
3-0 |
253 |
| 10 |
9 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
1-3 |
237 |
| 11 |
10 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
2-1 |
231 |
| 12 |
12 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
5-2 |
230 |
| 13 |
18 |
Union (Ky.) |
5-2 |
197 |
| 14 |
15 |
Loyola (La.) |
0-3 |
188 |
| 15 |
17 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
2-0 |
182 |
| 16 |
16 |
Westcliff (Calif.) |
3-4 |
179 |
| 17 |
19 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
15-1 |
162 |
| 18 |
13 |
Ave Maria (Fla.) |
1-6 |
142 |
| 19 |
20 |
Northwestern Ohio |
4-2 |
140 |
| 20 |
14 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
2-5 |
137 |
| 21 |
21 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
5-2 |
133 |
| 22 |
22 |
Dillard (La.) |
3-4 |
113 |
| 23 |
NR |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
5-4 |
98 |
| 24 |
24 |
Marian (Ind.) |
9-4 |
95 |
| 25 |
23 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
2-2 |
87 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Menlo (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 56, Menlo (Calif.) 55, Brenau (Ga.) 37, McPherson (Kan.) 30, Coastal Georgia 19, Morningside (Iowa) 18, Bethel (Ind.) 10, Reinhardt (Ga.) 9, LSU Shreveport (La.) 6, Arizona Christian 5, Oakland City (Ind.) 5, Cornerstone (Mich.) 3, Ottawa (Kan.) 3, Bethel (Tenn.) 3.
