Guilford No. 1 in Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

Friday, Sept. 23, 2005

Guilford No. 1 in Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll
Defending national champion Quakers grab 10 first-place votes
NORMAN, Okla. ?
Guilford opens the 2005-06 season were it ended last season - atop the Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. The defending national champion Quakers claimed 10 first-place votes to edge second-ranked Methodist, who tallied six first-place ballots. Redlands (third), Oglethorpe (sixth) and St. John?s (Minn.) received one first-place vote each.

Redlands was followed by fourth-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan, Greensboro. Emory was eighth while Huntingdon and Gustavus Adolphus were ninth and 10th, respectively.

Otterbein checked in at No. 11 and is followed by Wisconsin-Eau Claire, La Grange, Texas Lutheran, Central (Iowa), California Lutheran and LaVerne. DePauw and Illinois Wesleyan tied at No. 18. Mary Hardin-Baylor ranked 20th.

Franklin was No. 21 while Skidmore, Rhodes, Washington & Lee and Ohio Wesleyan complete the top 25.

The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released Oct. 14.

GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25
Division III - Sept. 22, 2005

Rank	University (First-Place Votes)	Points	Prev.
1	Guilford (10)	454	1
2	Methodist (6)	441	4
3	Redlands (1)	380	2
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	377	5
5	Greensboro	373	3
6	Oglethorpe (1)	344	7
7	Saint John's (Minn.) (1)	333	6
8	Emory	320	8
9	Huntingdon	298	9
10	Gustavus Adolphus	269	18
11	Otterbein	263	11
12	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	256	10
13	La Grange	218	NR
14	Texas Lutheran	219	12
15	Central	124	19
16	California Lutheran	120	15
17	LaVerne	109	NR
T18	DePauw	103	14
T18	Illinois Wesleyan	103	NR
20	Mary Hardin-Baylor	102	NR
21	Franklin	100	13
22	Skidmore	96	20
23	Rhodes	78	NR
24	Washington & Lee	67	NR
25	Ohio Wesleyan	66	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Allegheny 61, Randolph Macon 54, Saint Thomas 48, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 37, Williams 36, Hampden-Sydney 34, LeTourneau 28, Denison 24, Pacific Lutheran 21, Rochester 21, St. John Fisher 15, Linfield 14, McMurray 14, Olivet 14, Millikin 13, Texas-Dallas 12, Wartburg 12, Christopher Newport 11, Trinity Univ. 10, Muskingum 9, New York 9, Augsburg 7, Averett 7, Westminster 7, Bridgewater 6, Washington & Jefferson 3, Whitworth 3, Salem State 2, Centre 1, Hardin-Simmons 1, Susquehanna 1

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