Oklahoma Christian Retains Number One Spot in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll

NEW YORK, NY?The fourth Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Pollof the spring season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Oklahoma Christian remains the top team in the NAIA poll, earning five of the 11 first-place votes.

The Eagles have three victories this season and have finished no worse than second place.

Rounding out the top-five are British Columbia (T-2), Oklahoma City (T-2), Wayland Baptist (No. 4) and Berry (No. 5).

Johnson & Wales (No. 9) cracked the top-10, after being ranked No. 15 in the previous coaches? poll. University of the Cumberlands (No. 23) moved into the top-25.

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NAIA - April 22, 2009

Rank	University (First-Place Votes)	Points	Prev.
1	Oklahoma Christian (5)	265	1
T2	British Columbia (4)	260	2
T2	Oklahoma City (2)	260	3
4	Wayland Baptist	233	5
5	Berry	214	8
6	Malone	202	4
7	Oklahoma Baptist	197	6
8	South Carolina Beaufort	194	7
9	Johnson & Wales	184	15
10	SCAD	183	9
11	Victoria	166	10
12	Lee	158	11
13	Texas Wesleyan	125	T12
14	Point Loma Nazarene	116	T12
15	Northwood (Texas)	110	17
16	Southern Nazarene	109	16
17	Lindenwood	103	14
18	CSU-East Bay	99	18
19	St. Ambrose	66	19
20	Lewis-Clark State	58	T20
21	Davenport	56	T20
22	California Baptist	32	22
23	University of the Cumberlands	31	NR
24	Bethany College	29	24
25	Indiana Wesleyan	28	23

Others Receiving Votes: Concordia (Ore.), 24; Grand View, 15; Northwood (Fla.), 15; CSU-San Marcos, 10; The Master's College, 9; Mobile, 8; Bethel College, 5; Iowa Wesleyan, 5; Cornerstone, 4; Campbellsville, 1; Huntington, 1.

Dropped from Ranking: Concordia (Ore.) (#25)

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