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Oregon Tech Moves Into Top-5
04.10.2012
Oregon Tech senior catcher Kayde Schaefer. (photo by Kelly Caleb)  |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –With a 6-0 record on the week, the Oregon Tech softball team jumped up one spot to No. 5 position, as the Hustlin' Owls checked in with 512 total points in the fourth regular season addition of the 2012 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday.
Oregon Tech takes a 30-4 overall mark, along with a commanding five-game lead in the Cascade Collegiate Conference standings, into a doubleheader this Saturday at Corban University.
Concordia (Calif.) retains the No. 1 ranking after setting a school single-season record in victories (48) and are currently riding college softball's longest active winning streak among any level at 41 games. One week after earning the No. 1 position in school history, Concordia captured 20 first-place votes and 591 total points. The Eagles have not lost since a 2-1 setback to Eastern Oregon on Feb. 11. The winning streak is tied for second-longest in NAIA history and one shy of tying Shawnee State's (Ohio) mark of 42-consecutive established during the 1996 season.
Holding steady for the third-straight week at No. 2 is Cal State San Marcos. Both No. 3 Oklahoma City and No. 4 Central Baptist (Ark.) occupy the same spots as last week.
Corban (Ore.) (No. 23) drops out of the Top 25 for the first time this year and is receiving votes along with Concordia University.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2012 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Concordia (Calif.) (20) | 48-2 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Cal State San Marcos (1) | 38-3 | 570 |
| 3 | 3 | Oklahoma City | 22-16 | 543 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 32-3 | 539 |
| 5 | 6 | Oregon Tech | 30-4 | 512 |
| 6 | 5 | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | 35-4 | 502 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 32-7 | 468 |
| 8 | 8 | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 34-6 | 462 |
| 9 | 10 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | 23-5 | 426 |
| 10 | 9 | Shorter (Ga.) | 34-7 | 422 |
| 11 | 12 | Union (Tenn.) | 30-7 | 397 |
| 12 | 13 | Lee (Tenn.) | 35-7 | 383 |
| 13 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 36-6 | 359 |
| 14 | 16 | Brenau (Ga.) | 28-8 | 336 |
| 15 | 15 | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | 31-8 | 295 |
| 15 | 17 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 19-2 | 295 |
| 17 | 21 | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | 26-12 | 276 |
| 18 | 11 | St. Gregory's (Okla.) | 31-6 | 259 |
| 19 | 20 | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | 24-14 | 216 |
| 20 | 18 | Evangel (Mo.) | 25-9 | 215 |
| 21 | 19 | College of Idaho | 24-10 | 209 |
| 22 | 25 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 25-8 | 191 |
| 23 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 23-9 | 145 |
| 24 | 24 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 30-14 | 144 |
| 25 | RV | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 23-8 | 112 |
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Others receiving votes: Madonna (Mich.) 82; Marian (Ind.) 68; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 61; Central Methodist (Mo.) 43; William Woods (Mo.) 42; Bethany (Kan.) 41; Carlow (Pa.) 19; William Jessup (Calif.) 18; William Penn (Iowa) 16; Georgetown (Ky.) 14; Davenport (Mich.) 13; Webber International (Fla.) 10; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 9; Belhaven (Miss.) 9; Concordia (Ore.) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 5; South Carolina Beaufort 1; Tennessee Wesleyan 1; LSU Alexandria 1; Rogers State (Okla.) 1; Point Park (Pa.) 1; Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 1; Friends (Kan.) 1; Corban (Ore.) 1; Park (Mo.) 1; Cumberland (Tenn.) 1; Oklahoma Christian 1; Science & Arts (Okla.) 1.¬
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