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Methodist Remains Number One in Division III Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches' Poll

Methodist Remains Number One in Division III Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches' Poll

 

Division III - April 23, 2008

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Methodist (14) 374 1
2 Oglethorpe 335 4
3 St. John's (Minn.) 311 5
4 Huntingdon 310 2
5 Gustavus Adolphus 299 3
6 LaVerne (1) 276 8
7 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 246 11
8 UT-Tyler 245 12
9 Illinois Wesleyan 231 6
10 Nebraska Wesleyan 222 10
11 Redlands 219 18
12 Guilford 211 7
T-13 Ohio Wesleyan 198 9
T-13 Rhodes 198 13
15 St. John Fisher 165 14
16 Skidmore 163 15
17 La Grange 151 16
18 Texas Lutheran 123 20
19 Washington & Lee 96 23
20 Emory 94 21
21 Allegheny 69 17
22 Mary Hardin-Baylor 64 25
23 Centre 56 19
24 Wesley 46 NR
25 Central 44 NR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: Hope College, 37; Transylvania, 37; UT-Dallas, 14; Hampden-Sydney, 7; Carthage, 6; Linfield, 6; Salem State, 6; Otterbein, 3; Susquehanna, 3; Trinity, 3; Williams, 2; Wittenberg, 2; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 1; Greensboro, 1.

Dropped from Ranking:  Hope College (#24), Transylvania (#22)

NEW YORK, NY?The fourth Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches? Poll of the spring season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).  Methodist retains the top spot in the Division III poll, earning 14 of the 15 first-place votes.

The Monarchs won the USA South Athletic Conference title last week. The victory was the Monarchs? sixth straight win and seventh in 10 tournaments this season.

Rounding out the top-five are Oglethorpe (No. 2), St. John?s (Minn.) (No. 3), Huntingdon (No. 4) and Gustavus Adolphus (No. 5).

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (No. 7) and UT-Tyler (No. 8) join the top-10 in this week?s poll, after being ranked Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, in the previous coaches? poll.

New to the top-25 are Wesley (No. 24) and Central (No. 25).