Gold Nuggets advance to No. 22 in NAIA poll
For immediate release . . . January 18, 2007
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana moved up a notch to No. 22
in the NAIA Division I women's basketball rankings announced Wednesday.
The Gold Nuggets, 13-5 and winners of their last six games, are in the top 25
for the second consecutive week. They were tied for 23rd a week ago.
It's Xavier's highest ranking since being No. 15 in the final 2004-05 poll,
which was conducted at the end of the regular season.
The Vanguard Lions (12-0) of Costa Mesa, Calif., were unanimously chosen No. 1.
They're on top for the fifth consecutive ranking.
Xavier's next game will start at 5 p.m. Saturday at The Barn against Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference opponent Belhaven.
LAST 1ST PLACE
RANK WEEK SCHOOL VOTES RECORD POINTS
1 1 Vanguard (Calif.) 11 12-0 330
2 4 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 17-1 317
3 5 Lee (Tenn.) 14-2 295
4 7 Cumberlands (Ky.) 17-2 285
5 3 St. Xavier (Ill.) 16-2 282
6 6 Montana Western 18-1 278
7 9 Lubbock Christian (Texas) 12-3 277
8 2 Oklahoma City 14-2 252
9 14 Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) 12-2 242
10 13 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 12-3 230
11 8 Cumberland (Tenn.) 12-3 225
12 10 Union (Tenn.) 11-4 208
13 11 Carroll (Mont.) 19-1 197
14 16 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 11-5 178
15 17 Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) 16-2 173
16 19 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 12-4 162
17 18 Oklahoma Christian 10-2 157
18 20 Georgetown (Ky.) 13-5 132
19 15 Master's (Calif.) 9-4 130
20 NR Langston (Okla.) 14-3 108
21 23 Columbia (Mo.) 14-3 104
22 23 Xavier (La.) 13-5 96
23 21 Oklahoma Baptist 8-5 92
24 12 Houston Baptist (Texas) 12-4 88
25 22 Westmont (Calif.) 9-5 53
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 50; Lambuth
(Tenn.), 48; Mobile (Ala.), 41; Montana Tech, 19; McKendree
(Ill.), 16; Brewton-Parker (Ga.), 14; Martin Methodist (Tenn.),
13; West Virginia Tech, 11; Campbellsville (Ky.), 5;
Montana State-Northern, 4; Loyola (La.), 3.
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