Posted by Beth Cormack - Wed, Feb. 22, 2012 - [ Men's Tennis ] - Viewed 173 times

The Bethany College men's tennis team has moved up one spot from No. 16 last week to No. 15 this week in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll released on February 21.

The team opened their season with a win over Dallas Baptist University before falling to Division 1 opponent University of Texas-Pan American. Bethany followed that loss with a win over Division 1 opponent Prairie View A & M University and a loss to ninth-ranked Xavier University. Bethany iscurrently 2-2 on the young season.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/independents/unaffiliated groupings. The next poll will be released on March 6.

RANK

LAST WEEK

SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)

RECORD

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (11)

5-0

281

2

2

Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

4-1

272

3

3

Oklahoma Christian

2-0

261

4

4

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

2-0

255

5

4

Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)

1-2

243

6

6

Westmont (Calif.)

1-2

239

7

7

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)

0-2

227

8

8

Vanguard (Calif.)

2-3

217

9

9

Xavier (La.)

3-1

210

10

10

Shorter (Ga.)

2-2

196

11

11

Concordia (Calif.)

2-1

194

12

13

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

2-3

181

13

12

William Carey (Miss.)

0-1

176

14

14

Aquinas (Mich.)

2-1

161

15

16

Bethany (Kan.)

2-2

154

16

15

St. Thomas (Fla.)

0-3

149

17

17

Lee (Tenn.)

2-1

128

18

RV

Warner (Fla.)

1-1

124

19

19

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)

4-1

122

20

18

Webber International (Fla.)

4-1

103

21

21

Tennessee Wesleyan

0-0

94

22

NR

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

2-0

91

23

23

Campbellsville (Ky.)

0-0

82

24

22

Belhaven (Miss.)

2-0

65

25

24

Martin Methodist (Tenn.)

0-0

60


Others receiving votes: Spring Arbor (Mich.) 59; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 51; Missouri Valley 29; Northwestern Ohio 24; Oklahoma Baptist 18; Biola (Calif.) 18; Cumberland (Tenn.) 12; Northwood (Fla.) 7; McPherson (Kan.) 4; Pikeville (Ky.) 3; Brescia (Ky.) 1.