Posted by Beth Cormack - Fri, Jun. 1, 2012 - [ Men's Golf ] - Viewed 349 times

The Bethany College men's golf team is ranked no. 17 in the NAIA Post Season Top 25 Poll as released by the National office June 1. They were previously ranked no. 24.

The team won the KCAC Championship at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City, Kan., on April 30 to May 1 with a team score of 895, 14 strokes better than second place Southwestern College. They went on to place 16th at the NAIA Tournament in Salem, Ore., on May 22 to 25.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents, and unaffiliated groups.

RANK

LAST TIME

SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Oklahoma City (17)

467

2

2

Oklahoma Christian

452

3

8

British Columbia

436

4

13

Johnson & Wales (Fla.)

419

5

T6

Cumberlands (Ky.)

407

6

3

Texas Wesleyan

394

7

17

Victoria (B.C.)

369

8

16

Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)

363

9

12

William Woods (Mo.)

344

T10

T6

Lee (Tenn.)

324

T10

4

Grand View (Iowa)

324

12

10

Webber International (Fla.)

295

13

9

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)

288

14

15

South Carolina Beaufort

274

15

RV

Holy Cross (Ind.)

231

16

5

Cal State San Marcos

227

17

24

Bethany (Kan.)

218

18

11

Wayland Baptist (Texas)

209

19

RV

Madonna (Mich.)

172

20

14

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

161

21

25

Carroll (Mont.)

142

22

22

Tennessee Wesleyan

136

23

18

Lubbock Christian (Texas)

134

24

19

Northwood (Fla.)

127

25

20

Shorter (Ga.)

90

Others receiving votes: SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 87; Marian (Ind.) 50; Bellevue (Neb.) 42; Union (Tenn.) 41; The Master's (Calif.) 35; Northwood (Texas) 34; Southwestern (Kan.) 24; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 23; Rogers State (Okla.) 17; Northwestern (Iowa) 16; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 10; Brescia (Ky.) 7; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5; Oklahoma Baptist 4; St. Thomas (Fla.) 3; Faulkner (Ala.) 3; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 3; Thomas (Ga.) 1; Evangel (Mo.) 1; St. Francis (Ill.) 1; Westminster (Utah) 1.