May 12, 2011

Tiffin Climbs Five Places in the NFCA Top 25 Rankings

National Fastpitch Coaches Association                                             

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Alabama-Huntsville Hangs On To Top Spot In Final Regular Season NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll

STARKVILLE, Miss. – After a wild conference championship week, Alabama-Huntsville managed to top the NFCA Division II Top 25 poll for the seventh straight week, the Association announced on Wednesday. 

Despite falling in the Gulf South Conference tournament, the Chargers (40-4-1) garnered seven of 16 first place votes in the final regular-season poll of 2011 and finished just four points ahead of No. 2 North Georgia (47-9), which topped four ballots.     

The GSC Champion Valdosta State Blazers (40-9) came in at third in the poll, up one from last week, and received three first-place votes.  Meanwhile, Rollins (45-2) moved up one spot to fourth this and garnered the remaining two top votes. Rounding out the top five this week was Midwestern St. (47-10), who dropped two spots after finishing third in the Lone Star Conference tournament.

For just the second time this season, no teams fell out of the weekly rankings.  Nebraska Omaha (45-9) made the biggest jump of the week; rocketing up six spots to No. 15 after winning the MIAA tournament last week.

The NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll is voted on by 16 NCAA Division II head coaches, two representing each of the eight NCAA regions. Records as of May 8, 2011 are shown, first-place votes are in parentheses.

NFCA Division-II Top 25

Rank

Team (1st Place Votes)

Record

Totals

Last Poll

1

Ala.-Huntsville (7)

40-4-1

382

1

2

North Georgia (4)

47-9

378

2

3

Valdosta St. (3)

40-9

346

4

4

Rollins (2)

45-2

332

5

5

Midwestern St.

47-10

305

3

6

Lenoir-Rhyne

41-8

293

6

7

Augustana (SD)

45-8

286

8

8

Hawai‘i Pacific

37-10

275

9

9

Dowling

42-6

265

7

10

Bloomsburg

30-7

239

10

11

Indiana (PA)

33-6

232

11

12

West Texas A&M

45-15

220

17

13

Tampa

38-7

214

12

14

Minn. St. Mankato

48-12

209

13

15

Nebraska Omaha

45-9

173

21

16

UC San Diego

36-13

149

16

17

Emporia St.

41-14

130

15

18

Tiffin

39-12

129

23

19

West Va. Wesleyan

46-6

117

20

20

Indianapolis

34-12-1

85

14

21

Angelo St.

42-12

80

18

22

Lewis

34-12

73

25

23

Winona St.

34-11

61

19

24

Flagler

40-16

53

24

25

C.W. Post

36-14

50

22

Dropped Out: None

Others Receiving Votes: Wayne St. (NE) 26, Molloy 17, Sonoma St. 17, Western Washington 16, Barry 15, Kutztown 12, Missouri Western St. 12, California (PA) 7, Southeastern Oklahoma St. 5, Armstrong Atlantic St. 4, Dixie St. 2, Missouri Southern St. 1

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