Thursday, October 20, 2011

One is not a lonely number for XU in the NAIA polls

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Xavier University of Louisiana received one point Wednesday — the same number as this past week — in both of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 polls. But that pair of ones is significant.

For the Gold Nuggets, it's the first time since 2002 that they received a vote in consecutive polls, and it's the first time since that same season that they were mentioned in the poll entering the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships. For the XU men, it's the first time they received a vote this late in a season.

Both XU teams will compete Saturday in the GCAC meet at Choctaw Trails Course in Clinton, Miss. — women's race at 8 a.m., men's race at 8:30 — and both the Gold Nuggets and the Gold Rush are trying to win a sixth consecutive team championship. XU junior Matt Pieri is the defending men's individual champion.



NAIA Women's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)

RankTeamPointsLast
1Azusa Pacific (21)6521
2Cal State San Marcos (2)6332
3British Columbia5844
4College of Idaho5768
5Friends5726
6Olivet Nazarene5705
7Northwest Christian5293
8Biola5167
9Concordia (Ore.)4799
10Carroll (Mont.)45911
11Morningside45810
12The Master's42312
13Saint Xavier37113
14Lewis-Clark State35915
15Embry-Riddle (Fla.)35514
16Westmont35016
17Taylor30917
18Indiana Wesleyan26119
19 (tie)Concordia (Neb.)260NR
19 (tie)Southern Oregon26018
21Roberts Wesleyan24620
22Rocky Mountain208NR
23Dordt19421
24Aquinas17222
25Milligan15523

Others receiving votes: Viterbo 114, Point Loma Nazarene 107, Shawnee State 80, Cornerstone 56, Eastern Oregon 35; Northwestern (Iowa) 23, SCAD Savannah 22, Judson (Ill.) 21, Spring Arbor 8, Northwest (Wash.) 7, Park 3, Grand View 3, Xavier 1,Southwestern (Kan.) 1, Huntington (Ind.) 1, Trinity Christian 1, Wayland Baptist 1, Cumberlands 1, Vanguard 1.

NAIA Men's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)

RankTeamPointsLast
1Oklahoma Christian (22)6221
2Shorter5892
3The Master's5665
4Southern Oregon5547
5Friends5209
6Lewis-Clark State5176
7Shawnee State4918
8Cal State San Marcos4854
9College of Idaho48321
10Wayland Baptist45110
11Concordia (Ore.)4303
12Aquinas40012
13Bryan38713
14Westmont35614
15St. Francis (Ill.)34016
16Concordia (Neb.)30515
17Oklahoma Baptist29418
18Olivet Nazarene28911
19Southwestern (Kan.)27717
20Eastern Oregon25819
21Biola24320
22British Columbia17922
23Siena Heights13624
24Morningside124RV
25SCAD Savannah111RV

Others receiving votes: Graceland 98, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 96, Vanguard 90, Berea 85, Carroll (Mont.) 48, Cornerstone 27, Azusa Pacific 24, Baker 20, Huntington (Ind.) 19, Rocky Mountain 8, Point Loma Nazarene 4, Cumberlands 3, Xavier 1, Dordt 1, Doane 1,

By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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