KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Bellevue University women's golf team is ranked No. 7 in the 2014-15 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll released on Nov. 7.
The Bruins return every letterwinner from last season's squad that finished third at the 2014 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships at Wilderness Golf Club in Lincoln, Neb.
Bellevue played in three NCAA Division I tournaments this fall and captured the 14-team Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Oklahoma City.
The Bruins, who are ranked No. 1 in the MCAC pre-season poll, return four All-Americans in Renee Santoyo (2014, first team, 2013, second team), Maria Saavedra (2014, third team, 2013, first team), Charlene Dubois (2014, third team), and Natalia Soria (2014, third team).
Check BUBruins.com as the 2015 spring schedule becomes available.
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RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
TOTAL POINTS |
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1 |
8 |
Northwood (Fla.) (10) |
457 |
|
2 |
2 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (1) |
444 |
|
3 |
4 |
William Woods (Mo.) (4) |
433 |
|
4 |
1 |
Oklahoma City (2) |
430 |
|
5 |
7 |
British Columbia |
410 |
|
6 |
5 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
385 |
|
7 |
3 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
378 |
|
8 |
17 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
374 |
|
9 |
NR |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
336 |
|
10 |
NR |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
332 |
|
11 |
9 |
Indiana Tech |
313 |
|
12 |
14 |
Cal State San Marcos |
304 |
|
13 |
NR |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
290 |
|
14 |
10 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
269 |
|
15 |
19 |
Texas Wesleyan |
263 |
|
16 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
230 |
|
17 |
22 |
Concordia (Ore.) |
223 |
|
18 |
NR |
Mobile (Ala.) |
196 |
|
19 |
RV |
Thomas (Ga.) |
191 |
|
20 |
NR |
Oklahoma Baptist |
170 |
|
21 |
23 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
165 |
|
22 |
16 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
157 |
|
23 |
NR |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
135 |
|
24 |
NR |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
125 |
|
25 |
15 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
104 |
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Others receiving votes: Milligan (Tenn.), 91; Loyola (La.), 77; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), 57; Madonna (Mich.), 49; Marian (Ind.), 44; Campbellsville (Ky.), 22; Coastal Georgia, 17; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), 3; Westminster (Utah), 3; Tennessee Wesleyan, 3.
