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Thursday, March 31, 2005

SAINTS SOFTBALL REMAINS 10TH IN NAIA POLL

Dahlonega, Ga. – After a solid sweep of Southern States Athletic Conference teams this week, North Georgia College & State University remained #10 in the latest NAIA poll released by the National Office.

Playing one of the best regions and one of the toughest schedules in the nation, the Saints currently are 23-10 overall and 11-1 in the SSAC. North Georgia is one game ahead of Lee University in the conference standings and third in Region XIII. The Flames are ranked 18th in this weeks poll followed by Faulkner University who is 24th. Both Lee and Faulkner are ranked fifth and sixth in the region.

Remaining in the top spot in the nation is the University of Mobile, who is also ranked first in Region XIII. Thomas University, ranked second in Region XIII, is currently fourth in this week's poll. The final Region XIII team ranked in the poll is Spring Hill College at #14.

North Georgia returns to the diamond this weekend for a key national match-up against fourth ranked Thomas University. The double header begins at 1:00 p.m. at the NGCSU Softball Complex.

NAIA Softball Ranking as of March 30, 2005

Rank	Last Week	School (Region)	1st Place Votes	Record	Total Points
1	1	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)	12	29-3-0	324
2	2	Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)	1	23-1-0	308
3	3	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		18-4-0	291
4	4	Thomas (Ga.) (XIII)		22-4-0	289
5	5	California Baptist (II)		25-2-0	280
6	8	Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI)		18-7-0	259
7	7	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		27-4-0	247
8	6	Oklahoma City (VI)		18-9-0	224
9	9	William Woods (Mo.) (V)		23-5-0	207
10	10	North Georgia (XIII)		21-10-0	205
11	11	Union (Tenn.) (XI)		24-5-0	202
12	16	Bacone (Okla.) (VI)		12-7-0	164
13	21	Concordia (Calif.) (II)		18-9-0	160
14	14	Spring Hill (Ala.) (XIII)		25-9-0	154
15	25	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		23-0-0	142
16	13	Columbia (Mo.) (V)		19-10-0	114
17	12	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)		20-6-0	107
18	17	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		20-7-0	90
19	15	Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI)		26-5-0	88
20	18	William Penn (Iowa) (VII)		16-6-0	73
21	20	Evangel (Mo.) (V)		19-7-0	66
22	19	Brescia (Ky.) (XII)		10-10-0	52
23	22	Ohio Dominican (IX)		11-7-0	45
24	23	Faulkner (Ala.) (XIII)		25-10-0	22
25	24	Midland Lutheran (Neb.) (IV)		14-10-0	20

Others Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon (I), 27; Savannah Art and Design, 23; Oklahoma Baptist (VI), 21; Mary (N.D.) (III), 18; St. Gregory's (Okla.) (VI), 18; Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII), 14; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 11; Tiffin (Ohio) (IX), 7; Notre Dame de Namur (Calif.) (II), 1; Virginia Intermont, 1.