Softball Gains Ground In This Week's NFCA Top 25 Voting
STARKVILLE, Miss. (April 20, 2011) – The C.W. Post softball team received 46 votes in this week's NFCA softball poll, falling just three votes shy of cracking the top 25 poll.
The Pioneers were 4-0 last week with East Coast Conference sweeps against NYIT and St. Thomas Aquinas and improved their overall record to 28-8 overall and 10-4 in conference play.
Alabama-Huntsville remained at the top of the poll from last week. ECC member Dowling moved up four spots to tie for eighth with Lenoir-Rhyne. Molloy also received votes this week.
C.W. Post will host NYIT on Thursday, April 21 at 3 p.m. at the Softball Complex.
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Record
|
Totals
|
Last Poll
|
|
1
|
Ala.-Huntsville (15)
|
35-1-1
|
399
|
1
|
|
2
|
North Georgia
|
47-9
|
369
|
3
|
|
3
|
Midwestern St. (1)
|
41-6
|
347
|
2
|
|
4
|
Valdosta St.
|
31-6
|
343
|
4
|
|
5
|
Rollins
|
42-2
|
319
|
5
|
|
6
|
Winona St.
|
27-6
|
303
|
8
|
|
7
|
Bloomsburg
|
28-5
|
289
|
9
|
|
T8
|
Dowling
|
31-2
|
251
|
12
|
|
T8
|
Lenoir-Rhyne
|
37-8
|
251
|
11
|
|
10
|
UC San Diego
|
31-10
|
219
|
10
|
|
11
|
Nebraska Omaha
|
34-6
|
214
|
15
|
|
T12
|
Augustana (SD)
|
33-5
|
205
|
17
|
|
T12
|
Minn. St. Mankato
|
35-8
|
205
|
6
|
|
14
|
Emporia St.
|
31-8
|
200
|
14
|
|
15
|
Tampa
|
35-7
|
181
|
18
|
|
16
|
Hawai'i Pacific
|
32-9
|
168
|
16
|
|
17
|
Angelo St.
|
35-8
|
141
|
7
|
|
18
|
Lewis
|
28-7
|
138
|
21
|
|
19
|
West Va. Wesleyan
|
36-5
|
133
|
25
|
|
20
|
California (PA)
|
28-10
|
77
|
19
|
|
T21
|
Western Wash.
|
30-9
|
69
|
20
|
|
T21
|
Indianapolis
|
27-10-1
|
69
|
13
|
|
23
|
West Texas A&M
|
32-12
|
67
|
23
|
|
24
|
Indiana (PA)
|
27-6
|
47
|
24
|
|
25
|
Tiffin
|
27-10
|
46
|
RV
|
Dropped Out: No. 22 Armstrong Atlantic
Others Receiving Votes: C.W. Post 43, Flagler 32, St. Mary's (TX) 18, Armstrong Atlantic 12, Grand Valley St. 11, Molloy 9, Missouri Western 6, Sonoma St. 6, Wayne St. (NE) 6, Barry 5, Colorado Mines 1, Southeastern Oklahoma St. 1