Lady Owls Soccer Makes History in NAIA Coaches’ Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time in school history the Oregon Tech women's soccer team has received votes in the NAIA Coaches' Poll.

"It is an honor for our team to be nationally recognized in this week's NAIA National Poll.," said Head Coach Brandon Porter. "This year's senior class has put in an incredible amount of work and helped this program do a complete 180 turnaround in relative short order. This ranking will serve as great motivation for continued work and hopefully further success for our soccer program."

You can bring up results against teams in the top 25. Road draw against Embry Riddle (#10 in poll at time of game), Home draw versus Southern Oregon (#21 in poll at time of game), and 3-1 upset of Eastern Oregon (#6 in poll at time of game). We are also #6 in the NAIA in shutouts with 8, and unbeaten in conference play.

Keiser (Fla.) continued to take care of its business as it stayed on top of the Top 25 for the fourth week in a row. The Seahawks have not allowed a goal in their last three contests as they head into a critical match against No. 4 Southeastern (Fla.) on Wednesday. William Carey (Miss.), Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) maintained their positions at Nos. 2-5 respectively.

Eastern Oregon University remained in the Top-25, sitting at No. 11 in the rankings. Two other Cascade Collegiate Conference teams received votes in the poll in Northwest University and Oregon Tech.

The Lady Owls will hit the road next weekend – taking on Northwest Christian University in Eugene on Friday and Corban University in Salem on Saturday, with both games taking place at 3:00 pm – before heading back to Oregon Tech to face Multnomah and Warner Pacific University at the OIT Soccer Field at 12:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26 respectively.

20190 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll (Oct 16, 2019)
Rank	Last Week	School	Record	Final Points
1	1	Keiser (Fla.) [11]	12-1	492
2	2	William Carey (Miss.) [7]	12-1	488
3	3	University of Northwestern Ohio	11-1	466
4	4	Southeastern (Fla.)	10-2	449
5	5	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	8-2-1	427
6	7	Westmont (Calif.)	9-1-1	421
7	8	Central Methodist (Mo.)	14-0	393
8	9	John Brown (Ark.)	8-2-1	391
9	10	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	8-3-1	370
10	13	Science & Arts (Okla.)	12-1	347
11	6	Eastern Oregon	8-1-2	340
12	14	Hastings (Neb.)	10-2	322
13	12	Vanguard (Calif.)	6-2-2	296
14	23	Indiana Wesleyan	12-1-2	292
15	11	Benedictine (Kan.)	11-3	286
16	18	Georgia Gwinnett	9-4-1	258
17	16	Grace (Ind.)	12-2-1	229
18	19	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	7-3-4	206
19	20	Cumberland (Tenn.)	11-2-1	203
20	22	Midland (Neb.)	8-2-1	183
21	15	Marian (Ind.)	12-2-1	178
22	17	Trinity Christian (Ill.)	11-1	142
22	21	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	8-3-3	142
24	24	Campbellsville (Ky.)	9-1	116
25	RV	Oklahoma Wesleyan	8-3	108

Receiving Votes: Aquinas (Mich.) 78, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 44, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 39, Bethel (Tenn.) 36, Columbia (Mo.) 33, Cumberlands (Ky.) 29, Northwest (Wash.) 19, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19, The Master's (Calif.) 16, Mobile (Ala.) 12, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Oregon Tech 3, Taylor (Ind.) 3.

Poll Methodology

• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.

• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.

• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.

• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."