Softball Remains #2 In Country, #1 in Region Poll
DAHLONEGA, GA – The North Georgia
softball team remained the #2 team in the country for the third
straight week Wednesday afternoon, sitting only behind the
University of Alabama-Huntsville in the latest NFCA Division II Top
25 Poll.
North Georgia remains the #2 team in the nation after taking last
week off for final exams. Two weeks ago, the Saints went 6-0,
taking down GCSU in a doubleheader to end the regular season,
before traveling to South Carolina and sweeping their way through
the Peach Belt Conference Tournament to claim the 2009
Championship.
North Georgia currently sits at 43-3 and holds the nation’s
best winning percentage at .935. The Saints ended the regular
season at 17-1 in the Peach Belt Conference to capture the regular
season championship, the program’s first in school
history.
The NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll is voted on by 16 NCAA
Division II head coaches, two representing each of the eight NCAA
regions. Records shown are through games of April 25, 2009.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
The Saints claim the top spot in the latest NCAA Southeast Region
Poll, a ranking North Georgia has claimed in each of the six
regional polls this season. With the Saints at the top of the
Region with a 39-2 in-region record, USC Aiken continues to claim
the second spot, while Lenoir-Rhyne and Augusta State follow in the
third and fourth positions.
Wingate University falls to number five, while GCSU is 6th,
Francis Marion is 7th, Catawba is 8th, Mount Olive 9th, and
Newberry rounds out the top 10.
While North Georgia claimed the first Automatic bid in the
Southeast Region with the Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Championship, Queens University followed and captured the
Conference Carolina’s Conference Tournament for the second
automatic bid. Carson-Newman securing their second straight bid to
the NCAA Tournament, winning the South Atlantic Conference
Tournament last weekend with four straight victories.
The Saints will now await word on seeding and location for the
2009 NCAA Softball Tournament as North Georgia makes their second
straight tournament appearance. The NCAA is set to announce the
field and hosting sites on Sunday, May 3, 2009.
