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Saints Ranked 3rd in Final NFCA Division II Poll
DAHLONEGA, GA – After claiming the
nation’s top spot in the final regular season poll of the
season, the North Georgia College & State University softball
team fall in at #3 in the final NFCA Division II Top 25 poll of the
2009 season.
The Saints fall two spots to #3 after dropping a pair of games in
the Division II College World Series to Lock Haven, the eventual
National Champions. While Lock Haven was the unanimous choice for
the top team in the country with all 16 first place votes,
Alabama-Huntsville moved up three spots to #2, North Georgia came
in third, Angelo State fourth, and Winona State fifth.
North Georgia spent all 12 weeks in the NFCA Top 25 this season,
starting the year as the #11 team in the country, before moving up
to #9 by week two, and rounding out the top five by the third week.
The Saints then spent the rest of the year in the nation’s
top five before grabbing the program’s first-ever #1 ranking
on May 6, 2009 in the final regular season poll of the year.
The Saints finished their historic season with the program’s
best winning percentage in school history with a record of 50-5.
North Georgia captured the Peach Belt Conference Regular Season
Championship, PBC Tournament Championship, NCAA Southeast Dahlonega
Regional Championship, and the NCAA Southeast Super Regional
Dahlonega Championship to advance to their first-ever Division II
College World Series.
Head Coach Mike Davenport concluded his best season at the helm of
the Saints, advancing to his third College World Series, and his
first at the NCAA level. After his ninth season, Davenport has
accumulated 361 victories to just 135 lossed for a winning
percentage of .727.
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.
The 2009 North Georgia softball roster was made up of two freshmen,
seven sophomores, seven juniors, and one senior.
