Elgin, Ill. - With a 10-6 record, Judson University has been ranked for the first-time, ever, in the NAIA Region VII poll with a #3 rating.  The regional ratings determine who receive a bid to the NAIA Region VII tournament at the end of the season.

 

Last week, Judson was #8 in the poll and was the first-time that they have ever been regionally ranked.  Judson swept #2 St. Xavier University last week to help them move up in the regional poll. 

Six of the 10 teams in the regional poll are from the CCAC with Olivet Nazarene #1 and Robert Morris #2.  JU is #3 followed by St. Xavier at #6, St. Francis #7, and Purdue-North Central at #10.

 

Judson has played six teams that are regionally ranked and holds a 4-3 record in seven games played:

Patten (#7 in region II, defeated 14-7)

Dickinson State (#1 in region III, lost 13-3)

Jamestown College (#3 in region III, lost 5-0)

McKendree College (#2 in region V, defeated 3-2)

St. Xavier (#6 in region VII, defeated 4-1, 9-5)

Indiana-Southeast (#1 in region XII, lost 6-1)

 

1. Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (0-0 / 16-3)

2. Robert Morris College (Ill.) (1-1 / 11-3)

4. Mount Mercy College (Iowa) (0-0 / 8-4)

5. Waldorf College (Iowa) (0-0 / 8-7)

6. Saint Xavier University (Ill.) (0-2 / 4-10)

7. University of St. Francis (Ill.) (0-0 / 9-5)

8. William Penn University (Iowa) (0-0 / 10-12)

9. Grand View College (Iowa) (0-0 / 6-11)

10. Purdue University-North Central (Ind.) (0-0 / 8-6)