(Thursday, October 22; Sioux Center, Iowa) The National Selection Committee Top 25 NAIA Poll has been released earlier this week and the Dordt Defenders are no. 18 in this week's poll.
The Defenders won a pair of matches last week to improve to 17-7 overall and 8-4 in the GPAC with wins over Briar Cliff and then no. 4 Morningside. Dordt has won six matches in a row. Dordt is up three spots from the previous polling.
Dordt will host Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday, October 24 at the Vos Family Gym before hosting Waldorf on Wednesday, October 28. The Defenders have four matches remaining and are one of four teams in the league with four match losses.
The Defenders are one of five GPAC teams in the poll this week with Midland (14), Morningside 8, Concordia (3) and Northwestern (1) taking spots in the voting.
The regular season ends on November 3 with GPAC post season play opening on Saturday, November 7.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION |
RECORD |
| 1 |
2 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
21-1 |
| 2 |
1 |
Eastern Oregon |
24-1 |
| 3 |
3 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
20-3 |
| 4 |
9 |
Missouri Baptist |
23-2 |
| 5 |
8 |
College of Idaho |
20-1 |
| 6 |
5 |
Corban (Ore.) |
17-6 |
| 7 |
6 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
30-1 |
| 8 |
4 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
20-5 |
| 9 |
10 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
16-5 |
| 10 |
14 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
21-2 |
| 11 |
12 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
23-5 |
| 12 |
7 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
19-3 |
| 13 |
16 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
18-8 |
| 14 |
11 |
Midland (Neb.) |
17-7 |
| 15 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
23-4 |
| 16 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
15-4 |
| 17 |
17 |
Nelson (Texas) |
19-4 |
| 18 |
21 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
17-7 |
| 19 |
NR |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
22-5 |
| 20 |
18 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
14-7 |
| 21 |
19 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
19-5 |
| 22 |
20 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
16-4 |
| 23 |
NR |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
19-6 |
| 24 |
22 |
Southern Oregon |
17-7 |
| 25 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
23-4 |
A team's ranking in the NAIA National Selection Committee (NSC) Poll does not guarantee a corresponding seed in the national championship.
