KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Union College moved up a spot in this edition of the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 poll released Tuesday by the organization. The Bulldogs went from 11th up to a tie for 10th.
Union owns a perfect 10-0 record with a 4-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference record as the Bulldogs are sharing 10th with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) College.
The Bulldogs and Lindsey Wilson both received 237 points. Graceland (Iowa) University jumped from tenth to ninth, 12 points more than Union and Lindsey Wilson.
The top five teams remain the same with Auburn (Ala.) University Montgomery atop the rankings with all 13 first-place votes. California Baptist University held onto second with three points more than Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (Fla.) University. Fresno Pacific (Calif.) University and Concordia (Calif.) University round out the Top-5 in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Westmont (Calif.) College jumped into the Top-25 after being out of the poll. Westmont landed at 21st. Fellow AAC member Tennessee Wesleyan College garnered one point.
Union starts a four-day stretch with a match each day in Georgia Wednesday.
First for the Bulldogs is a conference tilt at Covenant (Ga.) College at 3 p.m. A Union win would clinch the AAC regular-season championship. The Bulldogs continues the trip Thursday at No. 15 Shorter (Ga.) College. Friday's contest for Union is against No. 13 Xavier (La.) University and the trip concludes with a Saturday meeting with Lindsey Wilson. Both the Xavier and Lindsey Wilson matches will be contested in Rome, Ga.
To view the entire poll, click here.
- [Women's Cross Country] - Eden Ellison - Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- [Football] - Quintin Borders - MSC East Offensive Player of the Year
- [Football] - Demetrius Davis, Quinton Borders & William Roundtree - All-MSC East First Team
- [Football] - Brad Fulton & Josh Littleton - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Patricia Nardy - AAC Defensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Offensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall - Golden Boot Award Winner
- [Women's Soccer] - Jason Lanham - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall, Stephanie Cagle, Patricia Nardy, Nikki Jeck & Kristina Kirk - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum, Ashley Hall, Patricia Nardy, Renata Peixoto, Jessica Brandner & Jessica Florence - All-AAC First Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Danny Bartlett, Nathan Koebcke, Roscoe Moonieyan, Kevin Niehaus, Austin Sebald & Max Sisson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Jonathan Sutton, Jonathan Shaw & Aaron Miller - All-AAC First Team
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - Whitney Elam - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland - AAC Setter of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Amanda Silva - AAC Libero of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Chelsea Kirschman - AAC All-Freshman Team
- [Volleyball] - Autumn Combs, Christina Prindle, Maddie Peterson, Sarah Alderson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland, Autumn Combs, Brooke Vinovich, Amanda Silva - All-AAC First Team
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Cycling] - Bulldogs place second at NCCA National Championship Meet
- [Cycling] - Rachel Millsop - Placed Third in the 2009 NCCA Division II Women's Omnium
- [Cycling] - Zach Winn - 2009 NCCA Division II Men's Omnium National Champion
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