MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's No. 7-ranked women's golf team will compete in the Southwest Minnesota State Spring Invitational Thursday and Friday at LPGA Legends Course in Daytona Beach.

Barry will be playing the Legends Course for the second time this season. It is also the site of the NCAA Championships in May.

The Buccaneers remained No. 7 in the NCAA Division II poll conducted by the Women's Golf Coaches Association released this week. It marks the second straight month the Buccaneers are ranked seventh in the country.

In the first tournament of the 2012-13 season, the Bucs finished second out of 13 teams at LPGA Legends, shooting 618 in the two-round NCAA Division II Fall Preview Sept. 17-18. Barry freshman Nicky Ferre was ninth on the individual leader board, carding an 8-over 152 in the event -- her first as a Buccaneer. Bucs teammates Paola Grande and Taylor Babcock tied for 18th in that tournament, both shooting 11-over 155.

Lynn won the Fall Preview, and will compete in this week's event as well. A total of 10 teams are scheduled to vie for the SMSS Spring Invitational title.

Golf World/WGCA Coaches’ Poll

March 18, 2013 Issue

NCAA Women’s Division II

Rank    Team     Points  Last

1.      Nova Southeastern (17)  425     1

2.      St. Edward’s    379     3 

3.      Lynn    353     4

4.      Rollins 349     2 

5.      Florida Southern        344     6

6.      Tarleton State  341     5 

7.      Barry   318     7

8.      Grand Canyon    279     10 

9.      Florida Tech    246     13

10.     UNC Pembroke    215     9

11.     Dallas Baptist  214     15

12.     Midwestern State        212     8 

13.     West Florida    188     17

14.     Central Oklahoma        182     12 

15.     Saint Leo       175     11

16.     California U. (Pa.)     164     14 

17.     Flagler 150     T-20

18.     Armstrong Atlantic State        149     22 

19.     Newberry        133     16

20.     S.W. Oklahoma State     124     19 

21.      CSU-Monterey Bay        98      18

22.     Augustana College       96      23 

23.     Newman  90      T-20

24.     Grand Valley State      86      NR 

25.     Lander  55      NR

Also receiving votes: Academy of Art, 46; Sonoma State, 40; Indianapolis, 37; Hawaii-Hilo, 34; Western New Mexico, 28; Carson-Newman, 27; Angelo State, 24; Mount Olive, 24; Northeastern State, 24; Cameron, 21; Chico State, 21; Point Loma Nazarene, 17; Ferris State, 15; U. of The Incarnate Word, 15; Ashland, 14; California Baptist, 14; Tusculum, 13; Columbus State, 11; Dixie, 8; Drury, 8; Western Washington, 7; Arkansas Tech, 5; Ohio Dominion, 4; Shorter, 4; Concordia U. (St. Paul), 3; Belmont Abbey, 2; Findlay, 1; Notre Dame College, 1; Rockhurst, 1.

First-place votes in parenthesis.

Polls conducted by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Voting closed March 8, 2013