Barry No. 1-Ranked Men's Golf Team in Nation

Posted On : February 28, 2013

NEW YORK -- Barry University men's golf team is ranked No. 1 in the nation.

The Buccaneers received six of the 17 first place votes in the Golf World/Nike Division II College Coaches' poll to take over the top spot. Nova Southeastern, who previously owned the No. 1 ranking, received nine first place votes, but fell two points shy of Barry's 398.

South Carolina-Aiken is third, Florida Southern fourth and Abilene Christian fifth.

This marks the second time in the 2012-13 season the Bucs earned the No. 1 ranking. Barry won its first tournament of the season at the Matlock Classic in Lakeland Feb. 11-12.

Monday and Tuesday the Buccaneers will compete in the St. Edward's Invitational at Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin, Texas. Last year, the Bucs finished second out of 17 teams in the Texas event field as departed senior Daniel Stapff, who's now playing professionally on the Latin America PGA Tour, won the individual title.

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Barry (6)	398	2
2	Nova Southeastern (9)	396	1
3	South Carolina-Aiken	362	3
4	Florida Southern	351	7
5	Abilene Christian	349	5
6	North Alabama (1)	331	4
7	Lynn (1)	299	10
8	Western Washington	291	6
9	CSU-Monterey Bay	280	8
10	Columbus State	241	9
11	Georgia College	201	11
12	Central Oklahoma	173	15
13	Hawaii-Hilo	172	12
14	Belmont Abbey	154	19
15	West Florida	126	24
16	CSU-Stanislaus	121	17
17	Colorado School of Mines	121	22
18	Rollins	120	13
19	Armstrong Atlantic State	95	16
20	Chico State	89	18
21	Coker	88	14
22	Grand Canyon	70	20
23	Florida Institute of Technology	68	NR
24	Georgia Southwestern State	51	NR
25	Newman	49	NR

Dropped From Ranking:	Barton (#25), Newberry (#21), Oklahoma Christian (#23)

Others Receiving Votes: Barton, 46; Newberry, 45; Clayton State, 39; Oklahoma Christian 34; Indianapolis, 31; Central Missouri, 30; Valdosta State, 29; St. Edward's, 28; Grand Valley State, 20; Sonoma State, 19; Tiffin, 18; Wayne State (MI), 17; Kings College, 16; Saginaw Valley State, 16; Colorado State-Pueblo, 15; Mount Olive, 15; Union University, 14; Southwestern Oklahoma State, 13; Ferris State, 10; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 10; Arkansas Tech, 9; Washburn, 9; CU-Colorado Springs, 8; Queens University of Charlotte, 6; Carson-Newman, 5; UC-San Diego, 5; St. Thomas Aquinas, 5; Missouri-St. Louis, 4; St. Mary's (TX), 4; Erskine, 2; Flagler, 2; Adelphi, 1; Cameron, 1; Dixie State, 1; Lincoln Memorial, 1; North Carolina-Pembroke, 1.