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Women's Golf Moves to No. 18 in Coaches' Poll

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Women's Golf Moves to No. 18 in Coaches' Poll

BATON ROUGE – The LSU women’s golf team, preparing for its final tournament of the regular season this weekend, moved up two spots in the latest Golf World/WGCA Division I College Coaches’ Poll of the spring.

The Tigers moved from 20th to 18th in the latest poll that will appear in the April 7 issue of Golf World. LSU starts play on Friday in the DAC/SMU Invitational at the Dallas Athletic Club. LSU players have been in playoffs for the individual title in each of the last two events.

After tying a school record for the most victories in a single season, USC retained the top spot in the latest Golf World/WGCA women’s Division I college coaches’ poll. The Trojans earned 16 of the 17 available first-place votes. It was the seventh win of the season.
 
Pac-12 foe UCLA remained No. 2 in the poll, claiming the remaining first-place vote, while Duke and Arizona State also held on to the Nos. 3 and 4 spots. Arkansas, winner of the last two LSU Tiger Golf Classics, rounds out the top five.

Two new schools joined the top 10: No. 7 Arizona and No. 10 South Carolina. This is the first time South Carolina has been ranked in the top 10 since Golf World resumed the poll in 2001-02.

One new school entered the top 25: No. 23 Kentucky.

Golf World/WGCA Golf Coaches’ Poll
April 7, 2014 Issue
Division I

Rank, Team, Points, Last
1. USC (16), 423, 1      
2. UCLA (1),  407, 2      
3. Duke, 386, 3      
4. Arizona State, 326, 4      
5. Arkansas, 322, 7      
6. Stanford, 320,  8      
7. Arizona, 296, 11     
8. Oklahoma, 288, 6      
9. Alabama, 286, 5      
10. South Carolina, 265, T-12   
11. Washington, 261, 9      
12. Vanderbilt, 251, 15     
13. Pepperdine, 209,  T-12   
14. Clemson, 200, 10     
15. UCF, 183, 18     
16. Northwestern, 141,  17     
17. Oklahoma State, 135, 14     
18. LSU, 119, 20     
19. Florida, 107, 16     
20. Wake Forest, 98, 22     
21. Michigan State, 74, 23     
22. N.C. State, 56, 19     
23. Kentucky,  50, NR     
24. Iowa State, 48, 24     
25. Oregon, 42, 21     

Also receiving votes: North Carolina, 36; Ohio State, 28; Arkansas State, 22; MIami (Fla.), 22; Texas Tech, 20; California, 19; Auburn, 17; Georgia, 16; Virginia, 9; Florida State, 7; Louisville, 7; Kent State, 6; Tulane, 6; New Mexico, 5; Denver, 3; Texas A&M, 3; Campbell, 2; Mississippi State, 2; Baylor,1; Purdue, 1.