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With the new CSCAA rankings being released on Tuesday just before the first batch of fall invites, the Division II teams will get a chance to defend their new rankings when they put on suits this weekend for the fall invitationals. Powerhouses Queens and Drury will be competing in the Fall Frenzy Invite and the Mizzou Invite respectively as Queens will be hosting and Drury will be driving not far to Columbia for their meets.
The University of Indianapolis men climbed up to number three in the rankings behind Queens and Drury and they will be traveling a short distance to downtown Indianapolis for the House of Champions Invite hosted by IUPUI. The Indianapolis women also climbed to number four in the new CSCAA rankings in a tie with Fresno Pacific.
The UINDY men had one of the biggest jumps in the polls going from 13 to 3, while Oklahoma Baptist went from 22 to 12 as the highest top 25 jump. UC San Diego and McKendree went from unranked to 14 and 15 respectively as the highest total jumps.
The Oklahoma Baptist women also had the highest jump on the women’s side going from 21 to 8. There were a number of big jumps in the women’s Division II rankings with Indianapolis going from 16 to 4, Northern Michigan going from 17 to 7, and Carson Newman going from 18 to 9.
One of the surprises of the season, Fresno Pacific will be in action at the A3 Invitational in San Diego, which is hosted by another one of the improving teams in UC San Diego. Oklahoma Baptist will also be at the Mizzou Invitational this weekend where they will face off against Drury while Northern Michigan and Carson Newman are off this weekend.
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Nice info thanks :p
Notice California Baptist Men at 4? I notice them as I video them underwater three days a week. Funny the article seems to have missed them. CBU is about improvement of individual athletes more than recruiting. Coach Rick Rowland is quite a leader. Don’t forget about CBU as this is their last year in Div. II — moving to Div I in that long process four years from now.
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