Wayne State University Athletics

The Wayne State University softball team (17-4 overall) is ranked fifth nationally this week by the NFCA.  WSU had a 16-3 mark of games played through Monday, March 15.

The NFCA Division II Top 25 is voted on by 16 NCAA Division II head coaches, two representing each of the eight NCAA regions. 2010 records are shown. First-place votes are in parentheses.

WSU lost in extra innings to unanimous No. 1 North Georgia in the opening weekend of play at the Decatur Chillout in Decatur, Ala.  The Warriors compiled a 4-2 mark in Decatur, then won the Catawba Invitational the following weekend (Feb. 26-28) with a 7-0 mark.  Wayne State began play in the Rebel Spring Games last Saturday and has a 6-2 record in games played in Kissimee, Fla.  WSU will play two games a day Thursday, Friday and Saturday before returning to Michigan.

Rank	Team	Record	Pts	Pvs
1	North Georgia (16)	21-0	400	4
2	Angelo St.	24-2	383	2
3	Winona St.	10-0	350	5
4	Hawaii Pacific	17-1	329	6
5	Wayne St. (MI)	16-3	324	4
6	Valdosta St.	10-2	315	3
7	Midwestern St.	21-3	292	8
8	Metro St.	14-1	264	9
9	Ala.-Huntsville	17-4	251	11
10	Augusta St.	22-6	237	12
11	Grand Canyon	18-4	228	10
12	Indiana (PA)	9-1	203	NR
13	Bloomsburg	12-2	194	7
14	Saginaw Valley	11-2	173	15
15	West Florida	17-2	168	13
16	Wingate	19-3	155	14
17	West Texas A&M	19-8	138	16
18	C.W. Post	5-3	111	21
19	Rollins	15-1	97	20
20	Lenoir-Rhyne	24-4	86	22
21	Sonoma St.	18-5	79	NR
22	Augustana (SD)	9-0	71	NR
23	Georgian Court	9-3	57	NR
24	Kutztown	15-7	48	24
25	Nova Southeastern	22-7	47	23
Others receiving votes: Emporia St. 37. Cal St. Monterey Bay 30, West Virginia Wesleyan 27, Carson-Newman 22, Colorado St.-Pueblo 20, Indianapolis 19, St. Mary’s (TX) 10, NYIT 6, Minnesota St.-Mankato 6, Wayne St. (NE) 5, Texas Woman’s 5, Wisconsin-Parkside 4, Le Moyne 4, Ashland 3. UC San Diego 1, Caldwell 1
Dropped out: No. 17 Le Moyne, No. 18 Cal St. Monterey Bay, No. 19 West Virginia Wesleyan, No. 25 Carson-Newman