LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the first time since 2016, the UIndy softball team ascended to No. 1 in the  National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Poll, released Tuesday. The Greyhounds (50-3) garnered 12 of 16 first-place votes after becoming the first DII team to hit the 50-win mark over the weekend.
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UIndy was ranked No. 1 on just two previous occasions: a six-week stretch in 2013 and more-recently for three straight weeks in '16. Overall, UIndy has appeared in the weekly coaches poll for a program-record 58 consecutive weeks dating back to the 2021 preseason edition.
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The top-seeded Greyhounds begin the double-elimination
GLVC Championship Tournament this Thursday against No. 8-seed Maryville.
NFCA DII COACHES POLL
| RK |
TEAM (1st-place votes) |
PTS |
REC |
PREV |
| 1. |
UIndy (12) |
396 |
50-3 |
2 |
| 2. |
West Texas A&M (4) |
388 |
45-6 |
1 |
| 3. |
UT Tyler |
364 |
46-7 |
4 |
| 4. |
Mississippi College |
328 |
42-6 |
10 |
| 4. |
Pittsburg State |
328 |
49-5 |
9 |
| 6. |
North Georgia |
325 |
46-8 |
8 |
| 7. |
Tampa |
315 |
39-8 |
3 |
| 8. |
Wingate |
279 |
46-9 |
7 |
| 9. |
Central Oklahoma |
273 |
41-11 |
5 |
| 10. |
Colorado Christian |
252 |
47-6 |
6 |
| 11. |
Charleston |
249 |
41-4 |
11 |
| 12. |
Rogers State |
227 |
40-10 |
12 |
| 13. |
Northwest Nazarene |
205 |
37-8 |
14 |
| 14. |
Western Washington |
194 |
39-7 |
13 |
| 15. |
East Stroudsburg |
178 |
41-13 |
15 |
| 16. |
AUM |
167 |
36-11 |
16 |
| T-17. |
Concordia |
110 |
36-12 |
17 |
| T-17. |
Wilmington |
110 |
37-13 |
19 |
| 19. |
Rollins |
107 |
35-11 |
20 |
| 20. |
Francis Marion |
100 |
45-11 |
21 |
| 21. |
Angelo State |
73 |
37-15 |
22 |
| 22. |
Trevecca Nazarene |
63 |
41-11 |
RV |
| 23. |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
57 |
43-14 |
23 |
| 24. |
Colorado Mesa |
44 |
43-7 |
25 |
| 25. |
Grand Valley State |
40 |
33-14 |
18 |
Others receiving votes: Â Oklahoma Baptist (16), Nova Southeastern (7), Adelphi (3), UAH (2).
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