March 22, 2000
Chicago, Ill - The UIC softball team stayed put at No. 20 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Division I Top-25 poll released this morning.
The Flames, who have been ranked in the Top-25 all season and as high as No. 17, went 7-3 last week, advancing to the semifinals of the Clearwater Parks and Recreation Tournament after going undefeated in pool play.
UIC tallied victories over UMass (7-5, 8 inn.), Northern Illinois (10-0), Florida International (3-2), Penn (10-2), Tennessee Tech (2-0), Western Kentucky (2-1) and Canisius (7-1), while falling to UMass (4-2), North Carolina (5-3) and Minnesota (2-1).
Mike McGovern's crew is back in action this weekend at the Holiday Inn Buzz Classic in Atlanta, Ga.. The Flames kick off the tournament with Middle Tennessee State on Friday, March 24, at 5:00 p.m.
USA TODAY/NFCA COACHES POLL
Rank School Record Pts. LW
1. Washington (27) 31-1 675 1
2. Arizona 35-2 647 2
3. UCLA 25-5 598 4
4. California 34-4 579 5
5. Arizona State 29-5 539 3
6.(tie) Fresno State 24-9 517 7
Oklahoma 34-5 517 6
8. Stanford 22-3 471 10
9. LSU 22-7 465 8
10. Southern Miss. 29-7 409 11
11. Cal State Fullerton 24-5 393 9
12. Oregon State 22-6-1 378 12
13. Michigan 18-6 342 14
14. Alabama 33-6 324 13
15. Louisiana-Lafayette 19-6 296 16
16. Iowa 14-7 267 14
17. South Carolina 22-11 230 17
18. Oklahoma State 23-9 207 18
19. Long Beach State 20-10 160 19
20. UIC 29-16 148 20
21. Mississippi State 23-8 139 21
22. Notre Dame 18-6 118 RV
23. Oregon 17-10 108 23
24. Florida 26-12 62 25
25. Texas A&M 20-10 49 24
Dropped Out: Hawaii
New to the Poll: No. 22 Notre Dame
Receiving Votes, East Carolina (34),
Hawaii (20), North Carolina (17),
Florida State (11), Missouri (9),
Wisconsin (9), Florida Atlantic (5),
Kansas (5), DePaul (4).
Ten other schools were mentioned
on one ballot - totaling 33 points.
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