KANSAS CITY, MO – Lady Tigers are starting out the season being ranked 4
th in the NAIA Preseason Top 25 Poll.
Campbellsville finished last season with an overall record of 31-6. They won the Mid-South Conference tournament championship when they defeated Georgetown College 70-68. The team made their way through the NAIA Opening Round when they defeated Rochester 85-72 and then Benedictine College 74-44.
Lady Tigers return key pieces to the lineup this season including NAIA All-American
Courtney Pritchett. Pritchett averaged 10.1 PPG last season while shooting 47.1% from the field.
Lauren Lee and
Bailey Pedigo return for another season for Campbellsville. Lee averaged 5.1 assist per game while Pedigo was at 3.2 assists per game.
Thomas More won the 2022 NAIA National Championship and come in being ranked 1
st in the poll. Georgetown College find themselves being ranked 15
th in the country, University of the Cumberlands is receiving votes along with Bethel (Tenn.) and Pikeville.
Campbellsville will begin the season next Friday November 4
th when they travel to McKenzie, Tennessee to face University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy in St. Louis. That game will tip-off at 6 p.m. ET. The team will turn around the following day on Saturday November 5
th and play Brescia University for a 2 p.m. ET game.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [19] |
32-4 |
590 |
| 2 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) [2] |
27-5 |
570 |
| 3 |
6 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
30-6 |
515 |
| 4 |
5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
31-6 |
505 |
| 4 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
27-8 |
505 |
| 6 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
33-2 |
492 |
| 7 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
30-5 |
480 |
| 8 |
14 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
31-5 |
478 |
| 9 |
15 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
31-6 |
470 |
| 10 |
8 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
33-4 |
418 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
30-5 |
409 |
| 12 |
RV |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
27-8 |
357 |
| 13 |
12 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
32-3 |
331 |
| 14 |
9 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
32-2 |
324 |
| 15 |
21 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
29-9 |
267 |
| 15 |
RV |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
22-12 |
267 |
| 17 |
25 |
Loyola (La.) |
23-6 |
266 |
| 18 |
7 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
31-3 |
251 |
| 19 |
NR |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
13-12 |
228 |
| 20 |
20 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
32-3 |
200 |
| 21 |
RV |
Rust (Miss.) |
26-4 |
197 |
| 22 |
19 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
25-5 |
182 |
| 23 |
NR |
Montana Western |
15-14 |
174 |
| 24 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
30-3 |
146 |
| 25 |
10 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
29-5 |
142 |
Receiving Votes: Dakota State (S.D.) 123, St. Francis (Ill.) 107, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 82, Cumberlands (Ky.) 54, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 32, Northwestern (Iowa) 30, Midway (Ky.) 28, Bethel (Tenn.) 26, Xavier (La.) 23, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 23, Columbia (Mo.) 21, Eastern Oregon 14, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 10, Tabor (Kan.) 10, IU South Bend (Ind.) 9, Faulkner (Ala.) 8, Benedictine (Kan.) 4, Pikeville (Ky.) 4, LSU Shreveport (La.) 4
