DALLAS, Texas – East Texas Baptist University represents the American Southwest Conference as No. 23 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Top 25 Poll, released Tuesday.

East Texas Baptist ranks No. 23 in the poll with 272 points. The Tigers earned four wins last week to make them 6-1 on the season. ETBU claimed victory over Huntingdon and St. Thomas on Friday before adding sweeps over Hendrix and Willamette on Saturday.

Juniata ranks first with 85 first-place votes and 2,149 points. Hope is second with one first-place vote and 2,059 points followed by Johns Hopkins with 1,932 points. UW-Whitewater (1,828) and Emory (1,722) round out the top five. Mary Hardin-Baylor also received votes in the poll.