The Eagles received all 12 first-place votes to earn 300 total points. No. 2-rated British Columbia tallied 282 points.

Oklahoma Christian has two tournaments titles to its credit already in 2008.

The Eagles won the season-opening OC Arizona Intercollegiate on Feb. 18-19 before taking the OC Sleep Inn and Suites Classic on March 24-25.

 In between, the Eagles claimed second place at the Kauai Collegiate Cup in Lihue, Hawaii on March 14-15. OC was just 10 strokes shy of first-place Vanderbilt from the NCAA Division I ranks.

Individually, three-time NAIA All-American Bruno Buccolo has a pair of first-place finishes to his credit at the Arizona Intercollegiate and Sleep Inn and Suite Classics.

Fellow three-time All-American Rhein Gibson finished in a tie for second at the Kauai Collegiate Cup.

The Eagles are back in action on March 31 and April 1 at the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic hosted by Wichita State University. The event features an impressive field of NCAA Division I teams, as well as the Oklahoma City University, the No. 3 team in the NAIA.

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