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1024:13–5
1014:2017
993:2016
980:20–6
970:2015
954:19–5
944:2014
933:17–5
811:19–5
786:19–5
783:49–8
776:2007
760:16–4
740:15–3
720:15–5
698:17–3
676:17–2
656:17–5
636:16–6
615:13–3
593:22–5
572:23–0
553:12–6
312:SIUE
231:GLVC
38:Team
1006:4th
984:1st
917:8th
898:4th
814:2nd
791:1st
764:1st
743:3rd
723:3rd
702:1st
680:1st
659:2nd
619:1st
556:2nd
229:5x
218:OVC
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