PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne bowling team, coming off a Hawk Flight Invite championship, moved from 10th to a tie for No. 7 in the latest National Tenpin Coaches Association Top 25 released today.

The No. 7 ranking is the highest in program history.

Duquesne (65-23), which is also ranked No. 7 in the NTCA Power Index Rating, is one of five Northeast Conference teams in the latest poll.

DU has been ranked in the last 14 consecutive NTCA polls.

The Dukes, who will take a No. 2 seed into the Mar. 20-22 NEC Championship, will participate in ISC & ITC Sectionals at Smyrna Bowling Center in Smyrna, Tenn. on March 13.