Tuesday, December 13, 2005
MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM FALLS SIX SPOTS TO 18TH
IN D3HOOPS.COM THIRD REGULAR SEASON TOP 25 POLL
STERLING, VA --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team, which is off to
an 8-1 start, has dropped six spots to 18th in the D3hoops.com third regular season Top
25 Poll announced Tuesday. The complete poll can be viewed at http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/.
The Greyhounds, under the direction of 19-year head coach Mary Beth Spirk,
were ranked 19th in the preseason poll, 15th in the first regular season poll and 12th
last week. Moravian has won eight of its first nine games of the year by an average of
15.0 points, and the team has begun its 2005-06 Commonwealth Conference season with a pair
of victories.
The University of Southern Maine moved up to the top spot this week with 24 first place
votes while Bowdoin College is ranked second.
Moravian dropped a 67-62 decision to ninth-ranked the University of Scranton on Wednesday,
December 7th in Johnston Hall. The Greyhounds will play 11th ranked Messiah College twice
during the Commonwealth Conference season, in Johnston Hall on January 25th and in Grantham
on February 11th. Both games are slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Moravian will return to action in a non-conference game versus Wilkes University on Wednesday,
January 4th in Johnston Hall at 7:00 p.m.
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