Sports News: Winter 2005-06

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM RECEIVES VOTES IN D3HOOPS.COM
11th REGULAR SEASON TOP 25 POLL

STERLING, VA --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team, which is 18-5 this season, received votes for the second straight week in the D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll 11th regular season poll announced Monday. 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 in the second poll of the year. Moravian was ranked 18th in the third and fourth polls prior to slipping to 20th. The team had moved back up to 17th in the sixth poll and 16th in the seventh poll before a pair of losses dropped the squad from the rankings.

The Greyhounds returned to the top 25 two weeks ago at 19th before falling out again last week. Moravian received 23 points and is listed fifth among the 14 schools receiving votes outside of the top 25. Moravian has won 18 of its first 23 games of the year by an average of 11.0 points, and the team is 9-3 in Commonwealth Conference action.

The University of Southern Maine retained the top spot in the nation with 21 first-place votes and 620 points. The University of Scranton is second with 598 points and two first-place votes.

Moravian dropped a 67-62 decision to Scranton on Wednesday, December 7th in Johnston Hall. The Greyhounds defeated tenth-ranked Messiah College, 67-63, on January 25th in Johnston Hall, and lost to the Falcons, 69-55, on February 11th. The Greyhounds’ also suffered a 66-59 setback to rival Muhlenberg College, which is ranked 17th this week.

Moravian will return to action in a Commonwealth Conference game versus Widener University on Tuesday, February 14th in Johnston Hall at 6:00 p.m.