Wednesday, December 30, 2009

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SLIPS TO 19TH IN LATEST D3HOOPS.COM TOP 25 POLL

MINNEAPOLIS, MN --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team, which now has a 6-2 overall record, slipped two spots to 19th in the nation despite not playing since the last poll was released in the fourth D3hoop.com Top 25 Poll of the season announced Wednesday.  The complete poll can be viewed at http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/.

The Greyhounds, under the direction of 23-year head coach Mary Beth Spirk, were ranked 17th in last week’s poll, 12th in the second poll and 23rd in the first regular season poll after being 15th in the preseason poll.  Moravian received 184 points in the poll this week after 149 points last week, 313 points in week two and 107 points in the first poll.

Illinois Wesleyan University is ranked first in the nation with 617 points and 18 first-place votes while Amherst College is ranked second with 597 total points and the remaining seven first-place votes.

Moravian defeated now ninth-ranked The University of Scranton, 73-63, on December 5th when Scranton was fourth in the nation, and the Greyhounds dropped an 84-71 decision to now 11th ranked Muhlenberg College on December 7th.

Moravian will return to action on Wednesday, December 30th when the Greyhounds travel to Neumann University for a 7:00 p.m.

The D3hoops.com Top 25 poll is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.  The next poll will be on Tuesday, January 5th.