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Sports News: Winter 2009-10

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM REMAINS 22ND IN LATEST
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III COACHES TOP 25 POLL

LILBURN, GA --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team remained 22nd in the nation in the fifth USA Today ESPN Division III Preseason Top 25 Coaches’ Poll of the 2009-10 regular season.  The complete poll can be viewed at http://www.wbca.org/DIIICoachesPoll.asp.

The Greyhounds, under the direction of 23-year head coach Mary Beth Spirk, received 41 points while Illinois Wesleyan University received all eight first place votes and 200 points.

Moravian defeated now 12th-ranked The University of Scranton, 73-63, on December 5th when Scranton was fourth in the nation, and the Greyhounds have a 51-48 win over DeSales University, which was ranked 21st at the time of the game on November 24th.  Moravian dropped an 84-71 decision to now 16th-ranked Muhlenberg College, 84-71, on December 7th.

The Greyhounds were ranked 20th in the USA Today ESPN Division III Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll and received votes in the first two regular season polls before being tied for 21st in the third poll and 22nd in the fourth poll of the season.

Moravian will return to action on Friday, January 8th when the Greyhounds travel to The United States Merchant Marine Academy to resume Landmark Conference action in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.

The USA Today ESPN Division III Coaches Top 25 poll is voted on by a panel of nine coaches, the chair of the panel does not vote, and is published weekly during the season.