Tuesday, February 15, 2005
GREYHOUND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RANKED 25TH IN USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA
DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES POLL
LILBURN, GA --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team has moved into 25th
place in this week’s USA Today/ESPN/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
Division III Top 25 Coaches poll released Tuesday.
The Greyhounds, who are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in Commonwealth Conference action, received
12 points this week. Moravian received one point last week, nine points two weeks ago after
receiving three points the week before and one point a month ago. This is the first time
since the 1993-94 season that Moravian has been nationally ranked.
Moravian has played several top 25 teams this season, falling to #1 University of Scranton,
77-58. The Greyhounds did #11 Messiah College, 71-64, and the two schools will play again
on February 17th in Grantham.
The complete poll can be found at http://www.wbca.org/DIIICoachesPoll.asp.
The Greyhounds will return to action on Tuesday, February 15th in a Commonwealth Conference
game at Albright College tipping off at 6:00 p.m. in Reading.
USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 Poll through games of Sunday, February
13th
USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Pts. |
Prev. |
1. |
University Of Scranton (7) |
21-1 |
198 |
1 |
2. |
Bates College (1) |
22-1 |
193 |
2 |
3. |
Bowdoin College |
20-2 |
184 |
3 |
4. |
Trinity University - Texas |
20-2 |
175 |
4 |
5. |
Randolph-Macon College |
21-1 |
166 |
7 |
6. |
University Of Southern Maine |
21-2 |
158 |
8 |
7. |
King's College |
21-2 |
151 |
12 |
8. |
Hope College |
21-2 |
133 |
14 |
9. |
Hardin-Simmons University |
19-3 |
120 |
6 |
10. |
Washington University |
18-4 |
116 |
12 |
11. |
Messiah College |
19-3 |
114 |
5 |
12. |
Albion College |
21-2 |
113 |
15 |
13. |
Emmanuel College |
22-2 |
108 |
17 |
14. |
Millikin University |
19-2 |
105 |
18 |
15. |
Buena Vista University |
22-1 |
89 |
21 |
16. |
Brandeis University |
18-3 |
87 |
8 |
17. |
DePauw University |
19-4 |
73 |
10 |
18. |
New York University |
17-5 |
62 |
11 |
19. |
University Of Wisconsin - Oshkosh |
19-4 |
50 |
20 |
20. |
Whitworth College |
18-3 |
41 |
16 |
21. |
Wilmington College |
19-4 |
33 |
24 |
22. |
Wheaton College |
19-3 |
31 |
23 |
23. |
College Of St. Benedict |
17-4 |
18 |
19 |
24. |
University Of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
19-4 |
14 |
NR |
25. |
Moravian College |
19-3 |
12 |
NR |
Dropped out: No. 22 University of Wisconsin – Stout and No. 24 Saint John Fisher
College
Others receiving votes: Saint John Fisher College 12; Dickinson College 10; University
Of Wisconsin - Stout 9; Howard Payne University 7; College Of New Jersey 6; Wesleyan University
6; Capital University 4; George Fox University 1; University Of Rochester 1
The USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Board of Coaches is made up of 8 head coaches at Division III
institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association(WBCA). The
2004-05 board: Donna Doonan, Ferrum College; Michelle Ferenz, Witman College; Kris Huffman,
DePauw University; Jennifer Kroll, St. Lawrence University; Daniel Raymond, Ithaca College;
Kim Rybczyk, Western Connecticut; Mary Beth Spirk, Moravian College; Betsy Witman, York
College.
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