Thursday, February 16, 2006

GREYHOUNDS DROP TO SIXTH IN SECOND NCAA DIVISION III
REGIONAL RANKING OF 2005-06 SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team has dropped to sixth in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the second NCAA Division III Regional Rankings released late Wednesday.

The Greyhounds, who are 19-5 overall and 10-3 in Commonwealth Conference action, were 17-5 in regional action, the main basis for the rankings. Moravian has played several regionally ranked teams this season, falling to #1 University of Scranton, 67-62, and #3 Muhlenberg College, 66-59. The Greyhounds did defeat #2 Messiah College, 67-63, and Moravian also lost to Messiah, 69-55.

The complete poll can be found at http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/womens/polls/rankings/diviii.

The Greyhounds will return to action on Saturday, February 18th in a Commonwealth Conference game versus Elizabethtown College tipping off at 2:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall.