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Sports News: Winter 2009-10

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM MOVES UP A SPOT TO 18TH IN LATEST D3HOOPS.COM TOP 25 POLL

MINNEAPOLIS, MN --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team, which now has a 9-2 overall record, moved up one spot to 18th in the nation in the fifth D3hoop.com Top 25 Poll of the season announced Tuesday.  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 19th in last week’s poll, 17th in the third poll, 12th in the second poll and 23rd in the first regular season poll after being 15th in the preseason poll.  Moravian received 198 points in the poll this week after 184 points last week, 149 points in week three, 313 points in week two and 107 points in the first poll.

Illinois Wesleyan University is ranked first in the nation with 618 points and 18 first-place votes while Amherst College is ranked second with 594 total points and the remaining seven first-place votes.

Moravian defeated now eighth-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 10th ranked Muhlenberg College on December 7th.

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

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 12th.