Tuesday, January 19, 2010

MORAVIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM MOVES UP TWO SPOTS TO 14TH IN LATEST D3HOOPS.COM TOP 25 POLL

MINNEAPOLIS, MN --- The Moravian College women’s basketball team, which now has a 13-2 overall record, moved up two spots to 14th in the nation in the seventh 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 16th in last week’s poll, 18th in week five, 19th in week four, 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 292 points this week after 253 points last week, 198 points in week five, 184 points in the fourth poll, 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 620 points and 20 first-place votes while Amherst College is ranked second with 597 total points and four first-place votes.  Kean University received the final first place vote and is fourth in the poll with 560 points while Washington University in St. Louis is third in the poll with 569 points.

Moravian defeated now sixth-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 12th-ranked Muhlenberg College on December 7th.

Moravian will return to action on Friday, January 22nd when the Greyhounds host Goucher College in a 5:30 p.m. Landmark Conference contest in Johnston Hall.  Moravian is scheduled to play its next five contests at home and eight of its final ten regular season games in Johnston Hall.

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 26th.