L-R Women's Basketball Ranked No. 24 In This Week's USA TODAY/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll
February 16, 2010
Bears have won four consecutive contests
 The Lenoir-Rhyne University Women's Basketball Team is ranked No. 24 in this week's USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. |
Lilburn, Ga. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Basketball Team is ranked No. 24 in this week’s USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. L-R, winners of four straight, moves back into the top 25 for the first time since early in the year.
Lenoir-Rhyne (17-6, 10-3) has taken over first place in the South Atlantic Conference standings and will next play on Saturday when the Bears travel to Salisbury, N.C., to face the Lady Indians of Catawba beginning at 2 p.m.
No. 22 Carson-Newman (19-4, 8-4) is the only other school in the league ranked in the top 25.
USA Today ESPN Division II
Top 25 Women’s Basketball
Coaches Poll
1. Franklin Pierce (N.H.) - 23-0
2. Gannon (Pa.) - 26-0
3. Michigan Tech - 22-1
4. Univ. of Indianapolis (Ind.) - 24-1
5. Arkansas Tech - 22-1
6. Fort Lewis (Colo.) - 24-2
7. Lander (S.C.) - 21-1
8. West Texas A&M - 24-2
9. Emporia State (Kan.) - 22-2
10. Fort Valley State (Ga.) - 22-1
11. Univ. of California - San Diego - 20-2
12. Delta State (Miss.) - 19-2
13. Washburn (Kan.) - 20-3
14. Univ. of Alaska - Anchorage - 18-3
15t. Clayton State (Ga.) - 19-4
15t. Holy Family (Pa.) - 21-1
17. Univ. of Tampa (Fla.) - 21-3
18. Seattle Pacific (Wash.) - 18-3
19. Francis Marion (S.C.) - 20-3
20. Concordia Univ., St. Paul (Minn.) - 20-4
21. Western Washington - 20-3
22. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) - 19-4
23. Millersville (Pa.) - 19-4
24. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) - 17-6
25. Virginia State - 20-4
Others Receiving Votes: Wayne State (Neb.) -31; Seton Hill (Pa.) -25; Quincy (Ill.) -12; Northeastern State (Okla.) -11; Adams State (Colo.) -10; University of Wisconsin - Parkside -9; Concordia College (N.Y.) -8; Valdosta State (Ga.) -7; Georgia College & State University (Ga.) -6; Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) -6; Newberry (S.C.) -5; Pace (N.Y.) -5; Bentley (Mass.) -4; Florida Southern (Fla.) -2; Grand Valley State (Mich.) -1; Texas A&M - Kingsville -1; Central Oklahoma (Okla.) -1.
