Women's Basketball Breaks Into WBCA/USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25
(LILBURN, GA)--Mount Union women's basketball team is ranked No.
25 in this week's Women's Basketball Coaches Association USA
Today/ESPN Top 25 National Poll.
The Purple Raiders are the only undefeated team in the Ohio
Athletic Conference at 8-0 and 4-0 in the
conference.
Fellow OAC member Capital is ranked No. 21 in the poll.
Mount Union hosts Heidelberg in an OAC matchup Saturday at 3 pm at
The MAAC in Alliance.
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 4 Poll: December 15, 2009
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes noted on the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution - First Place Votes |
Previous Ranking
|
Record
|
Points
|
| 1 | Hope College (Mich.) - 5 |
1
|
7-0
|
196
|
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan University - 3 |
2
|
8-0
|
195
|
| 3 | Amherst College (Mass.) |
3
|
8-0
|
184
|
| 4 | Bowdoin College (Maine) |
4
|
7-0
|
167
|
| 5 | Washington University (Mo.) |
5
|
6-1
|
162
|
| 6 | Howard Payne University (Texas) |
6
|
7-0
|
160
|
| 7 | Kean University (N.J.) |
7
|
7-1
|
156
|
| 8 | Marymount University (Va.) |
8
|
7-0
|
143
|
| 9 | Thomas More College (Ky.) |
9
|
7-0
|
141
|
| 10 | Trinity University (Texas) |
10
|
5-0
|
126
|
| 11 | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
12
|
7-1
|
116
|
| 12 | George Fox University (Ore.) |
14
|
4-2
|
98
|
| 13 | William Paterson University (N.J.) |
15
|
9-0
|
96
|
| 14 | Carthage College (Wis.) |
13
|
6-1
|
95
|
| 15 | University of Chicago (Ill.) |
16
|
5-2
|
75
|
| T16 | Messiah College (Pa.) |
18
|
8-0
|
71
|
| T16 | University of Scranton (Pa) |
11
|
5-2
|
71
|
| 18 | Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
17
|
7-1
|
65
|
| 19 | Calvin College (Mich.) |
19
|
9-1
|
62
|
| 20 | Randolph-Macon College (Va.) |
20
|
4-1
|
48
|
| 21 | Capital University (Ohio) |
25
|
5-1
|
31
|
| 22 | Moravian College (Pa.) |
T21
|
6-2
|
22
|
| 23 | Simpson College (Iowa) |
T21
|
5-1
|
20
|
| 24 | University of Wisconsin, River Falls |
NR
|
8-0
|
19
|
| 25 | Mount Union College (Ohio) |
NR
|
8-0
|
17
|
Dropped Out: Emmanuel College (Mass.), University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Others Receiving Votes: Emmanuel College (Mass.) - 13; Saint Norbert College (Wis.) - 8; College of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 7; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 7; California Lutheran University - 6; Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) - 5; Roanoke College (Va.) - 5; Washington & Jefferson College (Pa.) - 5; Christopher Newport University (Va.) - 4; Tufts University (Mass.) - 4.
