Women's Basketball

Haskell Women Ranked 17th in the NAIA

Jan. 18, 2010

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Davenport (Mich.) maintained its position at No. 1 in the fifth edition of the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the NAIA announced Monday. The Lady Panthers captured 13 first-place votes and 404 points to spend its third week at the top-ranked team. Hastings (Neb.) and Northwestern (Iowa) held steady at second and third, respectively, while Indiana Wesleyan jumped to No. 4 and Cedarville (Ohio) moved to No. 5.

Second-ranked Hastings also earned a pair of first-place nods in the poll to spend its third straight week at No. 2 and its sixth week this season ranked among the top five. Indiana Wesleyan moves back among the top five to No. 4 to match its highest ranking of the season. The Wildcats were previously ranked fourth in the second poll of the season on Dec. 7.

The Great Plains Athletic Conference continues to lead all leagues with five ranked teams: Hastings, Northwestern, No. 7 Briar Cliff (Iowa), No. 12 Mount Marty (S.D.) and No. 18 Morningside (Iowa). The Mid-Central Collegiate Conference boasts four ranked teams in No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 15 Bethel (Ind.), No. 21 Saint Francis (Ind.) and No. 24 Marian (Ind.). Four teams are also represented by the Dakota Athletic Conference in No. 6 Jamestown (N.D.), No. 10 Minot State (N.D.) No. 13 Black Hills State (S.D.) and No. 25 Dickinson State (N.D.).

No. 21 Saint Francis, No. 23 Iowa Wesleyan and No. 25 Dickinson State are the new additions to the poll, replacing previously ranked No. 23 Taylor (Ind.), No. 21 Grand View (Iowa) and No. 25 Bryan (Tenn.).

After spending last week at No. 14, Marian dropped 10 spots to No. 24 as this week's biggest mover. The fall in the poll comes after suffering a 55-40 road loss to Indiana Wesleyan on Jan. 13.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. The next poll will be announced on Jan. 25.

RANK
LAST WEEK
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)
RECORD
TOTAL POINTS

1
1
Davenport University (Mich.) (13)
19-1
404

2
2
Hastings College (Neb.) (2)
19-2
393

3
3
Northwestern College (Iowa)
17-2
379

4
6
Indiana Wesleyan University
18-3
364

5
8
Cedarville University (Ohio)
15-3
344

6
5
Jamestown College (N.D.)
15-4
342

7
10
Briar Cliff University (Iowa)
17-3
334

8
4
Shawnee State University (Ohio)
12-4
307

9
11
College of the Ozarks (Mo.)
12-4
291

10
9
Minot State University (N.D.)
14-4
283

11
12
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa)
17-3
282

12
7
Mount Marty College (S.D.)
14-5
275

13
13
Black Hills State University (S.D.)
13-5
248

14
15
Sterling College (Kan.)
14-3
237

15
18
Bethel College (Ind.)
15-5
221

16
17
Aquinas College (Mich.)
14-5
207

17
19
Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.)
14-3
189

18
16
Morningside College (Iowa)
12-8
176

19
22
Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.)
17-2
151

20
20
College of Idaho
11-5
148

21
RV
University of Saint Francis (Ind.)
11-9
129

22
24
Kansas Wesleyan University
13-4
119

23
RV
Iowa Wesleyan College
13-7
108

24
14
Marian University (Ind.)
13-7
89

25
RV
Dickinson State University (N.D.)
12-6
86


Others receiving votes: Walsh University (Ohio) 84; Taylor University (Ind.) 50; Milligan College (Tenn.) 49; Eastern Oregon University 47; Grand View University (Iowa) 41; Southwestern College (Kan.) 24; Concordia University (Neb.) 14; Indiana University Southeast 7; Huntington University (Ind.) 6; University of Northwestern Ohio 5; Bluefield College (Va.) 5; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 1; Union College (Ky.) 1; Warner Pacific College (Ore.) 1; Bryan College (Tenn.) 1; Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) 1; Valley City State University (N.D.) 1.