Lady Cats move up to No. 14 in USA Today ESPN poll
PINEVILLE - Just prior to departing for Oregon for an NCAA Tournament showdon with No. 4 George Fox, the defending national champions of Division III, the Louisiana College Lady Cats learned that they had moved up to their highest ranking of the year, No. 14, in the weekly USA Today ESPN poll.
Last week, the Lady Cats 924-2) were No. 15 in the poll but advanced one spot after winning their first ever American Southwest Conference tournament.
The complete poll was as follows:
1 Amherst College (Mass.)
2 Kean University (N.J.)
3 Illinois Wesleyan University
4 Hope College (Mich.)
5 George Fox University (Ore.)
6 Washington University (Mo.)
7 Marymount University (Va.)
8 Christopher Newport University (Va.)
9 Moravian College (Pa.)
10 William Paterson University (N.J.)
11 DePauw University (Ind.)
12 Calvin College (Mich.)
13 Thomas More College (Ky.)
14 Louisiana College (La.)
15 University of Puget Sound (Wash.)
16 Carthage College (Wis.)
17 Messiah College (Pa.)
18 University of Scranton (Pa.)
19 Mount Union College (Ohio)
20 Colby College (Maine)
21 Tufts University (Mass.)
22 Lebanon Valley College (Pa.)
23 University of Chicago (Ill.)
24 Washington & Jefferson College (Pa.)
25 State University of NY at Farmingdale
Dropped Out: Muhlenberg College (Pa.).
Others Receiving Votes: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point - 10, University of Mary Washington (Va.) - 7, Muhlenberg College (Pa.) - 5, Saint Norbert College (Wis.) - 3, State University of New York at Cortland - 3.
The USA TODAY ESPN board of coaches is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2009-10 board: Nan Carney-DeBord - Non-voting Chair (Ohio Wesleyan University), Amie Bradley (Trinity University), Doreen Carden (Albion College), G.P. Gromacki (Amherst College), James Scheible (University of Rochester), Michele Sharp (Kean University), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Nancy Fahey (Washington University-St. Louis) and Suzy Barcomb (University of Puget Sound).