Lady Statesmen Still in Top 25
William Penn Women's Athletics
Lady Statesmen make one of their final home appearances tomorrow night. Game starts at 5:30, come and show your support!
Oskaloosa–The Penn women’s basketball team split a pair of contests last week to remain inside the national ranking as the eighth NAIA Division II poll was released today.
Penn (19-8, 10-3 MCC) fell nine positions from #16 to #25 and currently owns 61 points this week.
All eight of the squad’s setbacks this winter have come against programs currently ranked or were ranked or receiving votes at the time of the loss.
Davenport (Mich.) is the nation’s #1 for the fifth week in a row with 405 points and all 15 first-place votes. Northwestern and Morningside are still second and third, respectively, while Sioux Falls (S.D.) is now fourth and Kansas Wesleyan is now fifth.
Iowa Wesleyan has taken over the top spot in the Midwest Collegiate Conference as Division II’s #13 program. St. Ambrose is two spots behind the Tigers in 15th. Mount Mercy (34th) gives the MCC four squads in the entire poll. Eight programs, including four from the Great Plains Athletic Conference, continue to represent the state of Iowa in the ranking.
Penn remains in Oskaloosa Wednesday to host Grand View in MCC play at 5:30 p.m.
NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Rating #8 – February 7, 2011
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
(Iowa Institutions bolded)
1. Davenport (Mich.) (15)
2. Northwestern
3. Morningside
4. Sioux Falls (S.D.)
5. Kansas Wesleyan
6. Indiana Wesleyan
7. St. Francis (Ind.)
8. Daemen (N.Y.)
9. Black Hills State (S.D.)
10. Walsh (Ohio)
11. Sterling (Kan.)
12. Ozarks (Mo.)
13. Iowa Wesleyan
14. Cedarville (Ohio)
15. St. Ambrose
16. Northwest (Wash.)
17. Cornerstone (Mich.)
18. Tennessee Wesleyan
19. Briar Cliff
19. Marian (Ind.)
21. Indiana-Southeast
22. Jamestown (N.D.)
23. Mount Marty (S.D.)
24. Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
25. William Penn
Others receiving votes: Southwestern (Kan.) 58; Valley City State (N.D.) 45; Montreat (N.C.) 44; Notre Dame (Ohio) 23; Concordia (Ore.) 23; Peru State (Neb.) 15; Saint Thomas (Fla.) 15; Huntington (Ind.) 15; Mount Mercy 14; Concordia (Mich.) 10; Dordt 7; Bethel (Ind.) 7; Milligan (Tenn.) 5; Minot State (N.D.) 4; Union (Ky.) 3; Brescia (Ky.) 3; Holy Names (Calif.) 3; Florida Memorial 1; Indiana Tech 1; Bethel (Kan.) 1; Corban (Ore.) 1.
