Gannon University
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women's basketball
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press release
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USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: November 27, 2007
GANNON
AMONG OTHERS RECEIVING
VOTES IN FIRST NATIONAL TOP 25
REGULAR-SEASON POLL
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon women’s
basketball team was listed among others receiving votes in the first USA
Today ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon.
The Lady Knights were ranked 20th in the preseason poll.
The University of North Dakota, which begins its final Division II season
before moving to Division I in 2008-09, is the No. 1 team in the country
with a 4-0 record. The Fighting Sioux was also the top pick in the preseason
poll.
Delta State (4-0), Washburn (5-0), the University of California-San Diego
(5-0), and Alaska Anchorage (4-0) completed the top five. Drury (2-0), Emporia
State (3-1), California State-Chico (4-0), and Indiana (Pa.) (5-0) rounded
out the top 10.
No Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) team is listed
in the top 25. Gannon is the highest ranked GLIAC team, receiving 33 points.
Ferris State (19), Grand Valley State (7), and Michigan Tech (3) also received
votes.
Gannon enters its GLIAC opener Thursday, November 29 against Northern Michigan
with a 2-1 record. The Lady Knights opened the season with a 71-68 loss to
West Liberty State, but rebounded with consecutive victories over Wheeling
Jesuit (68-42) and Tiffin (56-47). Thursday’s game marks Gannon’s first home
contest of the season. Game time at the Hammermill Center is scheduled for
5:30 p.m.
The complete USA Today ESPN Division II Preseason Coaches Poll can be found
at http://www.wbca.org/DIICoachesPoll.asp.
Gannon University~University Square ~ Erie, PA 16541-0001
Toll
Free: 1-800-GANNON-U
Sports Press Box E-mail
updated
11/27/07 by: drt
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