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SPU Women Rise Two Spots to No. 17 in NCAA
February 20, 2001

SEATTLE (Feb. 20) -- For the second week in a row the Seattle Pacific University women's basketball team climbed higher in the NCAA Division II national rankings. The Falcons, winners of nine in a row going into Thursday's game at Saint Martin's, are No. 17, an improvement of two places.

SPU (15-3, 20-3) needs two more wins to clinch the Pacific West Conference championship and an automatic berth in next month's West Regional tournament. It has not lost since Jan. 18 to Central Washington. The two teams meet again Saturday night in Ellensburg.

Seattle Pacific's basketball teams have the fourth-best combined record in Division II. The men are 19-4 and ranked No. 24 nationally.

USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA DIVISION II TOP 25 COACHES' POLL 2000-2001
Week 11 - Feb. 14, 2001-Feb. 20, 2001

Rank	Institution	Record	Points	Previous Rank
1	Columbus State	23-0	599	1
2	Emporia State	23-1	575	2
3	Bentley	25-2	545	3
4	Delta State	25-2	534	4
5	North Dakota	22-2	502	5
6	Rollins	23-2	475	7
7	Nebraska Kearney	22-2	433	8
8	Northern Kentucky	21-3	422	6
9	North Dakota State	22-5	415	9
10	Cal Poly Pomona	19-2	381	10
11	St. Rose	21-4	355	11
12	Texas A&M-Kingsville	23-4	337	12
13	Michigan Tech	21-3	307	13
14	Missouri Western	20-4	285	15
15	Southern Indiana	21-3	261	16
16	Northern Michigan	19-4	197	17
17	Seattle Pacific	20-3	191	19
18	Millersville	20-4	164	18
19	Bellarmine-KY	19-5	142	20
20	Kennesaw State	17-5	140	14
21	Pitt-Johnstown	22-3	118	22
22	Florida Southern	20-5	94	23
23	West Chester	20-3	81	21
24	Shippensburg	20-4	65	24
25	Southwest State (MN)	21-3	64	25

Also receiving votes: Arkansas Tech (19), St. Cloud St. (18), Pace (15), Central Missouri State (9), Southwest Baptist (8), Francis Marion (8), Ouchita Baptist (6), Southeast Oklahoma (6), Catawba (5), Western Washington (5), Presbyterian (4), SIU-Edwardsville (4), West Liberty State (3), Fort Valley State (2), American International (2), USC-Aiken (1), Angelo State (1), Central Arkansas (1), Kentucky Wesleyan (1).