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Seattle Pacific Women Find Themselves One Notch From Top
January 25, 2005

SEATTLE (Jan. 25) Moving up one spot for the second week in a row, Seattle Pacific University is now just one step from the top of the NCAA Division II women's basketball rankings at No. 2.

The Falcons (15-1) took advantage of a loss by Washburn (Ks.) to achieve their highest ranking since finishing the 2003-04 regular season at No. 1. Drury (Mo.), which eliminated SPU from the Elite Eight, remains No. 1 for the second week in a row. Seattle Pacific and Shaw (NC), which is No. 3, both received first-place votes.

Seattle Pacific will face another ranked team in its next game. Western Washington is No. 17 and hosts the Great Northwest Athletic Conference contest Thursday in Bellingham.

Other West region teams listed include Cal Poly Pomona (No. 18), and Chico State (No. 20).

Incidentally, Seattle Pacific is the only Div. II member which can claim both its women's and men's teams are among their respective top 10. The SPU men are No. 8 this week.

Rank	Team	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Drury University (22)	18-1	619	1
2.	Seattle Pacific University (1)	15-1	592	3
3.	Shaw University (2)	16-1	540	5
4.	Washburn University	16-2	527	2
5.	Emporia State University	15-2	522	4
6.	California University Of PA	15-2	484	6
7.	Merrimack College	16-2	455	8
8.	Lake Superior State University	14-3	418	9
9.	Anderson College	15-2	398	10
10.	Fairmont State University	16-1	344	14
11.	American International	16-3	332	7
12.	Bentley College	16-4	320	12
13.	Angelo State University	14-2	311	11
14.	University of North Dakota	15-4	307	13
15.	Central Missouri State University	16-2	249	21
16.	Augustana College	18-4	239	19
17.	Western Washington University	15-1	190	24
18.	California State Poly University	11-4	160	20
19.	University of Charleston	16-2	152	25
20.	California State University - Chico	12-3	112	22
21.	University of Minnesota-Duluth	14-5	107	23
22.	Valdosta State University	15-2	72	NR
23.	Johnson C. Smith University	15-2	69	NR
24.	Southern Connecticut State Univ.	15-2	62	NR
25.	Bellarmine University	13-5	59	17

Dropped out: No. 15 Concordia University- Minn., No. 16 University of South Dakota, No. 18 Hillsdale College

Others Receiving Votes: Michigan Tech. University (57); Concordia University – Minn. (56); Regis University (47); University Of South Dakota (44); Hillsdale College (38); Grand Valley State University (22); University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon (22); Minnesota State University - Moorehead (22); Columbus State University (17); University Of Tampa (17); Carson-Newman College (15); Metro State College of Denver (15); Pittsburg State University (13); California State University - Bakersfield (11); Northeastern State University (11); Glenville State College (10); Abilene Christian University (9); Benedict College (8); Missouri Western State University (8); Saint Cloud State University (7); Fort Hays State University (6); University Of Wisconsin-Parkside (6); Missouri Southern St. University (4); Clarion University (3); University Of Indianapolis (3); University Of South Carolina – Aiken (3); Wingate University (3); Clayton College & State University ( 2); Georgia College & State University (2); Quincy University (2); Armstrong Atlantic State University (1); Northern Kentucky University (1)