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Falcon Women at No. 4 in Going Into Women's NCAA Tourney
March 8, 2005

SEATTLE (Mar. 8) In the final rankings based on the regular season, Seattle Pacific University stays unchanged at No. 4 in the nation among NCAA Division II women¹s basketball programs.

Drury (Mo.) is No. 1 for the eighth week in a row. Shaw (NC), Washburn (Ks.) and the Falcons (25-2) complete the top four.

Seattle Pacific, which was eliminated by Drury in the Elite Eight last season, has been fourth for four weeks. The Falcons are the top seed in the NCAA West Regional, which begins Friday at Brougham Pavilion. They face Montana State Billings in the first round.

Three other West Region teams coming to Seattle are Western Washington (No. 12), Chico State (No. 17) and Cal Poly Pomona (No. 21).

Rank	School	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Drury University (22)	28-1	571	1
2.	Shaw University (2)	29-1	554	2
3.	Washburn University	29-2	526	3
4.	Seattle Pacific University	25-2	498	4
5.	Anderson College (1)	31-2	487	5
6.	Angelo State University	27-3	428	10
7.	Emporia State University	25-5	414	7
8.	Fairmont State University	27-3	360	6
9.	University of North Dakota	24-5	358	13
10.	California University of PA	25-5	347	8
11.	Merrimack College	25-5	344	9
12.	Western Washington University	23-4	323	14
13.	Bentley College	26-7	284	16
14.	University of Charleston	26-4	259	11
15.	Lake Superior State University	21-6	236	12
16.	Grand Valley State University	25-5	229	19
17.	California State University-Chico	22-5	221	18
18.	Southern Connecticut State University	25-7	198	15
19.	Central Missouri State University	23-7	145	17
20.	Valdosta State University	23-6	114	22
21.	California State University Poly-Pomona	20-7	75	24
22.	University of Minnesota-Duluth	19-8	64	21
23.	Minnesota State University- Moorhead	24-6	49	25
24.	American International College	22-8	48	20
25.	Augustana College	22-9	37	23

Dropped out: None

Others Receiving Votes: University Of Central Arkansas (36); Clayton College & State University (35); Carson-Newman College (34); Quincy University (28); Glenville State College (24); Clarion University (23); Concordia University-Saint Paul (23); Metro State College of Denver (13); Regis University (12); Wheeling Jesuit University (10); Saint Cloud State University (9); Fort Valley State University (7); University Of South Dakota (7); Columbus State University (6); Pace University (6); Tuskegee University (6); Southwest Minnesota State University (5); Wingate University (5); Henderson State University (4); University Of Indianapolis (4); Millersville University Of Pennsylvania (3); Bellarmine University (2); Northeastern State University (2); Johnson C. Smith University (1); Michigan Tech. University (1)