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Falcon Women Finish No. 2 in Women's Hoop Rankings
March 8, 2005

SEATTLE (Mar. 31) After advancing further in the NCAA tournament than ever before, Seattle Pacific University was duly voted the No. 2 spot in the final USA Today/ESPN women's basketball coaches poll for Division II.

Washburn (Ks.), which defeated the Falcons (30-3) for the national championship, got the No. 1 ranking. SPU moved up one place from its pre-Elite Eight position while Shaw, previously the top-ranked team, slid to No. 3.

It's the third straight season that SPU has finished among the top ten nationally. A year ago, Seattle Pacific finished No. 3 and it was No. 8 in 2003. Six of this season's record-tying 30 wins were against teams which finished among the top 25.

Rank	School	Record	Pts.	Prev.
1.	Washburn University (25)	32-2	625	2
2.	Seattle Pacific University	30-3	594	3
3.	Shaw University	32-2	530	1
4.	Merrimack University	29-6	524	7
5.	Drury University	29-2	472	6
6.	University of Central Arkansas	28-7	465	18
7.	University of Charleston	29-5	454	8
8.	Grand Valley State University	28-6	447	9
9.	Anderson College	33-3	441	4
10.	Emporia State University	27-6	435	5
11.	Saint Cloud State University	23-10	338	17
12.	Bentley College	28-8	328	11
13.	Angelo State University	28-4	309	10
14.	California State University-Chico	24-6	286	14
15.	Fairmont State University	28-4	269	12
16.	University of North Dakota	25-6	248	13
17.	California University of PA	26-6	204	15
18.	Carson-Newman College	25-8	192	21
19.	Western Washington University	24-5	185	16
20.	Concordia University- St. Paul	25-8	142	22
21.	Lake Superior State University	22-7	130	19
22.	Southern Connecticut State University	25-6	121	20
23.	Quincy University	24-9	106	24
24.	Henderson State University	25-10	80	25
25.	Central Missouri State University	23-8	58	23

Dropped out: None.

Others Receiving Votes: American International College (34); Glenville State College (17); University of Minnesota-Duluth (17); Clayton College & State University (15); Wingate University (10); California State Poly University (7); Fort Valley State University (6); Columbus State University (5); Florida Tech (5); Metro State College of Denver (5); Valdosta State University (5); Pace University (4); Michigan Tech. University (3); Minnesota State University (3); Bellarmine University (2); Millersville University Of Pennsylvania (1); Missouri Western State (1); Rollins College (1); Saint Martin's College (1)