DePauw ranked fifth in first coaches' regular season poll

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December 7, 2004

December 7, 2004, Greencastle, Ind. - The Tigers women's basketball team is ranked fifth in the latest USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division III Top 25 Coaches' Poll released today.

The 5-1 Tigers, ranked seventh in the preseason coaches' poll, picked up wins over North Central, Manchester and Millikin last week.

DePauw opens Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Thursday, December 9, when it hosts Rose-Hulman at 6 p.m. As with all DePauw basketball games, Thursday's contest will air live on WGRE (91.5 FM) and on the Internet. Live, in-game statistics will be available here.

USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

USA TODAY/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.

1. New York University (7) 5-0 199 1
2. Bowdoin College (1) 4-0 191 4
3. Washington University - St. Louis 7-0 179 6
4. Hardin-Simmons University 5-0 169 9
5. DePauw University 5-1 148 7
6. Capital University 5-0 147 12
7. University Of Rochester 4-1 146 5
8. Messiah College 5-0 141 13
9. University Of Puget Sound 6-0 135 16
10. Wilmington College 5-1 120 8
11. Trinity University - San Antonio 4-1 105 14
12. University Of Scranton 4-1 88 10
13. University Of Wisconsin - Stevens Point 5-2 86 2
14. University Of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 6-0 86 22
15. University Of Southern Maine 3-2 78 3
16. University Of Wisconsin - Eau Claire 7-0 74 NR
17. Rowan University 5-1 72 19
18. Johns Hopkins University 6-1 49 23
19. Hope College 5-0 47 25
20. College Of St. Benedict 5-0 43 NR
21. Baldwin-Wallace College 4-1 38 18
22. McDaniel College 4-1 36 15
23. Whitworth College 5-0 33 NR
24. Bates College 6-0 32 NR
25. DeSales University 4-1 32 24

Dropped out: No. 11 Marymount (Va.), No. 18 Buena Vista, No. 20 Carleton College, No. 21 Thomas More

Others Receiving Votes: Buena Vista University 28; Albion College 25; Randolph-Macon College - 17; Millikin University - 12; Brandeis University - 9; Eastern Mennonite University - 8; Williams College - 8; Carleton College - 7; Thomas More College - 6; King's College - 2; Union College - 2; Alvernia College - 1; Moravian College - 1

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