Point Park and Rio Grande in NAIA Preseason Women's Basketball Poll

10/30/2014 12:00:00 AM

Point Park University received 59 points and the University of Rio Grande received 9 points in the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. Point Park's 59 points positions them as the No. 28 team. The Pioneers finished last season 29-5 overall. They won the KIAC regular season championship and conference tournament. Rio Grande is new to the KIAC this season and their 9 votes places them as the No. 33 team. They finished last season 18-13 overall.

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2014-15 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll (Oct. 28)

RANK	LAST ^	SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES)	2013-14 RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Saint Francis (Ind.) (14)	38-0	374
2	4	Morningside (Iowa)	29-7	352
3	9	Indiana Wesleyan	27-8	343
4	2	Davenport (Mich.)	34-2	339
5	7	Hastings (Neb.)	28-6	313
6	16	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	27-6	309
7	5	Jamestown (N.D.)	27-4	308
8	11	College of Saint Mary (Neb.)	27-6	282
9	13	Concordia (Neb.)	25-8	251
10	12	Purdue Calumet (Ind.)	24-7	240
11	13	College of the Ozarks (Mo.)	27-10	238
12	8	Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)	27-7	235
13	6	Southwestern (Kan.)	30-5	234
13	23	Friends (Kan.)	25-8	234
15	3	Northwestern (Iowa)	29-5	223
16	15	Siena Heights (Mich.)	26-9	206
17	10	Mayville State (N.D.)	25-4	186
18	18	Menlo (Calif.)	25-6	158
19	17	Huntington (Ind.)	23-8	156
20	19	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	26-6	141
21	RV	Southern Oregon	25-8	140
22	22	Tennessee Wesleyan	24-5	130
23	RV	Oklahoma Wesleyan	21-12	86
24	25	Cornerstone (Mich.)	22-10	76
25	24	Eastern Oregon	23-10	71

^ DII Women's Basketball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 Poll (March 26, 2014)

Others Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.), 65; Tabor (Kan.), 63; Point Park (Pa.), 59; Indiana South Bend, 42; Mount Mercy (Iowa), 23; St. Thomas (Fla.), 16; Bryan (Tenn.), 9; Rio Grande (Ohio), 9; Indiana Northwest, 8; Midland (Neb.), 7; Ave Maria (Fla.), 6; Robert Morris (Ill.), 5; Briar Cliff (Iowa), 5; Grace (Ind.), 3