By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team rose in both of this week’s national polls after a pair of road wins over the weekend. The Tigers will head into the final week of the regular season ranked sixth in the WBCA DII Coaches Poll and eighth in the D2SIDA Media Poll, both released Tuesday (Feb. 22).
This is the second time that the Tigers (23-3, 17-3 MIAA) have been slotted sixth in the coaches poll. FHSU sat in sixth earlier this month (Feb. 1) before going on the road to grab wins over Newman and Central Oklahoma.
The Tigers are 10-2 all-time when ranked sixth in the coaches poll, including a 2-1 record this season. Fort Hays State is now 134-34 when ranked in the poll during the DII era.
Glenville State, the lone undefeated team in Division II, held on to the top spot in the coaches poll for the fifth week in a row while Texas A&M-Commerce rose one spot to first in the media poll.
The Tigers are the only MIAA program recognized in this week’s coaches poll, while Missouri Southern is in the receiving votes category in the media ranks.
Looking around the region, the Tigers are joined in the top 25 by No. 13 Saint Cloud State and No. 19 Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Huskies from SCSU are just behind FHSU in the media poll in ninth, while Minnesota-Duluth is ranked 15th.
Fort Hays State will wrap up its home schedule Wednesday (Feb. 23) with Senior Night when Missouri Western comes to town at 5:30 p.m.
| WBCA DII Coaches Poll – February 22, 2022 | ||||
| Rk. | School (1st) | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1. | Glenville State (22) | 25-0 | 574 | 1 |
| 2. | Grand Valley State (1) | 23-1 | 546 | 3 |
| 3. | Union, TN | 21-2 | 497 | 5 |
| 4. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 22-2 | 483 | 7 |
| 5. | Ashland | 23-2 | 443 | 2 |
| 6. | Fort Hays State | 23-3 | 437 | 9 |
| 7. | Barton | 24-1 | 422 | 8 |
| 8. | Lander | 19-3 | 404 | 10 |
| 9T. | Drury | 25-4 | 363 | 4 |
| 9T. | Western Washington | 17-2 | 363 | 11 |
| 11. | North Georgia | 20-3 | 333 | 14 |
| 12. | Savannah State | 24-1 | 293 | 15 |
| 13. | Saint Cloud State | 21-3 | 283 | 16 |
| 14. | Azusa Pacific | 20-3 | 278 | 6 |
| 15. | Walsh | 23-3 | 193 | 23 |
| 16. | Lubbock Christian | 22-5 | 178 | 19 |
| 17. | Eckerd | 17-3 | 175 | 12 |
| 18. | Tampa | 24-5 | 161 | 21 |
| 19. | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 24-4 | 157 | 20 |
| 20. | Colorado School of Mines | 22-4 | 132 | 13 |
| 21. | Cal State San Marcos | 19-2 | 118 | 24 |
| 22. | Wingate | 22-3 | 97 | 17 |
| 23. | Catawba | 20-4 | 95 | 22 |
| 24. | Valdosta State | 21-4 | 83 | NR |
| 25. | Missouri-St. Louis | 20-3 | 72 | 18 |
| D2SIDA Media Poll – February 22, 2022 | ||||
| Rk. | School (1st) | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1. | Texas A&M-Commerce (8) | 22-2 | 385 | 2 |
| 2. | Grand Valley State (1) | 23-1 | 369 | 4 |
| 3. | Glenville State (7) | 25-0 | 360 | 3 |
| 4. | Union (Tenn.) | 21-2 | 339 | 5 |
| 5. | Ashland | 23-2 | 324 | 1 |
| 6. | Western Washington | 17-2 | 316 | 6 |
| 7. | Barton | 24-1 | 303 | 8 |
| 8. | Fort Hays State | 23-3 | 287 | 10 |
| 9. | St. Cloud State | 21-3 | 275 | 7 |
| 10. | North Georgia | 20-3 | 254 | 11 |
| 11. | Lubbock Christian | 22-5 | 250 | 13 |
| 12. | Cal State-San Marcos | 19-2 | 222 | 12 |
| 13. | Drury | 25-4 | 179 | 14 |
| 14. | Lander | 19-3 | 176 | 20 |
| 15. | Minnesota-Duluth | 21-4 | 140 | 17 |
| 16. | Azusa Pacific | 20-3 | 134 | 21 |
| 17. | Valdosta State | 21-4 | 131 | RV |
| 18. | Colorado Mesa | 21-4 | 118 | 25 |
| 19. | Wingate | 22-3 | 89 | 16 |
| 20. | Kutztown | 23-5 | 88 | 24 |
| 21. | Tampa | 24-5 | 79 | 22 |
| 22. | Southern New Hampshire | 20-5 | 73 | RV |
| 23. | Colorado School of Mines | 22-4 | 63 | 9 |
| 24. | Walsh | 23-3 | 61 | NR |
| 25. | Cal State-East Bay | 19-2 | 57 | 18 |