Women’s basketball rises in poll

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION

The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team moved up in both national polls again this week, jumping one spot to eighth in the WBCA Division II Coaches Poll and climbing two spots to 12th in the latest D2SIDA Media Poll, both released Tuesday (Feb. 16).

The Tigers remain the top-ranked MIAA program, with Nebraska-Kearney coming in 12th in the coaches poll and 14th in the media poll and Central Missouri moving to 16th in the coaches poll and 19th in the media ranks. The Tigers, Lopers and Jennies are all tied for first in the MIAA standings at 16-2 with four games remaining in the regular season. This weekend will go a long way to deciding the final standings, with UCM traveling to Kearney to play the Lopers Thursday before facing off with the Tigers inside Gross Memorial Coliseum on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.

This is the third time in program history Fort Hays State is ranked eighth in the coaches poll. The Tigers wrapped up the 2014-15 season ranked eighth in the final WBCA poll of the year before winning a pair of home games against Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State as the eighth-ranked team in the country in January 2019 (1/24-26/19).

Winners of their last 11 games, the sixth-longest winning streak in program history, the Tigers will return Hays for their final two regular season home games this week. Before facing off with the Jennies on Saturday, Fort Hays State will battle Lincoln on Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m.

WBCA DII Coaches Poll – Week 3
Rk. School (1st) W-L Pts. Last
1 Lubbock Christian 11-0 548 1
2 Lander 12-0 519 2
3 Charleston, WV 12-0 493 3
4 Drury 13-1 469 4
5 West Texas A&M 14-1 444 5
6 Minnesota Duluth 9-0 436 6
7 Hawaii Pacific 8-0 386 8
8 Fort Hays State 16-2 371 9
9 Grand Valley State 12-1 354 11
10 Valdosta State 16-2 337 10
11 Carson-Newman 12-1 332 12
12 Nebraska Kearney 16-2 293 13
13 North Georgia 12-1 271 16
14 Arkansas Tech 9-0 245 18
15 Texas A&M-Commerce 10-2 239 7
16 Central Missouri 16-2 200 20
17 Daemen 6-1 166 19
18 Glenville State 8-1 145 21
19 Michigan Tech 12-1 140 23
20 Southwestern Oklahoma St. 12-2 135 15
21 Western Colorado 11-2 134 14
22 Gannon 9-1 110 22
23 Benedict 7-0 93 24
24 Cedarville 17-3 67 17
25 Colorado Mines 13-2 65 NR
D2SIDA Media Poll – Week 6
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L Pts. Prev.
1 Lubbock Christian (15) 11-0 397 1
2 Hawaii Pacific 8-0 377 2
3 Lander 12-0 369 3
4 Drury (1) 13-1 349 4
5 Charleston (W.Va.) 12-0 338 5
6 Minnesota-Duluth 9-0 326 6
7 Grand Valley State 12-1 299 8
8 West Texas A&M 14-1 284 9
9 Valdosta State 16-2 256 11
10 Glenville State 8-1 243 10
11 North Georgia 11-1 241 12
12 Fort Hays State 16-2 215 14
13 Daemen 6-1 201 13
14 Nebraska-Kearney 16-2 185 15
15 Gannon 9-1 154 17
16 Carson-Newman 12-1 139 21
17 Colorado School of Mines 13-2 125 RV
18 Michigan Tech 12-1 121 24
19 Central Missouri 16-2 116 22
20 Point Loma Nazarene 7-2 86 23
21 Western Colorado 11-2 80 7
22 Arkansas Tech 10-0 78 18
23 Montevallo 10-3 52 RV
24 Notre Dame (Ohio) 10-2 35 RV
25 Texas A&M-Commerce 10-2 26 16

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