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Women’s Basketball Lands in Top-25 Poll for First Time in Program History

The Berea College women's basketball team is ranked No. 25 in the Week 13 D3hoops.com Top-25 Poll. This is the first time the Mountaineers have ranked in the top-25 in program history.

The Mountaineers (26-2 overall) received 35 points in the poll.

Christopher Newport (Va.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, earning 617 points and 18 of 25 first-place votes.

Transylvania University (Ky.), University of Scranton (Pa.), Smith College (Mass.), and Trinity College (Tex.) round out the top five.

The Berea College Mountaineers are fresh off a CCS Conference Championship win, defeating the Piedmont University Lions (Ga.) 71-63. The Mountaineers also won the regular-season crown with a 15-1 conference record.

The Mountaineers heard their name called during Monday's selection show and will play in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday. Berea will face the host No. 16 Ohio Northern University at 8 p.m. in Ada, Ohio.

D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 - Week 13 

Feb. 28, 2023

 

Rank    School (No. 1 votes)    Points    Last    Record

1.    Christopher Newport (Va.) (18)    617    1    26-0

2.    Transylvania (Ky.) (6)    584    2    27-0

3.    Scranton (Pa.) (1)    576    3    27-0

4.    Smith (Mass.)    537    4    26-1

5.    Trinity (Tex.)    522    5    26-1

6.    New York U.    517    6    22-2

7.    Hope (Mich.)    486    7    25-2

8.    DeSales (Pa.)    429    9    26-1

9.    Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)    407    10    25-2

10.    Chicago (Ill.)    345    14    21-4

11.    Messiah (Pa.)    337    11    25-2

12.    Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)    335    8    23-3

13.    Babson (Mass.)    284    12    23-5

14.    Trine (Ind.)    274    13    21-6

15.    Loras (Iowa)    259    19    23-4

16.    Ohio Northern    252    18    23-4

17     Wisconsin-Whitewater    233    21    21-6

18.    Millikin (Ill.)    170    23    23-4

19.    Ithaca (N.Y.)    164    15    23-4

20.    Trinity (Conn.)    142    16    22-5

21.    Tufts (Mass.)    122    NR    21-6

22.    Baldwin Wallace    118    17    22-5

23.     Calvin (Mich.)    58    22    21-6

24.    Wartburg (Iowa)    42    24    21-6

25.    Berea (Ky.)    35    NR    26-2

Others receiving votes: St. John Fisher 34; Elizabethtown 33; Washington U. 31; Puget Sound 29; UW-Eau Claire 28; Washington and Jefferson 19; Whitman 18; Emory 17; Roger Williams 15; Concordia-Moorhead 14; UW-Oshkosh 14; La Verne 7; Rochester 6; Cortland 5; UC Santa Cruz 4; Greensboro 3; Marietta 2; Texas-Dallas 1

Original source can be found here.