Five SAC Women’s Basketball Teams In Latest Region Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS -- Five South Atlantic Conference women's basketball teams are now ranked in the most recent NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll, released Wednesday.

Lenoir-Rhyne University moves up three spots to second in the region, behind No. 1 Lander. Carson-Newman College drops from second to third, while Newberry College remains at seventh. Wingate University moves into the poll at the number nine spot, and Catawba College continues to hold on to ten in the newest poll release.

The regional rankings will be released weekly on Wednesdays through March 3, 2010.
Records are through Sunday, January 31.

Eight teams from each of the eight regions will advance to the NCAA Division II tournament. In the Southeast Region, tournament champions from the SAC, Peach Belt and Conference Carolinas will receive an automatic bid.

Southeast Region
Division II Division II
Overall In-Region
1. Lander 20-1-0 20-1-0
2. Lenoir-Rhyne 17-6-0 17-6-0
3. Carson-Newman 18-4-0 18-4-0
4. Clayton State 18-4-0 18-4-0
5. Francis Marion 18-3-0 18-3-0
6. Georgia College 16-6-0 16-6-0
7. Newberry 14-5-0 14-5-0
8. Barton 17-5-0 17-5-0
9. Wingate 12-8-0 12-8-0
10. Catawba 13-8-0 13-8-0