Four SAC Women’s Basketball Teams In Latest NCAA Region Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS - Four 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 holds steady as second in the region, behind No. 1 Lander. Carson-Newman College remains in third. Newberry College falls one spot to eighth, while Tusculum moves into the poll at the number nine spot. Wingate and Catawba both fell out of the rankings this week.

The regional rankings will be released weekly on Wednesdays through March 3, 2010.

Records are through Sunday, February 21.

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 21-2-0 21-2-0
2. Lenoir-Rhyne 18-6-0 18-6-0
3. Carson-Newman 20-4-0 20-4-0
4. Francis Marion 20-3-0 20-3-0
5. Clayton State 18-6-0 18-6-0
6. Georgia College 17-7-0 17-7-0
7. Barton 20-5-0 20-5-0
8. Newberry 15-6-0 15-6-0
9. Tusculum 15-9-0 12-9-0
10. Columbus State 14-10-0 14-10-0