Firebirds Rise to No. 2 in Week 15 D2SIDA East Region Poll
WASHINGTON, DC – The University of the District of Columbia women's basketball team jumped two spots to No. 2 in the Week 15 D2SIDA East Region Poll released earlier today.
The Firebirds (25-3, 18-2 ECC) have won 14 straight games and were ranked T-No. 22 in the most recent USA Today Division II national poll released last week. Saturday's 69-66 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas, where the visiting Firebirds erased a nine-point deficit late in the second half, was the Firebirds' school-record 25th win of the season. UDC is a No. 1 seed in this weekend's ECC Championship Tournament and will play the winner of the No. 4 NYIT vs. No. 5 LIU Post quarterfinal matchup in Saturday's semifinal round at LIU Post.
Seventeen of UDC's 25 wins have come by double-figures, and the Firebirds are 7-1 outside of conference play and 13-1 on the road this season. UDC also boasts wins over a previously top-25 ranked team (Virginia St.) and two schools also ranked in this poll (Roberts Wesleyan, T-6th and Queens, 9th).
Adelphi (26-3) stayed put at No. 1 as they defeated No. 3 New Haven, 76-73 in both teams' regular season finale and then knocked off Le Moyne, 82-70 in the Northeast-10 quarterfinals on Sunday. The Panthers will face the No. 5 ranked team in this poll, Franklin Pierce (18-9) in the NE-10 Semifinals on Thursday. Meanwhile, New Haven (24-3) also stayed put at No. 3 as the Chargers bounced back from the loss at Adelphi to beat Assumption, 72-48 in their NE-10 quarterfinal matchup. They will square off against American International on Thursday in the NE-10 semifinals. (The NE-10 Finals will be played on Sunday, March 8th at 1:00 PM)
Stonehill (22-4) on the other hand, fell from No. 2 to No. 4 after suffering a 73-64 overtime loss to American International in the NE-10 Quarterfinals on Sunday. Eliminated from the NE-10 Conference Tournament now, the Skyhawks have no more remaining games to help or hinder their NCAA Tournament seeding.
The NCAA East Region Poll – which is voted on by a regional advisory committee that determines which eight schools receive NCAA Division II Tournament bids – will release its 3rd installment of the season on Wednesday. This will be the last poll of the season before the committee renders its final decision on "Selection Sunday" March 8th at 10 p.m.
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EAST |
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1 |
Adelphi (3) |
26-3 |
30 |
1 |
WA New Haven (76-73); WH Le Moyne (82-70 |
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2 |
Dist. Columbia |
25-3 |
25 |
4 |
WH Mercy (87-74); WA St. Thomas Aq. (69-66) |
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3 |
New Haven |
23-4 |
24 |
3 |
LA Adelphi (76-73); WH Assumption (72-48) |
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4 |
Stonehill |
22-4 |
23 |
2 |
WA St. Anselm (64-56); LH American Int'l (73-64) |
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5 |
Franklin Pierce |
18-9 |
18 |
5 |
WH Bentley (79-50); LH Southern Conn. (70-56) |
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t6 |
Roberts Wesleyan |
20-6 |
12 |
6 |
WH Daemen (60-55); WA NYIT (65-48); LA LIU Post (69-61) |
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t6 |
Philadelphia |
21-7 |
12 |
9 |
WH USciences (65-50); WH Dominican (N.Y.) (82-63) |
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8 |
USciences |
20-7 |
11 |
7 |
LA Philadelphia (65-50); WA Georgian Court (66-48) |
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9 |
Queens |
20-7 |
7 |
8 |
WA Dowling (74-63); LH Bridgeport (62-61) |
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10 |
American Int'l |
17-13 |
2 |
NR |
WH Souther Conn. (53-43); WH St. Michael's (52-43); WA Stonehill (73-64) |
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Also receiving votes: Caldwell |
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Dropped out:Bloomfield |
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