Limestone Drops to No. 21 in WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Limestone College dropped to No. 21 according to the latest WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll, it was announced today.
The Saints went 1-1 last week, dropping a contest to Belmont Abbey, 70-59, and notching a win over Lees-McRae, 77-62.
2016-17 WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25
|
Rank
|
School
|
Record
|
Points
|
1st Place
|
Last Rank
|
|
|
1
|
Ashland
|
10-0
|
595
|
20
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
California (PA)
|
10-0
|
570
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
Pittsburg State
|
11-0
|
551
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
Bellarmine
|
8-0
|
501
|
0
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
Emporia State
|
9-1
|
475
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
6
|
Virginia Union
|
6-0
|
468
|
2
|
6
|
|
|
7
|
Angelo State
|
7-0
|
456
|
0
|
7
|
|
|
8
|
Alaska-Anchorage
|
7-1
|
439
|
0
|
8
|
|
|
9
|
Colorado State-Pueblo
|
10-0
|
415
|
0
|
9
|
|
|
10
|
California Baptist
|
11-2
|
367
|
0
|
10
|
|
|
11
|
Bentley
|
9-2
|
327
|
0
|
14
|
|
|
11
|
Lincoln Memorial
|
9-0
|
327
|
0
|
19
|
|
|
13
|
Drury
|
9-2
|
236
|
0
|
11
|
|
|
14
|
Seattle Pacific
|
8-0
|
230
|
0
|
23
|
|
|
15
|
Clayton State
|
8-1
|
224
|
0
|
20
|
|
|
16
|
Florida Southern
|
6-2
|
182
|
0
|
21
|
|
|
17
|
Arkansas Tech
|
7-1
|
176
|
0
|
NR
|
|
|
18
|
Northern State
|
8-1
|
174
|
0
|
25
|
|
|
19
|
Winona State
|
9-2
|
167
|
0
|
12
|
|
|
20
|
Queens (NY)
|
8-2
|
141
|
0
|
15
|
|
|
21
|
Limestone
|
6-2
|
129
|
0
|
13
|
|
|
22
|
Grand Valley State
|
7-2
|
102
|
0
|
16
|
|
|
23
|
Lewis
|
9-2
|
97
|
0
|
18
|
|
|
24
|
Wheeling Jesuit
|
7-1
|
67
|
0
|
NR
|
|
|
25
|
West Texas A&M
|
7-3
|
53
|
0
|
17
|
Dropped Out: No. 24 Saginaw Valley State (7-2); No. 22 Union, TN (5-2)
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 12 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Southern Wesleyan University. Emmanuel College is currently completing the NCAA Membership Process and will be fully competing in league championships in the near future.