MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS

    Mankato, Minn.   –   The Minnesota State women’s basketball team is ranked sixth in the USA Today ESPN Division II Poll.

Last season Minnesota State finished first in the nation winning the 2009 national championship against Franklin Pierce. MSU tallied an outstanding 32-2 overall record and 19-1 in the NSIC.

Minnesota State is the only ranked team from the Northern Sun Conference. Concordia-St. Paul, Winona State and MSU-Mooorhead were placed in the “Others receiving votes category”.

MSU will play an exhibition game tomorrow night (Nov. 5) against South Dakota State in Brookings, South Dakota at 7 p.m. The Mavericks will host Dana on November 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Taylor Center.

Rank	Institution-1st place votes	Last Yr. Rank	Last  Yr. Record	Points
1	Michigan Technological Univ.- 12	8	27-7	563
2	Franklin Pierce Univ. (N.H.) - 3	2	29-6	552
3	California Univ. of Pennsylvania	4	29-5	486
4	Delta State Univ. (Miss.) - 1	6	30-7	483
5	Fort Lewis College (Colo.) - 2	9	28-3	478
6	Minnesota State University- 8	1	32-2	448
7	Emporia State Univ. (Kan.)	17	26-6	409
8	University of Alaska- Anchorage	3	31-4	383
9	Stonehill College (Mass.)	22	22-8	370
10	West Texas A&M University	5	28-6	341
11	University of Indianapolis (Ind.)	24	24-10	328
12	University of Central Oklahoma	12	23-5	297
13	Clayton State University (Ga.)	11	26-7	292
14	University of California - San Diego	16	27-5	287
15	Northern Kentucky Unviversity	10	29-3	270
16	Seattle Pacific University (Wash.)	7	23-4	216
17	Hol Family University (Pa.)	NR	26-6	189
18	Washburn University (Kan.)	13	27-5	180
19	Gannon University (Pa.)	20	30-4	170
20	Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.)	23	27-5	180
21	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	19	26-6	143
22	University of Tampa (Fla.)	NR	26-6	141
23	Hillsdale College (Mich.)	15	27-4	139
24	Quincy University (Ill.)	18	27-5	120
25	Grand Valley State University (Mich.)	NR	20-10	111

Others Receiving Votes: Francis Marion University (S.C.) - 110; Valdosta State University (Ga.) - 75; Shaw University (N.C.) - 63; Drury University (Mo.) - 56; Philadelphia University (Pa.) - 47; Bentley University (Mass.) - 41; Tusculum College (Tenn.) - 40; Fort Valley State University (Ga.) - 37; Lander University (S.C.) - 36; Ouachita Baptist University (Ark.) - 32; University of District of Columbia - 32; Millersville University of Pennsylvania - 31; Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) - 26; Northwood University (Mich.) - 24; Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) - 22; American International College (Mass.) - 21; Augustana College (Ill.) - 21; Columbus State University (Ga.) - 19; Rollins College (Fla.) - 18; West Liberty State College (W. Va.) - 18; University of the Incarnate Word (Texas) - 16; Arkansas Tech University - 15; Georgia College & State University - 14; University of Arkansas- Monticello - 12; Barton College (N.C.) - 10; Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) - 7; University of New Haven (Conn.) - 7; University of South Carolina - Aiken 7; University of Wisconsin - Parkside - 6; Fairmont State University (W. Va.) - 5; Winona State University (Minn.) - 5; Dowling College (N.Y.) - 4; University of West Georgia - 4; Pittsburg State University (Kan.) - 3; Queens College (N.Y.) - 3; Seton Hill University (Pa.) - 3; Virginia State University - 3; California State Polytechnic University - Pomona - 2; Molloy College (N.Y.) - 2; Nova Southeastern University (Fla.) - 2; Wingate University (N.C.) - 2; Abilene Christian University (Texas) - 1; Bowie State University (Md.) - 1; Lewis University (Ill.) - 1; Minnesota State University, Moorhead - 1; Saint Mary’s University (Texas) - 1.