Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Shaw ranked #1 in latest Women's Poll

March 16, 2005

The Shaw women’s basketball team is ranked #1 in the USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 Coaches’ Poll- Division II, for the first time in school history.  Shaw received 22 first place votes, while the #2 ranked team, Washburn, received just two first place votes.  The previous number one, Drury, fell in the semi-finals of its regional tournament, catapulting the Lady Bears to number one.

Shaw won the South Atlantic Regional Championship with a 67-53 victory over Carson-Newman on Monday night at Spaulding Gymnasium.  For the first time in school history, the Shaw women’s team will play in the Elite 8, as they will take on Central Arkansas, who won the south region, on Wednesday March 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Hot Springs , AR.



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