New Orleans, La. --- The Minnesota State women's indoor track and field team has opened the season ranked third in the first USTFCCCA poll released this season.

The Mavericks have been victorious in their three meets this season as they have swept the Chuck Petersen Open, Minnesota State Invitational and the SDSU Division II Invite with scores of 265.5, 274.5 and 171 points, respectively.

UMary (18), Winona State (22) and Concordia-St. Paul (25) join the Mavericks as ranked teams in the NSIC.

The Mavericks return to action this weekend as they host the Mark Schuck Open and Multi on Jan. 28-29.

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National Rank		Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1		AZUSA PACIFIC	165.11	Independents	West	NR
2		GRAND VALLEY STATE	147.76	GLIAC	Midwest	1 (LW: 1)
3		MINNESOTA STATE	135.35	NSIC	Central	1 (LW: 2)
4		PITTSBURG STATE	134.29	MIAA	Central	6 (LW: 10)
5		CSU PUEBLO	102.29	RMAC	South Central	1 (LW: 6)
6		LEE (TENN.)	100.25	GSC	South	NR
7		WEST TEXAS A&M	98.17	Lone Star	South Central	4 (LW: 3)
8		LINCOLN (MO.)	97.69	MIAA	Central	14 (LW: 22)
9		ADAMS STATE	93.59	RMAC	South Central	7 (LW: 16)
10		INDIANAPOLIS	93.54	GLVC	Midwest	3 (LW: 7)
11		UC-COLORADO SPRINGS	86.77	RMAC	South Central	3 (LW: 8)
12		FORT HAYS STATE	68.14	MIAA	Central	4 (LW: 16)
13		SAGINAW VALLEY STATE	65.12	GLIAC	Midwest	8 (LW: 5)
14		NORTHWEST MISSOURI	62.42	MIAA	Central	26 (LW: 40)
15		WALSH	59.48	G-MAC	Midwest	19 (LW: 34)
16		ACADEMY OF ART	57.67	Independents	West	7 (LW: 23)
17		FINDLAY	56.87	G-MAC	Midwest	15 (LW: 32)
18		U-MARY	54.62	NSIC	Central	3 (LW: 15)
19		QUEENS (N.C.)	47.97	SAC	Southeast	(LW: 19)
20		HILLSDALE	46.63	G-MAC	Midwest	10 (LW: 10)
21		SIMON FRASER	45.01	GNAC	West	NR
22		WINONA STATE	36.93	NSIC	Central	16 (LW: 38)
23		TIFFIN	35.14	G-MAC	Midwest	9 (LW: 14)
24		ASHLAND	34.21	G-MAC	Midwest	1 (LW: 23)
25		CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL	33.96	NSIC	Central	6 (LW: 19)