LILBURN, Ga. — Minnesota State moved to No. 3 in this week's WBCA Coaches Poll following the conclusion of the regular season. The Mavericks carry a 27-1 overall record and remain the highest-ranked team in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

MSU had held the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks and is currently the only NSIC program ranked inside the Top 25, although conference rival Concordia-St. Paul is receiving votes. Minnesota State collected six first-place votes in this week's poll, while Texas Woman's (24-1) climbed to No. 1 and Grand Valley State (25-1) rose to No. 2.

The Mavericks now turn their attention to postseason play, opening the NSIC Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 28, with an 11 a.m. tipoff at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Minnesota State earned a first-round bye after securing the NSIC Regular Season Championship and will face the winner of St. Cloud State and Sioux Falls in the quarterfinal round.

 

Rank	School (Record)	Points	Last Week's Rank	First-Place Votes
1	Texas Woman's (24-1)	566	2	15
2	Grand Valley State (25-1)	544	3	1
3	Minnesota State Mankato (27-1)	529	1	6
4	Colorado Mesa (28-1)	516	4	1
5	Indiana, PA (23-1)	484	5	0
6	Gannon (24-3)	456	8	0
7	West Texas A&M (24-3)	410	11	0
8	Fort Hays State (24-3)	390	6	0
9	Nova Southeastern (23-3)	368	9	0
10	Cal Poly Pomona (23-3)	354	7	0
11	Columbus State (22-3)	346	14	0
12	Bentley (20-3)	276	17	0
13	Ferris State (22-4)	274	16	0
14	Harding (22-4)	244	10	0
15	Daemen (21-3)	228	18	0
16	Lincoln Memorial (22-3)	209	19	0
17	Central Washington (23-4)	187	13	0
18	Lenoir-Rhyne (22-4)	185	22	0
19	Winston-Salem State (23-3)	174	15	0
20	Missouri-St. Louis (22-3)	147	24	0
21	Coker (20-6)	120	12	0
22	Northern Michigan (22-6)	68	20	0
23	Holy Family (23-3)	63	RV	0
24	Edward Waters (23-4)	56	RV	0
25	Miles (22-5)	55	21	0

 
Dropped Out: No. 23 Lubbock Christian (21-6); No. 25 Pittsburg State (18-8)
 
Others receiving votes: Northwood (21-5) 36; Wayne State, MI (20-6) 27; Lubbock Christian (21-6) 19; Central Missouri (21-5) 16; Pittsburg State (18-8) 16; Concordia-St. Paul (21-6) 14; California State-L.A. (20-5) 5; Alabama-Huntsville (25-4) 4; Vanguard (20-4) 3.