Warriors tie highest ranking ever in NAIA Div. II polls

Corban's women's basketball team is currently ranked 17th in the nation with a record of 9-2 this season

OLATHE, Kan. - Thanks to two wins last week against NCAA opponents, Corban’s women’s basketball team tied its highest ranking ever when the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ (NAIA) coaches’ poll was released earlier today by the national office.

The Warriors are ranked 17th in the nation and stand as the only Cascade Collegiate Conference school ranked in the top 25 in the nation.  Corban jumped up one spot in the rankings this week and sits 29 points away from the 16th-ranked South Dakota Tech. Corban received its previous highest ranking (17th) in January of 1996 under former head coach Terry Williams.

So far this season, Corban is averaging 70.5 points per game and is outscoring its opponents by 12.9 points per contest. The Warriors have won nine of their last ten games, including a season-high 6 game winning streak.

In eleven games, Corban is 9-2 and has earned wins over Northwest Christian, Westminster (Utah), Willamette (twice), Holy Names, Dominican (Calif.), Southern Oregon, Oregon Institute of Technology, and Western Oregon.

Corban was chosen as the pre-season pick to win the Cascade Collegiate Conference title, as fourth-year head coach Dave Bale returned all five starters and 9-out-of-12 players from last season’s team.  The 2004-2005 squad won its second conference post-season tournament title ever and made its second trip in the past three seasons to the NAIA national tournament.

For a complete look at the latest NAIA coaches’ poll, go to naia.collegesports.com.