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Women's Basketball Ranked #4 in USA Today/ESPN Preseason Poll

10/31/07

Returning a strong cast after earning a trip to the 2007 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships Final Four resulted in New York University garnered another lofty preseason ranking.

In the USA Today/ESPN Division III Top 25 Coaches' Preseason Poll, the Violets are ranked #4, their second top-five ranking thus far. NYU was ranked #2 in the Preseason Women's D III News Poll.

In 2006-07, NYU reached the Final Four for the third time ever and tied for its second-most victories ever (27-4) while earning a share of the University Athletic Association (UAA) championship with Washington University, the #1 team in the USA Today/ESPN Poll.

A year ago, junior forward Jessica McEntee (16.9 ppg, 12.5 rpg) earned All-America honors from three organizations (Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches Association, d3hoops.com and Women's D III News) after becoming the first Violet to average a double-double in 15 years.

McEntee was named Player of the Year by the UAA, d3hoops.com (East Region), the National Invitational Tournament (NIT)/Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association (MBWA), and the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association (NYSWCAA).

NYU opens its 2007-08 season on Friday, Nov. 16, when it hosts Trinity College (CT) in the first round of the NYU Tip-Off Tournament at 6 p.m.

1. Washington University (Mo.)
2. DePauw University (Ind.)
3. Howard Payne Univ. (Texas)
4. New York University
5. Bowdoin College (Maine)
6. Calvin College (Mich.)
7. Hope College (Mich.)
8. Univ. of Mary Washington (Va.)
9. Luther College (Iowa)
10. University of Southern Maine
11. Messiah College (Pa.)
12. Kean University (N.J.)
13. Emmanuel College (Mass.)
14. University of Scranton (Pa.)
15. University of Rochester (N.Y.)
16. Illinois Wesleyan University
17. Capital University (Ohio)
18. Simpson College (Iowa)
19. University of Puget Sound (Wash.)
20. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
21. Millikin University (Ill.)
22. Wilmington College (Ohio)
23. Randolph-Macon College (Va.)
24. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
25. Lake Forest College (Ill.)