INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - After claiming its second South Atlantic Conference regular-season title in three years last weekend, the Anderson women's basketball team remained third in the Southeast Region in the NCAA's third and final Division II Southeast Region rankings of the season, as released Wednesday.
Anderson, which is entering the South Atlantic Conference Tournament as the top seed, is one of five teams from the SAC in the regional rankings. The 18th-ranked Trojans are riding a 16-game win streak and top the list of teams from the conference.
The top five teams in the rankings remained steady, with Limestone, Columbus State, Anderson, Lander and Wingate continuing to hold the first five spots.
Carson-Newman vaulted from eighth to sixth in the poll, with Newberry slipping one spot to seventh and North Georgia dropping from seventh to eighth this week. Catawba makes an appearance in this week's ranking at No. 9, while King (Tenn.) fell out of the poll after holding the ninth slot a week ago.
USC Aiken rounded out the poll at No. 10.
The NCAA D-II Tournament selections are scheduled to be unveiled on Sunday at 10 p.m. at www.ncaa.com.
Eight teams from each of the eight regions will advance to the NCAA Division II tournament. In the Southeast Region, the tournament champions from the SAC, Peach Belt, and Conference Carolinas will receive an automatic bid, with five more at-large selections.
NCAA Southeast Region Rankings
1. Limestone, 28-1
2. Columbus State, 26-1
3. Anderson, 23-3
4. Lander, 21-6
5. Wingate, 20-7
6. Carson-Newman, 19-9
7. Newberry, 18-8
8. North Georgia, 20-8
9. Catawba, 17-9
