| 2010-11 Women's Basketball Coaches
Pre-Season Poll: |
| School |
(1st) |
Pts. |
2009-10 All |
2009-10 NWC |
| George Fox (Ore.) |
(5) |
81 |
28-3 |
16-0 |
| Lewis & Clark (Ore.) |
(2) |
71 |
16-10 |
10-6 |
| Whitman (Wash.) |
(2) |
62 |
12-13 |
7-9 |
| Puget Sound (Wash.) |
|
54 |
24-5 |
14-2 |
| Whitworth (Wash.) |
|
44 |
14-12 |
10-6 |
| Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) |
|
38 |
7-18 |
5-11 |
| Linfield (Ore.) |
|
26 |
6-19 |
4-12 |
| Pacific (Ore.) |
|
25 |
7-16 |
4-12 |
| Willamette (Ore.) |
|
15 |
4-21 |
2-14 |
(First-place votes in parenthesis. Points awarded on
10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis).
Defending Champion George Fox
is Picked to Repeat
Spokane, Wash. - George Fox University, which has won or shared
four straight Northwest Conference women's basketball
titles, has been picked by conference coaches as the favorite
to finish atop the conference standings again in 2010-11.
The Bruins picked up five of nine first place votes
and tallied 81 of 90 possible points in the poll. George Fox,
under first-year head coach Michael Meek, returns First Team
All-NWC guard Keisha Gordon and First Team All-NWC post Hannah
Munger among three starters.
Lewis & Clark College is second in the poll with 71 points
and picked up two of the other first place votes. The
Pioneers look forward to the return of First Team All-NWC guard
Christina Herring and Second Team All-NWC guard Kristina
Williams.
Whitman College (62 points) is third in the poll and received
the other two first place votes. The Missionaries battled
through an injury-plagued 2009-10 season and will look to sophomore
point guard Kelly Peterson to lead the way.
The University of Puget Sound is fourth in the poll with 54
points. The Loggers also have a new coach in Loree
Payne. UPS will look to Second Team All-NWC guard Jocelyn
Riordan to step in for Claire Ely, who graduated as the
2010 NWC Player of the Year.
Whitworth University is fifth in the poll with 44 points.
The Pirates do not return any starters from 2009-10, when they tied
for third place.
Pacific Lutheran University (37 points) is sixth. Junior
guard Melissa Pixler will lead the Lutes this season.
Linfield College (26 points) and Pacific University (25)
are seventh and eighth in the poll, respectively. Robin
Potera-Haskins of Linfield is the third new head coach in the NWC
this season and Second Team All-NWC forward Gretchen Owens returns
for the Wildcats. Junior forward Erica Schultz will
be a leader for the Boxers.
Willamette University (15) is ninth in the poll. Senior
guard Alex Zennan will look to lead the Bearcats up the standings
this winter.
The Northwest Conference will use a conference tournament,
comprised of the top four teams in the final regular season
standings, to decide the automatic (Pool A) bid to the NCAA
tournament.
The season officially gets underway on November 15th.