Boiling Springs, N.C. – The Gardner-Webb women’s basketball team continued to receive votes in the ESPN/USA Today Top-25 Coaches’ Poll and also broke into the Digital Sports Daily NCAA Women’ s Basketball Top-25 rankings this week.

For the fourth straight week, and the eighth week overall, the Lady Bulldogs received votes in the ESPN/USA Today Top-25 Coaches’ Poll tallying 11 votes.  The 11 votes, which is two more votes than last week’s results, ties the most that the Lady Bulldogs have received in the national weekly poll.

The Lady Bulldogs used a pair of lopsided victories, including a 45-point win against Coastal Carolina (12-7) to make their season debut in the Digital Sports Daily NCAA Women’s Basketball Top-25 rankings this week.

Coach Reeves’ squad is ranked 25th overall in the DSD Top-25 rankings, sitting behind Texas (20th), Georgia (21st), LSU (22nd), Virginia (23rd) and Vanderbilt (24th).

Gardner-Webb (18-3, 7-1 Big South) is one of only two mid-major teams in the top-25 rankings, as Xavier of the Atlantic 10 is ranked 10th.

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To view the ESPN/USA Today Top-25 Coaches Poll go to:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/rankings

To view the Digit Sports Daily NCAA Women’s Basketball Top-25 Rankings go to:
http://digitalsportsdaily.com/college-basketball/20307