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 moved up another spot in the Digital Sports Daily NCAA Women’ s Basketball Top-25 rankings this week.

For the seventh straight week, and the 11th week overall, the Lady Bulldogs received votes in the ESPN/USA Today Top-25 Coaches’ Poll tallying a record high 15 votes.  The 15 votes, which is three more votes than last week’s results, is the most that the Lady Bulldogs have every received in the national top-25 poll.

The Lady Bulldogs made its debut in the Digital Sports Daily NCAA Women’s Basketball Top-25 rankings four weeks ago at the No. 25 spot.  Since then, the Lady Bulldogs have remained in top-25, moving up one spot each week. 

With the new DSD Top-25 rankings coming out on Monday afternoon, the Lady Bulldogs climbed up yet another spot to No. 22 overall after picking up two Big South Conference wins this week.

Gardner-Webb (24-3, 13-1 Big South) is one of only four mid-major teams in the top-25 rankings, as Xavier of the Atlantic 10 is ranked seventh.  The other two mid-major schools are both sitting behind the Lady Bulldogs in the rankings, as Gonzaga is No. 23 and Dayton is No. 24.

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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/22595#ixzz0gNUB2HgX