Bowdoin The New #1 Team In Nation?

The new #1 team in the nation in Division III women's hoops very well could be the Bowdoin College. While Coach Adrienne Shibles and her Polar Bears were beating UNE 106-55 last night, Amherst was getting upset by Eastern Connecticut 70-67.

The preseason poll (below) has two-time national champ Amherst ranked #1 and Bowdoin #2. Remember they met in the national championship game last year.

The (3-0) Polar Bears are likely to move into the #1 ranking after the (2-1) Amherst loss. The first of the weekly polls will be released Monday.

D3Hoops.com National Preseason Poll

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Amherst (21)	33-0	617	1
2	Bowdoin (2)	29-3	577	2
3	Hope	29-2	554	5
4	St. Thomas (1)	27-3	525	7
5	Thomas More	30-2	522	4
6	Tufts	26-5	489	6
7	Chicago (1)	24-3	474	12
8	Scranton	28-2	453	10
9	Trine	26-4	423	9
10	George Fox	25-4	360	18
11	Messiah	27-3	317	15
12	Illinois Wesleyan	25-4	315	16
13	DePauw	25-3	262	20
14	East Texas Baptist	25-7	260	11
15	Wartburg	31-1	185	3
16	Marymount	25-4	164	19
17	St. Joseph's (Maine)	28-2	139	23
18	Washington U.	19-8	137	--
19	Gettysburg	26-3	136	25
20	Christopher Newport	25-5	128	13
21	UW-Whitewater	25-4	127	21
22	Texas-Dallas	24-5	107	--
23	Emory and Henry	23-7	98	--
24	Montclair State	25-4	96	14
25	Randolph-Macon	23-6	88	--

NOTE: Among the four Maine players on the Bowdoin team are former Bangor HS standout Cordelia Stewart and Presque Isle HS standout Hannah Graham...Head coach Andrienne Shibles is a former Mt. View HS player while assistant coach Megan Phelps is a former MDI HS player.

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