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Wednesday,
October
11, 2000 BLUE
HOSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RANKED #18 CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian
College women’s basketball team has been selected as
#18 in the Division II Bulletin Magazine preseason NCAA Division II poll
announced today. The
Blue Hose, under the direction of 12th-year head coach Beth Couture, return three
letterwinners and 11 letterwinners from last season’s
school and South Atlantic Conference record 28-2 team
which won their third straight SAC regular season and
tournament titles and finished the season ranked #14 in
the WBCA/USA Today national poll. The Blue Hose advanced
to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the
fifth time in the last six years as well. Leading
the way for PC this season is a trio of All-SAC
performers in seniors Rachel
Sloan, and Tracy Woody, and junior Toni
Leopard. Sloan, a 6-0 center from Greenville,
SC, is a two-time Kodak All-American and averaged 15.1
points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.8 steals and shot 52.1% from
the field last season. Woody, a 5-9 wing from Mauldin,
SC, averaged 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds while shooting
44.9% from the field and 79.0% from the free throw line.
Rounding out the returning starters is Leopard, a 6-0
wing from Ninety-Six, SC that earned NCAA Division II
South Atlantic Regional All-Tournament honors last
season. Leopard led the Blue Hose in scoring (15.2)
while averaging 5.3 rebounds and shooting 45.3% from the
field and 78.8% from the free throw line. Presbyterian
will open the 2000-2001 season at the Disney Division II
Tip-Off Classic where they will take on 1999-2000 NCAA
Division II runner-up, and preseason ranked #2 North
Dakota State University on November 3. The
following is the Division
II Bulletin Preseason NCAA Division II Women’s
Basketball Poll:
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