Lady Yellowjackets Enter Stretch Run Ranked Fourth (February 19, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – With just four games remaining in the 2002-03 regular season, the MSU Billings Lady Yellowjackets remain in the No. 4 spot in this week’s NCAA West Region poll.  The Yellowjackets (14-6) have been fourth for three straight weeks.

MSUB will play its final in-region games this week when the Jackets host Western New Mexico on Saturday and Sunday.  Two wins in those two games could lock up the Yellowjackets’ second straight NCAA Tournament berth.  MSUB enters the week with an 11-3 mark against regional competition.  A 13-3 regional record would almost assure the Lady Yellowjackets of a spot in the West Region’s top eight. 

Seattle Pacific remained unbeaten and No. 1 this week, followed by Cal State-Bakersfield and Western Washington.  The top-ranked team at the end of the season will host the regional tournament, with the top eight teams qualifying.

NCAA II West Region Women’s Basketball Poll (through games of February 16, 2003)
1.         Seattle Pacific                           21-0
2.         Cal State Bakersfield                20-1
3.         Western Washington                 18-3
4.         Montana State-Billings         16-6
5.         Cal State Stanislaus                  14-7
6.         Cal State San Bernardino          14-7
7.         Cal State Chico                        13-7
8.         UC Davis                                 13-8
9.         Central Washington                  11-8
10.       Sonoma State                           13-8 

Next Poll: February 26, 2003