Bowdoin Hoops #1 In Nation

For the first time in over a decade, the Bowdoin College Polar Bears women's basketball team is the #1 team in the nation.

The first D3 Hoops.com weekly ranking of the season puts Bowdoin in the top spot with a 4-0 record. Amherst, the preseason #1 team, got upset by Eastern Connecticut over the weekend.

Bowdoin and Amherst, both NESCAC schools, played in the national championship game last year.

The last time the Polar Bears were ranked #1 was back in the 2006-07 season.

So far this year, Bowdoin is beating opponents by an average of 40+ points.

Among the Maine players on the team, former Bangor Rams center Cordelia Stewart is averaging 6 PPG. Former Presque Isle Wildcat Hannah Graham is scoring 9.5 PPG. South Portland's Maddie Hasson is averaging 16PPG and Greely's Moira Train is scoring 5 PPG.

NOTE: The St. Joseph's Monks have climbed to #12 in the national poll.

D3 HOOPS.com NATIONAL RANKINGS

#	School (1st votes)	Rec	Pts	Prev.
1	Bowdoin (17)	4-0	610	2
2	Hope (3)	3-0	580	3
3	St. Thomas (3)	3-0	572	4
4	Thomas More	6-0	546	5
5	Chicago (2)	4-0	512	7
6	Tufts	4-0	509	6
7	Amherst	2-1	478	1
8	Scranton	3-0	467	8
9	East Texas Baptist	6-0	407	14
10	George Fox	3-1	351	10
11	Christopher Newport	5-0	307	20
12	St. Joseph's (Maine)	4-0	302	17
13	Trine	5-1	298	9
14	Messiah	5-1	273	11
15	Emory and Henry	5-0	265	23
16	Illinois Wesleyan	4-2	239	12
17	UW-Whitewater	3-1	162	21
18	Wartburg	3-1	156	15
19	Austin	4-0	125	--
20	Gettysburg	3-1	119	19
21	DePauw	3-2	117	13
22	Texas-Dallas	3-1	111	22
23	SUNY Geneseo	5-0	107	--
24	Baldwin Wallace	4-0	105	--
25	Mary Hardin-Baylor	4-0	61	--

Dropped out: No. 16 Marymount, No. 18 Washington U., No. 24 Montclair State, No. 25 Randolph-Macon

Others receiving votes: Washington U. 44, Rochester Tech 43, DeSales 33, UW-Oshkosh 33, Chapman 26, Marymount 24; Randolph-Macon 22; Oglethorpe 21; Wheaton (Ill.) 21; Montclair State 19; Ithaca 12; Hardin-Simmons 7; Ohio Northern 7; Trinity (Conn.) 7; Middlebury 6; Johns Hopkins 5; SUNY Oneonta 4; Mount Union 3; Trinity (Texas) 3; Whitman 3; UW-La Crosse 2; Muhlenberg 1