DOMINICAN & USCIENCES TOP THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS IN THE 2019-20 CACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL

New Haven, Conn. (10/29/19) Dominican College and University of the Sciences topped their respective divisions in the 2019-20 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced on Tuesday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

DOMINICAN & USCIENCES TOP THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS IN THE 2019-20 CACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
October 29, 2019

New Haven, Conn. (10/29/19) Dominican College and University of the Sciences topped their respective divisions in the 2019-20 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced on Tuesday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The voting for the poll was conducted by the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

Dominican, which won the North Division title last season, earned 85 points in the voting, including 10 of 14 first-place votes. The Lady Chargers return several letterwinners from a season ago and will again try to scale the mountain in the North in 2019-20.

USciences won the South Division title last season and reached the final of the CACC Championship Tournament. The Devils also locked up the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II East Region Tournament, and hosted the regional back in March. USciences returns several letterwinners as well, as the Devils earned 87 points in the voting and nine first-place nods.

The voting for the 2019-20 CACC Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll is located below.

2019-20 CACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
 North Division
 1. Dominican College 85 (10)
2. Caldwell University 70 (2)
3. Post University 69 (2)
4. Felician University 58
5. Bloomfield College 43
6. Concordia College 34
7. Nyack College 26

South Division
 1. University of the Sciences 87 (9)
2. Jefferson 77 (4)
3. Georgian Court University 65
4. Goldey-Beacom College 58 (1)
5. Holy Family University 39
6. Chestnut Hill College 33
7. Wilmington University 26

() - First-Place Votes

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.