Fayette, Mo. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced their tenth and final regular season edition of the Division 1 Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll on Tuesday afternoon. Central Methodist University remained ranked 13^th in the latest poll after a 1-1 finish last week.
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"We are where we need to be," said CMU associate head coach Greg Ray. "We know we matched up and competed well within The Heart, but we still have to continue to get better and prove ourselves on the national stage. That's what this conference tournament is all about."
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Overall, Central Methodist holds a record of 25-3 overall and 20-2 in The Heart. CMU won the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season title and has already clinched a berth to the NAIA National Tournament.
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The Lady Eagles hosted William Penn University last Wednesday, in Central Methodist's home regular season finale. CMU defeated the Statesmen 86-74. The regular season came to a close this past Saturday, when Central Methodist traveled to Atchison, Kansas to face previous ranked 18^th Benedictine College. Last Saturday's contest was tabbed as the NAIA Network Game of the Week Presented by Stretch Internet. The 18^th ranked Ravens upset the 13^th ranked Lady Eagles 82-69.
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The Heart of America Athletic Conference, along with two other conferences led all leagues with four teams represented each. The teams that appeared in this week's poll from The Heart include: MidAmerica Nazarene University (9^th), Benedictine College (19^th), Baker University (24^th), and Culver-Stockton College (RV).
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The 13^th�ranked Lady Eagles will host the winner of tonight's Grand View University/Evangel winner in a Heart quarterfinal game this Thursday evening at 7pm inside of Puckett Field House.
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"We are tightening our ship and taking care of the little things as we prepare for Evangel or Grand View," added Ray. "The second season starts Thursday night for us. Everyone is 0-0 now, and at the end of this thing, we want to be playing at the top of our game and hopefully cutting down the nets on our home court."
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For more information about Central Methodist University athletics, visit http://www.cmueagles.com. Follow CMU athletics on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cmathletics and on Twitter twitter.com/cmueagles. ���
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2015-16 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll No. 10 (March 1)

RANK	LAST WEEK^	SCHOOL (1st Place Votes)	WON	LOST	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) (9)	27	2	219
2	2	Westmont (Calif.)	26	3	212
3	3	Bethel (Tenn.)	25	5	203
4	4	Lyon (Ark.)	26	3	198
5	6	The Master's (Calif.)	24	4	180
T6	5	Campbellsville (Ky.)	23	6	177
T6	8	Vanguard (Calif.)	22	5	177
8	9	Shawnee State (Ohio)	25	5	174
9	10	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	24	5	160
10	11	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	24	6	157
11	7	Columbia (Mo.)	26	4	154
12	14	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	22	4	146
13	13	Central Methodist (Mo.)	25	3	140
14	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	23	6	128
15	15	Talladega (Ala.)	22	4	125
16	16	Montana State-Northern	22	7	113
17	17	Oklahoma City	18	7	104
18	19	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	25	5	99
19	18	Benedictine (Kan.)	25	5	96
20	20	Carroll (Mont.)	21	7	86
21	23	Great Falls (Mont.)	21	9	82
22	21	Pikeville (Ky.)	21	7	67
23	25	Langston (Okla.)	21	6	62
24	RV	Baker (Kan.)	22	7	57
25	24	Loyola (La.)	20	7	49

Dropped from the Top 25:�LSU Shreveport (La.) (No. 22)�

Others receiving votes:�LSU Shreveport (La.) 48; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 30; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 19; Xavier (La.) 17; Cumberland (Tenn.) 16; Huston-Tillotson (Texas) 10; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 8; William Woods (Mo.) 3.�
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