Women's Basketball Tabbed Seventh in ODAC Coaches' Poll
Greensboro, N.C. -- Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) women's basketball coaches picked Guilford College seventh in the league's annual preseason poll Thursday. League officials released the 2009-10 poll at the annual media day at the Salem (Va.) Civic Center. The Quakers received 53 points in the 11-team ranking.
Top-ranked Roanoke College earned 120 points and 10 first-place votes, on the strength of two returning all-conference players and three NCAA Division I transfers. Defending league champion Randolph-Macon College received the remaining first-place vote and was picked second.
The Quakers return to action this season with many familiar faces in hopes of improving on last year's fifth-place tie in the league. Seventh-year head coach Stephanie Flamini returns eight letter winners two starters from last year's 11-15 squad that posted a 10-10 league record. Senior Ann Seufer returns after setting Guilford's career and single-season records for three-point field goals. She also ranked second on the team in scoring (10.2) and steals (38) and led the team in free-throw percentage (.865). Classmates Joclyn Terry, Alexa Williams and Jasmine Wood give Guilford a solid and experienced core.
Along with regular ODAC action, the Quakers schedule features a wide array of nonconference competition. Guilford opens the season Nov. 18 with its annual matchup with crosstown-rival Greensboro College in the Greensboro Coliseum. The Quakers head to the Jim Crawley Tournament hosted by Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md., Nov. 20-21. The schedule includes 11 home dates and 20 ODAC match-ups. The league's top-eight teams advance to the ODAC Championship Tournament Feb. 25-28 in the Salem (Va.) Civic Center.
2009-10 ODAC Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)1. Roanoke (10) 120
2. Randolph-Macon (1) 109
3. Eastern Mennonite 82
4. Bridgewater 81
4. Virginia Wesleyan 81
6. Washington and Lee 79
7. Guilford 53
8. Emory and Henry 44
9. Lynchburg 40
10. Randolph 24
11. Hollins 13