Defenders Top GPAC 2024-25 Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University totaled 114 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2024-25 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Championship. The Defenders tallied 6 of the possible 12 first-place votes. Concordia was picked second with 106 points and three first-place votes. Dakota Wesleyan at third, Northwestern in fourth and Briar Cliff in fifth also all received one first-place vote.
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University totaled 114 points in the preseason coaches' poll and is picked to win the 2024-25 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Basketball Championship. The Defenders tallied 6 of the possible 12 first-place votes. Concordia was picked second with 106 points and three first-place votes. Dakota Wesleyan at third, Northwestern in fourth and Briar Cliff in fifth also all received one first-place vote.
Dordt was the NAIA National Champion in 2023-24 andn also won the GPAC regular season and post season tournament title, going 21-1 in conference play. Six teams from the GPAC, Dakota Wesleyan, Concordia, Dordt, Jamestown, Briar Cliff and Northwestern all qualified for the NAIA Women's Basketball Championship tournament.
Points were awarded on an 11-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2024-25 GPAC Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll:
|
RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
1st Place Votes |
|
1 |
DORDT |
114 |
6 |
|
2 |
CONCORDIA |
106 |
3 |
|
3 |
DAKOTA WESLEYAN |
100 |
1 |
|
4 |
NORTHWESTERN |
93 |
1 |
|
5 |
BRIAR CLIFF |
88 |
1 |
|
6 |
MORNINGSIDE |
71 |
|
|
7 |
DOANE |
61 |
|
|
8 |
HASTINGS |
55 |
|
|
9 |
MOUNT MARTY |
39 |
|
|
10 |
MIDLAND |
32 |
|
|
11 |
WALDORF |
20 |
|
|
12 |
COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY |
13 |