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Gannon Women's Basketball Team Tabbed 19th in USA Today ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll
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The preseason accolades continue to pour in for the Gannon women's basketball team.
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ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon women’s basketball team is ranked 19th in the USA Today ESPN Division II Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll released Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Knights were tabbed 21st in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 released October 12.

Michigan Tech is the preseason No. 1, receiving 12 first-place votes and 563 points. The Huskies return all five starters from last year’s 27-7 Elite Eight squad. Franklin Pierce (552), California (Pa.) (486), Delta State (Miss.) (483) and Fort Lewis (Colo.) (478) completed the top five.

Minnesota State-Mankato (448), Emporia State (Kan.) (409), Alaska-Anchorage (383), Stonehill (Mass.) (370) and West Texas A&M (341) rounded out the top 10.

Head coach Cleve Wright’s squad is one of three Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) teams listed in the top 25. California (Pa.) is ranked third while Indiana (Pa.) is 21st. Millersville is listed among receiving votes.

The University of District of Columbia, Johnson C. Smith (N.C.), West Liberty State (W.Va.), Fairmont State (W.Va.), Seton Hill (Pa.), Virginia State and Bowie State (Md.) were other Atlantic region programs receiving votes, but did not appear in the top 25.

Gannon returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s 26-5 team that advanced to the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The Lady Knights tied the school record for victories last season and finished 12-2 in the PSAC Western Division. In addition, the team won four games against nationally-ranked opponents and was ranked 20th in the final USA Today ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.

For the complete USA Today ESPN Division II Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll, please click here.
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Drew Deimel
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Deimel earned the final 2009-10 Gannon male athlete-of-the-week honor by qualifying for the 2010 NCAA Division II National Men's Golf Championship May 18-21 at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Indiana. The junior did so after finishing tied for sixth at the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional last week at the Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia. He is the first Gannon golfer to qualify for the national championship since current head coach Dave Patronik played in the 2003 event as a freshman.Deimel secured the last individual spot with a five-over-par 77 during the final round. He completed the regional with a three-round total of nine-over-par 225. Deimel opened the tournament with a three-over-par 75 during the first round, totaled a one-over-par 73 during the second round, before completing the event with a five-over-par 77. The junior opened the third round with an even-par 36 on the back nine, before turning around and scoring a five-over-par 41 on the front nine. He finished the day with 10 pars, two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey - his first and only of the regional. The Erie, Pa., native recorded back-to-back birdies on the par-3, 180-yard 13th hole and the par-4, 384-yard 14th hole during the last day. It marked the first time Deimel had birdied either hole that week. He previously birdied the par-5, 501-yard 12th hole and the par-4, 420-yard 16th hole during each of the first two rounds. Deimel was one of four golfers who qualified for the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional as an individual. He is the first Gannon golfer to be invited to an NCAA regional since Patronik played in the 2006 NCAA Division II Great Lakes/South Central Regional as a senior.
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