In the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division II Coaches Poll, released on Tuesday (Dec. 3) afternoon, Ashland University's women's basketball team made a jump of four spots into the No. 10 spot.
 
The Eagles (6-2) will begin Great Midwest Athletic Conference play on Thursday (Dec. 5) at 6 p.m. at Northwood (1-5), then return to the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium on Saturday (Dec. 7) at 1 p.m. to take on Tiffin (4-2).
 
Ashland is 3-0 all-time as the No. 10-ranked team in D-II, and 333-22 (.938) all-time as a ranked team in D-II.
 
This is the 177^th time Ashland has been in the Top 25 of the coaches poll, and 155^th time in the Top 10. The Eagles have been in the coaches poll Top 25 on 57 consecutive occasions.
 
Ashland boasts the ninth-best team field-goal percentage (47.4) in the nation. Senior forward Hayley Smith is tied for the sixth-most rebounds (83) in the country.
 
2024-25 ASHLAND UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WBCA COACHES POLL RANKINGS: No. 5 (preseason), No. 7 (Nov. 19), No. 14 (Nov. 26), No. 10 (Dec. 3).