2014-15 PacWest
Women’s Basketball Poll |
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1. |
Academy of Art (11) |
167 |
|
2. |
Azusa Pacific (2) |
155 |
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3. |
California Baptist |
139 |
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4. |
Hawai’i Pacific |
125 |
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5. |
Point Loma |
110 |
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6. |
Dixie State |
93 |
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7. |
Fresno Pacific |
92 |
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8. |
Dominican |
71 |
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9. |
Hawai’i Hilo |
67 |
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10. |
Notre Dame de Namur |
58 |
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11. |
Holy Names |
46 |
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12. |
BYU-Hawaii |
42 |
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13. |
Chaminade |
18 |
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First-place votes in parenthesis |
IRVINE, Calif. – Academy of Art, the defending PacWest regular-season women’s basketball champion, was picked to repeat in 2014-15 in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches, released Wednesday. The Urban Knights have also won the PacWest Championship tournament and represented the conference in the NCAA West Regional in each of the last two seasons.
ART U received 11 first-place votes and 167 total points to earn the honor of preseason favorite for the second-consecutive year. Azusa Pacific received the other two first-place votes to finish second. California Baptist, Hawai’i Pacific, Point Loma and Dixie State rounded out the potential field for the 2015 PacWest Championship tournament.
The 2015 PacWest Championship will again feature the top-six teams in the PacWest standings and be held at Concordia University Irvine March 5-7. Fresno Pacific and Holy Names are the only schools not eligible for the tournament this season.
Academy of Art junior
Krystal Forthan was named the PacWest Preseason Player of the Year. Forthan was the PacWest Player and Newcomer of the Year last year after transferring from LSU. She was also a third-team Daktronics All-American and two-time all-region pick.
The Preseason All-PacWest team featured three players who were first-team picks last year in Forthan, California Baptist’s
Kamille Diaz and Azusa Pacific’s
Kelly Hardeman. Diaz was also the PacWest Freshman of the Year. Also named to the team were Hawai’i Pacific’s
Morganne Comstock and Point Loma’s
Jessica Escorza, both second-team selections last year; and BYU-Hawaii’s
Brydgette Leopoldo-Tatupu, a third-team honoree.
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2014-15 Preseason All-PacWest Women’s Basketball Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown/Previous School |
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Morganne Comstock |
Hawai’i Pacific |
F |
Sr. |
Seattle, Wash./Kentlake |
|
Kamille Diaz |
California Baptist |
G |
So. |
Indio, Calif./JW North |
|
Jessica Escorza |
Point Loma |
G |
Sr. |
South Riding, Va./Freedom |
|
Krystal Forthan |
Academy of Art |
F |
Jr. |
Portland, Ore./Georgetown HS |
|
Kelly Hardeman |
Azusa Pacific |
F |
Jr. |
Manila, Philippines/Faith Academy |
|
Brydgette Leopoldo-Tatupu |
BYU-Hawaii |
G |
Sr. |
Honolulu, Hawaii/Farmington |