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Four women's basketball teams in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference were featured in the most recent NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Top Ten poll, including a team making their first appearance of 2017-18 on the elite list.
Rainy River Community College, currently sitting 4-0 in the MCAC Northern Division, cracked into the 'Receiving Votes' category this week, based on the strength of an upset of then-#3 Northland CTC and a dominating offensive performance in a 100-54 victory over Itasca Community College. MCAC Player-of-the-Week Daeja Monroe hit for 45 points against ICC, setting a new school for points scored in contest. RRCC is 11-3 overall so far in 2017-18.
Rochester CTC and Northland CTC occupy the #7 and #8 spots respectively in the January 23 poll. RCTC is also unbeaten in Divisional play at 3-0 and have won their last three contests. Northland suffered their first Divisional loss to Rainy River on Wednesday, 62-58. The Pioneers had not lost a Northern Division contest since January 14, 2016, when Itasca outlasted NCTC 65-62.
Hibbing Community College also is found in the 'Receiving Votes' category of the NJCAA poll; the Cardinals are still a part of the Northern Division race at 2-2 and sport a 12-5 overall mark. To view the full NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball weekly poll, please click here.
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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.