Cal State Dominguez Hills Women's Basketball Ranked in No. 9 in Western Region
January 19, 2006

For the second year in a row, the Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s basketball team has been ranked in the first NCAA Regional rankings of the season, it was announced earlier by the NCAA. The Toros check in at the No. 9 spot.

The Toros, who currently stand at 7-5, 2-4 CCAA, are led by senior Tameka Blue's (Watsonville, CA/Santa Cruz HS) career-best 19.1 points per game thus far, while sophomores Alana Bailey (Altadena, CA/John Muir HS) and Jessica Liang (Alhambra, CA/Mark Keppel HS) round out the Toros offense with 11.8 and 9.5 points per game, respectively.

CSUDH travels to UC San Diego and Cal State San Bernardino in key conference games this Friday and Saturday, respectively, before returning home to face Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Monterey Bay the week of January 23.

Eight teams per region qualify for the postseason, with the winner of both the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) receiving automatic bids. The final regional poll will determine which other six teams are awarded the six at-large berths, with those teams joining the CCAA and GNAC regular-season champions in the West Regional of the NCAA II National Tournament, taking place from March 10-13 at a site to be determined.

Team                         Div. II  Region 
1.      UC San Diego             8-2     8-1 
2.      Cal State Bakersfield   11-1     9-1 
3.      Western Washington      11-1    11-1 
4.      Cal State L.A.           9-1     7-1 
5.      Chico State             10-2    10-2 
6.      Seattle Pacific          6-4     5-4 
7.      Sonoma State             5-5     5-5 
8.      Northwest Nazarene       5-4     3-4 
9.      Cal St. Dominguez Hills  4-4     3-4 
10.     Humboldt State           6-6     6-6