Basketball Spotlight: Devils are Coaches' Choice in CACC Pre-Season Poll Tuesday, October 26, 2004 By Bob Heller USIP Sports Information Director Defending CACC Tournament champion University of the Sciences in Philadelphia was selected to the top spot in the 2004-05 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, according to balloting released today. USP, which finished second in the regular season standings, received nine out of 12 first-place votes and 15 points overall. Holy Family University, which won the regular-season title and joined USP in the NCAA Northeast Regional field, received the other three first-place votes. Holy Family finished second in the poll with 21 points. The Devils return 10 players from last season's 24-6 squad, including the 2003-04 CACC Player of the Year Leah Shumoski and 2004 CACC Tournament MVP Shelby Rance. Shumoski (Jr., Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA) led the Devils with 17.1 points per game and 8.9 rebounds per game. Rance (So., Central Columbia HS/Bloomsburg, PA) averaged 13.1 points per game and was ranked seventh nationally in free throw percentage (87.4%). USP opens the regular season on November 23, 2004 with a home game against St. Michael's College. The complete poll results are listed below. CACC Women's Basketball 2004-05 Preseason Coaches' Poll School 03-04 Records Points 1. University of the Sciences(9) 24-6, 20-2 15 2. Holy Family(3) 28-4, 21-1 21 3. Dominican 18-11, 16-6 49 4. NJIT 12-16, 11-11 64 5. Bloomfield 14-15, 12-10 65 6. Felician 11-16, 11-11 71 7. Caldwell 12-16, 12-10 77 8. Post 13-15, 11-11 91 9. Goldey-Beacom 9-17, 8-14 108 10. Wilmington 2-25, 2-20 117 11. Georgian Court 7-20, 7-15 120 12. Nyack 1-26, 1-21 138 Voting done by conference head coaches. Votes tabulated on 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 basis. First-place votes in parentheses.