PHOENIX - The University of New Orleans men's swimming and diving
team equaled their highest ranking in school history as the
CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Mid-Major Division I poll placed the
Privateers ninth, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
The men's squad was ranked as high as No. 9 during the 2008-09 season
before finishing the year as the No. 12 ranked mid-major squad in the
country.
Head coach Randy Horner has watched as his team has posted several of
the highest marks in school history while contesting nationally
recognized programs in Stanford and LSU.
On the women's side, UNO was in the 'also receiving votes
category'. The Privateer women set a school-record last year when they
entered the poll for the first time with a No. 23 ranking, a spot they
held through the end of the season.
Though not in the top 25, the
women are one of just four Sun Belt teams listed. If the rankings held
to form at the conference meet, a fourth place finish would be an
all-time high for the squad.
The SBC as a whole ranked very
high amongst mid-majors, placing three teams in the top 10 on the men's
side of the poll with Western Kentucky at No. 3 and Denver at No. 6
joining UNO.
WKU and DU also rank in the top 10 amongst women's teams with the Hilltoppers at No. 4 and Pioneers at No. 10.
The
Mid-Major poll is available to those institutions that are not members
of a Bowl Championship Series conference, Mountain West Conference, or
Western Athletic Conference. Poll members could fall under another
category, in which they provide fewer than one-half of the allowable
scholarships under the NCAA rules.
The next poll will be released by CollegeSwimming.com and the CSCAA on Dec. 23.
A full ranking is available at http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2009/nov/17/navy-men-boston-women-lead-mid-major-ranks/
