The Muhlenberg women’s basketball team is ranked second in the Mid-Atlantic Region, according to the poll released by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee today.

Ranked right ahead of the Mules (17-2) is King’s (19-1), who will travel to Memorial Hall on Monday, Feb. 11, for a showdown that could have significant implications for the NCAA Tournament.

Muhlenberg has games against Haverford (home) and Washington (away) this week, while the Lady Monarchs visit Delaware Valley and host Lycoming. Should the Mules defeat 3-16 Haverford, they will enter Monday’s contest with a 20-game home winning streak. King’s has been perfect on the road, its lone loss coming to DeSales.

In the d3hoops.com national poll, King’s is ranked fourth and Muhlenberg 15th.

NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic poll
(with in-region records through games of Sunday)
1. King’s (15-1)
2. Muhlenberg (15-2)
3. Scranton (12-3)
4. Messiah (14-2)
5. Swarthmore (12-2)
6. Lebanon Valley (14-3)
7. Franklin & Marshall (15-4)
8. DeSales (14-5)

d3hoops.com Division III poll

	School	Record	Pts	Last
1	Washington (Mo.) (25)	20-0	625	1
2	Hardin-Simmons	20-0	559	3
3	Hope	20-1	552	4
4	King’s	19-1	526	6
5	Southern Maine	20-1	517	5
6	Bowdoin	16-1	478	2
7	Wilmington	19-1	471	8
8	Eastern Connecticut State	19-1	468	7
9	Messiah	18-2	400	11
10	Wis.-Stevens Point	19-2	377	10
11	DePauw	18-2	372	12
12	New York University	17-3	335	15
13	Wis.-Stout	17-4	271	20
14	St. Benedict	18-3	270	14
15	Muhlenberg	16-2	259	18
16	Emmanuel	17-2	253	9
17	George Fox	19-2	238	21
18	Case Western	15-4	189	17
19	St. Thomas	17-4	141	16
20	Wis.-Eau Claire	17-3	132	13
21	Scranton	17-4	127	19
22	Webster	17-2	99	24
23	St. Lawrence	17-3	75	25
24	Carleton	17-4	71	23
25	Springfield	17-3	68	rv

Others receiving votes: Capital 61; Pacific Lutheran 54; Marymount 21; Lebanon Valley 20; Wheaton (Ill.) 20; Bates 10; Franklin & Marshall 10; Wartburg 10; Salisbury 9; Johns Hopkins 8; Anderson 6; Bridgewater (Va.) 6; Chapman 5; Lakeland 5; Wis.-Oshkosh 5; Christopher Newport 4; Franklin 3; Guilford 3; Gustavus Adolphus 2; DeSales 1; Salem State 1.

Senior Mark Lesko and junior Aaron Holden each recorded a double-double as the Muhlenberg men’s basketball team completed its season sweep of Haverford with an 83-59 win.

The victory enabled the Mules (16-5, 7-3) to clinch a spot in the

With his 16 points against Haverford, Lesko moved into eighth on the Mules’s all-time scoring list with 1,340 career points. Seventh place is 89 points away.

Centennial Conference playoffs (at worst a tiebreaker game) for the ninth straight season.

Lesko had his 10th double-double, with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Holden notched his third with 12 and 13. Their inside dominance helped Muhlenberg to a 41-25 advantage on the boards.

Senior Michael Barletta scored 10 points, while junior Toomey Anderson had eight, including his first career dunk. Four other players scored at least six points.

The Fords (3-18, 2-8) hung with the Mules for most of the first half and trailed by just one point, 24-23, with 5:30 to play. Holden’s dunk kicked off a 10-0 run to end the half for Muhlenberg.

A dunk by Lesko and an ensuing free throw capped a 17-3 run to begin the second half that gave the Mules their biggest lead, 51-26.

Muhlenberg held its opponent under 60 points for the fifth time in seven games.

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