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LADY CHARGERS ARE 4th IN THE 25-26 PRESEASON COACHES POLL
October 22, 2025

LADY CHARGERS ARE 4th IN THE 25-26 PRESEASON COACHES POLL

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

New Haven, Conn. (10/22/25) Holy Family University has been chosen for first place in the 2025-26 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. The voting was conducted by the conference's 11 head coaches and the results were announced today by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.

For the first time in a full season since the 2006-07 campaign, the CACC women's basketball regular season will not be contested in a divisional format. The conference's 11 teams will play a double round-robin schedule. Each school will have 20 league games, and the top eight teams in the standings at season's end will qualify for the CACC Championship tournament.

Holy Family (26-7, 13-3 CACC in 2024-25) won the 2025 CACC championship and reached the final of last year's NCAA Division II East Regional Championship tournament. The Tigers received seven first-place votes and 96 total points in the poll.

Thomas Jefferson University was selected for second place with 91 points, including three first-place votes. Jefferson captured the South Division regular-season title a year ago and was a CACC Tournament finalist and NCAA at-large selection. Caldwell University received the final first-place vote and was chosen for third place with 80 points, while Dominican University New York, last year's North Division winner, was fourth at 65 points.

Chestnut Hill College and Felician University tied for fifth place, each with 60 points. The No. 7 spot went to Post University with 53 points, followed by the 42 points of eighth-place Goldey-Beacom College. Rounding out the balloting were Georgian Court University (26 points), the University of Bridgeport (22), and Wilmington University (10).

The 2025-26 regular season begins on Friday, November 14, with conference action slated to start on Tuesday, November 25. The CACC Tournament quarterfinals will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at campus sites, and Caldwell will host the semifinals and finals on March 7-8, 2026, at the George R. Newman Center. The CACC champion will automatically qualify for the 2026 NCAA Division II East Region Championship.

 

2025-26 CACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
(First-place votes in parentheses)
1. Holy Family University 96 pts (7)
2. Thomas Jefferson University 91 (3)
3. Caldwell University 80 (1)
4. Dominican University New York 65
5. Chestnut Hill College 60
     Felician University 60
7. Post University 53
8. Goldey-Beacom College 42
9. Georgian Court University 26
10. University of Bridgeport 22
11. Wilmington University 10

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.