The Missouri S&T women's basketball team is ranked fourth in the Great Lakes region in the first regional rankings of the 2007-08 season that were released today by the NCAA.

The Lady Miners, who will take a 14-2 record into Thursday's game at Southern Illinois Edwardsville, are one of seven Great Lakes Valley Conference teams among the top 10 this week. Of the other six in the rankings, S&T has wins over three of them, has lost to one and have the other two teams on the upcoming schedule.

Drury, who is 15-2 overall, is atop the regional rankings this week. The Lady Panthers, who will play at S&T on Feb. 7 in the first of two meetings between the teams, are followed by Ferris State and Indianapolis, the team that has handed the Lady Miners their only GLVC loss of the year and only loss within the region..

Missouri S&T is followed by Bellarmine, Hillsdale, Wisconsin-Parkside, Michigan Tech, Quincy and Northern Kentucky. The Lady Miners already own wins over Bellarmine, UW-Parkside and NKU and will play at Quincy Saturday ngiht. S&T and the Lady Hawks will square off in Rolla on Feb. 14.

The Lady Miners did receive votes in this week's WBCA/Division II national poll, but not enough to reach the Top 25.

NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Rankings
(January 30, 2008)
1. Drury
2. Ferris State
3. Indianapolis
4. Missouri S&T
5. Bellarmine
6. Hillsdale
7. Wisconsin-Parkside
8. Michigan Tech
9. Quincy
10. Northern Kentucky