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Women's Basketball Picked Fifth in GNAC Preseason Poll

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PORTLAND, Ore. - The GNAC released the results of the 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll on Tuesday, with Northwest Nazarene picked fifth out of the 10 teams.

NNU earned 63 points in the poll, just a single point behind Montana State Billings' 64. Western Washington led with 90 points and five first-place votes, followed by Central Washington with 89 points and four first-place votes, and then Saint Martin's with 72 points. MSUB also received one first-place vote.

Alaska Anchorage was sixth, followed in order by Simon Fraser, Western Oregon, Seattle Pacific, and Alaska Fairbanks.

The Nighthawks were picked sixth a year ago and improved on that prediction, going 10-8 in GNAC play to grab the five-seed in the conference tournament where they suffered a narrow loss to four-seed WWU.

The Nighthawks will play a scrimmage at Treasure Valley CC on Oct. 22 before hosting College of Idaho in a home opening exhibition on Oct. 24. The regular season gets underway at Cal Poly Humboldt on Nov. 14, and GNAC play will begin on Dec. 6 with Central Washington coming to Nampa. The 2026 GNAC Basketball Championships are set to be held from March 5-7 in Bellingham, Washington.

 
Rank Team (FPV) Points
1 Western Washington (5) 90
2 Central Washington (4) 89
3 Saint Martin's 72
4 Montana State Billings (1) 64
5 Northwest Nazarene 63
6 Alaska Anchorage 62
7 Simon Fraser 42
8 Western Oregon 32
9 Seattle Pacific 24
10 Alaska Fairbanks 12

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