NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The Assumption University women's basketball team has been selected third in the Northeast 10 Conference Coaches' Poll after reaching the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. The announcement was made by the league office on Wednesday morning.
Bentley, the 2026 NE10 Championship finalist, tallied 81 points and nine first-place votes in the poll. Under head coach C White, the Falcons have won four of the past five NE10 Championship titles and are 81-18 (.818) in conference play during that time. Bentley has hosted two of the past three NCAA East Regionals and enters the 2026-27 season having won a conference-record 24 NE10 Championship titles. The next closest team (Stonehill) has six.
Bentley returns its top two scorers from a year ago in Kayana Armbrister and Niya Morgen - a duo that helped the Falcons rank in the top three of all NE10 programs in both scoring offense and scoring defense.
Southern Connecticut (SCSU), the reigning NE10 champion, is second in the poll with 69 points and one first-place vote. In 2026, the Owls won their first NE10 Championship title in nearly 20 years by upsetting top-seeded Bentley. SCSU went on to host the NCAA East Regional for the first time since 2007. The Owls had the top scoring defense in the NE10 last season, allowing only 53.3 points per game to opponents.
Assumption was third in the poll with 64 points, while Adelphi (53 points) and American International (44 points) complete the top five. Last season, Assumption qualified for the NCAA East Regional for the fourth consecutive season.
Southern New Hampshire (SNHU) finished sixth in the poll, followed by Saint Michael's, Pace, Saint Anselm and Franklin Pierce, respectively.
The 2026-27 NE10 season opens at home, as they host the College of Staten Island on Monday, November 9th at 5:30 pm. All home games and conference games can be watched this season on
NE10 NOW on FloCollege.
2026-27 NE10 Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll
| Rank |
Team |
Votes (1st Place) |
| 1 |
Bentley |
81 (9) |
| 2 |
SCSU |
69 (1) |
| 3 |
Assumption |
64 |
| 4 |
Adelphi |
53 |
| 5 |
AIC |
44 |
| 6 |
SNHU |
42 |
| 7 |
Saint Michael's |
37 |
| 8 |
Pace |
26 |
| 9 |
Saint Anselm |
24 |
| 10 |
Franklin Pierce |
10 |
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