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2016 IWLCA Division III Poll – April 4, 2016
The top six teams retained their spots in the IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll, led by reigning NCAA champion Cortland (9-0), the consensus choice for the top spot. Middlebury (9-0) survived a challenge from then ninth-ranked Amherst, who moved up to the seventh spot after taking the Panthers to overtime before falling 8-7. Fellow NESCAC team Bates College (9-1) jumped into the top-ten after their 8-7 win over Hamilton, and Dickinson (5-3) made its first appearance in the 2016 rankings, entering at number 20. Key contests in the upcoming week include Middlebury hosting Hamilton (#11) and traveling to Bates (#9), Salisbury (#4) at Christopher Newport (#15) and St. Mary’s (#14), and Amherst (#7) at Colby (#8).
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
LW |
|
1 |
SUNY Cortland |
400 |
20 |
9-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Middlebury |
379 |
0 |
9-0 |
2 |
|
3 |
TCNJ |
354 |
0 |
8-1 |
3 |
|
4 |
Salisbury |
336 |
0 |
11-1 |
4 |
|
5 |
Franklin & Marshall |
320 |
0 |
9-1 |
5 |
|
6 |
Gettysburg |
310 |
0 |
8-1 |
6 |
|
7 |
Amherst |
257 |
0 |
5-2 |
9 |
|
8 |
Colby |
248 |
0 |
7-1 |
8 |
|
9 |
Bates |
234 |
0 |
9-1 |
13 |
|
10 |
Trinity (CT) |
227 |
0 |
7-2 |
10 |
|
11 |
Hamilton |
174 |
0 |
6-3 |
12 |
|
12 |
Brockport |
145 |
0 |
7-0 |
16 |
|
13 |
Mary Washington |
131 |
0 |
11-2 |
18 |
|
14 |
St. Mary's (MD) |
125 |
0 |
12-1 |
19 |
|
15 |
Christopher Newport |
122 |
0 |
10-1 |
17 |
|
16 |
Tufts |
121 |
0 |
5-4 |
11 |
|
17 |
York (PA) |
112 |
0 |
7-5 |
7 |
|
18 |
St. John Fisher |
96 |
0 |
9-1 |
15 |
|
19 |
Messiah |
52 |
0 |
5-4 |
14 |
|
20 |
Dickinson |
15 |
0 |
5-3 |
NR |
|
Also Receiving Votes: Bowdoin, Union, Washington & Lee |
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The next IWLCA Division III Weekly Poll will be released on April 11, 2016.