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May 8, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – May 8, 2017
The College of New Jersey (15-1) claimed the NJAC championship and the top spot in the final regular season IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll with 19 of 20 first-place votes. Washington and Lee (16-1), the ODAC Champion, is the number two team. Colby (15-3) moves into third after defeating Middlebury and Trinity to claim the NESCAC championship, and Messiah (15-2), the top team in the Commonwealth Conference, remains in fourth. On the strength of their performance in the Centennial Conference tournament, Franklin & Marshall (16-4) jumps into the top five. The Liberty League champs, William Smith (18-1), sit at #6, followed by Gettysburg (16-3), Middlebury (13-4), Salisbury (13-5), and Trinity (14-4) rounding out the top ten.
In the lower half of the poll, York (14-3) and Hamilton (12-5) drop to #11 and 12 respectively. Catholic (13-4), the Landmark Conference champion, moves up a spot to #13, and Cortland (14-4) moves into the #14 spot after clinching the SUNYAC title. Mary Washington (14-5) holds tight at #15, while Wesleyan (11-5) moves up to #16 after earning their first NCAA tournament bid in program history. Ithaca (13-4) tumbles to #17 after losing in the Empire Eight tournament to St. John Fisher (14-4), who jumps back in the poll at #18. Brockport (15-2) and Tufts (10-6) round out the top twenty.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
TCNJ |
397 |
19 |
15-1 |
1 |
2 |
Washington and Lee |
370 |
16-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Colby |
349 |
1 |
15-3 |
5 |
4 |
Messiah |
331 |
15-2 |
4 |
|
5 |
Franklin & Marshall |
307 |
16-4 |
10 |
|
6 |
William Smith |
303 |
18-1 |
7 |
|
7 |
Gettysburg |
289 |
16-3 |
3 |
|
8 |
Middlebury |
266 |
13-4 |
6 |
|
9 |
Salisbury |
223 |
13-5 |
11 |
|
10 |
Trinity (CT) |
220 |
14-4 |
12 |
|
11 |
York (PA) |
216 |
14-3 |
9 |
|
12 |
Hamilton |
174 |
12-5 |
8 |
|
13 |
Catholic |
147 |
13-4 |
14 |
|
14 |
SUNY Cortland |
118 |
14-4 |
19 |
|
15 |
Mary Washington |
106 |
14-5 |
15 |
|
16 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
89 |
11-5 |
17 |
|
17 |
Ithaca |
87 |
13-4 |
13 |
|
18 |
St. John Fisher |
70 |
14-4 |
NR |
|
19 |
Brockport |
67 |
15-2 |
16 |
|
20 |
Tufts |
37 |
10-6 |
18 |
The final poll for the 2017 season will be published on May 30.