Photo by Keith Lewis, courtesy of Gettysburg Athletics.
May 30, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – May 30, 2017
Gettysburg College (21-3) collected all 20 first-place votes to land on top of the final IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll. The Bullets defeated the College of New Jersey (19-2) by a score of 6-5 to win the 2017 NCAA Championship. National semi-finalist Washington and Lee (19-2) finishes the season ranked third, followed by Trinity (17-5), and William Smith (20-2).
The Middlebury Panthers (16-5), who lost to TCNJ in the NCAA quarterfinals, claim the sixth spot, Franklin & Marshall (17-5) finishes in seventh, and York (16-4), Salisbury (16-6), and Messiah (16-3) round out the top ten. Previously unranked Colorado College (15-5) landed at number 20 to claim the final spot in the poll.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Gettysburg |
400 |
20 |
21-3 |
7 |
2 |
TCNJ |
380 |
19-2 |
1 |
|
3 |
Washington and Lee |
357 |
19-2 |
2 |
|
4 |
Trinity (CT) |
342 |
17-5 |
10 |
|
5 |
William Smith |
292 |
20-2 |
6 |
|
6 |
Middlebury |
285 |
16-5 |
8 |
|
7 |
Franklin & Marshall |
258 |
17-5 |
5 |
|
8 |
York (PA) |
257 |
16-4 |
11 |
|
9 |
Salisbury |
245 |
16-6 |
9 |
|
10 |
Messiah |
224 |
16-3 |
4 |
|
11 |
Colby |
216 |
15-4 |
3 |
|
12 |
Ithaca |
156 |
14-5 |
17 |
|
13 |
Catholic |
151 |
14-5 |
13 |
|
14 |
Hamilton |
133 |
12-6 |
12 |
|
15 |
Brockport |
109 |
16-3 |
19 |
|
16 |
Mary Washington |
97 |
15-6 |
15 |
|
17 |
SUNY Cortland |
88 |
14-5 |
14 |
|
18 |
St. John Fisher |
86 |
15-5 |
18 |
|
19 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
67 |
11-6 |
16 |
|
20 |
Colorado College |
24 |
15-5 |
NR |
|
RV |
Tufts |
10-6 |
20 |
The is the final coaches poll for the 2017 season.