Photo by David Sinclair, courtesy of Gettysburg Athletics.
2019 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 18, 2019
Gettysburg College (5-0) headlined the Division III Coaches Poll again this week, receiving all 25 first-place votes. Franklin & Marshall (5-1), Washington and Lee (5-2), Mary Washington (7-1) and Salisbury (6-1) all stayed locked in place to keep the top five intact, and in order, for a second week. The back half of the top-ten had little movement, as the teams ranked sixth through ten didn’t change, though their order did. Middlebury (3-1), York (5-1), and Trinity (4-0) remained at six, seven, and nine respectively, while Tufts (4-0) and Colby (3-1) swapped spots after the Jumbos took the head-to-head matchup to move up to eighth. The back end of the poll featured two new teams, as Skidmore (3-2) and St. Mary’s (4-3) grabbed the final two spots in the poll.
Franklin & Marshall (#2) heads to #14 Catholic, #7 York faces top-ranked Gettysburg, #15 Cortland visits #5 Salisbury, and #8 Tufts takes on #13 TCNJ for mid-week top-25 matchups on Wednesday. The weekend’s games to watch include #6 Middlebury at #18 Bowdoin, #19 Ithaca at St. John Fisher (#16), Tufts at #9 Trinity, #3 Washington and Lee at #7 York, and Hamilton (RV) at #12 Amherst.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Gettysburg |
625 |
25 |
5-0 |
1 |
2 |
Franklin & Marshall |
593 |
0 |
5-1 |
2 |
3 |
Washington and Lee |
570 |
0 |
5-2 |
3 |
4 |
Mary Washington |
548 |
0 |
7-1 |
4 |
5 |
Salisbury |
523 |
0 |
6-1 |
5 |
6 |
Middlebury |
493 |
0 |
3-1 |
6 |
7 |
York (PA) |
474 |
0 |
5-1 |
7 |
8 |
Tufts |
446 |
0 |
4-0 |
10 |
9 |
Trinity (CT) |
437 |
0 |
4-0 |
9 |
10 |
Colby |
389 |
0 |
3-1 |
8 |
11 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
371 |
0 |
5-1 |
12 |
12 |
Amherst |
359 |
0 |
4-1 |
13 |
13 |
TCNJ |
325 |
0 |
4-2 |
11 |
14 |
Catholic |
274 |
0 |
3-2 |
16 |
15 |
SUNY Cortland |
249 |
0 |
2-2 |
15 |
16 |
St. John Fisher |
242 |
0 |
4-1 |
17 |
17 |
William Smith |
201 |
0 |
3-2 |
18 |
18 |
Bowdoin |
189 |
0 |
1-3 |
14 |
19 |
Ithaca |
187 |
0 |
3-2 |
19 |
20 |
University of Scranton |
140 |
0 |
5-1 |
22 |
21 |
Bates |
102 |
0 |
4-3 |
21 |
22 |
Colorado College |
91 |
0 |
5-0 |
24 |
23 |
Haverford |
86 |
0 |
5-2 |
20 |
24 |
Skidmore |
45 |
0 |
3-2 |
NR |
25 |
St. Mary's (MD) |
37 |
0 |
4-3 |
NR |
RV |
Hamilton |
0 |
1-2 |
NR |
|
RV |
Rowan |
0 |
2-2 |
23 |
The 2019 Coaches Poll will include 25 teams and be released weekly during the regular season. The final regular season poll for the 2019 season will be published on May 6.