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Diplomats Ranked #1 in Division III Coaches Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 03/29/21, 1:00PM EDT

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2021 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 29, 2021

 

The top team in this week’s poll, Franklin & Marshall (1-0) collected 21 of 25 first-place votes to hold their ranking, as did the top nine teams in the Division III Coaches Poll. Tufts, Washington and Lee (6-0), Salisbury (7-0), and Gettysburg (2-0) round out the top five. Ithaca (4-0) is a new entrant into the top ten, while TCNJ (1-1) fell to the eleventh spot. The only new entrant to this week’s poll is Meredith College (5-1), while Roanoke (3-1), last week’s #25, dropped out, but continues to receive votes.

There are several Top-25 matchups on tap for this week, starting Wednesday, when #20 St. Mary’s visits #23 Christopher Newport and St. John Fisher (#9) travels to #22 Cortland. Friday’s lone game involving two ranked teams features #14 William Smith at #10 Ithaca. On Saturday, Christopher Newport takes on #4 Salisbury, #18 Mary Washington visits Roanoke (RV), Ithaca and William Smith play again, and Wesleyan (#6) makes the short trip to #17 Trinity. The only game on Sunday is a rematch between Trinity and Wesleyan.

 

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

 Record

Last Poll

1

Franklin & Marshall

619

21

1-0

1

2

Tufts

594

3

0-0

2

3

Washington and Lee

573

0

6-0

3

4

Salisbury

559

1

7-0

4

5

Gettysburg

528

0

2-0

5

6

Wesleyan (CT)

495

0

0-0

6

7

York (PA)

481

0

5-0

7

8

Catholic

443

0

1-0

8

9

St. John Fisher

426

0

5-0

9

10

Ithaca

381

0

4-0

11

11

TCNJ

375

0

1-1

10

12

Colby

343

0

0-0

12

13

Denison

312

0

4-0

14

14

William Smith

284

0

2-1

15

15

SUNY Geneseo

281

0

1-0

16

16

Brockport

236

0

1-2

13

17

Trinity (CT)

226

0

2-0

18

18

Mary Washington

208

0

2-3

17

19

Messiah

156

0

7-0

21

20

St. Mary's (MD)

154

0

3-1

20

21

Colorado College

144

0

0-1

19

22

SUNY Cortland

94

0

3-1

22

23

Christopher Newport

61

0

5-3

25

24

Lynchburg

34

0

3-3

23

25

Meredith

33

0

5-1

NR

RV

Roanoke

   

3-1

24

 

The IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll is published on Mondays throughout the regular season.