Photo courtesy of Franklin & Marshall Athletics.
2021 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – April 12, 2021
Franklin & Marshall (2-0) held onto the top spot in this week’s Division III Coaches Poll with 23 of 25 first place votes. Washington and Lee (9-0), Tufts (2-0), Salisbury (9-0), and Gettysburg (4-0) round out the top five by staying in the exact same spot as last week. Catholic (6-0), Ithaca (7-0) and Colby (1-1) all moved up one spot after York (7-1) lost to Messiah (11-0) and fell to ninth in the poll. Denison (6-0) has moved into the top ten after starting the season ranked at #20 in the preseason poll. Hamilton College (1-1) entered the poll at #24 after splitting a weekend series with Wesleyan (1-2), who fell to #13.
There are only four games between ranked teams this week: #12 Geneseo visits Brockport (#17) and #4 Salisbury takes on Christopher Newport (T-21) on Wednesday, Salisbury then visits #22 St. Mary’s on Saturday, and #13 Wesleyan travels to Trinity (T-15) on Sunday.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Franklin & Marshall |
622 |
23 |
2-0 |
1 |
2 |
Washington and Lee |
593 |
1 |
9-0 |
2 |
3 |
Tufts |
577 |
0 |
2-0 |
3 |
4 |
Salisbury |
557 |
1 |
9-0 |
4 |
5 |
Gettysburg |
525 |
0 |
4-0 |
5 |
6 |
Catholic |
486 |
0 |
5-0 |
7 |
7 |
Ithaca |
468 |
0 |
7-0 |
8 |
8 |
Colby |
425 |
0 |
1-1 |
9 |
9 |
York (PA) |
406 |
0 |
7-1 |
6 |
10 |
Denison |
380 |
0 |
6-0 |
11 |
11 |
St. John Fisher |
374 |
0 |
8-1 |
12 |
12 |
SUNY Geneseo |
344 |
0 |
2-1 |
13 |
13 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
341 |
0 |
1-2 |
10 |
14 |
TCNJ |
286 |
0 |
3-2 |
14 |
T-15 |
Messiah |
254 |
0 |
11-0 |
20 |
T-15 |
Trinity (CT) |
254 |
0 |
2-0 |
15 |
17 |
Brockport |
215 |
0 |
4-2 |
16 |
18 |
SUNY Cortland |
193 |
0 |
5-1 |
18 |
19 |
William Smith |
187 |
0 |
4-3 |
17 |
T-20 |
Christopher Newport |
138 |
0 |
8-5 |
21 |
T-20 |
Mary Washington |
138 |
0 |
4-4 |
19 |
22 |
St. Mary's (MD) |
115 |
0 |
6-3 |
22 |
23 |
Montclair State |
93 |
0 |
3-0 |
23 |
24 |
Hamilton |
52 |
0 |
1-1 |
NR |
25 |
Lynchburg |
33 |
0 |
7-3 |
24 |
The IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll is published on Mondays throughout the regular season.