Photo by Ali Paquette, courtesy of Middlebury College Athletics.
2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – Preseason
Middlebury College is atop the DIII poll once again to start the 2023 season.
The 2022 National Champions earned 36 first-place votes in the ILWomen/IWLCA DIII Poll, while second-ranked Tufts earned one.
The Panthers return the IWLCA National Player of the Year in Jane Earley along with All-Americans Erica Barr and Hope Shue in the hunt to win back-to-back titles this spring.
The Jumbos, who fell to Middlebury 13-5 in the championship game, return All-American Maggie Carden to lead Tufts in 2023.
TCNJ, Salisbury, and Gettysburg round out the top five in the division.
The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season beginning Monday, February 27. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.
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Rank |
Institution |
Points (FPV) |
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1 |
Middlebury |
924 (36) |
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2 |
Tufts |
884 (1) |
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3 |
TCNJ |
835 |
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4 |
Salisbury |
784 |
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5 |
Gettysburg |
776 |
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6 |
Franklin & Marshall |
748 |
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7 |
Colby |
683 |
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8 |
Washington and Lee |
654 |
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9 |
William Smith |
641 |
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10 |
Ithaca |
593 |
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11 |
Wesleyan |
579 |
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12 |
York |
501 |
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13 |
Cortland |
461 |
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14 |
St. Lawrence |
378 |
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15 |
Bowdoin |
370 |
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16 |
Messiah |
320 |
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17 |
Chicago |
315 |
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18 |
Catholic |
288 |
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19 |
Denison |
247 |
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20 |
Hamilton |
227 |
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21 |
Trinity |
188 |
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22 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
157 |
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23 |
Geneseo |
123 |
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24 |
Haverford |
87 |
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25 |
Roanoke |
62 |
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RV |
Amherst, St. John Fisher, Colorado College, Rhodes, Christopher Newport |
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