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Syracuse Sweep First Place Votes and Remain DI Favorite

By IWLCA Admin, 03/27/23, 10:00AM EDT

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2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – March 27

 

Women’s DI lacrosse was as steady as can be this past week. 

The Top 10 teams are the same in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. Syracuse is the clear No. 1 and gained every first-place vote. Northwestern, North Carolina, Denver and James Madison, respectively, keep their pace in the Top 5. 

The Orange (11-0) beat Stony Brook and Louisville within the past week, while Northwestern earned wins against Johns Hopkins and Stanford.  

The first change is Virginia and Notre Dame flip-flopping at 11 and 12 after the Cavaliers beat the Fighting Irish on Saturday. Then, there are minor shifts with Penn State rising two spots to 18, and Penn and Navy each bumping up one. 

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank

Institution

Points (FPV)

Last Poll

1

 Syracuse (11 - 0)

525 (21)

1

2

 Northwestern (10 - 1)

503

2

3

 North Carolina (9 - 1)

482

3

4

 Denver (10 - 0)

458

4

5

 James Madison (10 - 1)

439

5

6

 Stony Brook (6 - 2)

402

6

7

 Boston College (7 - 3)

395

7

8

 Florida (7 - 3)

375

8

9

 Loyola (7 - 2)

369

9

10

 Maryland (8 - 3)

336

10

11

 Virginia (8 - 3)

320

12 

12

 Notre Dame (6 - 3)

283

11 

13

 Army (9 - 0)

257

13

14

 Yale (7 - 2)

235

14

15

 Michigan (9 - 4)

213

15

16

 UMass (10 - 1)

196

16

17

 Princeton (4 - 3)

164

17

18

 Penn State (9 - 2)

156

20 

19

 USC (8 - 2)

146

18 

20

 Duke (6 - 5)

139

18 

21

 Jacksonville (5 - 5)

105

21

22

 Clemson (9 - 4)

76

22

23

 Penn (5 - 3)

71

24 

24

 Navy (8 - 2)

65

25 

25

 Rutgers (4 - 5)

29

23 

RV

Richmond, UConn, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Towson