May 1, 2017

2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – May 1, 2017

As we head into the final week of play before the NCAA tournament begins, Maryland (17-0) remains firmly in command of the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll, as the Terps collected all 20 first-place votes and the number one ranking. The second through sixth spots were unchanged, with Florida, North Carolina, Stony Brook, Penn State, and Princeton trailing the Terps. Penn (13-2) claimed a share of the Ivy League regular season title and moved into a tie for the seventh spot with USC (16-3), who won the MPSF title with a 16-11 win over Colorado and secured an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Syracuse (15-6), who lost to North Carolina in the ACC title game, and Colorado (16-3), round out the top ten. The back half of the poll features all the same teams, but the big mover was Boston College (13-6) who jumped up two spots to #13.

Although the ACC and MPSF tournament have concluded, most conferences will wrap up this weekend. The Big Ten tourney will feature top-twenty action when #1 Maryland takes on unranked Johns Hopkins, and #5 Penn State faces #14 Northwestern on Friday. The Ivy League tournament features a semi-final match-up between #6 Princeton and Penn (#T-7), and #11 Cornell facing unranked Harvard. In the CAA tournament, #19 James Madison will face unranked Delaware and #17 Towson will battle with Elon (RV). Finally, #2 Florida and #16 Denver, will both play in the Big East semi-finals on Thursday, setting up a potential Championship clash between the two teams on Saturday.

The final regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on May 8.