Penn moves to No. 5; WCU still atop Division II poll

Phillylacrosse.com, posted 3/11/09

    The Northwestern Wildcats, the four-time reigning national champions, sit in the top spot of the IWLCA poll for the fifth consecutive week. Penn moved up one spot, to No. 5

    The ‘Cats swept all 20 top-place votes for the third week this season. Three schools join the ranks for the first time in 2009, including Penn State and Ohio State from the American Lacrosse Conference and Loyola from the Big East, as the poll shows its most volatility this season.

IWLCA Division I Weekly Poll

                          Record      Votes   (1st pl) Previous

1. Northwestern      6-0      400      (20)     1        

2. Maryland             4-0      368                 3

3. Duke                   5-1      335                 4

4. Virginia                5-1      326                 2

5. Penn                  3-0      320                 6

6. Syracuse            4-1      310                 5

7. Princeton             2-1      250                 8

8. Georgetown          3-1     239                7

9. North Carolina     3-2      220                 9

10. Vanderbilt          2-2      206                 12

11. Notre Dame      4-1      204                 11

12. Boston Univ.     2-2      175                 10

13. New Hamp.      4-1      124                 15

14. Cornell              3-0      121                 16

15. Penn State        4-1      103                 RV

16t. James Mad.     3-0      98                  17

16t. Stanford            6-2      98                  18

18. Dartmouth         2-2      75                  13

19. Ohio State          4-1      63                  NR                

20. Loyola                3-1      37                  NR

Also receiving votes: Denver, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, Towson, William & Mary

IWLCA Division II Weekly Poll

     Institution   Record Votes   (1st pl) Previous        

1. West Chester   2-0      97       (5)       1

2. Adelphi               3-0      93       (4)       2

3. C. W. Post         0-1      78       (1)       3

4. Limestone          4-0      72                  4t

5. Lock Haven        2-1      56                  4t

6. Stonehill             0-0      48                  6

7. Mercyhurst        0-0      39                  8

8. New Haven       0-0      26                  9

9. Gannon             2-1      20                  7

10. Rollins             2-1      8                    NR

Also receiving votes: Belmont Abbey, Southern New Hampshire

 

IWLCA Division III Weekly Poll

      Institution  Record Votes   (1st)    Prev.

1. Hamilton            0-0      392      (15)     1

2. Salisbury           6-0      381      (4)       2

3. Fr. & Marshall   2-0      363      (1)       3

4t. TCNJ               0-0      316                 4

4t. Gettysburg       1-0      316                 6

6. Middlebury         1-0      308                 5

7. Wash. & Lee     3-1      262                 7

8. Colby                 1-0      229                 9

9. Babson             2-0      197                 12

10. Union              1-0      193                 8

11. Trinity (CT)     2-0      188                 14

12. Cortland         0-0      161                 13

13. Tufts               1-0      156                 18

14. Catholic          1-2      155                 11

15. Amherst          0-1      123                 10

16. St. Mary’s        4-1      113                 15

17. William Smith  0-0      76                  16

18. Rowan             1-0      50                  20

19. Wesleyan        1-0      41                  NR

20. Elizabethtown  2-0      34       NR

Also receiving votes (in alphabetical order): Bowdoin, Colorado College, Dickinson, Nazareth, Roanoke, Stevens, Williams