Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/31/23 – From Press Release
West Chester University came in at No. 3 in the preseason women’s lacrosse poll compiled by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and Inside Lacrosse (IL) released Monday afternoon.
The Golden Rams, coming off a 17-3 campaign in 2022 and reaching the Atlantic Region final, returns nearly all 12 starters, including three All-Americans and its top nine point-getters from a year ago. Add two key transfers into the mix, and West Chester will once again be in the mix in the Atlantic Region.
The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season beginning Monday, February 20. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.
ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll
Rank Team Points
1 East Stroudsburg (0 – 0) 613 (19)
2 Adelphi (0 – 0) 582 (1)
3 West Chester (0 – 0) 544
4 Florida Southern (0 – 0) 526
5 Grand Valley (0 – 0) 500
6 Le Moyne (0 – 0) 498
7 Tampa (0 – 0) 482 (2)
8 UIndy (0 – 0) 436 (3)
9 Regis (CO) (0 – 0) 404
10 Rollins (0 – 0) 375
11 Mercy (0 – 0) 360
12 Pace (0 – 0) 357
13 Wingate (0 – 0) 284
14 Seton Hill (0 – 0) 277
15 Lynn (0 – 0) 262
16 Embry-Riddle (0 – 0) 219
17 Assumption (0 – 0) 172
18 Mercyhurst (0 – 0) 158
19 New Haven (0 – 0) 132
20 Roberts Wesleyan (0 – 0) 125
21 Bentley (0 – 0) 113
22 Colorado Mesa (0 – 0) 92
23 Mount Olive (0 – 0) 87
24 Davenport (0 – 0) 85
25 Saint Leo (0 – 0) 77
Receiving Votes: Saint Anselm, Florida Tech, Flagler, Indiana (PA), Limestone
D3
ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll
Rank Team Points
1 Middlebury (0 – 0) 924 (36)
2 Tufts (0 – 0) 884 (1)
3 TCNJ (0 – 0) 835
4 Salisbury (0 – 0) 784
5 Gettysburg (0 – 0) 776
6 Franklin & Marshall (0 – 0) 748
7 Colby (0 – 0) 683
8 Washington and Lee (0 – 0) 654
9 William Smith (0 – 0) 641
10 Ithaca (0 – 0) 593
11 Wesleyan (0 – 0) 579
12 York (0 – 0) 501
13 Cortland (0 – 0) 461
14 St. Lawrence (0 – 0) 378
15 Bowdoin (0 – 0) 370
16 Messiah (0 – 0) 320
17 Chicago (0 – 0) 315
18 Catholic (0 – 0) 288
19 Denison (0 – 0) 247
20 Hamilton (0 – 0) 227
21 Trinity (0 – 0) 188
22 Pomona-Pitzer (0 – 0) 157
23 Geneseo (0 – 0) 123
24 Haverford (0 – 0) 87
25 Roanoke (0 – 0) 62
Receiving Votes: Amherst, St. John Fisher, Colorado College, Rhodes, Christopher Newport