Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/21/25
From Press Release
West Chester University’s women’s lacrosse program came in at No. 4 in the preseason coaches poll released by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).
West Chester finished 19-1 a year ago and reached the Atlantic Region Final for the sixth consecutive year. The Golden Rams return 15 letterwinners from last year’s team that won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) for the third straight season.
The Golden Rams open their 2026 campaign in a rematch of both the Atlantic Region Final and the PSAC Championships against Slippery Rock at home on Feb. 21.
The University of Tampa, the two-time defending national champions, opens the 2026 season atop the IWLCA Division II poll.
Adelphi, coming off a finals appearance last year, claims the No. 2 spot, followed by Florida Southern at No. 3, and UIndy rounding out the Top 5.
IWLCA Division II Preseason Rankings
1 Tampa
2 Adelphi
3 Florida Southern
4 West Chester
5 UIndy
6 Maryville
7 Pace
8 Slippery Rock
9 Embry-Riddle
10 Saint Leo University
11 Lynn University
12 Flagler College
13 Regis University (CO)
14 East Stroudsburg
15 Dominican
16 Wingate
17 Seton Hill
18 Grand Valley State
19 Rollins College
20 Lander
21 Kutztown
22 Saint Anselm
23 Bentley
24 Florida Tech
25 Alabama Huntsville
Receiving Votes: Rockhurst, Mercy, IUP
Division I
1 North Carolina
2 Northwestern University
3 Boston College
4 Florida
5 Stanford University
6 Princeton University
7 Maryland
8 Johns Hopkins University
9 UPenn
10 Virginia
11 Yale University
12 Clemson University
13 Syracuse University
14 Duke University
15 Michigan
16 Navy
17 Stony Brook University
18 Loyola University Maryland
19 James Madison University
20 Denver
21 Army
22 Brown University
23 Harvard University
24 Penn State
25 Notre Dame
Division III
1 Middlebury, 19-1
2 Tufts, 20-1
3 Colby, 17-3
4 Gettysburg, 19-3
5 Wesleyan, 15-6
6 Franklin & Marshall, 19-3
7 York, 18-4
8 Salisbury, 16-5
9 Washington and Lee, 18-5
10 Denison, 16-5
11 St. John Fisher, 19-1
12 William Smith, 14-5
13 Pomona-Pitzer, 18-3
14 Amherst, 11-6
15 Stevens, 17-5
16 TCNJ, 14-5
17 Rowan, 16-4
18 Haverford, 15-6
19 Babson, 15-4
20 Trinity, 9-10
21 Chicago, 13-5
22 Colorado College, 18-4
23 Ithaca, 14-7
24 Messiah, 14-6
25 Scranton, 15-6
Receiving Votes: Sewanee (17-1), John Carroll (15-3)
