Fisher and Stevens Ranked in IWLCA Pre-Season Poll
COMPLETE POLL
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its 2018 Division III Pre-Season Poll on Monday January 29
th. The St. John Fisher College and Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse teams are ranked 18th and 25th, respectively.
Fisher finished the 2017 season with a 15-5 overall record and winning the Empire 8 Conference Championship for the sixth consecutive year, while Stevens posted a 13-5 record last year.
The IWLCA Division III Coaches Pre-Season Poll is topped by 2017 NCAA National Champion Gettysburg College, who claimed 19 of the 25 available first place votes. The Bullets narrowly edged out #2 TCNJ in the rankings after doing the same in last year's Championship game, a 6-5 defensive battle that saw Gettysburg claim its second NCAA title in program history.
The 2018 Coaches Poll has been expanded to include 25 teams in all three NCAA Divisions this year in order to more accurately reflect the growth of the game at the collegiate level in recent years. The first Division III regular season poll for the 2018 season will be published on February 26.
The Cardinals will begin their season on March 5th at the Colorado College Tournament in Colorado Springs as they take on host Colorado College, which finished the 2017 season ranked 20th in the final IWLCA poll, before facing off with Montclair State University two days later on March 7th.
The Ducks open the season on February 25 at St. Joseph's College of Long Island at 1p.m. in Patchogue, New York.