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Women’s Division III Lacrosse Poll 3/7/2022

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Salisbury (5 - 0) 700 (28) 1
2 Gettysburg (4 - 0) 638 7
3 Ithaca (2 - 0) 601 5
4 Washington and Lee (2 - 2) 597 3
5 Franklin & Marshall (2 - 1) 560 6
6 Middlebury (1 - 0) 532 9
7 William Smith (2 - 0) 520 8
8 Tufts (1 - 1) 499 2
9 Colby (1 - 0) 473 15
10 TCNJ (2 - 0) 452 10
11 Messiah (2 - 2) 352 11
12 Brockport (1 - 0) 333 16
13 St. John Fisher (0 - 1) 309 4
14 Catholic (2 - 1) 305 14
15 Wesleyan (CT) (1 - 0) 293 17
16 York (1 - 0) 277 18
17 Denison (1 - 2) 221 13
18 Bowdoin (0 - 1) 213 20
19 Trinity (1 - 0) 188 21
20 Hamilton (1 - 0) 175 24
21 Cortland (0 - 2) 159 12
22 Christopher Newport (3 - 0) 107 23
23 Amherst (0 - 1) 105 19
24 Washington College (1 - 2) 65 NR
24 Chicago (3 - 0) 65 25
RV Geneseo, Pomona-Pitzer, Stevenson, Clarkson, Williams

I agree with Maryland, could see Northwestern ahead of Cuse, they will earn that with a win against Stony Book this week. To be fair, Cuse has beaten #6, #7 and #15.

Are they really 6 & 7? Time will tell. Cuse not doing anything this year, they allow too many goals against.

Predicting….

Northwestern 16 - Stony Brook 12

@ NU Thursday.

Division I Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Emily Hawryschuk – Syracuse University

Hawryschuk recorded a career-high nine points in an overtime loss to No. 6 Northwestern and followed that effort up with five points to help the Orange defeat No. 7 Duke last week. Hawryschuk, who missed most of the 2021 season with a knee injury, moved into a tie for fifth place on Syracuse's career points leader list (278) and climbed to fourth place in career goals (226). Syracuse is 5-1 and ranked No. 3 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Defensive Player of the Week

Sam Thacker – University of Denver

Thacker helped lead Denver to wins over UC Davis, 13-4, and No. 16 Vanderbilt, 10-6, last week. After producing four draw controls, four ground balls and causing five turnovers in Friday's win over UC Davis, the junior defender grabbed a career-high six ground balls, three draw controls and added three caused turnovers against the Commodores. With the wins, Denver improved to 6-0 and moved up to No. 11 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Division II Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Jessica Meneilly – Le Moyne College

Meneilly registered nine goals, including both game-winners, in Le Moyne's 2-0 week against top-15 opponents. She scored twice, including the game-winner with 10.6 seconds left, in a 10-9 come-from-behind victory over No. 14 Mercy on Wednesday. She then recorded a career-high seven goals (on seven shots) in an 18-13 win over top-ranked and defending national champion Lindenwood on Sunday. The 2-0 Dolphins have moved into the top in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll this week.

Defensive Player of the Week

Taylor Reich – Le Moyne College

Reich registered three caused turnovers and five ground balls in Le Moyne's two wins. The senior defender caused three turnovers and picked up three ground balls in the win over Mercy on Wednesday, then scooped up two ground balls in the victory over Lindenwood on Sunday. Le Moyne, ranked No. 1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll this week, will face second-ranked University of Indianapolis on Sunday.

Division III Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Jordan Basso – Gettysburg College

Basso recorded six points on three goals and three assists in a 13-12 win over third-ranked Washington and Lee on March 6. The sophomore attacker went 3-for-3 on free-position shots, grabbed three ground balls, one draw control, and caused two turnovers against the Generals. Gettysburg improved to 4-0 with the win, and are now ranked second in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll.

Defensive Player of the Week

Emily Podgorni – Colby College

Podgorni posted a .789 save percentage in the Mules’ 9-4 win over No. 2 Tufts last week. The senior netminder recorded 15 saves, including four in the fourth quarter, and led a defense that limited the Jumbos to two goals in each half and a 3-for-7 effort on free-position shots. Podgorni’s 15 saves tied a career high, and the four goals are the fewest scored by Tufts since 2015. The win vaulted Colby to No. 9 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll this week.

A couple of interesting games on the docket today. Interested to see how Temple does against Rutgers. Can Richmond beat Virginia? Will Drexel get back on track vs. Penn and finally can Denver be competitive against BC?

Interested to see if Penn can pull it together against Drexel. Corbitt is a good coach but she doesn’t seem to have the players post pandemic.

my guess is all of the above will be competitive. Virginia needs the win. I will go with Penn. Very curious to see if Denver can give BC a run. I think Temple & Rutgers is a toss up. A lot of good games today. Can’t wait to see if SBU can upset Northwestern tomorrow. Good luck to all.

Not a good loss for JMU. And they have a tough schedule coming up. At this point and their schedule ahead, can't see them snagging an at large bid.

No such thing as a good loss when fighting for an at large bid. It hurts more because PSU (depending on how they finish the regular season) could be one of the teams JMU is competing with for one of the at large bids for. PSU now has the head to head win.
When trying to snag an at large bid quality wins are very important as is SOS. There will probably only be 2 maybe 3 ALB’s up for grabs. ACC, Big 10, Ivy always multi team conferences, CAA (with JMU) sometimes multi team, Patriot sometimes multi team, PAC sometimes multi team, I think most others usually 1 team.
Going to be interesting, teams on the bubble fighting for the last couple of at large bids have to hope that there are no upsets in conference playoffs.

I will take SBU over NW . Just feel like the dodging offense will struggle against the zone , yes they put in a bunch against Cuse zone but SBU goalie will make more than 2-3 saves. Draw seems even, goalies slight edge SBU, SBU better defense and Spallina will not let it be a run and gun game.

Should be a good game, more important for Stony Brook. I think if they win they lock up tournament spot.

Congrats to Virginia Tech, Notre Dame cannot find any consistency. Navy with a nice win over Hopkins in OT.

Pitt gave Duke everything they could handle and beat them in draws. StonyBrook over matched.

The refs in the Duke game should be embarrassed of themselves . No dog in this fight but the calls were ridiculous

I agree with the refs. Terrible. They simply don’t know the rules.
-the draw you can’t move your sticks-that isn’t subjective.
-8M shot toeing the line- Not on or over it-that isn’t subjective.

It has become bad. I know there is huge shortage, and it isn’t easy but these non subjective calls that are easy
To see and make.

Duke/UPenn game no announcers. Pathetic for the ACC network.

Nice win by Denver over Michigan (a shame we did not get a full game result from them against BC). Notre Dame continues their Jekyll & Hyde year with a dominate win over Jacksonville. Looks like chalk from the rest of the weekend. Looking to the week ahead, Syracuse v. Virginia on Wed., see where Rutgers is at against Maryland on Sat., can Penn St. hang with Princeton on Sat. and the match-up of the year so far with BC v. UNC on Sun.

Denver and Michigan are both pretty good. ND inconsistent but Jacksonville not very good. Syracuse and Virginia already played (SU 17 - UVA 11). Rutgers is good, Maryland is very good but you never know, that's why we play the games. Penn State a little up and down but should be able to hang with and possibly beat Princeton. UNC over BC by 5.

Yep, Syracuse v. Florida, my bad.

Going with…

Syracuse 17 Florida 10

That could knock Florida out of the Top 20.

Yeah, no.

Division I Women’s Lacrosse Poll 3-14-2022

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Boston College (8 - 0) 550 (22) 1
2 North Carolina (8 - 0) 528 2
3 Syracuse (6 - 1) 493 3
4 Maryland (6 - 0) 471 4
5 Northwestern (5 - 2) 449 5
6 Stony Brook (3 - 2) 436 6
7 Loyola (6 - 0) 402 9
8 Duke (8 - 1) 396 7
9 Denver (7 - 1) 377 11
10 Michigan (7 - 1) 352 8
11 Princeton (5 - 0) 346 10
12 Rutgers (8 - 0) 304 13
13 Florida (2 - 4) 289 12
14 Virginia (4 - 5) 260 14
15 USC (5 - 1) 221 17
16 Notre Dame (3 - 5) 176 15
17 Navy (6 - 1) 149 25
18 Johns Hopkins (4 - 3) 145 16
19 Richmond (5 - 1) 115 22
20 Jacksonville (3 - 3) 93 20
21 James Madison (3 - 4) 69 21
22 UMass (4 - 2) 68 NR
23 UConn (6 - 1) 58 NR
24 Virginia Tech (6 - 3) 55 NR
25 Colorado (5 - 2) 53 23
RV Arizona State, Temple, Drexel, Penn, Penn State

Division II Women’s Lacrosse Poll 3-14-2022

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 UIndy (5 - 0) 525 (21) 2
2 Le Moyne (2 - 1) 503 1
3 Queens (6 - 0) 482 3
4 Lindenwood (4 - 1) 461 4
5 West Chester (1 - 0) 430 5
6 Florida Southern (4 - 1) 408 6
7 East Stroudsburg (3 - 0) 390 7
8 Adelphi (2 - 0) 372 9
9 Rollins (6 - 0) 361 8
10 Grand Valley State (7 - 1) 350 10
11 Regis (CO) (3 - 0) 317 11
12 Mercy (3 - 2) 299 12
13 Tampa (3 - 3) 250 13
14 Bentley (1 - 0) 228 14
15 Pace (4 - 0) 220 16
16 Embry-Riddle (7 - 0) 212 17
17 Roberts Wesleyan (2 - 1) 193 15
18 Seton Hill (4 - 1) 167 18
19 New Haven (2 - 0) 140 19
20 Assumption (2 - 2) 118 21
21 Saint Anselm (1 - 0) 89 22
22 Limestone (4 - 3) 81 20
23 Saint Leo (3 - 5) 59 23
24 Davenport (5 - 1) 57 25
25 Mount Olive (3 - 3) 36 24
RV Wingate, Lander, Florida Tech, Lynn, Concordia-St. Paul

Division III Womens’s Lacrosse Poll 3-14-2022

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Salisbury (7 - 0) 496 (19) 1
2 Gettysburg (4 - 1) 462 2
3 Ithaca (3 - 0) 457 3
4 Washington and Lee (3 - 2) 428 4
5 Middlebury (3 - 0) 411 6
6 Franklin & Marshall (3 - 1) 405 5
7 William Smith (3 - 0) 363 7
8 TCNJ (3 - 0) 349 10
9 Tufts (1 - 1) 338 (1) 8
10 Brockport (2 - 0) 285 12
11 Wesleyan (CT) (2 - 0) 280 15
12 Colby (2 - 1) 270 9
13 Catholic (2 - 2) 230 14
14 York (3 - 1) 226 16
15 Messiah (3 - 3) 209 11
16 Hamilton (2 - 0) 197 20
17 Trinity (2 - 0) 189 19
18 St. John Fisher (0 - 2) 165 13
19 Denison (1 - 2) 158 17
20 Bowdoin (1 - 2) 133 18
21 Amherst (1 - 1) 91 23
22 Cortland (1 - 2) 83 21
23 Chicago (4 - 0) 61 24
24 Haverford (4 - 0) 47 NR
25 Williams (0 - 2) 25 NR
RV Rowan, Pomona-Pitzer, Stevenson, Roger Williams, Washington Coll.

How do you figure that. After the Syracuse game Florida would have played 7 games. 4 of those games against top 5 teams and 1 game against top 10 team (UNC-2, UMD-5, SBU-5, Loyola-9, Syracuse-3). So Florida team that may have the toughest OOC schedule at this point in season gets penalized but the teams (we all know who they are) who play cupcake OOC move up in the rankings.

Well, at some point you have to win a game vs a good team.

Teams from weak conferences have to play tough non conference games. Teams from the ACC and Big 10 can choose whatever they want for non conference games because their overall schedule will still be tougher than most. Once upon a time Duke played a tough non conference schedule and it hurt them. UVA and ND (more UVA) are at risk of being hurt this year.

Division I Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week 3-15-22

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Aurora Cordingley – University of Maryland

Cordingley had an 11-point game (six goals, five assists) to lead No. 4 Maryland to a dominant 19-7 win over Villanova on Sunday. She tallied five points in the first half (three goals, two assists) and six points in the second half (three goals, three assists) to lead Maryland to a 19-goal output. Cordingley became only the sixth Terp ever to have an 11-point game in the 49 year history of the program, and her six goals tied a career-high. Cordingley leads the NCAA in points per game (7.67 per game), and leads the Big Ten in goals per game and assists per game. Against the Wildcats, she also totaled a game-high and career-high five ground balls and caused a turnover on the ride.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Ellie Masera – Stony Brook University

Masera totaled 10 points with nine goals and an assist in a loss to No. 4 Northwestern and a win over No. 16 Johns Hopkins last week. Her five goals against the No. 4 Wildcats are a career-high. She also added 10 draw controls, seven ground balls, and caused three turnovers in the two games. The Seawolves are 3-2 and ranked No. 6 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Defensive Player of the Week

Sam Thacker – University of Denver

Thacker and the Pioneers faced two of the top scoring offenses in Division I last week, and the defense limited both No. 1 Boston College and No. 8 Michigan to single-digit goals in a 1-1 week. Both teams were held to season-low goal totals, including nine for the Eagles and eight for the Wolverines. Thacker tallied four caused turnovers per game, while adding a total of three ground balls and four draw controls over the two-game span. Denver’s record now stands at 7-1 and the Pioneers are ranked No. 9 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Division II Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week 3-15-22

Offensive Player of the Week

Abigail Lagos – University of Indianapolis

Lagos posted a season high two assists over No. 1 Le Moyne in leading the Greyhounds to an 11-10 win in the Carrier Dome last weekend. She scored three goals, leading the team in goals, and notched the game winning goal. The win put the 5-0 Greyhounds into the top spot in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll this week.

Defensive Player of the Week

Kara Antonucci – University of Indianapolis

Antonucci led the team defensively in their win over No. 1 ranked Le Moyne. The senior defender shut down Le Moyne’s Erin McGuire, holding her scoreless while helping hold the Le Moyne offense to just 10 goals. Antonucci also contributed three draw controls on the day, helping the Greyhounds claim the No. 1 spot in this week’s ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll.

Division III Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week 3-15-22

Offensive Player of the Week

Brenna Turner – Alfred University

Turner broke the Alfred school record and tied the Empire 8 single game record with 11 goals, including the game-winner, in a 21-19 win over SUNY Potsdam on March 7. Her 14 points also set Alfred and Empire 8 single-game marks. Turner also added three ground balls and three draw controls in the contest, leading the Saxons to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2013.

Defensive Player of the Week

Hannah Goodwin – Roger Williams University

Goodwin’s career high 19 saves helped RWU defeat No. 9 Colby, 13-10, last week. The win was the first over a nationally ranked team in program history. The senior goalkeeper’s performance was the fourth highest single game save total in RWU history. The Hawks are 4-1 and received votes in this week’s ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll.

If Maryland wins the National Championship, Aurora Cordingley will win The Tewaaraton Award.

Neither of those are going to happen. After watching the front runners of Ortega and North this past weekend play against over matched opponents like they only care about their stats I hope a defender or two way middy wins the award .The ball hogging gets old.

Maryland has as much of a chance as any team to win the championship. Cordingley has as much of a chance as any player. While I believe good two way middies, defenders and goalies are more important to a teams success it is more difficult to quantify their value. Would love to see true midfielder, defender who plays man to man or a goalie win it.

Cant argue about North shes def a ball hog, but Ortega has 25 G and 18 assists this season. That doesnt sound like a ball hog to me.

Both are fantastic, different but fantastic none the less. Neither are ball hogs IMHO, they are excellent players who score a lot of goals. Ball hogs are painful to watch, they are selfish and will sacrifice the right play and force a shot when she should be moving the ball the shots are more times than not unsuccessful and should not have been taken.

Sorry but give the Maryland thing a rest they have not beaten anyone the teams they have played are a combined 16- 29 and all of them are below 500 . AC not even close the top of the list and yes is putting up good numbers but against who ?