It’s a new season!

Let’s start the 2023 discussions in a new thread.

First is good luck to the incoming freshman next year , they will be competing against the last large group of 5th years and there will be 2 less starting spots as it will be 3-3-3 or 6 vs 6 on each end.

First is good luck to the incoming freshman next year , they will be competing against the last large group of 5th years and there will be 2 less starting spots as it will be 3-3-3 or 6 vs 6 on each end.

what do you mean it will be 3-3-3 or 6 vs 6 on each end?

do college coaches use their preseason games (fall ball and the games now before regular season) to try out new players /plays / develop the team or do they just play to win?

All the above

Womens lacrosse is moving to 9 vs 9 field players so 3 defenders, 3 middies, 3 attack.

When? Can you provide a link with that info? TIA

Next season, Spring 2024. Was discussed in November at coaches conference in Texas.

discussing and actually making the move to 10 v 10 are 2 different things. The women's college game is not changing to 10 v 10.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – Preseason

Rank Institution Points (FPV)

1 North Carolina 666 (22)
2 Maryland 634 (2)
3 Boston College 613 (3)
4 Northwestern 599
5 Syracuse 574
6 Stony Brook 536
7 Florida 500
8 Rutgers 439
9 Denver 426
10 Loyola 412
11 Duke 402
12 James Madison 361
13 Virginia 334
14 Stanford 319
15 Princeton 302
16 Notre Dame 300
17 Michigan 249
18 USC 234
19 Jacksonville 198
20 Johns Hopkins 103
21 Yale 98
22 Richmond 88
23 UMass 69
24 Uconn 53
25 Colorado 40
RV Arizona State, Penn State, Ohio State, Temple,

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – Preseason

Rank Institution Points (FPV)

1 East Stroudsburg 613 (19)
2 Adelphi 582 (1)
3 West Chester 544
4 Florida Southern 526
5 Grand Valley 500
6 Le Moyne 498
7 Tampa 482 (2)
8 Uindy 436 (3)
9 Regis (CO) 404
10 Rollins 375
11 Mercy 360
12 Pace 357
13 Wingate 284
14 Seton Hill 277
15 Lynn 262
16 Embry-Riddle 219
17 Assumption 172
18 Mercyhurst 158
19 New Haven 132
20 Roberts Wesleyan 125
21 Bentley 113
22 Colorado Mesa 92
23 Mount Olive 87
24 Davenport 85
25 Saint Leo 77
RV Saint Anselm, Florida Tech, Flagler, Indiana (PA), Limestone

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – Preseason

Rank Institution Points (FPV)

1 Middlebury 924 (36)
2 Tufts 884 (1)
3 TCNJ 835
4 Salisbury 784
5 Gettysburg 776
6 Franklin & Marshall 748
7 Colby 683
8 Washington and Lee 654
9 William Smith 641
10 Ithaca 593
11 Wesleyan 579
12 York 501
13 Cortland 461
14 St. Lawrence 378
15 Bowdoin 370
16 Messiah 320
17 Chicago 315
18 Catholic 288
19 Denison 247
20 Hamilton 227
21 Trinity 188
22 Pomona-Pitzer 157
23 Geneseo 123
24 Haverford 87
25 Roanoke 62
RV Amherst, St. John Fisher, Colorado College, Rhodes, Christopher Newport

Its essentially a done deal.

There is actually one more year of 5th years due to COVID after this season. High School class of 2020 could not have gotten more hosed by the NCAA. Decreasing the game to 10 v 10 next season would be nice icing on their bad luck cake.

I’m just wondering how common this is:
(Please understand that I don’t want to give away too many identifying details)
My daughter is a 23 who is committed to a good school.
The recruiting class have had a few events where they got to meet and socialize. The problem is is that there is one girl amongst the recruits is who likes to stir-the-drama.
She has repeatedly purposefully excluded some of the recruits more than once so it’s not an oversight. (I mean as a parent I would seriously notice and have a talk with my kid) Just plain mean and juvenile. This has left some of these girls confused and hurt. It’s not like these girls are standard shy wallflowers, they are awesome kids!
I was just hoping that this kind of behavior goes away in college or it’s not the big deal it is while in high school. I keep telling my daughter to brush it off and that if the coach ever found out that this girl would be a big target.. Also the older girls would probably relish the opportunity to put this girl in her place. I just want this behavior to be not such a big deal as they get older. They are supposed to be a team.

Toxic classmates can ruin a kids time at school. If all of the other girls are on the same page nip this in the bud . Call it out as nicely as positive shine a light on it now don’t sit back and wait until they are on campus. If one or two girls are left out of plans or a group chat say “ that was a mistake” and add the others to the plan or gc. Don’t allow this one girl to be a negative leader.

The seniors will take care of this behavior quickly!

It goes the other way as well, sometimes the majority of the team doesn't want to be around a girl because she is the one that is toxic. People should not be forced to spend time outside of "team stuff, practice, games, lift etc..." with nasty people. I would imagine that in elementary school, middle school and HS these kids bullied, put down and tried to exclude kids but once they get to college they are the one that people do not want to associate with. I'm sure the parents that raise these nasty kids will be making phone calls in college as well.

Wonder if it’s USF. Quite a few winners out of the 18 commits. My daughter went there with four of her teammates at a camp. They all came back and quickly crossed that off their list. Said quite a few of the commits acted like they owned the place and had horrible attitudes.

It can’t be USF, they said it was a good school.

ouch

Your daughter will always find a few bad apples in any group. Just like this site deals with the " It can’t be USF, they said it was a good school." commentors on this site.

Should be some fun match-ups this weekend.

I'm predicting UM (#17) will lose to Jax (#19) on Friday, then Florida (#7) on Sunday. Michigan sometimes has trouble getting the offense going--even more so early season.

May wanna walk back that statement. Michigan offense rolling right now.

Jacksonville and Michigan are decent teams, not sure either will finish in the Top 20 but I have often been wrong... ;-)

Good for Michigan that they are willing to challenge themselves by playing a Top 10 Team (Florida) on two days rest so early in the season then another quick turnaround and another flight to Stony Brook. Win or lose good for Michigan.

Young teams don’t stand a chance. It’s BS playing against teams with 1/2 a dozen 5th years and grad students. Has the game changed forever? Might as well Red Shirt all incoming Freshmen.,

The Anti- Notre Dame

More the Anti-Duke than Notre Dame. Weakest out of conference schedule in the ACC.

Can we finally put the Stanford is a good team debate to rest, they lost to a lower rated acc team at home, and not for the goalies great game it would have been running clock by the 3rd Q.

I watched this game with my daughter and couldn’t believe how sloppy both teams are. They are ranked 13 and 14? They were throwing the ball five feet over players heads for a ten foot pass. Missing wide open shots in front. Either there is a huuuuuggggeee drop off in play once you get out of the top 10 or these teams are just overrated. Both of them.

Notre Dame has a weaker out of conference schedule. They need it since they will only win 3 or 4 ACC games.

Keep in mind it was the first game of the season. Yes it was sloppy for both teams. Stanford being ranked 9th in the preseason was a reach they will be a solid west coast team. For Virginia they didn’t play great and still won the game schedule does not get easier for them.

Please explain to the rest of us your obsession with Stanford. Did Stanford not recruit your daughter? Did your daughter not have the grades for Stanford? Did your daughter not receive the recognition that the Stanford commits and or players receive? Was your daughters team ranked below Stanford? Just curious what would cause someone to come on here and try to knock Stanford out of the blue.

Stanford is a great school with a very good lacrosse program. Overall, Stanford is probably a better "program" than 100 of the 120 or so current Division 1 women's lacrosse programs.

Smart people have been leveraging lacrosse to get into the best academic school possible for many years, lacrosse is simply a hammerhead not the end all be all. The players at Stanford have already "Won", what happens on the field is not all that important.

We will not hold our breath waiting for your response, we all know the reasons for your animosity.

First off its both teams first games of the season . Second your ignorance of your top 10 teams is obvious. Lets see how much better the top teams did than the game you watched, UNC had 9 turnovers, BC had 17, cuse 11, NW 16, UVA 8, stanford 14. Give it a rest on knocking teams if you obviously have no clue.

I think the reason for some animosity is generated because you constantly come on here bragging about Stanford. It all started when someone "dared " to say Stanford was ranked too high .You came back with some bunch of non sense. There definitely seems to be a bias by those who rank the teams trying to show that the game has spread .The results this pass weekend clearly indicate it.

Rankings are a joke anyway. Jacksonville lost two games and stayed at 19.

Virginia beating Stanford 14-11 is one thing but Virginia only beating UC Davis 16-12 is a whole other thing.

Have not noticed anyone "constantly bragging about Stanford". Stanford lost to Virginia, last time I checked Virginia is one of the 10 best programs out there so not the end of the world.

I could care less about Stanford, I didn't go there, none of my kids go there or plan to go there and my kids have never played against Stanford but there is no denying that it is a great school with a very good women's lacrosse program.

As usual, the animus is based on jealousy, bitterness, envy or a feeling of inferiority.

Great school, good program. Not winning the National Championship anytime soon but trying to knock them is just foolish. As the previous post pointed out, Stanford is one of the Top 20 or so programs and with the exception of the usual suspects you would be hard pressed to find more than 20-25 programs that consistently outperform The Cardinal.

So if Stanford is so terrible, what does that say about the 90-100 programs in DI?

Just my guess but I do not believe the players or the parents of the players who choose Stanford put lacrosse above academics.

"Conference champs, rings every year, top 3 academic school, sunny Cali. LOL haters! Pretty sure what you say can also be said for Duke, Virginia and ND. Stanford on par with them. None of them winning the natty, but have lots to offer outside lax. Everyone wants to be a critic!"

Sorry but not on par with any of those teams when speaking about womens lacrosse.

Stanford could beat ND

Why not? What have Notre Dame and Duke or even Virginia done in the past 5 or 6 years?

Virginia is not a top 10 program. UNC, BC, MD, CUSE, NW, FL, STONY BROOK, JMU, DUKE, RUTGERS, LAYOLA are all better programs than UVA. I can go on and name 4 more ACC schools before i get to UVA. They are fringe top 25 at best. Stanford is a perenial underachiever. They get comparable talent to teams like FL and Duke yet they are the worst of the three. I'd argue they are prob 6th in terms of overall talent. Behind UNC BC MD CUSE and NW. Yet they can't even sniff the secound round of the NCAA tourney. Stanford is a "good" lacrosse program in name only because it sure isn't for their lacrosse prowess. Wake me up when they actually do anything.

Come on people. It’s a lax forum. Obviously Stanford is a top school. They don’t bode serve to be ranked top 20. But neither do other teams. Rankings are a joke. Just look at Jacksonville and UVA this year.

Jacksonville just had a very close game with #7 Rutgers and UVA is 2-0 beating #9 Stanford and neither team is top 20? Neither is in the top tier of women’s lacrosse but not in the top 20 isn’t accurate either.

Please enlighten us and name the other 4 ACC schools after UNC, BC, Cuse and Duke that are better than UVA. Thanks

More importantly, where or what is LAYOLA? I thought that was an Eric Clapton song...

Based on actual results and "Final Ranking" 2016 - 2022 (excluding 2020) there are 9 programs that "finished" the season ranked in the top 20 every year.

They are:

Every year:

- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Boston College
- Northwestern
- Syracuse
- Stony Brook
- Florida
- Princeton (did not compete in 2021)
- Virginia

5 of 6 years:

- JMU
- Notre Dame
- Penn (did not compete in 2021)

4 of 6 years:

- Loyola
- Stanford
- Denver
- USC

3 of 6 years:

- Penn State
- Duke
- Umass
- Colorado
- Navy
- Hopkins

The above is not my opinion, it is based on actual results.

Maybe going forward things will change but based on performance the above are the top programs. Winning a game or beating a particular team on a given year does not define a program, nor does being Ranked 1 or 2 years or being ranked during the season only to drop out at the end of the season.

Some programs may be falling off and others may be up and coming but the above are the Top Programs.

Virginia is one of Top 10 Programs... that doesn't mean they are a Top 10 team every year but they are always Top 20 (only 8 other programs can say that). Maybe not going forward... Time will tell.

The Stanford-obessed-hater is also active on the LaxFan board, posting all the time as watcherinthewoods. He/she says the same things over and over, really vitriolic and over the top critical of the head coach. Please give it a rest, as 99.9% of kids who had the top grades and athletics to play at Stanford would jump at the chance. When I come across people with this much resentment I feel sorry for them.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – February 13

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (1 - 0) 597 (21) 1
2 Maryland (1 - 0) 569 (3) 2
3 Boston College (1 - 0) 557 3
4 Syracuse (1 - 0) 531 5
5 Northwestern (0 - 1) 495 4
6 Stony Brook (0 - 0) 480 6
7 Florida (1 - 0) 464 7
8 Rutgers (1 - 0) 407 8
9 Loyola (0 - 0) 378 10
10 Denver (2 - 0) 377 9
11 Duke (1 - 0) 369 11
12 James Madison (0 - 1) 343 12
13 Virginia (2 - 0) 329 13
14 Notre Dame (1 - 0) 255 16
15 Stanford (0 - 1) 240 14
16 Princeton (0 - 0) 229 15
17 Michigan (1 - 1) 226 17
18 Johns Hopkins (1 - 0) 195 20
19 Jacksonville (0 - 2) 164 19
20 USC (0 - 1) 152 18
21 Richmond (1 - 0) 105 22
22 Yale (0 - 0) 98 21
23 UMass (1 - 0) 59 23
24 Louisville (1 - 1) 55 NR
25 Vanderbilt (1 - 1) 38 NR
RV Uconn, Ohio State, Towson, Temple, Penn State

Division I

Offensive Player of the Week

Meaghan Tyrrell – Syracuse University

Tyrrell played a role in eight of No. 4 Syracuse's 16 goals in its season-opening win over No. 4 Northwestern. She recorded a game-high eight points on two goals and a career-best six assists. After the Wildcats tied the score at 14-14, Tyrrell assisted on a goal and then scored her second of the day to put the game out of reach.

Defensive Player of the Week

Meghan Ball – Rutgers University

Ball helped No. 8 Rutgers to a 9-7 comeback victory over No. 19 Jacksonville. She tallied four caused turnovers and anchored a defense that has allowed seven or fewer goals in three wins against ranked opponents dating back to last season. She currently sits at 98 career caused turnovers.

Division II

Offensive Player of the Week

Caroline Gastonguay – Rollins College

Gastonguay recorded a career-high 10 points in No. 10 Rollins' 13-8 win over Limestone. Her four goal, six assist performance led the way for the Tars offense, while also contributing six ground balls and three caused turnovers in the fight. Rollins is now 2-0 on the season and will face No. 5 Grand Valley State on Friday.

Defensive Player of the Week

Clara Andrews – McKendree University

Andrews registered 18 saves on 27 shots faced in McKendree’s first win against a nationally ranked opponent since 2018 this past Sunday. The Bearcats defeated No. 24 Davenport, 12-9.

Lmao. Appears you are obsessed with watcherinthewoods.842YVv

These are the facts Stanford is something like 1-7 when playing ACC teams over the last 5-6 years. They have gone 0-4 against UVA being outscored 61-38 ( Did the math in my head so may be wrong but close) , Saying they are on par with teams that when they play against them have a winning percentage of 14 % seems like a bit of a stetch.

"Virginia is not a top 10 program. UNC, BC, MD, CUSE, NW, FL, STONY BROOK, JMU, DUKE, RUTGERS, LAYOLA are all better programs than UVA. I can go on and name 4 more ACC schools before i get to UVA. They are fringe top 25 at best. Stanford is a perenial underachiever. They get comparable talent to teams like FL and Duke yet they are the worst of the three. I'd argue they are prob 6th in terms of overall talent. Behind UNC BC MD CUSE and NW. Yet they can't even sniff the secound round of the NCAA tourney. Stanford is a "good" lacrosse program in name only because it sure isn't for their lacrosse prowess. Wake me up when they actually do anything."

Wow how longwinded and clueless. To say UVA is a fringe top 25 at best is just ignorant of any facts, There is an argument to say fringe top 10 but even that would be difficult,
Based on actual results and "Final Ranking" 2016 - 2022 (excluding 2020) there are 9 programs that "finished" the season ranked in the top 20 every year.

They are:

Every year:

- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Boston College
- Northwestern
- Syracuse
- Stony Brook
- Florida
- Princeton (did not compete in 2021)
- Virginia

I could be wrong but also believe they hold the longest streak of making the NCAA tournament of any team.
At least have some facts to back up your ridiculous point of view. If your argument is that they are not a top 10 team this year I would say you are probably correct but we will just have to wait and see.

How long to Clemson becomes a top 25 team every year. They totally went in the opposite direction of South Florida. I think South Florida had 19 20,24 commits and 20 2023 commits for next year Clemson has 19 transfers. should be interesting.

Clemson did not challenge themselves with any out of conference games we will have to see them play some conference games. Pittsburgh had a nice first season last year.

On bth the mens and woman’s side, it is hard to watch a game without seeing the transfers get all the limelight. It’s very sad that the kids that were actually recruited are not even getting a chance to play. System is broken and it is an embarrassment.

Boston College is 2 - 14 vs Maryland and 6 - 21 vs North Carolina...

Syracuse is 2 - 23 vs Maryland and 6 - 11 vs North Carolina...

Syracuse and Boston College are not on par with the top programs...

:-)

Top 25? No point.... there is not enough parity in the sport yet. Stick to Top 20.

As for Clemson being Top 20 every year? Don't see it happening any time soon. There just isn't enough talent to go around. There are some really good/great schools with a lot to offer that have been playing women's lacrosse for a long time and very few have been able to compete with the Top 20 on a regular basis. If you can not bring in the talent it is hard to compete with the programs that do. The top programs seem to bring in the top talent year after year that is why they consistently outperform all of the other programs.

have one more year to deal with this. 2024 will be the last of Covid extra year grads/transfers. there are many 21's and 22's that not getting the playing time they normally would have. the good coaches will find a way to get them some time so they are ready when they are needed after 2024.

The issue isn't the covid year, its the transfer portal which makes it way too easy to jump ship and head to another school. Get recruited, think you are replacing a graduating senior and a handful of junior transfers show up. If you want to transfer you should have to sit out a year.

That’s how it always used to be. They stopped that a few years ago. I see the argument on both sides. But it [Censored] regardless. Gotta be honest, I’m surprised USF didn’t go the Clemson, Pittsburgh route.

Someone must’ve been on the debate team in college. 😁

its a lot easier to get a transfer to come to Clemson or Pitt than USF.

Yeah but that’s not why. I believe McCord said she wanted to build from the ground up

Your pathetic attempt to go back to wooden sticks is as transparent as to who you are . Again it was in response to the poster specifically stating the past 5-6 years . If you want to go back that far than one of those teams you put Stanford on the same level as has won as many national championships as UNC and BC . So strange how you skipped the past 5-6 year comment in your other Stanford buddies post .

What is strange and pathetic is your obsession with Stanford and your foolish attempts to bash them. We all know why you do it, it would be funny if it were not so sad.

Maybe this will help ease the pain: the players who are fortunate enough to receive and accept an offer from a school like Stanford prioritize academics above lacrosse. Obviously the parents have different priorities than you as well. I'm sure the majority of players at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt, Hopkins, Brown, Dartmouth etc... could have all elected to attend a different school... Maybe they did not receive an offer from Maryland but I am pretty sure that they're okay with that.

Your comments and repeated attempts to knock Stanford idiotic at best.

The :-) face at the end of the post that you are responding to is apparently not the only thing lost on you.

Watching Clemson play Furman right now with my daughters. I am shocked how bad they are. They can’t even complete a pass in transition down the field. I think our club team would beat Furman. This team was ranked in the 60s last year. Just shows you how the level of play is once you get out of say the top 30.

Have not been bashing Stanford at all other than to say their top 10 ranking in a preseason poll was in my opinion too high . Then you and your Stanford friends got your panties in a bunch and make statements with no facts to back them up. " Please give it a rest, as 99.9% of kids who had the top grades and athletics to play at Stanford would jump at the chance. " Typical Stanford dad post, there are plenty of players who could have gone to Stanford but elected not to , who knows maybe there are actual players who enjoy their families enough that they prefer to stay closer to home. Your kids decision makes sense .

By the time they are in college most girls mature and become more confident. The "toxic" girls are the girls that others do not want to be around. They are not left out, they isolate themselves with selfish, obnoxious, dishonest behavior. In short, nobody wants to spend time with them because of the behavior that they have demonstrated. Their teammates make it very clear that they do not enjoy their company but sadly these girls and their parents do not get it.

My advice would be to just let things unfold, most people will come to the same conclusion as to who the toxic girls are. Of course the toxic ones and their parents will never see it or maybe they just will not admit it to themselves. Just be prepared for the phone calls....

Thursday night games...

Army vs Jacksonville

Northwestern vs Notre Dame


Going with both Army and Northwestern winning.

Yes, you are correct. It does make a lot of sense to pick a school ranked 3 in the country over one ranked 20-50. It also makes sense to pick a school where you will play on a top 20 team who wins their conference every year while playing lacrosse In beautiful weather for the most part. Come to think about it, a degree from Stanford turns heads. It’s just not the same as graduating from BC, NC, MD, Cuse. Those schools are ranked higher in lacrosse yes, but you trade off the academics for that. There is no future in lacrosse. It’s a fun sport to play for 4 years, but then life goes on. There is really only one school that is perennially ranked a top lax and academic school and that is Northwestern. Everyone else needs to consider the pros and cons of choosing a top academic good lacrosse vs. good academic great lacrosse. If a girl has these choices she is very lucky. But also remember you do need the grades to even get the opportunity to consider choosing a school like Stanford, Duke, Princeton, Penn where you get top 20 lacrosse paired with elite academics.

Kinda take it further, what’s the difference between playing on a team that wins say a conference like the big south and a top 10 team. Probably only one more game a year. They get knocked out after two games instead of one. 🤷🏻‍♂️. I agree. Go for the best school. But, that doesn’t mean Stanford is overrated as a lacrosse program, which it is.

Should say that doesn't mean Stanford isn't overrated as a lacrosse program. Which it is.

Do not lump BC in with schools like MD; they are not on the same level, academically-speaking. you want to prove your point on Stanford, go ahead, but don’t make broad generalizations on other institutions. If you want to hold Stanford apart from other schools, you should afford BC the same respect.

Well, Boston College is ranked closer to The University of Maryland than it is to Stanford in terms of academic ranking.

Overrated according to who? You?

There is a fit for everyone, many great opportunities for our daughters.

Schools that combine Top 20 academic & Top 20 Lacrosse:

Lacrosse Ranking below...

University - year.....2015.......2016.......2017.....2018.....2019....2021.....2022

Northwestern:..........6.............12..........13............8...........4.........4...........4

Princeton:................9.............18..........7..........10.........6.........DNP..........9

Penn:......................13............9...........12.........12........14........DNP........ NR

Notre Dame:...........14............7...........18.........NR.......9............6...........17

Stanford:................16...........10..........NR........16........NR.........16..........19

Duke:.......................4............11.........NR.........NR........NR........8...........13

Hopkins:.................17...........16..........NR.........NR.........NR......17..........20

Looks like even when Duke, Stanford, Hopkins, Notre Dame are not ranked in the Top 20 they are pretty competitive and close. Maybe "others receiving votes"...

Average Ranking - used a rank of 25 for the years not ranked...

Northwestern - 7
Princeton - 9
Penn - 14
Notre Dame - 13
Stanford - 18
Duke - 15
Hopkins - 20

Obviously there are other Top 20 academic schools as well as Top 20 lacrosse schools but the ones listed above seem to be the ones that are most consistently Top 20 Lacrosse that are also Top 20 academic.

If Stanford is so overrated, please tell us the schools / lacrosse programs that Stanford is "overrated" ahead of.

Sorry, just don't see it. Stanford is a great academic school with a very good lacrosse program. What lacrosse programs does Stanford get ranked ahead of that they should not be ranked ahead of?

Lmao. People are funny. Isn’t all message boards about opinions? That’s how this conversation started. Someone stated they were overrated. Some other guy got upset and took it personal and said they weren’t. Then it spidered off into different areas about what school is better, etc. In my opinion they are overrated as a top 20 program. I don’t think they are top 20. Sorry to upset you with that outlandish take.

BC is ranked 36, with a 20% acceptance rate. This is in no way elite. Hek, Florida and NC much higher! And yes, closer to MD. There are many other very good lacrosse schools ranked way ahead. But yes, if your daughter (you) is chasing that championship ring, and don’t have stellar grades, it’s a great choice. Not sure what the obsession with Stanford is. They will finish around a 10-15 ranked team every year. I don’t think anyone is disputing that. What you get by going to a school like that is an elite degree and top 20 lacrosse. If you want the elite degree and a chance at a natty, you go to Northwestern.

Pretty sure there is a saying about opinions.

There are actual results and some facts as well.

In recent years Stanford has an average "final ranking" which is based on their performance of 18 or so.

Please tell us which programs in your opinion does Stanford get more recognition than. We all know the usual suspects that finish the year ranked in the Top 20 most years:

Maryland
North Carolina
Boston College
Northwestern
Syracuse
Stony Brook
Princeton
Florida
Virginia
Penn
James Madison
Notre Dame
Loyola
Denver
USC
Duke
Hopkins

Besides the above, what programs is Stanford "overrated" above? Nobody said Stanford is a Top 5 or Top 10 or even Top 15 Program.

Speaking of Northwestern. I watched the SCANE TRAIN last night. What a special and dynamic player. So great to see her back in full force. If she keeps playing like that, she will be the clear favorite for the Tewaaraton. Nobody close.

Stanford would be on Par starting with Penn and down on that list.

Scane better than North

Hmm. This was about the ranking system. Nobody had Stanford as a top 15 program. We’ll except one of the two organizations that does the rankings. Inside Lacrosse had them at 15 which started this whole topic. I could care less about recent years. The conversation was about this year. This year they are overrated. Sorry if that hurts your feelings.

Good win for Michigan vs Jacksonville. What I didn't expect was an immediate drop off a cliff for Jacksonville with the new HC change. The previous few years they had a fun, fast offense putting up 40+ shots in a game. That appears to have gone down hill, along with their shooting accuracy. The loss to Army last night hurts. It appears Sarah Elms is the bulk of their offense. Definitely NOT a Top 20 team.

I'm not Stony Brook fan, but I'm pulling for them to beat Michigan today. Jill Smith (Michigan) has had a great start to the season. The only downside is the game being shown on FLOSPORTS, which [Censored]. Guess those of us poor must follow the box score updates.

she was outscoring ND 10-8 when they pulled her for the night. ND's D had no answers, even NW's backups where scoring against the ND starters. Not impressed with ND, take away #3 and they are not even a top 20 team.

Yep. Will break the goals in a season record that lasted a season.

FACTS. But I hated how North acted on the field so I am biassed. I will say, if North acted in college how she acted in the AU, she would have even more fans.

Yep, Jacksonville was another one of those mentioned last week as overrated in THIS YEAR'S poll along with Stanford and UVA.

Those rankings are silly and give favor to state schools; even with that, MD is ranked #55.
I wasn’t saying BC is Stanford, by any stretch; I’m saying it’s a way better school than MD and Cuse…not even close. UNC, Wake, USC, I’m fine w those comparisons

Nonsense.

So is MD that bad or Cuse that good?

What happened to Maryland??

Is MD that bad or Cuse that good?

Cuse completely controlled that game today

Cuse is really good. Their offense is elite and the best in the country by a good margin. MD was already weak offensively going into this year without Cordingly. Their strength was defense. So if that defense is getting carved like this by Cuse and they can't score.. then they are not going to be good. Big trouble

[quote=Anonymous]Scane better than North[/quote

Not even close rewatch that game ND had a mid covering her most of the game and they weren’t even sending a slide. ND has no fight that coach needs to go. That boned said Scane is the best collegeoffensive player this year.

Also showed that elite goalies need their defense playing well to help make a difference

Time will tell….

March 21, 2021

North Carolina beat Boston College 21 - 9…

May 28, 2021

North Carolina lost to Boston College 11 - 10…

Few if any thought BC would go on to win the National Championship that year….

That’s why they play the games 😃

Should be a fun year!

Florida is in trouble too. Future not looking good either.

Saw this in SU vs NW. the SU draw stick is illegal as well. The traditional stringing is huge gaps. Rule says golf balll with light pressure can’t push through it.

Time to enforce rules in women’s lax.

The Stanford cheerleaders crack me up. Honestly cannot bash the overall academics at Stanford but you also have to consider what your child wants to do in life. I have seen it first hand and that a degree from an Ivy or Stanford is not always a golden ticket like you would have us believe. If your daughter wants to go on to many careers that require a post graduate degree ie Law School or Medical School etc you would be better off getiing a 4.0 at Maryland than a 3.0 at Stanford. In the end its not about picking a school that has the best academics its about picking a school your child will be successful at both academically and more important a school they will be happy at.

How ‘bout them CATS!!

Wow. Just had a chance to get caught up on games. SU looked really good. I think a clear number one in country.

However many questionable calls in this game and fouls. Refs lost control much like the ND game a few years ago if memory isn’t wrong. SU 12 the biggest flopper I have ever seen. But scary part is she was able to get two yellow cards on MD. Be nice if they could add the to review or challenge in future. Yellow cards in women’s lax are a killer. Need to be correct calls. It is a
Lax game, it theater class.

Keep telling yourself that...

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But get your facts straight. Only one bench player scored against ND and that was one goal. Scane was not faceguarded nor marked up closely by a middie and that was a problem. Team has a lot of good players , not just #3

MD called a stick check from get go & it was good
Nice try though

Yea, like BC playing like a bunch of thugs. Way too much aggressive pushing that is not called. A miracle nobody was seriously hurt. Over the top, and they do it because they get away with it.

Sorry, all a good team will do is shut down #3 and win the game. Their other players are not good enough this year to compete with UNC, SU, BC, UVA, NW and Duke or maybe they are good enough and its the coaching. The best they have ever done with this coach is the quarterfinals 1 time. ND will go 10-6 or 9-7 at best and make their usual 1st round exit in the tournament.

I believe Cuse had many yellow cards, so they were called, can't use that as an excuse either. MD did not deserve to be #2 in rankings from the get go - just shows how ridiculous the rankings are to begin with. Cuse is healthy this year - hopefully they continue to stay healthy. Does Cuse play aggressive, yes...to call BC "thugs" is pretty pathetic.

All this Stanford talk started with the 20 and 21 committs parents, annointing them as the greatest future team. Go back and look. It wont end till 3 and half more years till the last of them graduate.

Talent means nothing without coaching. The consistent level of mediocrity stanford has shown is almost impressive.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – February 20



No. 1 North Carolina earned 20 first-place votes in Week 2 of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I poll, while No. 2 Syracuse earned five.

Syracuse jumped two spots from Week 1 to the second spot after a convincing 20-11 victory over Maryland and Northwestern jumped into the third spot after defeating Boston College 15-14 on Sunday.

Boston College and Stony Brook round out the top five, respectively, while Maryland fell to the sixth spot.

No. 25 Penn State earned its first ranking of the 2023 season, starting the season with two convincing wins over Bucknell and Drexel.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (3 - 0) 619 (20) 1
2 Syracuse (2 - 0) 603 (5) 4
3 Northwestern (2 - 1) 573 5
4 Boston College (2 - 1) 540 3
5 Stony Brook (1 - 0) 518 6
6 Maryland (1 - 1) 501 2
7 Florida (1 - 1) 459 7
8 Loyola (1 - 0) 430 9
9 Rutgers (3 - 0) 427 8
10 Duke (3 - 0) 377 11
11 Denver (3 - 0) 352 10
12 Virginia (3 - 0) 350 13
13 James Madison (2 - 1) 347 12
14 Notre Dame (2 - 1) 295 14
15 Stanford (1 - 1) 235 15
16 Johns Hopkins (1 - 1) 205 18
17 Princeton (0 - 1) 183 16
18 Michigan (2 - 2) 180 17
19 Richmond (3 - 0) 156 21
19 USC (1 - 1) 156 20
21 Yale (1 - 0) 144 22
22 UMass (1 - 1) 87 23
23 Louisville (2 - 1) 72 24
24 Jacksonville (0 - 3) 62 19
25 Penn State (2 - 0) 36 NR
RV Navy, Army, Penn, Hofstra, Vanderbilt

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – February 20



East Stroudsburg remains atop the Division II poll, as the Warriors await their first competition of the 2023 season. Adelphi, West Chester and Florida Southern each stayed put in the following three spots, respectively, while Le Moyne moved up one spot to the No. 5 position.

No. 10 Grand Valley dropped out of the top five after falling to No. 9 Rollins, 15-11 on Saturday, while No. 17 Flagler earned its first ranking of 2023, notching a win over No. 19 Embry-Riddle and nearly upsetting Grand Valley last week, losing 14-12.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 East Stroudsburg (0 - 0) 670 (23) 1
2 Adelphi (0 - 0) 645 (1) 2
3 West Chester (0 - 0) 598 3
4 Florida Southern (2 - 0) 594 4
5 Le Moyne (0 - 0) 567 6
6 Tampa (3 - 0) 556 (1) 7
7 UIndy (3 - 0) 530 (2) 8
8 Regis (CO) (1 - 0) 481 9
9 Rollins (3 - 0) 477 10
10 Grand Valley (1 - 1) 436 5
11 Mercy (1 - 0) 397 11
12 Wingate (2 - 1) 387 13
13 Pace (0 - 0) 376 12
14 Lynn (2 - 1) 282 15
15 Seton Hill (0 - 0) 279 14
16 Assumption (0 - 0) 236 17
17 Flagler (2 - 1) 221 NR
18 New Haven (0 - 0) 183 19
19 Embry-Riddle (1 - 1) 161 16
20 Mercyhurst (0 - 0) 159 18
21 Saint Leo (2 - 0) 135 25
22 Roberts Wesleyan (1 - 0) 133 20
23 Bentley (0 - 0) 126 21
24 Colorado Mesa (0 - 0) 72 22
25 Mount Olive (0 - 2) 38 23
RV Limestone, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lee, UVA Wise, Young Harris

“4. Stanford is not a top 10 , not sure why they keep trying to sneak the west coast teams up the list , lost their best offensive player and essentially beat no one last year how do they jump over Denver, UVA , Jacksonville and even Richmond , all teams who beat them last year.”

The original post in response to Nike /US lacrosse preseason ranking that got all the Stanford dads panties in a bunch. Really was not that bad a statement , maybe head over to the Forbes college rankings forum , you guys are killing it over there .

Yep. Highly overrated #24 Jacksonville beat “properly rated” 🙄 Stanford 12-10. Both teams have no business being in the 25. Sorry for the Stanford dads. But the above poster is correct. You got your panties in a bunch. Take solace in the fact that your daughter goes to a great school and they have good lacrosse. If my daughter had the opportunity to go to that school in two years I would jump at the chance. Doesn’t mean they aren’t overrated by Inside Lax and US Lax. They are!

When you say that Stanford and Jacksonville don’t belong in the Top 25 that’s fine but you’d have to post who does belong that’s not currently listed in the top 25.

No response, no surprise...

Good luck with that.

No response to what? What is the response supposed to be to?
Maryland played Drexel and only won by 6 (keeping her key players in), Cuse played Binghamton and won by 7 and pulled her starters in the 4th quarter (where Binghamton scored 7 goals). Everyone wants to put MD on a pedestal that they don't always belong on.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Izzy Scane – Northwestern University

Scane tied a program-high of 10 goals in the No. 5 Wildcats' 18-14 season-opening victory over No. 14 Notre Dame. Scane tallied eight of her 10 goals in the second half and added two assists, two ground balls and a caused turnover. Northwestern shifted up to No. 3 in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Meaghan Tyrrell – Syracuse University

Tyrrell played a role in 11 of No. 4 Syracuse's 20 goals in a win over No. 2 Maryland. She scored three goals and had two assists in the first 12 minutes as the Orange took a 6-2 lead. Five of her points came in the second half as Syracuse pulled away for its second consecutive win against a top-five opponent. Syracuse shifted up to the No. 2 slot in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll this week.

Defensive Player of the Week

Meghan Ball – Rutgers University

Ball set program records for career caused turnovers (111) and career draw controls (230) with eight draw controls and six caused turnovers in a 15-8 win over Georgetown. Ball tied a single-game program record for caused turnovers in a game and set a personal best with seven in the win over Monmouth. Ball has now caused three or more turnovers in 19 career games.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Abigail Cawley – Rollins College

The senior attacker recorded career-highs in goals (4), assists (5), and points (9) to lead the No. 9 Tars to a 15-11 win over No. 5 Grand Valley State. Rollins is now 3-0 on the season.

Defensive Player of the Week

Megan Biase – Wingate University

Despite the No. 12 Bulldogs coming up just short of their biggest win in program history against No. 4 Florida Southern, Biase piled up a career-high 17 saves while adding six ground balls against the Mocs.

DIVISION III


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Parker Moore – Brevard College

Moore’s single-game notch of eight goals (one shy of program record) and three assists in the 19-18 season-opening win against Randolph was marked as a top-five performance in program history, tying Brevard’s single-game record of 11. Moore scored the game-winning free-position shot with 1:31 left to play to earn the victory for the Tornados.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Addie Pastor – Albion College

The senior midfielder set a program record for most goals and points in a single game for the Britons, scoring 13 goals and assisting on three to record 16 total points in the 23-3 win over Hanover.

Defensive Player of the Week

Kaitlyn Hunsinger – Salisbury University

The senior goalkeeper bolstered the Sea Gulls defense that held No. 18 Catholic to just five goals. Hunsinger tallied a career-high nine saves and allowed only four goals in her 56 minutes of play.

Not original poster but, definitely Army and maybe UPenn , Hofstra and not sure if Loyola is in too 25 but them as well. Stanford great at academics mediocre at lacrosse. If they weren’t out west wouldn’t even be in the conversation. Those are the facts.

Actually, Maryland does belong on a pedestal. One play, one game, one season does not make a program. Maryland is by far the best women's lacrosse program in the history of the sport. Are they the best this year? Who knows, as the post above says "time will tell" and "that's why they play the games".

One thing is very obvious on this forum, way too many post originate from a place of jealousy.

Preseason & weekly rankings especially early season rankings are a joke and do not count for anything. The only rankings that holds any weight are the "Final" rankings at the end of the season after all of the games have been played.

Honestly other than a few more games to base their opinion on the final rankings are still just opinion and dont mean that much other than the champion who has earned that spot. That said the rankings are generally pretty accurate .

Let’s see to start. Penn State and Ohio State. Probably add UPenn as well. Don’t think my original statement was outlandish. They are only there because they’re in the west and they are tryin to push interest out there. They are a good team and a great school. If you can’t see that because you have a daughter plays there that’s your issue.

Jealousy? About what? People can like a team and dislike a team. Has ZERO to do with jealousy.

You can acknowledge that Maryland is the best program of all time while also saying they are overrated this year and should not have been ranked that high coming into the season.

Time will tell with this year's team but history should not be factored in as much with current rankings unless those historical players find another year of eligibility and take the field.

Just read the posts... i.e. the attacks on Stanford.... My guess is the Maryland haters just can not stand the fact that Maryland has completely dominated.....

Just read the posts... i.e. the attacks on Stanford.... My guess is the Maryland haters just can not stand the fact that Maryland has completely dominated.....[/quot

Maryland did dominate. Past tense.

Yeah, heard that before.... Jokers on here had them all washed up before the start of last season... as the other post says "One play, one game, one season does not make a program"... I guess haters gonna....

Not sure why someone can’t post a comment on here about a team without them getting upset. Whether it’s Maryland, Stanford, insert your daughter’s team here. Stop taking it so personal. Everyone has an opinion. Doesn’t mean it’s right. And they’re not talking about your daughter so get over it.

I get it. Coming from club, West coast teams are usually overrated. Stanford one of the tops academically.

The reality is many of these 21’s & 22’s will stop playing by then due to frustration of sitting on the sidelines and the remaining ones won’t be ready due to lack of college game experience. They will be juniors and seniors and will passed over by incoming talented freshmen coming off 4 full years of high school playing time. Especially the freshmen who played in competitive high school conferences like the IAAM. The really are the athletic victims of Covid.

Will be very interesting to see how Maryland does against Florida today. If the game is close, Maryland is in serious trouble. Looking at Maryland’s social media, there is a new coach favorite in Freshmen #14.

Clemson up 9-7 in the fourth. ND with the last five to win. So…..Clemson for real or ND not that good?

The majority of attacks that attempt to knock a team are personal. They attacks may very well be the "opinion" of someone but they are most certainly personal in nature and they are intended to tear a team and the players down. IMHO the people who come on here to bash a team do it to try to elevate (indirectly) their own daughters team. Looks to me that some people have an inferiority complex due to the school that their daughter attends and the team she plays for.

I would bet that the majority of parents that try to knock schools / teams like Maryland and Stanford have daughters who attend or will be attending two schools in particular.

Can you guess which two schools/programs ? They are neither the best academic schools or the best lacrosse schools but the parents can't stand it so they attack the others in an effort to elevate where their daughters school/team.

I get it. Coming from club, West coast teams are usually overrated. Stanford one of the tops academically.[

What are you even trying to say? Are you comparing club lacrosse to college lacrosse?!?

I was there. Clemson is good. They would have won if they had not got the 3 yellows in the 4th. They move the ball well and the goalie is very good. ND is ok, a .500 team at best in the ACC and a weak OOC schedule.

Clemson is a top 20 team right now but will only last for this year then they will fall off like Pitt. If you look at their roster it’s made up of players who have lots of D1 experience .

Pretty simple. West Coast teams are always ranked higher than they should be, whether club or college.

Lol okay sorry your daughter’s club team is ranked lower than a west coast team. But I do agree that the rankings are an imperfect system.

-- "I was there. Clemson is good. They would have won if they had not got the 3 yellows in the 4th."--

That statement reminds me of an old saying, something about the "if the Queen had you know what, she would be the King"....

So let me get this straight, you state that "Clemson is good" and then you state "ND is ok".... I assume that in your mind "ok" is better than "good"....
We are all very happy that you were there but your post is absurd.

What teams are these West Coast College Teams always ranked higher than? The reality is that there is very little parity in this sport, very few programs outside the traditional Top 10 - 20 Programs are able to consistently compete with and break into that group.

Considering the talent ND has the game should not have been close. For a 1st year team Clemson is good. they were up 9-7 in the 4th before the 1st of the 3 yellow cards. All 3 cards were legit calls so Clemson has to work on those situations. Clemson will be a better team than ND in 2 years. ND is the jeckyll and hide of the ACC.

Let's not forget ND in 2022 ND had to schedule some weak, late games against the likes of Detroit Mercy to even hit .500 to make the tournament. Clemson had only played cupcakes prior to the ND game. Both are decent teams, but I don't expect Clemson to dominate anything other than low level match-ups--most of the harder games should be scrappy and interesting to watch!

My only hope is ND doesn't make the tourney this year, but that's just personal bias.

ND will lose to UNC, BC, Cuse, UVA and Duke. they will probably lose another ACC game they shouldn't. The have a weak out of conf scheduled beside NW who rolled over ND. ND will be 9-7

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – February 27



The Tar Heels stay atop the polls in Week 3, earning 21 first-place votes, while Syracuse follows at No. 2, earning six first-place nods. After picking up wins last week, Northwestern and Boston College remain in the third and fourth positions.

Maryland rounds out the top five, bumping Stony Brook into the sixth-ranked position after the Terps pulled off an exciting road-win against Florida on Saturday.

After upsetting two Top 25 teams in Week 2 and 3, Army made its first appearance in the polls, landing at No. 16 after a convincing 10-5 victory over Rutgers this weekend.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (4 - 0) 669 (21) 1
2 Syracuse (4 - 0) 654 (6) 2
3 Northwestern (3 - 1) 617 3
4 Boston College (3 - 1) 592 4
5 Maryland (3 - 1) 540 6
6 Stony Brook (2 - 0) 535 5
7 Florida (1 - 2) 477 7
8 Loyola (2 - 0) 468 8
9 Denver (4 - 0) 439 11
10 Virginia (4 - 0) 432 12
11 Duke (3 - 1) 402 10
12 James Madison (3 - 1) 378 13
13 Notre Dame (3 - 1) 329 14
14 Rutgers (3 - 1) 305 9
15 Princeton (1 - 1) 234 17
16 Army (4 - 0) 203 NR
17 Stanford (1 - 2) 191 15
18 Richmond (4 - 0) 172 19
19 Johns Hopkins (1 - 2) 165 16
19 USC (2 - 1) 165 19
21 Michigan (3 - 2) 159 18
22 Yale (2 - 1) 140 21
23 Penn (2 - 0) 110 NR
24 Jacksonville (1 - 3) 109 24
25 UMass (3 - 1) 91 22
RV Penn State, Boston U, Louisville, UConn, Clemson

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – February 27



East Stroudsburg returns as No. 1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll for the third time after notching their first win against No. 17 Seton Hill.

Tampa and Florida Southern both pulled off wins against Adelphi this past week, bumping both teams into the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, respectively while the Panthers dropped to the sixth spot. West Chester and Le Moyne round out the Top 5 in the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 East Stroudsburg (1 - 0) 714 (21) 1
2 Tampa (4 - 0) 644 (5) 6
3 Florida Southern (3 - 0) 635 (1) 4
4 West Chester (2 - 0) 609 3
5 Le Moyne (1 - 0) 595 5
6 Adelphi (0 - 2) 551 (1) 2
7 UIndy (4 - 0) 543 (1) 7
8 Regis (CO) (1 - 0) 508 8
9 Rollins (3 - 0) 477 9
10 Grand Valley (1 - 1) 442 10
11 Mercy (1 - 1) 408 11
12 Wingate (3 - 1) 399 12
13 Pace (1 - 0) 351 13
14 Lynn (2 - 1) 317 14
15 Flagler (3 - 1) 284 17
16 Assumption (1 - 0) 277 16
17 Seton Hill (0 - 1) 254 15
18 New Haven (0 - 0) 215 18
19 Embry-Riddle (1 - 1) 179 19
20 Saint Leo (2 - 0) 176 21
21 Mercyhurst (1 - 0) 144 20
22 Bentley (0 - 1) 94 23
23 Mount Olive (1 - 2) 88 25
24 Colorado Mesa (0 - 0) 76 24
25 Roberts Wesleyan (2 - 1) 67 22
RV Saint Anselm, Florida Tech, Charleston (WV), Alabama Huntsville, Davis & Elkins

Did anyone else catch UM vs Central Michigan yesterday? UM barely escaped with a 6-5 win over a plucky CMU team. The CMU goalie had at least 14 saves and broke a school record (stated on the broadcast). Jill didn't dress for Michigan and it was a factor. The team appears to be a little one dimensional if she's out and it's partially a testament to her talents, I guess.

Overall, I cannot fathom how they move up a slot in rankings when they barely beat CMU in a game that was tied 5-5 at the end of the 3rd. Hannah has a lot of work to do to get this team running offensively, although the defense was decent.

Any thoughts?

Michigan moved down three spots in the IWLCA poll.

While they moved up in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.

Which confirms how subjective polls can be.

Example of how polls can be subjective? In Division II Adelphi played two quality teams just below them in the polls last week and lost both games. Both teams jumped ahead of Adelphi in the IWLCA poll and now have a record of 0-2 but still received one 1st place vote.

Watching a bunch of the games and have been watching some of the preseason AA mid field players. Seems strange to me that many are not what I think of as a midfielder ie they really dont play both sides of the ball. Seems to me they are actual attack players who coaches say are midfielders, is this done to help them get those post season awards ? I say this because alot of the post season awards are based on stats and its alot easier to compare stats with actual 2 way middies then the Scane ,Tyrels of the world. That said it seems unfair to the actual 2 way players who are often in a rotation etc .Curious what others think.

Subjective and/or lazy. At the end of the day, polls/rankings don't matter, players to watch/players that impressed don't matter...only thing that matters is the final score.

Clemson May be a new program but they had 19 junior/senior/graduate transfers. They are not a typical new team like USF will be next year. They probsbly belong to be ranked top 25

On top of that - many transfers that played significant minutes at the D1 level and were all-conference selections.

Unfortunately, goal scores get the attention of the majority of parents/fans primarily because the majority of people watching the game can not quantify anything else. Championships are built on "Team Defense" which the true two way midfielders are an extremely important part of. College coaches (especially at the best programs) put a premium on versatile athletes who do a lot of the work that goes unnoticed by the majority of fans/parents.

When it comes time for "awards" it's tough on all players except for the goal scorers simply because it's difficult to measure the impact that other players make on the success of a team. Think about offensive linemen in football, most of us can watch a game but we will not be able to tell just how much of an impact the linemen have (but we will all see the few plays throughout the game when the lineman gets beat or makes a mistake).

Not sure that coaches are trying to position attack players as "offensive midfielders" in order to set them up for post season recognition, I just think it is very difficult to quantify anything except goals / assists .

Just the nature of the beast, it's a Team Sport and all of the positions are important, a team will not win a championship without exceptional players across the board (and good coaching).

While I agree it seems to me that when the post season awards come around actual midfielders should get the recognition . Seems like actual defenders get the defensive awards, actual attack players get the attack awards but many of the midfield awards go to attack players. Is what it is but its not that difficult for them to figure it out.

This is where the fantasy point system gives perspective in how a player should be assessed to even out the playing field: Draw Controls, CTO, GB etc need to be considered for the overall player's effectiveness.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – February 27



With NESCAC still awaiting play, No. 1 Middlebury and No. 2 Tufts both stayed put in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll.

Washington and Lee jumped four spots into the fourth-ranked slot after topping Salisbury 6-5 this Saturday, marking the third win of the year for the Generals, going 3-0 through the opening month of the season.

TCNJ stayed put in the third-ranked slot while Salisbury dropped a spot into the fifth position.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (0 - 0) 877 (31) 1
2 Tufts (0 - 0) 828 (3) 2
3 TCNJ (0 - 0) 805 3
4 Washington and Lee (3 - 0) 788 (1) 8
5 Salisbury (2 - 1) 739 (1) 4
6 Colby (0 - 0) 672 7
7 Gettysburg (2 - 1) 660 5
8 Franklin & Marshall (0 - 1) 651 6
9 William Smith (1 - 0) 624 9
10 Ithaca (1 - 0) 567 10
11 Wesleyan (0 - 0) 487 11
12 York (0 - 0) 452 12
13 Messiah (2 - 0) 433 16
14 Cortland (0 - 0) 397 13
15 St. Lawrence (0 - 0) 366 14
16 Bowdoin (0 - 0) 343 15
17 Chicago (1 - 0) 308 17
18 Catholic (0 - 2) 262 18
19 Hamilton (0 - 0) 228 20
20 Roanoke (2 - 0) 182 25
21 Trinity (0 - 0) 168 21
22 Pomona-Pitzer (3 - 0) 157 22
23 Geneseo (0 - 0) 109 23
24 Denison (0 - 3) 89 19
25 Haverford (1 - 1) 85 24
RV Christopher Newport, St. John Fisher, Colorado College, Berry, Roger Williams

That is about as wrong as can be. Of the 21 women's Tewaaraton awards given in the history of the game, 12 to midfield, 7 to attack, 1 to goalie and 1 to defender.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Libby May – University of Maryland

May led No. 6 Terps to a pair of road wins over Drexel and No. 7 Florida, totaling 12 goals on the week - six in each game - to lead the offense. Her 12 goals on 21 shots registered her a .571 shooting percentage and led all Big Ten players in goals for the week. She is currently ranked fourth in goals and fifth in points within the conference. With the 2-0 week, Maryland has moved into the fifth spot in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Sydney Pappas – Villanova University

Pappas led the 4-0 Wildcat offense to a 16-7 win over La Salle and an 11-10 overtime win against Navy. She registered six goals in the La Salle matchup and followed up with a five-goal performance in the overtime thriller. Pappas 11 goals came on 16 shots (.6875 shot percentage), while also notching an assist in both matchups as well. She is currently ranked eighth nationally in goals per game with a 4.5 mark.

Defensive Player of the Week

Amelia Hughes – Princeton University

Hughes picked up her first collegiate victory with a 19-save performance in the No. 17 Tigers' 17-9 win at Temple. She made 13 saves in the second half and was a perfect 7-for-7 on free position attempts from the Owls. Hughes currently ranks No. 1 in the country in saves-per-game (15.0).

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Giana Murphy – Florida Southern College

Murphy, a sophomore attacker, posted a career-high five goals in the No. 4 Moccasins' 15-10 win over No. 2 Adelphi. She also added two assists, one caused turnover and one draw control to her career-high marks. The Mocs 3-0 start has moved them into the No. 3 position in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division II Poll.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Ashley Shen – University of Montevallo

Shen set a single-game program record with seven caused turnovers and eight ground balls in Montevallo’s 9-8 win over UVA Wise. Both tallies were career-highs for her as well.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Alex Walling – University of Tampa

The senior goalkeeper stood firm to lead No. 6 Tampa to an upset victory over No.2 Adelphi at home. She recorded 10 saves on 19 shots faced to assist the Spartans in the 14-9 win. At 4-0 for the year, Tampa has slid up to the No. 2 spot in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division II Poll.

DIVISION III


Offensive Player of the Week

Grace Osborn – Capital University

Osborn led Capital to their second straight 10-plus goal win of the season. In the 23-13 victory at Centre, she scored 10 goals, marking the third time of her career that she has scored 10 or more goals in a single-game. In addition, she registered two caused turnovers, one ground ball and nine draw controls. Osborn remains the only player in Capital history to score double-digit goals in a single game, men or women. Her performance earned her the Ohio Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week this past week as well.

Defensive Player of the Week

Eugenie Rovegno – Washington and Lee University

Rovegno regsitered a career high nine draw controls at Christopher Newport, helping the No. 8 Generals take down CNU, 11-8. She then followed up with a game-best seven draws and forced three turnovers with three groundballs in the 6-5 win over No. 4 Salisbury. The Generals are 3-0 to start the season and made a big jump in the rankings to hold the fourth position in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division III Poll.

Congratulations to Duke beating Liberty 18-4 today. Scoring the 18th goal with one second remaining on the clock was really classy.

First off Einstein , no middie has won that award in the last 5 years . Second no one was actually talking about the Tewaaraton . Third I believe coaches putting players as middies who are actually attackers I believe is a more recent phenomenon. So really you could not be more wrong .

Maryland had 14 free positions and loses. 😬 JMU d is awesome. Durkin needs to start getting credit like players like Bosco get. And no she isn’t my daughter.

The goalie's level of play has elevated faster than any other position just because great athletes are jumping in the cage and winning games. A great day in the cage is the equalizer between teams. Once a goalie gets in the attackers' head, it can energize the girls in front of her.

Another lax season, another overrated MD women’s lax team.

"Couple of quick observations,
1. UNC top 10 yes top 5 no. Defense will be very solid again but the goalie is an unkown. They lost a ton of offense that cannot be replaced.
2. Syracuse is top 3, they return their best offensive players and add 2 more from the injury list, they will be better in goal this year as they cant be worse
3. JMU is better than 12 and will end up top 5 by the end of the season ( will still lose opener but I think end up better than UNC)
4. Stanford is not a top 10 , not sure why they keep trying to sneak the west coast teams up the list , lost their best offensive player and essentially beat no one last year how do they jump over Denver, UVA , Jacksonville and even Richmond , all teams who beat them last year.
5. The team everyone loves to detest Duke is better than their ranking and with the draw kid returning will be difficult to beat , sad that they still play a weak non conference schedule."


The above was the post that got the Stanford Dads all upset , seems like some pretty good preseason predictions other than maybe Duke.

Let’s see what happens when they play StonyBrook

Wow BC in way over there head😮 what happened to the superstar “top ranked” player

If UNC is not Top 5 where does that put BC?

Charlotte North graduated at the pressure shifted.

If Duke does not beat a ranked team this year they should not even be considered for the NCAA tournament and no one should get any post season awards. Ridiculous their so called super stars pad their stats against overmatched teams or late in games during junk time when they are getting handled . Put their best offensive player on a team that plays a difficult non conference schedule and she gets no awards if she even sees the field.

You are pathetic. I assume you detest BC/Belle because your daughter didn’t get in? She wasn’t good enough, come to terms with it, she did.
As for BC, the girls will be just fine; Walker will make the appropriate adjustments and be ready come Tourney time.

Lol, and Duke was beaten down badly by the first real team they played. And draws were terrible against good competition as well.
Some other weekend observations: Yale beating Princeton handily was nice to see. Stanford played a great game against StonyBrook, might have even won if SBs student didn’t take over the game. MD couldn’t beat JM was also surprising. Clemson is just average after a hot start against weak competition. Looks like it’s UNC far ahead followed by Cuse and Northwestern, then a bunch who are interchangeable.

What difference will the Stony Brook vs Stanford game make? Both teams have been over hyped for years and neither team will be relevant when it matters (in the NCAA Tournament) so who cares what happens when they play in early March?

Wow, possibly the most uniformed post ever on this site.

If Maryland has been an overrated team what toes that say about the rest of the DI field?

US lacrosse has to really think about having many re education classes. I know the Yale cross check incident is going to start to bring this situation to a much talked about topic


Being a referee isn’t easy and will never be perfect.

I think we all know there are judgement calls that are tough and happen quick. Let them be the exception.

-toeing the line in 8M and on the draw are easy stopped ball calls. If you can’t see a persons foot on the line you shouldn’t be reffing anyway. Call it and it will stop..it should be a point of emphasis

-on the draw opening your head, or pulling your shaft back off not vertical parallel from center linen or having foot on center line-again your 5 feet from the play you need to call it

-LASTLY-if the refs start call cradling in the sphere. YES this is rule. If you cradle 6 inches from your face and a player can check it legally it is an immediate call and turnover. Have you seen it once??? Watch games. It is done none stop…you would be amazed if called how many clean turnovers would happen by defenders, attackers and draw takers. How about free positions. They bring it right to their face. This is a rule.

These are little things that are easy calls that are missed all game. Oh forget Flopping or grabbing your head-review all of these to stop this.

Like getting dead wood off the field? Maybe BC didn’t realize they wouldn’t be good one their best by far player graduated. Coach Walkers face during that game was priceless! Botox needed!

So we all know that SB promotes thug ball, as do certain club teams. Now a girl has a critical injury due to an intention to harm. This is unacceptable. I don’t want to hear that it was an accident. When you cross check it is intentional. Girls do not wear protective gear, and women’s lacrosse is supposed to be non contact. This needs to end before something even worse happens. Come on refs, you need to enforce this type of play. Just horrible

Thanks for the insightful post. J@#% A$$

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Can’t argue with the post. Duke is a joke with their weak schedule. Pumping stats against terrible teams, then the get exposed. Every year. It’s getting old and predictable. They don’t have any actual superstars that can compete with the better players. Coach needs to go

So Scane at NW didn’t play this weekend at all in either game is she hurt? SB plays them Friday.

Cuse looks unstoppable right now.

The girl who did it should be sued personally. Maybe that will send a message. Should also be an automatic red card and banned from playing in next game.

"sued"? Really? Just a silly statement.

Are you guys kidding me? Talking about suing. This is what happens in the everybody gets a trophy society. Parents become soft as ….

Here you go. Perfect example why the rankings in lead are horrible. And I won’t use Stanford as an example. Those parents are already seeking therapy.

Duke gets absolutely crushed by ND. And they are now ranked only one spot behind ND. That’s incredible. For Duke to fall one spot after that game is ridiculous.

When your daughter gets her kidney split open while she’s defenseless by an an aggressive illegal crosscheck maybe you would have a different attitude. Girl could have died, and this was no accident. I’m sure the player didn’t want to put the girl in the hospital, but she acted in a reckless manor and it caused a great deal of harm. There needs to be accountability.

Honestly I am the only who has watched the video and did not think the foul was that bad. If the player did not get hurt its something you see in almost every womens lacrosse game on multiple occasions. Hope the kid is alright but but suing someone is ridiculous.

Agreed. 100%. It was not malicious and the talk of suing over this is completely ridiculous. It was an unfortunate injury and the focus should be on the rules and enforcement of the rules. This type of injury HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. A few years back a Stanford player had the exact same thing happen.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – March 6



The Top 5 stayed put in Week 2 of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll, with Middlebury, Tufts, TCNJ and Washington and Lee all remaining undefeated.

Franklin & Marshall jumped two spots into the sixth position after picking up two wins last week, while Wesleyan bumped into the 10th spot after a convincing win over Bates.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (1 - 0) 748 (28) 1
2 Tufts (1 - 0) 717 (1) 2
3 TCNJ (2 - 0) 679 3
4 Washington and Lee (5 - 0) 670 (1) 4
5 Salisbury (4 - 1) 625 5
6 Franklin & Marshall (2 - 1) 560 8
7 Colby (0 - 2) 555 6
8 William Smith (2 - 0) 537 9
9 Gettysburg (2 - 2) 514 7
10 Wesleyan (1 - 0) 455 11
11 York (1 - 1) 414 12
12 Ithaca (2 - 1) 413 10
13 Cortland (1 - 1) 376 14
14 Messiah (2 - 1) 349 13
15 St. Lawrence (0 - 0) 304 15
16 Bowdoin (1 - 0) 297 16
17 Chicago (2 - 0) 291 17
18 Roanoke (4 - 0) 222 20
19 Trinity (1 - 0) 178 21
20 Pomona-Pitzer (4 - 0) 151 22
21 Catholic (1 - 3) 137 18
22 Hamilton (0 - 1) 130 19
23 Geneseo (1 - 0) 115 23
24 Amherst (1 - 0) 74 NR
25 Haverford (2 - 1) 47 25
RV Dickinson, Denison, St. John Fisher, Colorado College, Kenyon

No ambulance being available for an hour and a half is a 10x bigger deal than the cheap shot. If there is a lawsuit (and I agree there will be), it should be over this.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – March 6



UIndy took over the top slot in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll in Week 3, jumping six spots after picking up a 12-11 win over No. 2 Tampa on Saturday, dropping the Spartans to No. 4 in this week's poll.

Florida Southern and West Chester each bumped up one spot to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, while Tampa dropped to No. 4 and Le Moyne stayed put at No. 5.

East Stroudsburg dropped from No. 1 into the eighth-ranked position after falling to No. 6 Pace 16-6.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 UIndy (6 - 0) 658 (10) 7
2 Florida Southern (5 - 0) 655 (10) 3
3 West Chester (3 - 0) 647 (5) 4
4 Tampa (5 - 1) 627 (1) 2
5 Le Moyne (2 - 0) 596 5
6 Pace (2 - 0) 516 (1) 13
7 Regis (CO) (4 - 0) 510 8
8 East Stroudsburg (1 - 1) 508 (1) 1
9 Adelphi (1 - 2) 493 6
10 Rollins (5 - 0) 474 9
11 Grand Valley (2 - 2) 397 10
12 Wingate (4 - 1) 393 12
13 Mercy (2 - 2) 383 11
14 Lynn (4 - 1) 327 14
15 Flagler (3 - 1) 306 15
16 Assumption (2 - 1) 295 16
17 Seton Hill (2 - 1) 239 17
18 Embry-Riddle (3 - 1) 200 19
19 New Haven (1 - 0) 199 18
20 Saint Leo (3 - 0) 189 20
21 Mercyhurst (2 - 0) 113 21
22 Bentley (2 - 1) 100 22
23 Mount Olive (1 - 3) 67 23
24 Colorado Mesa (0 - 1) 61 24
25 Saint Anselm (3 - 0) 34 NR
RV Roberts Wesleyan, Lee, Alabama Hunstville, Lander, Bloomsburg

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – March 6



After a dominant 16-5 win over Boston College last Friday, the Tar Heels earned 23 first-place votes in Week 4 of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll.

Syracuse and Northwestern followed again in the second and third spots respectively, while Stony Brook jumped two spots to fourth. Boston College dropped to fifth.

Other significant jumps inside the Top 10 include No. 6 Denver shifting up three spots and No. 8 James Madison jumping four after both teams beat Maryland this week. The Terps dropped six spots into the 11th-ranked position.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (5 - 0) 574 (23) 1
2 Syracuse (6 - 0) 552 (1) 2
3 Northwestern (5 - 1) 529 3
4 Stony Brook (4 - 0) 487 6
5 Boston College (3 - 2) 469 4
6 Denver (6 - 0) 439 9
7 Loyola (4 - 0) 421 8
8 James Madison (5 - 1) 401 12
9 Virginia (6 - 0) 397 10
10 Florida (3 - 2) 392 7
11 Maryland (3 - 3) 359 5
12 Notre Dame (4 - 1) 338 13
13 Duke (4 - 2) 267 11
14 Army (5 - 0) 258 16
15 Yale (3 - 1) 248 22
16 Princeton (2 - 2) 186 15
17 Rutgers (3 - 2) 185 14
18 Stanford (2 - 3) 158 17
19 Michigan (4 - 3) 147 21
20 USC (4 - 1) 146 19
21 Penn (3 - 1) 133 23
22 Jacksonville (2 - 3) 70 24
23 Johns Hopkins (2 - 3) 66 19
24 UMass (5 - 1) 63 25
25 Richmond (4 - 1) 52 18
RV Navy, Penn State, Drexel, Towson, UConn

The hospital is across the street. How is this SB JS or team /AD fault that it took 1.5 hrs for an ambulance? Does Yale not have a coach or trainer ? Where is their responsibility in this? Put her in a car and go. Call an Uber. It’s all ridiculously spun out of control. What about the flagrant intentional malicious slander/libel/defamation against the defender by wealthy adults with social media power? The C-suite ladies with zero lacrosse knowledge calling for the lynching and assassinating the character of an essential child? Nobody knows that this was intentional or with malice. What is malicious and retaliatory are the actions of the parent slandering the defender. If you are concerned about safety, surely there are less bullying ways to get your concerns noted. These actions happen every single game and practice on every D1 field.

Devils advocate - what about all the dangerous shots and reckless behind the back goals and attempts that can concuss a girl or land straight in their chest causing cardiac arrest because the attacker is not looking? Why is that allowed/nobody decrying that? Maybe bubble suits are next.

My daughter decided to leave drama club and went into athletics. Things happen on the field. I had a son who played hockey. His head was rammed head first into a board Stantion by the bench. He was taken to the hospital. out for half a season. We didn’t call Saul Goodman while we were sitting in the hospital. Or for the next poster, we didn’t post anything on social media either.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Julia Gilbert – University of Denver

Gilbert led No. 9 Denver to two top-25 wins over No. 21 Michigan and No. 5 Maryland this past week. She recorded a combined five goals on nine shots and added one ground ball. Both matchups came down to the wire as the Pioneers defeated the Wolverines 7-5 and the Terrapins 8-7. Denver has climbed to No. 6 in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division I Poll.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Jenna Collignon – Yale University

Collignon, a sophomore attacker, guided No. 22 Yale to its first win over No. 15 Princeton since 2007, taking down the Tigers 15-10. Collignon registered six goals, one assist and one draw control in the matchup. The win sent Yale to the No. 15 slot in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division I Poll.

Defensive Player of the Week

Kat Buchanan – James Madison University

The senior goalkeeper set a career-high 10 saves against No. 5 Maryland, recording a .588 save percentage. She made another six saves and allowed just six goals against Ohio State to give JMU its fifth straight win of the season. She tallied a .552 save percentage for the week and led the team in ground balls for the week as well. Buchanan was also named American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Week as her opponents were held to 7.0 goals per game (26.9%) shooting.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Angelina Porcello – Pace University

Porcello led No. 13 Pace in its 16-6 victory over No. 1 East Stroudsburg University in a stunning upset. She accounted for six points on five goals and one assist, while tallying four ground balls, eight draw controls and one caused turnover in the big win for the Setters. In the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division III Poll, Pace shifted up seven spots and now sits at the No. 6 position.

Defensive Player of the Week

Jolie Urraro – Pace University

The senior attacker had seven ground balls and three caused turnovers to help No. 13 Pace defeat No. 1 East Stroudsburg, 16-6. She also scored four goals and had two assists.

DIVISION III


Offensive Player of the Week

Lauren Mills – Oberlin College

In a 10-9 overtime win at John Carroll, Mills posted four points on three goals and one assist to go along with four ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers. She followed that effort with a career-high eight points with four goals and four assists in a 22-19 win over Hope College. Mills added five draw controls, two ground balls, and two caused turnovers in the two-goal victory.

Defensive Player of the Week

Ashley MacFarlane – Shenandoah University

The senior goalkeeper led Shenandoah to its first-ever win at Christopher Newport, taking down the Captains 13-9. She made 13 saves and added two caused turnovers and three ground balls to the match.

A few interesting games on Tuesday (3/7), but nothing too fool.

Coastal Carolina vs Boston U was the first time the teams had ever played. Coastal lead the entire game and pulled off a good win (13-9). BU appears to be improved, but the early season games were against weak competition.

Central Michigan had a solid win over Duquesne and CMU's goalie (former Monster Elite player) had 18 saves in that game. The new head coach (former assistant at Michigan) is doing a good job and the previous coach had done a great job of recruiting East Coast kids. They will be fun.

Cinci vs Davidson went into OT--the game was fairly back-and-forth, but Cinci managed to pull off a nice shot at the end to win it 13-12.

Vermont vs Harvard was a snooze fest. The Ivy schools aren't lighting the world on fire by any stretch this year.

Wednesday's slate is ok, but nothing too fool IMO.

Nope.Didn’t look like much. 1st off. This wasn’t malicious. People are acting like this was a cheap shot after the play and whatnot. For those that need to see and can make their own thoughts google the girls name and injury. You’ll see her moms Instagram post. Sometimes things can happen. It didn’t look like much but it hit her in a way that split her kidney. Speedy recovery but nothing needs to come of this except a review why it took the girl 1 1/2 hours to get to the hospital.

Watch for Coastal to get good fast as long as coach stays. My daughter (a 25) worked with her at a recent camp. Said she was the most charismatic coach she had ever met. Said girls who couldn't find Coastal on a map have starting writing letters and have it on their top 10 lists.

Everybody’s experience is different.
My daughter was interested in Coastal. 1st trip there last year was not good. Camp was disorganized. Happened to be there in the fall this year during another camp. Sue went. Had a much better time. Think she liked the assistant coaches better. I will say this. Both times the talent level was not great.

"Coastal Carolina, we're at the beach" No, Conway, SC is not the beach.

In fairness. It is 20 minutes away and the kids go a lot

Not a SB fan at all. They do play like thugs, JS screaming his way to calls by the refs, the worst floppers in the game. That being said, what video are you even watching? The girl who got hurt is running towards the goal circle while picking up a loose ball. By the time she gains control and starts to look up she runs right into a defender either originally going for GB or getting into defensive space, they collided head on. There was no cheap shot in the back, defender was not beat in the least. And I agree with everyone else, just an unfortunate accident. No foul was even called by the refs, you see much worse a dozen times in every game you watch. The lawyer up mentality in society today is so sad to see.

I think if this was your daughter, you would feel differently. A cross check into an attacker's back as she is in the shooting motion with the ball nearly out of her stick is "not malicious"? Are you kidding? The defender was beaten and got a cheap shot in on her back. Attacker was completely defenseless. Stony Brook better call Saul. Completely disagree that this is a normal play in the women's game.
Sorry but I still dont see what you are describing, did you watch the video? Looks like she makes contact about the time the ball is released and its not in the back . I see a loose ball and player picking it up and shooting and a defender being moving as fast as they can to disrupt the shot . To say the defender was giving a cheap shot because she got beat is ridiculous . Yes its a foul but not even sure it deserves a yellow card. Hopefully the kid makes a full recovery but to go after the defender the way some are is just pathetic.I think if the defender were your daughter you would feel differently.

"Coastal Carolina, we're at the beach" No, Conway, SC is not the beach.[/quote]

In fairness. It is 20 minutes away and the kids go a lot[/quote]


Funny, my 2025 daughter gets home from school and shows me the Coastal Instagram. They were on the beach yesterday hanging out. She goes, “yep. I think Coastal’s back in the mix.” 😬

Stony Brook had a real tough time keeping up with Northwestern. Only one SB player able to get anything done. Lots of yellows too. Izzy is just unreal and fun to watch!

My options on this

1) Was it a foul? Clearly yes
2) Was it Malicious? No reason to believe that it is
3) Should it have been a card? By the rules, yes. But many similar things are not called.
4) The ambulance situation is completely undependable, especially when a hospital is so close. While not JS's fault someone's head should roll in athletic department.

However, what rubs a lot of people the wrong way, including me, is the StonyBrook's lack of empathy for the situation. No get well soon messages. No Acknowledge at all. JS's press conference saying they didn't have a killer instinct post-game was one of the most tone deaf things I have ever seen.

In fairness. It is 20 minutes away and the kids go a lot[/quote]


Funny, my 2025 daughter gets home from school and shows me the Coastal Instagram. They were on the beach yesterday hanging out. She goes, “yep. I think Coastal’s back in the mix.” 😬[/quote]

I’m assuming it was the spring break video? They did a great job with that one—the AD is providing the staff for videos and seems to be supporting the program.

The coaching staff is solid and you do have two Northwestern grads coaching there. (I’m sure Jill Girardi is a draw as a recent grad and pro.) The HC played at Loyola (Maryland) with the new HC at Jacksonville. Full disclosure—I’ve met them all and they strike me as good people that will take care of your daughter (they are big on healthy team culture).

While the camp may have drawn some players that weren’t as good, the coaches are picking up good recruits that can play. If they can continue to find success I think you’ll see better recruits come on board. Success breeds interest.

Visiting and spending time at the beach? Twist my arm as a parent—beats hanging out around Rutgers or up in the snow in Vermont or NH for a game day.

I'm the last person to defend SB because I always think they are super overrated, but I digress... But agree with the above. I watched the video and had the girl not been hurt, no one would have thought twice about the contact. Granted I'm watching one angle from a video clip, but it doesn't look malicious at all. Very unfortunate result, and SB probably could address and send some sympathy to Yale and the player, but other than that, it doesn't appear to be egregious.

Is this finally the impetus for a change at Duke?

Think we will finally see Clemson in the top 25 this week. Took them five weeks to become a top 25. 😳

Think it is going to take a few years for Clemson to be a contender in the ACC but between the coaches, the new facility, and the campus, they are going to be very attractive for top talent and awesome transfers in the coming years. I also don’t recall a new team ever having a recruiting class like their incoming 23’s and 24’s

Not that much chat about SB/NW on here, likely because not that many folks could see it for free.

SB played well and Masera had a great game, especially on the draw circle. But the gap in talent was pretty clear. Doesn't feel like this is the year they can break through and made the final four. Most likely looking at a 7,8, or 9 seed this year so any quarterfinal loss against a top team is likely.

As long as we see Duke tank it’s all good , got to love that their super star AA cost them the game .It’s a CT blessing for Duke they play such a weak non conference schedule but ultimately they should be left out of the NCAA tournament

Funny, my 2025 daughter gets home from school and shows me the Coastal Instagram. They were on the beach yesterday hanging out. She goes, “yep. I think Coastal’s back in the mix.” 😬[/quote]

I’m assuming it was the spring break video? They did a great job with that one—the AD is providing the staff for videos and seems to be supporting the program.

The coaching staff is solid and you do have two Northwestern grads coaching there. (I’m sure Jill Girardi is a draw as a recent grad and pro.) The HC played at Loyola (Maryland) with the new HC at Jacksonville. Full disclosure—I’ve met them all and they strike me as good people that will take care of your daughter (they are big on healthy team culture).

While the camp may have drawn some players that weren’t as good, the coaches are picking up good recruits that can play. If they can continue to find success I think you’ll see better recruits come on board. Success breeds interest.

Visiting and spending time at the beach? Twist my arm as a parent—beats hanging out around Rutgers or up in the snow in Vermont or NH for a game day.[/quote]

Yes it was the spring break video. I’m not happy about it because I think there are better schools that my daughter can attend with her grades and playing abilities. And I am talking specifically about the school. I can care less about the level of lacrosse. But for now Coastal is back in the top 5. Very hard for a 15 year old to see the forest through the trees.

Funny, my 2025 daughter gets home from school and shows me the Coastal Instagram. They were on the beach yesterday hanging out. She goes, “yep. I think Coastal’s back in the mix.” 😬[/quote]

I’m assuming it was the spring break video? They did a great job with that one—the AD is providing the staff for videos and seems to be supporting the program.

The coaching staff is solid and you do have two Northwestern grads coaching there. (I’m sure Jill Girardi is a draw as a recent grad and pro.) The HC played at Loyola (Maryland) with the new HC at Jacksonville. Full disclosure—I’ve met them all and they strike me as good people that will take care of your daughter (they are big on healthy team culture).

While the camp may have drawn some players that weren’t as good, the coaches are picking up good recruits that can play. If they can continue to find success I think you’ll see better recruits come on board. Success breeds interest.

Visiting and spending time at the beach? Twist my arm as a parent—beats hanging out around Rutgers or up in the snow in Vermont or NH for a game day.[/quote]

Yes it was the spring break video. I’m not happy about it because I think there are better schools that my daughter can attend with her grades and playing abilities. And I am talking specifically about the school. I can care less about the level of lacrosse. But for now Coastal is back in the top 5. Very hard for a 15 year old to see the forest through the trees.

How about Syracuse losing their draw girl yesteday. Injury looked painful. Shes the leading draw player in D1

Not much chat because there was not much to chat about. NU won, no surprise there and no need to talk about seeds, Final Four, Quarter Finals etc... way too early and a lot of lacrosse to be played.

Most likely more than a few years before Clemson becomes a contender. Would be happy if any of my kids had the opportunity to attend Clemson and play for The Tigers but I believe it will be a while before they become competitive with the traditional top 10-20 programs. Even though the sport has grown we still do not see any real parity. There is a limited amount of talent and the top programs are for the most part all very good academic schools with a lot to offer in addition to competitive lacrosse. I think they have a good coach which is start but they still need to bring in the talent and apparently that is not so easy to do (Just ask the majority of coaches who rarely if ever crack the Top 20... that's about 95 coaches out of 120).

In addition to that, the cream of the crop of the best high school players are spread between 5 schools. UNC, BC, CUSE, MD, and NW. Of the top 25 players, 3 to 5 players committ to one of those schools, with the being spread among other top 25 D1 schools.

With the growth of the sport, the overall talent pool is deeper yes. But the best of the best will still go to those 5 programs. So parity is concetrated more among the middle tier to low tier D1 programs. Even among the those top 5 schools, Maryland is starting to fall behind the others and UNC is getting stronger.

I don’t think they make any changes, even though the game has evolved and Duke has found themselves behind the curve.

Tend to agree with you. People excited that they beat Duke, who is grossly overrated. Look at Dukes schedule. They try to ride on the reputation of the men’s team. Anytime they play a good team, they get destroyed. The stat padding is a joke. When Clemson is competitive with UNC, Cuse, we can start the conversation of how legit they are.

Let's remember that this Clemson team is built through grad transfers, something new programs prior to 2020 didn't have access to. 2 best players are grad transfer from Oregon and Davidson. This won't be a sustainable model once Covid extra eligibility ends.

I anticipate them being a solid mid-tier ACC team who makes the tourney more often than not. However, probably many years off before they seriously contend.

I think it's less about the game changing and more about this generation of athletes not wanting to play in a draconian militaristic culture.

I detest Duke like most but they did go 6-2 last year in the acc and beat Boston college and lost to Syracuse by 2. They did get blown up by north carolina(who didn’t) and had a bad loss in the tournament but just because they play local in the “preseason” isn’t a reason to detest them. Let’s get back to hating them because they are Duke. My original point about Clemson stands. Their transfers will continue to be solid as the school is very attractive, their coach built a winning program at a school 1/10 the size at Richmond, and they are in South Carolina where the average winter temp is 55. Looking at their recruits for 23 and 24 and they are competitive to any of the top 10 programs. Not saying they will win a national championship in the next 5 years but think they are taking Floridas model and putting it on steroids and look to be top 10 consistently in the next 5 years is my opinion.

Wow! Top 10 consistently in the next 5 years, time will tell but don't see that happening. The influx of 5th year transfers this year helps them but that will not continue so they will be competing with the top programs for top talent. There is only so much talent to go around so which top 10 program will Clemson displace in order to consistently be top 10?

I was the OP on Clemson. I didn’t say they were going to challenge the top ACC this year or next. All I said was after beating Duke they will be ranked top 25. They hit 24. Obviously gonna be years before they can beat teams like Syracuse or UNC. My point was how fast they went into the top 25.

First off no one cares or comments on who Duke plays preseason ,what they detest is the fact that Duke plays against teams that are completely over matched during the season in all their non conference games and run up their stats . They do this to try and sneak into the Ncaa tournament by having an overall decent record while "playing" in the ACC and pad their players stats so they can get post season awards. Other teams play a highly competitive non conference schedule many times putting their NCAA tournament on the line doing so.

Had some time to kill and was curious how teams actually have performed in recent years.

Looked at 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 (did not look at 2020 or 2021 because of covid modifications).

There were a total of 20 teams that ended up ranked in the "Top 10" in the final poll during that span.

Below are the only teams to finish the season ranked in the Top 10 at the end of the season and their average rank for that time span. If a team was not ranked in the Top 20 a final ranking of 25 was used to calculate their average.

1 - Maryland - 2
2 - North Carolina - 3
3 - Boston College - 5
4 - Stony Brook - 7
5 - Northwestern - 8
6 - Florida - 8
7 - Syracuse - 9
8 - Princeton - 9
9 - Virginia - 13
10 - Penn - 14
11 - James Madison - 14
12 - Notre Dame - 15
13 - Penn State
14 - USC - 15
15 - Navy - 16
16 - Loyola - 16
17 - Denver - 17
18 - Stanford - 19
19 - Towson - 21
20 - Rutgers - 22

Obviously the usual suspect are at the top. Teams that appear to be on the upswing Denver, Loyola, maybe Rutgers. Teams that have fallen off a bit: Penn State, Navy, Towson. COVID may have hurt Penn. Duke not in the mix.

Not out of line to say the above are 20 of the "Best" Programs. Maybe a few not listed that could be considered a Top 20 Program. Michigan, Duke, any others??

I wish Clemson the best but just do not see them cracking that list of Top 10 programs anytime soon. Top 20 - 25 yes.

A 6-2 winning record in the acc should alone should get them in the tournament. As for non conference games, half of their out of conference schedule is identically to UNC, the other half unc played 3 top 25 teams and duke played 2. And mind you, UNC is the top team in the country and duke was 11-20. Again, I detest Duke but let’s not think there is some nefarious scheme.

UNC out conference has 3 top 10 teams.
Duke has none.

First off lets see what those non-conference "ranked" teams are at the end of the year . Second I went back and looked and for the past two seasons Duke has played exactly 0 non conference teams that finish the year ranked at all. Those last two years of playing zero ranked teams came on the heels of a year in which they did not make the NCAA tournament in which they played multiple highly ranked non conference teams , coincidence , I think not.

So you want teams to be able to forecast which teams are going to be good after the year ends vs using their preseason expectations? You must be amazing at gambling and the stock market.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – March 13



Clemson makes its program debut in the Top 25, leaping into the No. 24 spot of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. The first-year program makes its first appearance after pulling off an 11-10 upset over Duke.

The top three teams stayed put in Week 5, with No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Syracuse both remaining unbeaten through the early season. Florida jumped two spots this week after defeating Loyola.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (6 - 0) 599 (23) 1
2 Syracuse (7 - 0) 577 (1) 2
3 Northwestern (6 - 1) 552 3
4 Boston College (5 - 2) 508 5
5 Stony Brook (4 - 1) 498 4
6 Denver (7 - 0) 478 6
7 James Madison (7 - 1) 448 8
8 Florida (4 - 2) 432 10
9 Loyola (5 - 1) 396 7
10 Virginia (6 - 1) 394 9
11 Maryland (5 - 3) 368 11
12 Notre Dame (4 - 2) 338 12
13 Army (6 - 0) 291 14
14 Princeton (3 - 2) 245 16
15 Duke (4 - 3) 203 13
16 Yale (4 - 2) 202 15
17 Michigan (6 - 3) 201 19
18 USC (5 - 2) 153 20
19 Jacksonville (4 - 3) 143 22
20 UMass (6 - 1) 142 24
21 Stanford (3 - 3) 130 18
22 Rutgers (3 - 3) 98 17
23 Penn (3 - 2) 83 21
24 Clemson (7 - 2) 74 NR
25 Penn State (5 - 2) 61 NR
RV UConn, Johns Hopkins, Navy, Drexel, Richmond

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – March 13



UIndy earned 16 first-place votes in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll after earning a win over No. 11 Grand Valley to stay unbeaten. Florida Southern and West Chester earned five and two first-place votes, respectively, as they remain in the second and third slots.

While the top seven slots stayed locked in Week 4, East Stroudsburg dropped to No. 10 and Adelphi and Rollins jumped into the eighth and ninth positions, respectively.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 UIndy (7 - 0) 561 (16) 1
2 Florida Southern (7 - 0) 549 (5) 2
3 West Chester (4 - 0) 528 (2) 3
4 Tampa (6 - 1) 514 4
5 Le Moyne (4 - 0) 446 5
6 Pace (2 - 1) 444 6
7 Regis (CO) (4 - 0) 443 7
8 Adelphi (2 - 2) 400 9
9 Rollins (7 - 0) 386 10
10 East Stroudsburg (3 - 1) 359 8
11 Grand Valley (3 - 3) 348 11
12 Wingate (5 - 2) 322 12
13 Mercy (3 - 2) 294 13
14 Lynn (7 - 1) 290 14
15 Flagler (5 - 1) 240 15
16 Assumption (3 - 1) 229 16
17 Embry-Riddle (6 - 1) 197 18
18 Saint Leo (6 - 0) 180 20
19 Seton Hill (2 - 3) 158 17
20 New Haven (3 - 0) 146 19
21 Bentley (3 - 1) 92 22
22 Mercyhurst (2 - 1) 88 21
23 Saint Anselm (5 - 0) 61 25
24 Colorado Mesa (2 - 1) 53 24
25 Mount Olive (1 - 4) 43 23
RV Alabama Huntsville, Southern New Hampshire, Lee, Florida Tech, Maryville

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – March 13



No movement in the Top 5 carried into Week 3 of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll, with Middlebury earning 24 first-place votes. Tufts and Washington and Lee both earned one first-place vote as well.

Franklin & Marshall and Colby dropped two spots to the No. 8 slot while Colby fell from No. 7 to No. 12. William Smith and Wesleyan both advanced into the sixth and seventh positions, respectively.

Williams made its first appearance in the Top 25 this season, earning the 24th-ranked position thanks to a 10-8 upset over Colby this weekend.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (3 - 0) 648 (24) 1
2 Tufts (2 - 0) 618 (1) 2
3 TCNJ (4 - 0) 585 3
4 Washington and Lee (6 - 0) 566 (1) 4
5 Salisbury (5 - 1) 538 5
6 William Smith (3 - 0) 486 8
7 Wesleyan (3 - 0) 483 10
8 Franklin & Marshall (2 - 2) 476 6
9 Gettysburg (2 - 3) 410 9
10 York (2 - 1) 386 11
11 Ithaca (4 - 1) 355 12
12 Colby (0 - 3) 353 7
13 Cortland (2 - 1) 341 13
14 Messiah (4 - 1) 317 14
15 Bowdoin (2 - 1) 286 16
16 Chicago (3 - 0) 266 17
17 Trinity (3 - 1) 209 19
18 Roanoke (4 - 1) 200 18
19 St. Lawrence (1 - 1) 180 15
20 Pomona-Pitzer (6 - 0) 175 20
21 Catholic (2 - 4) 119 21
22 Hamilton (0 - 2) 99 22
23 Amherst (2 - 1) 84 24
24 Williams (3 - 1) 57 NR
25 Geneseo (1 - 1) 53 23
RV Haverford, Stevens, Dickinson, St. John Fisher, Kenyon

Sorry but Rutgers is not on an upswing. Every week they drop in rankings and lost to unranked teams like Army & Penn State. heck, they almost lost to Vanderbilt today. Their preseason ranking was 8 and this week they are sitting at 22. I wouldn’t call that an upswing.

I think they were talking about the program as a whole as in teams that have not really been considered top 20, 10 years ago that now are starting to.

Great win for Yale. YJ Duke thug ball player cost them game. Time for lessons to be learned!

Duke cannot get it done at home against Yale. Yale's goalie was their starting field hockey goalie that is not regularly part of the lacrosse program. Was brought up as an emergency starter. Duke has 8 graduate students and 12 seniors on the roster. Incredible experience playing together. If not now when? They will have to beat UVA, UNC or Syracuse in the regular season to get a top 20 win before the ACC tournament.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Annabel Frist – Stanford University

Frist recorded a career-high eight goals in No. 21 Stanford’s win over University at Albany on Sunday. Her performance tied a program record for goals in a game, while she also recorded a career-high nine points and draw controls (13) in the matchup as well.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Emma Ward – Syracuse University

Ward posted career highs in points (8) and assists (7) in No. 2 Syracuse's victory against No. 12 Notre Dame. The win improved SU's record to 7-0, matching the best start in program history. She assisted on four of the Orange's first five goals as they jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Ward added two more assists in the second quarter as Syracuse led 10-3 at halftime. Ward's seven assists tie for second on the 'Cuse single-game record list.

Defensive Player of the Week

Emily Lamparter – Clemson University

Lamparter played all 60 minutes against No. 13 Duke and made nine critical saves on 19 shots in Clemson’s first ever win against a top-15 ranked opponent. She saved four out of Duke's six free position shots and was key to the upset victory. The 7-2 Tigers also entered into the top 25 national rankings this week, landing at No. 24 in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division I Poll.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Sydney Tiemann – Maryville University

Tiemann tied her own program record of goals in a game with eight against Missouri Western State University. The senior attacker scored all eight goals in the second half with her final tally coming with just twenty seconds remaining to lead the Saints to the 12-11 victory. Maryville is now 6-0 on the season.

Defensive Player of the Week

Jessica Harclerode – Saint Leo University

The freshman goalkeeper was a key component in the upset win over No. 17 Seton Hill with 12 saves on 22 shots. She set a career-high in saves (13) in the 11-7 win over Montevallo to cap the 3-0 week for the No. 20 Lions. At 6-0, Saint Leo climbed to the No. 18 ranking in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division II Poll.

DIVISION III


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Jane Earley – Middlebury College

Earley guided No. 1 Middlebury to a pair of New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) victories this past week, leading the team with 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) and 12 draw controls. The senior tallied five goals against No. 16 Bowdoin, including back-to-back markers late in the contest to give Middlebury a two-goal edge. In Saturday’s contest against Connecticut College, Earley tallied a hat trick in the opening quarter.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Autumn Kraemer – Brevard College

Kraemer matched the program single-game record with nine goals and set a program single-game record for points (12) in the 18-5 victory over Sweet Briar College.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Caroline Pratt – Williams College

The sophomore goalkeeper played the final 30 minutes and made six saves to earn the 10-8 upset victory over No. 7 Colby. The win pushed Williams College into the top-25 rankings of the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division III Poll, landing at No. 24.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Rachel Keefe – University of Chicago

Keefe recorded 16 saves after facing 21 shots on goal against the University of Mary Washington on Sunday, defeating the Eagles 7-5. The Maroons (3-0) have slid up to the No. 16 position in the latest ILWomen / IWLCA Division III rankings.

Tons of nasty fouls by Yale....cross checks and slashes all game long. Not sure why you are making thug ball references when they are doing the same thing. Time to get off of your high horse.

Agree but they need to start calling the flopping . Player on Duke getting 8 meter shots diving to the ground and what is more amazing is prior to diving to the ground she grabs her head to try and get a yellow card , no yellow card given but the refs do nothing about the obvious poor sportsmanship /embellishment which was supposed to be a point of emphasis this year. Watching that game its amazing these are obviously very smart people because the lax IQ on the players especially from Duke was almost non existent. Not sure how many turnovers they had but it could have been twice as many as they kept getting their forced passes back, alot of their offense was throwing a bad pass to the middle and picking up the loose ball to get a shot off.

Between this game and the SB/NW game, it's becoming "not fun" to watch. The amount of flopping, theatrics, legit fouls, etc....it's ridiculous to watch.

They need to make flopping and severe unsportmanlike conduct which yields a straight red card. After it gets called a couple times, the problem will be solved almost immediately.

Agree.

Give the refs the ability to watch a replay and each team gets a challenge , if it’s determined that there was embellishment it’s a YC and a turnover .

Agree. It’s not just in the Duke game. It’s becoming an epidemic. Flopping goes on way too much. Pretty soon it will be as prevalent as soccer. Say three times fake head injuries in a Syracuse game last week.

Red is a little excessive but yeah. Something.

Embellishment is a 2 minute penalty in ice hockey, should be a yellow in lacrosse. Still not sure what the thug reference is about when there is a physical play and flopping in every single game at D1 level. Kind of irresponsible of any adult to come on here and call a college kid a thug when the actions she is displaying is common place in todays game. According to that posters logic, there are thugs on every team, including Yale.

I think a more realistic rules change would be to give suspensions for cumulative yellows over the course of a season. (A few other states already do this at the high school level).

For example, after 4 yellows in a season you miss the next game; after 8 yellows, you miss next 2 games, any yellow after that, you automatically miss the next game.

No skin in this game. If I’m being honest I see both sides. No one who is on this site and has a daughter who is at this level of play wants to see anyone to get hurt. Does anyone here think that any of these girls are doing any of this on purpose? Do I think that possibly collegiate coaches are encouraging their players to embellish or “act” a little when they are fouled? Of course they are… in the spirit of healthy competition, coaches that don’t do it will be seen by some parents as not good, and opponents parents at times will say I wish our/my kid would do a little more selling of the foul to try and get the call… It’s the refs job to be dialed in and determine what is real and what is dangerous…to control the game. Since we know this is happening and will be part of this game going forward maybe it is time to get more qualified refs and instant replay like in other sports to be able to penalize appropriately. Although, this resulted in a serious injury to a young girl. I’m pretty confident in saying that not one of those players on either side was coached to hurt another player. Let’s keep it real parents. But having concrete consequences to actions that potentially hurt another player wouldn’t be a bad thing either. =Anonymous]I think a more realistic rules change would be to give suspensions for cumulative yellows over the course of a season. (A few other states already do this at the high school level).

For example, after 4 yellows in a season you miss the next game; after 8 yellows, you miss next 2 games, any yellow after that, you automatically miss the next game.[/quote]

How about let’s start with enforcing the rules that are in place. This is done with training Refs properly and continuous education. This is a lack of US lacrosse the governing body of lacrosse.

There are easy calls that need to be made besides cross checks.

On draw you have to be toeing the line on your side. No one foot should be on the center draw line. Sticks can’t move once ball is set

On free position you can’t be on 8M line-this is defense or offense

The defender or attacker can’t check towards the body. We now allow the checking to people’s hands and arms.

These are few of many that are easy.

In Women’s lacrosse more times than not the fouling of a player helps the team that fouled.

THAT IN ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM .

Obviously you have difficulty with reading comprehension as well as grasping concepts. The post was not looking at a particular game or season, it was viewing "programs" and how they have fared in recent years and how the program has been trending. Rutgers, as a program has certainly improved in recent years. One game or one season does not make a program.

In Women’s lacrosse more times than not the fouling of a player helps the team that fouled.

THAT IN ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM .


Definitely one of the biggest problems. The fouls actually help the defense.

With the invention of the zone defense in Womens. Refs have forget the rule of defense players moving into the path of a Shot, Follow through or shooter gets a step to shot(not a charge). I am noticing many times when teams pass into the middle of the 8M which is what a zone gives you the below defensive players move in underneath the player and into the path of shot or follow through as the come from many times the back side of the shooter.


THIS SHOULDN'T BE YELLOW.(even if they grab every part of their body-LOL). All questionable Yellows should be reviewable. We have it now, use it. Refs are human and can't see it all.

Making yellow cards reviewable will take an already slow game with no flow to a standstill. The rules are all about player safety so that is always going to be detrimental to the defense. I do not see any way there can be an improvement currently. The quick start and the shot clock were the two best things that happened to this game and made it at least watchable

Hopefully Stanford will finally be out of the Top 25 now. As said multiple times by many. Had no business being there. It’s not a science experiment, it’s a sport.

The mighty Stanford Cardinals are 3-4 with loses to Colorado and U of Albany. yeah..program is well on it's way to irrelevancy in 2-3 years.

Now get rid of the draw. The only draws are to start the game and start the 2nd half.

How’s Stanford doing? Asking for a friend.

To stop the overly physical play, you have to make the penalties harsh enough that coaches will change. It also has to be easy to administer as to not slow down the game. A few "radical" changes...

*Yellow cards #5 - #6 becomes a 4min non-releasable and draw defaults to the other team after every goal.
*Yellow #7 and above, each card you play down a player for remainder of the game and draw default continues.
*Cumulative team foul impact- All major team fouls over 5 per quarter results in an automatic clear if in defensive end or an 8m if in the offensive end

*Refs have to call cross checks that are forcefully extended into the other player as a yellow card
*Refs have to call the dangerous follow throughs on offensive players

What happened to BC? They’re falling apart. Missing North bad! New #1 in town Northwestern, and we’ll deserved!

Izzy Scane > Charlotte North

Where is the “did she steal your daughters boyfriend “ poster today . She should have treated the ball today like she treated all those other girls boyfriends . A seasons worth of turnovers in one game has to be some sort of record .

Watched them play yesterday. They have some excellent players. #33 is a fantastic player who would excel anywhere. They also have a few other real standouts, and talented freshman that are starting to get in. They are finally playing #22 who was UA MVP and scored two goals. I don’t think they are coached well, especially offensively. You can’t win the majority of draws and not score more. Their defense is also a big problem. There are some players that are real liabilities on the field. They need to fix a few of those issues, and would vastly improve. Guess that could be said for many other teams as well. They will likely get better as the season progresses and make the tournament. Time will tell

NW and Cuse definitely separating themselves from the rest of the top 10. Both have solid defenses and on the offense end they run very good sets to create offense and opportunities. I just had a chance to flip through the BC and UNC games. Both have a lot of work to do on offensive end to compete with BC and SU. 1v1 everywhere don’t work against top teams.

I think NW and Cuse will be two left standing.

Lots of lax to play.

They beat Albany...at least get your facts right before crowing...

Lol, unless your daughter plays for NU or Cuse, you have ugly losses, so slow down. Let the girls play, and improve as the season goes. Stanford will never be irrelevant and will likely win their conference and make the tournament most years. They do need to take the next step, which they may or may not do. It won’t be due to lack of talent. At the end of the day, the girls will walk away with a life changing degree.

Cuse only beat NW by 1 - so the Cuse/UNC game will be interesting. As long as Cuse continues to stay healthy (losing their DC didn't seem to be an issue against Duke).

Facts over feelings… In BC’s 3 losses, said player has 4 goals, 3 assists and 12 turnovers. Elite players show-up in the biggest games and it is fair to say that has not happened yet this season.

Did we not forget someone ?

Again the refs are not consistent. Watching the games the amount of check towards the body and cross checking that is being done in women’s lacrosse is fool. It is getting worse and worse.

It is clear poke and slap checking. Allow it everywhere is your going to allow it. It is becoming a joke.

Again the refs are not consistent. Watching the games the amount of check towards the body and cross checking that is being done in women’s lacrosse is fool. It is getting worse and worse.

It is clear poke and slap checking. Allow it everywhere is your going to allow it. It is becoming a joke.

Most likely you got banned for being creepy, stalking some kid and talking about her " scoring" on prom night is creepy .

How is Princeton ranked ahead of Penn State now? These rankings are a joke

Nope. Not it. And to give you reference about it. Some mother was trashing BS last year. All I said was what are you upset Belle stole your daughters prom date. It was a sarcastic remark. And then the mother kinda insinuated it to be true. 🤷🏻‍♂️. I got banned after saying Stanford shouldn’t be ranked.

So you dont find the reference to a high school girls "scoring" on prom night to be creepy. I doubt you got banned by saying Stanford shouldn't be ranked as even the fool Stanford dads can't still believe tehy should be ranked.

Who cares about coaches polls? Computer rankings are used by NCAA committe and only ones that matter.

So you dont find the reference to a high school girls "scoring" on prom night to be creepy. I doubt you got banned by saying Stanford shouldn't be ranked as even the fool Stanford dads can't still believe tehy should be ranked.[/quote

You missed it. The original posts were over a year ago. Look back. Mother accused me of being Belle Smiths mother. That’s where the prom thing comes into. Go back and look. It wasn’t creepy. Your taking it out of context.

And I don’t think I was banned because of the Stanford post. That’s when I got banned. My last post was about Stanford. Probably not banned. I switched internet providers in my house. I’m imagining it had something to do with that. But no. It’s a sarcastic comment. They hated that BS had a successful sophomore year and there was back and forth about it. Now they are floating because she had a bad game. Didn’t hear them talking last week when she dominated.

I really don’t think anyone’s name should ever be mentioned here, especially by someone anonymously, it’s just cowardly and wrong.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – March 20



Middlebury remains atop the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll in Week 4, remaining unbeaten through the NESCAC’s first three weeks of play, most recently topping Trinity College in dominant fashion. Washington and Lee jumped into the No. 2 position after topping Tufts 16-5 on Saturday to move to 7-0 while TCNJ stayed put as No. 3.

William Smith and Salisbury traded spots, coming in at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively after William Smith knocked off the Sea Gulls this weekend.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (5 - 0) 818 (30) 1
2 Washington and Lee (7 - 0) 786 (3) 4
3 TCNJ (6 - 0) 753 3
4 Tufts (3 - 1) 709 2
5 William Smith (5 - 0) 689 6
6 Salisbury (5 - 2) 662 5
7 Franklin & Marshall (4 - 2) 589 8
8 Wesleyan (5 - 1) 587 7
9 Gettysburg (3 - 3) 552 9
10 York (3 - 2) 486 10
11 Messiah (5 - 1) 457 14
12 Colby (2 - 3) 446 12
13 Ithaca (5 - 2) 405 11
14 Chicago (5 - 0) 399 16
15 Cortland (3 - 2) 323 13
16 Bowdoin (2 - 3) 304 15
17 Trinity (CT) (4 - 1) 276 17
18 Roanoke (6 - 1) 258 18
19 Amherst (4 - 1) 231 23
20 Williams (4 - 1) 216 24
21 Pomona-Pitzer (8 - 1) 190 20
22 St. Lawrence (2 - 2) 158 19
23 Hamilton (2 - 3) 125 22
24 Catholic (2 - 5) 101 21
25 Stevens (7 - 0) 75 NR
RV St. John Fisher, Geneseo, Kenyon, Colorado College, Christopher Newport

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – March 20



There is another new No. 1 in Division II this week, as undefeated West Chester bumped two spots into the top slot. Regis followed, jumping five spots from the No. 7 position a week ago after upsetting UIndy 14-12.

Pace, UIndy, and Le Moyne round out the Top 5, while Florida Southern dropped from the No. 2 position after falling to Bentley on Saturday.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 West Chester (6 - 0) 693 (22) 3
2 Regis (CO) (6 - 0) 637 (1) 7
3 Pace (4 - 1) 625 (4) 6
4 UIndy (8 - 1) 616 (1) 1
5 Le Moyne (4 - 1) 588 5
6 Florida Southern (8 - 1) 579 2
7 Tampa (7 - 2) 524 4
8 Rollins (9 - 0) 516 9
9 Adelphi (3 - 2) 490 8
10 Wingate (7 - 2) 401 12
11 East Stroudsburg (5 - 1) 393 10
12 Mercy (3 - 4) 366 13
13 Lynn (9 - 1) 363 14
14 Bentley (5 - 1) 331 21
15 Flagler (7 - 1) 319 15
16 Grand Valley (4 - 4) 287 11
17 Assumption (4 - 1) 253 16
18 Embry-Riddle (8 - 1) 219 17
19 Saint Leo (6 - 2) 182 18
20 New Haven (3 - 2) 177 20
21 Maryville (10 - 0) 156 NR
22 Seton Hill (4 - 3) 131 19
23 Saint Anselm (6 - 0) 94 23
24 Colorado Mesa (3 - 1) 63 24
25 Southern New Hampshire (4 - 1) 24 NR
RV Mount Olive, Florida Tech, Mercyhurst, Roberts Wesleyan, Saint Rose

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – March 20



There are major shakeups in the Top 5 teams of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll — including a new No. 1.

Syracuse and Northwestern moved into the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, after the Wildcats took down North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. The Orange beat the Wildcats to start the season on Feb. 11.

North Carolina, which had gone more than 1,000 days since its last regular-season loss, was No. 1 in the poll since Week 6 of 2022. It is the first time a team other than UNC or BC is No. 1 since 2019.

Syracuse and Denver remain as the two remaining undefeated teams in the Top 10, as Denver pulled off a big win over Boston College, moving the Pioneers up two spots into the No. 4 position, while the Eagles dropped to No. 7.

James Madison rounds out the Top 5, winning its eighth-straight game and first in its new conference over Florida on Saturday.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Syracuse (9 - 0) 593 (19) 2
2 Northwestern (8 - 1) 581 (5) 3
3 North Carolina (7 - 1) 551 1
4 Denver (9 - 0) 517 6
5 James Madison (8 - 1) 480 7
6 Stony Brook (5 - 1) 476 5
7 Boston College (6 - 3) 467 4
8 Florida (5 - 3) 406 8
9 Loyola (6 - 2) 400 9
10 Maryland (7 - 3) 387 11
11 Notre Dame (6 - 2) 363 12
12 Virginia (7 - 2) 314 10
13 Army (8 - 0) 300 13
14 Yale (6 - 2) 294 16
15 Michigan (7 - 4) 217 17
16 UMass (8 - 1) 186 20
17 Princeton (3 - 3) 181 14
18 Duke (4 - 5) 159 15
18 USC (6 - 2) 159 18
20 Penn State (7 - 2) 156 25
21 Jacksonville (5 - 4) 121 19
22 Clemson (8 - 3) 96 24
23 Rutgers (4 - 4) 89 22
24 Penn (4 - 2) 76 23
25 Navy (7 - 2) 71 NR
RV Stanford, Richmond, UConn, Johns Hopkins, Louisville

My annual message to all, a bit later in the season then in the past, is to keep the comments lacrosse related and not malicious.

Some thoughts per division. D1, to me, is a two team horse race with Syracuse and Northwestern. Not that anyone can can knock off anyone else come tournament time (Purdue in men’s basketball and FDU) but I think those are the teams to beat.

D2 shows how far the sport has come geographically. So many teams from outside the “traditional” lacrosse areas. Great to see.

D3 dominated by the NESCAC once again. Nine teams in the IWLCA poll. As we know polls mean nothing come tournament time as regional ranking take precedent. As a conference they are by far the most competitive.

I’ll reiterate lets keep the comments within lacrosse related matters.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Gretchen Gilmore – Pennsylvania State University

Gilmore had a major offensive performance in both of No. 25 Penn State’s wins this week, including a 13-12 victory over Towson University and a 16-14 win against No. 14 Princeton. She scored four goals and two assists against Towson en route to her first hat trick of the season. She recorded a double hat trick against the Tigers with her final two goals of the day proving to be the game-winners for the Nittany Lions. Gilmore also picked up one ground ball and caused two turnovers as well. Penn State moved to No. 20 in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Izzy Scane – Northwestern University

Scane and the Wildcats defeated the No. 1 team in the country that had not lost in over 40 regular season games. Taking down the University of North Carolina, 13-9, Scane led the ‘Cats with four goals, an assist, a ground ball and caused a turnover. The victory was No. 3 Northwestern's first over UNC since 2014 and the Tar Heels' first regular season loss since 2019. It was also the Wildcats' first win over a No. 1 ranked team since 2019. With the win, Northwestern bumped up to the No. 2 ranking in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. Scane currently leads the country as well as her team in goals with 46.

Defensive Player of the Week

Bryn McCaughey – University of Denver

McCaughey totaled seven caused turnovers, four ground balls and one draw control over two games last week. She also scored the second goal of her career in No. 6 University of Denver’s win over the University of Delaware. McCaughey now averages 2.33 caused turnovers per game, which ranks 9th among all NCAA Division I players. The undefeated 9-0 Pioneers are now No. 4 in the country in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week ­

Minnie Bittell – Northern Michigan University

Bittell netted five goals on six shots in Northern Michigan University’s 13-11 victory over Concordia University-Saint Paul. She became Northern Michigan’s all-time leading goal-scorer, with 112 in her career. She also added two ground balls, two caused turnovers, and five draw controls.

Defensive Player of the Week

Ashlee Wargo – Bentley University

Wargo helped lead Bentley to two overtime wins over ranked teams this past week, defeating No. 2 Florida Southern, 13-12, and No. 18 Saint Leo, 17-16. The sophomore goalie recorded a combined 24 saves for the week.

DIVISION III


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Gianna Bruno – Colby College

Bruno tallied a combined five goals and eight assists to go with seven ground balls and four caused turnovers last week. The senior attacker scored three goals and three assists in a victory over previously unbeaten No. 7 Wesleyan University. She registered a season-high five assists and scored twice in the win over Plymouth State University. Bruno’s six points against Wesleyan mark the most the Cardinals have allowed to a single player this season.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Walker McKnight – Washington and Lee University

McKnight recorded a career-best five goals off six shots and went 3-3 from the hashes to lead the No. 4 Generals to a 16-5 win over No. 2 Tufts University. The win pushed Washington and Lee to the No. 2 slot in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division III rankings.

Defensive Player of the Week

Caroline Kranich – Washington and Lee University

Kranich made a career-high 13 saves in the No. 4 Generals win over No. 2 Tufts. The junior goalkeeper held the Jumbos to just four goals off of 14 free positions and conceded only one goal during settled attack. She made six stops in the second quarter alone and allowed Washington and Lee to go on a 10-0 run from the second to the fourth quarter.

BC does not look even close to what they were ,I know everyone attributes it to the loss of CN but I think it may have more to do with the absence of their most valuable player this year due to injury. Seems like no one has noticed what a difference she makes. Watching Duke play this year is brutal and the me ball by the superstar has to be brutal as a teammate , the forces and turnovers while controlling the draw have to be difficult as a fan to deal with.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – March 27



Women’s DI lacrosse was as steady as can be this past week.

The Top 10 teams are the same in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. Syracuse is the clear No. 1 and gained every first-place vote. Northwestern, North Carolina, Denver and James Madison, respectively, keep their pace in the Top 5.

The Orange (11-0) beat Stony Brook and Louisville within the past week, while Northwestern earned wins against Johns Hopkins and Stanford.

The first change is Virginia and Notre Dame flip-flopping at 11 and 12 after the Cavaliers beat the Fighting Irish on Saturday. Then, there are minor shifts with Penn State rising two spots to 18, and Penn and Navy each bumping up one.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Syracuse (11 - 0) 525 (21) 1
2 Northwestern (10 - 1) 503 2
3 North Carolina (9 - 1) 482 3
4 Denver (10 - 0) 458 4
5 James Madison (10 - 1) 439 5
6 Stony Brook (6 - 2) 402 6
7 Boston College (7 - 3) 395 7
8 Florida (7 - 3) 375 8
9 Loyola (7 - 2) 369 9
10 Maryland (8 - 3) 336 10
11 Virginia (8 - 3) 320 12
12 Notre Dame (6 - 3) 283 11
13 Army (9 - 0) 257 13
14 Yale (7 - 2) 235 14
15 Michigan (9 - 4) 213 15
16 UMass (10 - 1) 196 16
17 Princeton (4 - 3) 164 17
18 Penn State (9 - 2) 156 20
19 USC (8 - 2) 146 18
20 Duke (6 - 5) 139 18
21 Jacksonville (5 - 5) 105 21
22 Clemson (9 - 4) 76 22
23 Penn (5 - 3) 71 24
24 Navy (8 - 2) 65 25
25 Rutgers (4 - 5) 29 23
RV Richmond, UConn, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Towson

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – March 27



West Chester remains No. 1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll for the second-straight week.

The Rams pulled away from Bloomsburg en route to a decisive win.

Pace is on their heels after earning a win verse NE10 foe Le Moyne for the first time in program history. The Setters received five first-place votes.

Regis (Colo.), UIndy and Florida Southern follow in the Top 5.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 West Chester (8 - 0) 556 (17) 1
2 Pace (6 - 1) 539 (5) 3
3 Regis (CO) (7 - 0) 529 2
4 UIndy (10 - 1) 500 4
5 Florida Southern (9 - 1) 488 (1) 6
6 Tampa (9 - 2) 443 7
7 Rollins (10 - 0) 418 8
8 Le Moyne (5 - 2) 406 5
9 Adelphi (5 - 2) 364 9
10 Wingate (9 - 2) 356 10
11 Lynn (9 - 1) 321 13
12 Bentley (6 - 1) 314 14
13 Mercy (4 - 4) 296 12
14 East Stroudsburg (6 - 2) 276 11
15 Flagler (9 - 1) 246 15
16 Assumption (4 - 3) 226 17
17 Grand Valley (5 - 4) 219 16
18 Embry-Riddle (8 - 1) 188 18
19 Saint Leo (8 - 2) 177 19
20 New Haven (4 - 3) 141 20
21 Maryville (11 - 0) 138 21
22 Saint Anselm (7 - 0) 87 23
23 Seton Hill (6 - 3) 80 22
24 Southern New Hampshire (6 - 1) 43 25
25 Mercyhurst (2 - 5) 22 NR
RV Colorado Mesa, Mount Olive, Florida Tech, Limestone, Kutztown

Wow, thank you for such an insightful post. What would the rest of us do without such words of wisdom?

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – March 27



Middlebury is 8-0 and the decisive No. 1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll.

Washington and Lee and TCNJ remain two and three, while William Smith and Tufts switch spots to make up the Top 5.

Big moves this week include Trinity moving up to 14 from 17, as well as Williams College who shifted up three spots to the 17th position. Kenyon (23) and St. John Fisher enter the Top 25 after receiving votes.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (8 - 0) 575 (23) 1
2 Washington and Lee (8 - 1) 522 2
3 TCNJ (7 - 1) 521 3
4 William Smith (7 - 0) 495 5
5 Tufts (5 - 1) 491 4
6 Salisbury (6 - 3) 450 6
7 Wesleyan (6 - 1) 416 8
8 York (5 - 2) 406 10
9 Franklin & Marshall (5 - 2) 389 7
10 Gettysburg (5 - 3) 363 9
11 Messiah (7 - 1) 339 11
12 Colby (4 - 3) 315 12
13 Ithaca (7 - 2) 276 13
14 Trinity (CT) (5 - 2) 239 17
15 Bowdoin (3 - 4) 216 16
16 Chicago (5 - 2) 214 14
17 Williams (6 - 1) 194 20
18 Amherst (5 - 1) 187 19
19 Roanoke (7 - 1) 179 18
20 Cortland (4 - 3) 156 15
21 Pomona-Pitzer (9 - 1) 140 21
22 Hamilton (4 - 4) 71 23
23 Kenyon (9 - 0) 68 NR
24 St. John Fisher (5 - 1) 56 NR
25 St. Lawrence (3 - 4) 48 22
RV Stevens, Catholic, Washington College, Shenandoah, Skidmore

I am pretty positive you would be doing the same thing you have been doing the whole season , watching your Duke player only care about her stats playing me ball all the while turning it over again and again and again. Sorry if you did not think it insightful to point out how much BC misses a player who does not get much fan fare or play like a ball hog.

DIVISION I


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Erin Coykendall – Northwestern University

Coykendall scored a combined 11 goals and five assists in No. 2 Northwestern’s pair of wins over Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University. She had a career-high five goals against the Blue Jays but broke that mark with a new high of six against the Cardinal. She added five assists to her offensive numbers as well. Northwestern is currently on a 10-game win streak and will face No. 18 Penn State this Thursday at home.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Lizzie Yurchak – University of Delaware

Yurchak recorded a career-high six goals against Monmouth University, including the game-tying goal with 14 seconds remaining in regulation and the game-winner in overtime. Delaware's 13-12 comeback victory from down 9-4 was its largest since 2019.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Kat Buchanan – James Madison University

Buchanan boasted a career-high 12 saves as No. 5 James Madison defeated No. 12 University of Virginia, 10-8. Her .600 save percentage against UVA is marked as a career-high for a full game for Buchanan. The senior allowed just one goal in the first half against Temple University and finished the game with a .529 save percentage to hold the Owls below 10 goals. Buchanan has held nine opponents below 10 goals this season and has registered eight games with a .500 or better save percentage. Buchanan was named the American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Week this past Monday. This is Buchanan’s second IWLCA Player of the Week honor this season.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Ellie Hollin – Pennsylvania State University

Hollin had major defensive contributions to both of No. 20 Penn State's wins this week. In a dominating 13-3 win over Ohio State University, Hollin helped the defense record a first half shutout, holding her man, the Buckeyes leading scorer, to only one goal throughout the entire game. She also posted five ground balls, five caused turnovers and one draw control against the Buckeyes. In the 15-12 win over the University of Pittsburgh, she held the Panthers' leading scorer to just one goal and added one ground ball, one caused turnover and two draw controls. Penn State has shifted up two slots to the No. 18 position in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I poll.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week ­

Aleya Corretjer – Pace University

Corretjer tallied 13 points on eight goals and four assists in a 2-0 week for No. 3 Pace, which included a 16-5 win over No. 5 Le Moyne in NE10 play. She recorded nine points (five goals, three assists) in the win over the Dolphins, while racking up four points - including a hat trick - in an 18-11 win over Southern Connecticut State University. She added two ground balls, two draw controls and one caused turnover this week. Pace has now moved into the No. 2 position in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division II rankings.

Defensive Player of the Week

Grace Frasso – West Chester University

Frasso played an integral role on a defense that held two opponents, one of those being No. 11 ranked East Stroudsburg University, to just five goals each in a pair of wins. Part of that effort included holding All-America midfielder Emily Mitarotonda from ESU to just two points (1G, 1A) in a 16-5 win. Additionally, Frasso helped the No. 1 Golden Rams clear the ball successfully 25 of 27 times in the two games combined. She finished the week with five draw controls and five caused turnovers while scooping up three ground balls.

DIVISION III


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Jane Earley – Middlebury College

Earley helped No. 1 Middlebury extend its win streak to 13 with three wins this past week. Against No. 3 The College of New Jersey, Earley paced the team with a school record 13 draw controls and a team-best six goals to help the Panthers edge the Lions 17-11. In the three-game stretch, Earley led the squad in points (13), goals (12), and draw controls (28), while also scooping up five rollers. The senior leads the New England Small College Athletic Conference in draws (63), points (37), and goals (28) and has now earned IWLCA Player of the Week nods twice this season.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Dylan Edwards – Warren Wilson College

Edwards helped lead the Warren Wilson attack from a 7-2 deficit in the first quarter to a seven-goal run in the second quarter en route to a 16-11 win over Sweet Briar College. Dylan's five goals and six assists, totaling 11 points, is a program record for Warren Wilson. With six assists, Edwards broke the assists in a game record for the program as well. After just five games, Edwards leads the team in assists (12) and has 20 goals for the season. Dylan was also awarded the Coast-to-Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week for this past week’s performance.

Defensive Player of the Week

Anna Schipf – Western Connecticut State University

Schipf was named the Little East Conference Goalie of the Week after totaling 11 saves in Western Connecticut’s 10-9 overtime triumph at U.S. Coast Guard Academy last week. Seven of those stops came in the second half, and she turned away the only shot on target she faced in the extra period.

For those top 15 teams hoping to make a move and possibly get a seed come NCAA tournament time there do not seem to many opportunities remaining in the regular season to do so. I see UVA vs BC and MD vs NW , any others. After that I guess the conference tournaments will be a possibility to make the move up. Any bubble teams to making the tournament with big upcoming legit chances. The fact that 29 teams make the tournament makes it seem as if any top 40 team has a legit chance but those spots go fast . You have fifteen conference champions who are automatically in leaving 14 at large bids , figure 4 will go to ACC teams,leaving 10, 3 to the big ten leaving 7, florida or jmu leaving 6 , yale or princeton leaving 5 . Any other almost locks to make the tournament.

Why is it 29 teams instead of 30?

Both Florida and JMU making it

That's what the OP was saying. One of them will get auto bid from winning conference, the other will get an at large.

Yes one will win conference so they are 1 of the automatic bids the other will be an at large .

ASUN Conference Champs will make it. Historically, that’s Jacksonville and I do not expect the ASUN to be locked out this year.

There will invariably be some head scratching as some teams are left out (Arizona State last season) while some others that shouldn’t have made it in (looking at you, Notre Dame) pad their schedule work some late additions to clear 0.500 to qualify.

Should be a fun tournament this year.

So if Duke goes .500, you think they get in? Worst case they go 8-8, best case 9-7. I think 9-7 and they're in. But if VT can beat them, they'd only be 2-6 in conference.

I think a loss to VT on 4/1 would be bad for the resume. Louisville doesn’t appear to be a slam dunk this year. I think if they are 8-8 it’s a no. At 9-7 they have a better shot, but the resume is still potentially weak unless they beat Virginia. The Clemson game was close, but I think it requires a really good win to prop them up.

Duke needs to win all their remaining games other than UNC if they expect to get in . A loss to any of the other teams and they don't deserve to get in and as you see above not many slots left. Notre Dame ca lose to UNC and BC and still deserve to get in but would not have a problem if they were left out due to their pitiful non conference schedule.

Not a lock as there is a long way to go but patriot league is looking like it will put an additional team into the tournament

So that leaves 4 , those spots go quickly, any other most likely teams. The other thing is if a team like SBU loses in their conference tournament then thats one less spot

Wow. ND haters gonna have a hard time today. Duke haters in the other hand. 10-10. 😳

So after today Duke pretty much out and ND definitely in.

So after today Duke pretty much out and ND definitely in.

Duke, YIKES!

Patriot league may get 3 teams in. Loyola, Army & Navy all deserve a shot.

What’s going on up at Colgate? The announcers in yesterday’s Navy game said they have a field player in goal?

Not so sure about Navy , borderline at best , weal schedule w 2 bad losses against 2 pretty good wins . The bad schedule is not going to help

Just google the coach's name and you'll have your answer

Didn't Colgate just put out a statement backing her up though? What does it take to have a coach removed? It took many years to remove the old Louisville coach and apparently the "new" coach isn't any better.

Depends on the school. Coastal Carolina removed the coach immediately after a group of teammates complained about her actions.

Read this if your daughter is one of her recruits.
https://www.2adays.com/coaches/kathy-taylor-56049
If half of it is true......

I k ow a parent who has a current player on the team. Half of it IS true.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – April 3



It was a big week in the Division I landscape as Notre Dame made a four-spot jump into the Top 10 at No. 8, after upsetting North Carolina in South Bend on Saturday.

The shakeup dropped North Carolina into the fifth spot, while Denver and James Madison came in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Syracuse was unanimously voted into the No. 1 position. Northwestern completes the Top 5 at No. 2 for the third straight week.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Syracuse (13 - 0) 600 (24) 1
2 Northwestern (11 - 1) 576 2
3 Denver (11 - 0) 547 4
4 James Madison (11 - 1) 513 5
5 North Carolina (9 - 2) 505 3
6 Stony Brook (8 - 2) 481 6
7 Boston College (9 - 3) 453 7
8 Notre Dame (8 - 3) 421 12
9 Florida (8 - 3) 411 8
10 Maryland (10 - 3) 379 10
11 Loyola (9 - 2) 362 9
12 Virginia (8 - 4) 345 11
13 Yale (8 - 2) 293 14
14 Army (11 - 0) 265 13
15 UMass (11 - 1) 239 16
16 Michigan (9 - 5) 236 15
17 Penn State (10 - 3) 208 18
18 Princeton (4 - 4) 165 17
19 Clemson (10 - 4) 143 22
20 Navy (10 - 2) 119 24
21 USC (9 - 3) 109 19
22 Penn (5 - 4) 104 23
23 Richmond (10 - 2) 78 NR
24 Duke (6 - 6) 55 20
25 UConn (7 - 3) 35 NR
RV Jacksonville, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Virginia Tech, Rutgers

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – April 3



West Chester remains No. 1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll for the third-straight week, earning wins over Kutztown and UIndy to stay unbeaten in 2023.

No. 2 Pace and No. 3 Regis remain in the second and third positions, while Florida Southern and Tampa round out the Top 5 as UIndy dropped two spots into sixth.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 West Chester (10 - 0) 520 (16) 1
2 Pace (8 - 1) 505 (5) 2
3 Regis (CO) (9 - 0) 475 3
4 Florida Southern (10 - 1) 449 5
5 Tampa (10 - 2) 430 6
6 UIndy (10 - 2) 415 4
7 Rollins (11 - 0) 398 7
8 Le Moyne (7 - 2) 387 8
9 Adelphi (6 - 3) 348 9
10 Wingate (11 - 2) 334 10
11 Flagler (11 - 1) 301 15
12 East Stroudsburg (8 - 2) 266 14
13 Lynn (9 - 3) 252 11
14 Bentley (6 - 3) 233 12
15 Mercy (5 - 5) 222 13
16 Assumption (5 - 3) 213 16
17 Grand Valley (7 - 4) 203 17
18 Embry-Riddle (10 - 1) 193 18
19 Maryville (12 - 0) 167 21
20 Saint Leo (8 - 3) 119 19
21 Saint Anselm (8 - 1) 111 22
22 New Haven (4 - 4) 97 20
23 Seton Hill (7 - 3) 63 23
24 Southern New Hampshire (6 - 3) 49 24
25 Mount Olive (7 - 4) 20 NR
RV Saint Rose, Colorado Mesa, Limestone, Kutztown, Molloy

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – April 3



After picking up another two wins this past week, Middlebury returns as the unanimous No. 1 to lead the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll in Week 6.

TCNJ dropped to No. 4 after losing to Gettysburg, allowing Washington and Lee to remain No. 2, while William Smith bumps ahead to No. 3.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (10 - 0) 725 (29) 1
2 Washington and Lee (10 - 1) 673 2
3 William Smith (9 - 0) 659 4
4 TCNJ (8 - 2) 620 3
5 Tufts (6 - 2) 590 5
6 Salisbury (7 - 3) 564 6
7 Wesleyan (7 - 1) 556 7
8 York (7 - 2) 524 8
9 Gettysburg (7 - 3) 522 10
10 Franklin & Marshall (7 - 3) 468 9
11 Messiah (8 - 2) 406 11
12 Colby (6 - 3) 401 12
13 Trinity (CT) (7 - 2) 357 14
14 Williams (8 - 1) 326 17
15 Amherst (7 - 1) 295 18
16 Chicago (6 - 2) 288 16
17 Ithaca (7 - 3) 225 13
18 Roanoke (8 - 1) 213 19
19 Bowdoin (3 - 6) 192 15
20 Pomona-Pitzer (10 - 1) 175 21
21 Cortland (6 - 3) 161 20
22 Kenyon (10 - 0) 123 23
23 Hamilton (4 - 6) 109 22
24 St. John Fisher (5 - 2) 102 24
25 Stevens (9 - 1) 45 NR
RV MIT, St. Lawrence, Union, Catholic, Cabrini

DIVISION I


Offensive Player of the Week

Madison Ahern – University of Notre Dame

Ahern led the team with 11 points over a two-game stretch as the No. 12 Irish posted a 2-0 record on the week. She scored five goals and added an assist in the 21-7 win over Brown University. She followed up with five goals against the No. 3 Tar Heels, leading the Irish to a 16-12 victory over the reigning NCAA Division I Champions. Ahern currently sits two points shy of 200 career points with the Irish and averages 3.00 goals per game (4.00 ppg). Notre Dame jumped four spots to sit in the No. 8 position in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll.

Defensive Player of the Week

Emily Sterling – University of Maryland

Sterling was terrific in goal to lead No. 10 Maryland to a pair of top-20 wins, defeating No. 17 Princeton University and No. 15 University of Michigan. She combined for 27 saves to only 18 goals allowed on the week, a .600 save percentage. Her 15 saves against the Tigers tie her season-high and is recorded as the second-best mark of her career. This benchmark is also the best by a Big Ten goalie this season. Sterling now leads the Big Ten with a .498 save percentage.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Keri Barnett – West Chester University

Barnett scored four goals in a 15-11 victory over No. 4 UIndy on Saturday. She added six draw controls and grabbed three ground balls while causing a pair of turnovers to the matchup as well. She also added six goals and seven points in a conference win over Kutztown University, which was undefeated in league play entering the game with the No. 1 Golden Rams. She also caused three turnovers and grabbed five draws and three ground balls in the matchup as well. The Golden Rams continue to maintain their unbeaten record at 10-0 and entered this week at No. 1 for a third straight time in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division II rankings.

Defensive Player of the Week

Alex Walling – University of Tampa

The senior goalkeeper had a season-high save percentage of 91.7 in the No. 6 Spartans 18-1 dominating win at No. 19 Saint Leo University on Friday. She recorded 11 total saves in the game and helped move Tampa to a (10-2, 2-0 SSC) overall record. This is Walling’s second IWLCA National Player of the Week honor this season. The Spartans slid up to the No. 5 spot in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll.

DIVISION III


Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Jordan Basso – Gettysburg College

Basso led the No. 10 Bullets to two victories on the week with a team-best 13 points on seven goals and six assists. She netted five goals and handed out three assists in a 17-9 win over No. 3 College of New Jersey on Wednesday before scoring twice and dishing out three helpers in a 21-8 win over Washington College on Saturday. She also had two caused turnovers and four ground balls.

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Jade O’Connor – Springfield College

O'Connor netted a pair of overtime game-winners to lead Springfield to a 3-0 week. She tallied four goals, including the game-winner just 33 seconds into overtime versus Westfield State University before scoring twice in the lone quarter she played in the conference victory over Mount Holyoke College. In Sunday’s victory over Western Connecticut State University, she registered a career-high eight goals, including the game-winner on a free-position attempt in overtime, to push her season total to 41 goals.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Kaitlyn Hunsinger – Salisbury University

Hunsinger bolstered the No. 6 Salisbury defense with nine saves while allowing just eight goals in the net as the Sea Gulls defeated No. 9 Franklin & Marshall College on Sunday. The senior also scooped up four ground balls and caused a turnover in the matchup.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Sydney Widlitz – Union College

Widlitz saved a season-high 16 shots in Wednesday's 12-9 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the most saves in a win by a Union goalie since 2008. She then made four of her 12 saves in the final 2:11 to preserve Saturday's 13-11 win over No. 13 Ithaca College, Union's first win over a nationally ranked team since 2011. Opponents were successful on only 4-of-21 eight-meter attempts in the two games, including 10 saves – with five coming in the fourth quarter.

Let's talk about Colgate and how unhealthy the majority of the programs are. Let's talk about the NCAA not really having our daughter's back. Let's talk about how afraid our competitive daughters are to say something in fear of retaliation by the coach...less playing time, or no playing time. The head games of holding back equipment and gear. The promise of extra money during recruiting and then there not be any money left because you didn't get it in writing and you are at the mercy of the coach? How about Morgan's Message yet it's the coach and their non motivating "talks". Where are the sensitivity classes for all coaches? Does the NCAA have requirements for coaches and how to handle situations? How about the NCAA NOT PROTECTING OUR DAUGHTERS AGAINST SEXUAL PREDATORS IN THE LOCKER ROOM because a MALE with his genitals identifies as a woman? When are we really going to have frank and open conversations about these issues? We all make believe OMG they are playing D1 it's all wonderful?

Wow! This Princeton St. Joes game is concussion city. Princeton not happy they’re about to lose. Show some class!

The Colgate situation is toxic. Let's talk about the coach and her record. First year (covid) 2020 with an inherited roster 3-4 .429 win percentage. Second year 2021 95% inherited roster 5-6 .455 win percentage. Third year 6-12 2022 30% her recruits 6-12 .333 win percentage. This year 2023 90% her recruits 2-8 .20 win percentage. Overall 16-30 35% wins, not a stellar performance by KT & staff. With all of the complaints against this coach why would Colgate keep this coach?

How many teams will the PAC 12 get into the tournament this year . How many deserve to get in ? My guess is they will get two and those two will go down early . Sorry but USC has beaten no one and for a team who used to try and challenge themselves in past years they have not even tried this year . At least Stanford played some good non conference teams along the way . They will both end up with good records but has either won a game that tells you they deserve to make the NCAA tournament ?

Rough week for Army and Navy. They both still have to play Loyola and each other. Then some more crossover amongst the 3 teams in their league tournament. I think Loyola rolls and maybe Army sneaks in if they beat Navy but not all 3.

USC played Boston College and Princeton, that is clearly better than "not even tried this year". I do agree that they have no quality wins. I think the PAC-12 gets only one team although there is an outside possibility for a second.

I think Cuse and NW still a step above everyone right now, but both showing possibly not as dominant as I thought. Still leading the pack. No more easy games left in schedule from many teams as tough games to close season then into conference tourney. Any update on SU defender/circle specialist. Praying not another ACL for SU.

I don’t think the injured player is who you think , that said I hope she okay . Way too many injuries on that team , not sure CN why .

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – April 10



Middlebury earned the seventh-straight No. 1 vote in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll, earning all 21 first-place votes in Week 7.

The following six slots remain the same from last week’s rankings, with Washington and Lee, William Smith, TCNJ and Tufts rounding out the Top 5.

Gettysburg and York traded places in the No. 8 and No. 9 positions, respectively, after York lost 11-5 to Salisbury on Saturday.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (11 - 0) 525 (21) 1
2 Washington and Lee (11 - 1) 501 2
3 William Smith (11 - 0) 486 3
4 TCNJ (9 - 2) 457 4
5 Tufts (8 - 2) 442 5
6 Salisbury (8 - 3) 420 6
7 Wesleyan (8 - 2) 391 7
8 Gettysburg (9 - 3) 370 9
9 York (8 - 3) 361 8
10 Franklin & Marshall (9 - 3) 340 10
11 Messiah (9 - 2) 307 11
12 Colby (8 - 3) 295 12
13 Trinity (CT) (9 - 2) 278 13
14 Williams (8 - 1) 259 14
15 Amherst (7 - 3) 223 15
16 Chicago (8 - 2) 209 16
17 Roanoke (9 - 2) 175 18
18 Pomona-Pitzer (11 - 1) 156 20
19 Cortland (8 - 3) 119 21
20 Ithaca (8 - 4) 113 17
21 Bowdoin (4 - 7) 103 19
22 Kenyon (11 - 0) 97 22
23 St. John Fisher (7 - 2) 74 24
24 Stevens (10 - 1) 44 25
25 Hamilton (4 - 7) 33 23
RV MIT, Catholic, Haverford, Washington College, Bates

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – April 10



West Chester earned its fourth consecutive first-place ranking, moving to 11-0 on the season. Pace and Regis follow in the second and third slots, respectively while Florida Southern and Tampa swapped spots in No. 4 and No. 5 positions respectively, after Tampa topped the Mocs last week.

No. 13 Embry-Riddle and No. 14 Maryville both jumped ahead five spots from last week, as Embry-Riddle topped Lynn, while Maryville nearly upset UIndy.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 West Chester (11 - 0) 496 (16) 1
2 Pace (10 - 1) 484 (4) 2
3 Regis (CO) (11 - 0) 451 3
4 Tampa (12 - 2) 439 5
5 Florida Southern (11 - 2) 425 4
6 UIndy (12 - 2) 382 6
7 Le Moyne (9 - 2) 371 8
8 Rollins (12 - 1) 369 7
9 Adelphi (8 - 3) 348 9
10 Wingate (12 - 2) 301 10
11 Flagler (12 - 1) 282 11
12 East Stroudsburg (10 - 2) 251 12
13 Embry-Riddle (11 - 2) 240 18
14 Maryville (13 - 1) 230 19
15 Mercy (6 - 5) 207 15
16 Lynn (10 - 4) 203 13
17 Bentley (7 - 4) 192 14
18 Grand Valley (8 - 4) 172 17
19 Saint Anselm (9 - 1) 162 21
20 Assumption (5 - 5) 114 16
21 Saint Leo (9 - 4) 106 20
22 New Haven (5 - 5) 66 22
23 Seton Hill (9 - 3) 65 23
24 Southern New Hampshire (7 - 4) 46 24
25 Mount Olive (8 - 4) 24 25
RV Limestone, Saint Rose, Kutztown, Florida Tech, Colorado Mesa

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – April 10



The top 12 teams stayed put from last week’s rankings, as Syracuse earned the No. 1 ranking with all 21 first-place votes. Northwestern, Denver, James Madison and North Carolina follow to round out the Top 5.

Syracuse’s top-ranking marks its fourth-straight as they head into one of their toughest tests yet, slated to face UNC on Saturday.

There were, however, significant shifts between the No. 13 and No. 25 rankings over the past week, most notably, No. 17 Penn jumping five spots after beating Yale 16-6 last Saturday.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Syracuse (14 - 0) 525 (21) 1
2 Northwestern (13 - 1) 504 2
3 Denver (13 - 0) 471 3
4 James Madison (13 - 1) 449 4
5 North Carolina (9 - 2) 447 5
6 Stony Brook (8 - 2) 414 6
7 Boston College (10 - 3) 411 7
8 Notre Dame (8 - 4) 371 8
9 Florida (9 - 3) 356 9
10 Maryland (12 - 3) 339 10
11 Loyola (10 - 2) 318 11
12 Virginia (10 - 4) 305 12
13 Michigan (10 - 5) 238 16
14 UMass (12 - 1) 235 15
15 Army (12 - 1) 204 14
16 Yale (9 - 3) 196 13
17 Penn (7 - 4) 183 22
18 Penn State (10 - 4) 175 17
19 Clemson (10 - 5) 131 19
20 USC (11 - 3) 129 21
21 Richmond (11 - 3) 101 23
22 Princeton (5 - 5) 75 18
23 Navy (10 - 3) 51 20
24 UConn (8 - 4) 44 25
25 Johns Hopkins (5 - 7) 35 NR
RV Stanford, Duke, Jacksonville, Marquette, Virginia Tech

DIVISION I


Offensive Player of the Week

Cassidy Weeks – Boston College

Weeks delivered the game-winning goal with 12 seconds left, completing a four-goal comeback to help lead No. 7 Boston to a 12-11 road win over No. 8 Notre Dame. She recorded a total of three points (two goals, one assist), three draw controls, three ground balls and three caused turnovers in the matchup.

Defensive Player of the Week

Abby Bosco – University of Maryland

Bosco’s all-around game helped lead No. 10 Maryland to a pair of wins over Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University, totaling six groundballs, seven caused turnovers, and 11 draw controls over the two matchups. Against Ohio State, she tallied seven draw controls, four groundballs, and four caused turnovers, all game-highs, while holding Ohio State to just seven goals and 16 shots. She caused a game-high three turnovers, won four draw controls, and picked up two groundballs against Johns Hopkins. Her defensive presence helped hold Johns Hopkins to only one goal over the final eight minutes of the game to help the Terps comeback from down 11-10. Bosco currently ranks second in the Big Ten Conference in caused turnovers (31) and third in groundballs (34) on the season.

DIVISION II


Offensive Player of the Week

Sarah Hinkle – University of Tampa

In the 15-14 upset win at home over No. 4 Florida Southern College, Hinkle tallied four goals on five shots with all five shots being on target. In addition, Hinkle tallied 10 draw controls and two groundballs. Hinkle then went on to score a career-high six goals on six total shots in the road win over Palm Beach Atlantic University. She went 1-1 on free position attempts and added one groundball, one draw control, and one caused turnover as well. Between the two games, she averaged a shooting percentage of 90.0 and totaled a shots-on-goal percentage of 100.0.

Defensive Player of the Week

Leah Knowles – Wingate University

Knowles posted seven caused turnovers while adding five ground balls, six draw controls to go along with two goals, and an assist in No. 10 Wingate’s 13-6 win over Anderson University. Knowles is currently third in the nation in caused turnovers per game with 3.21.

DIVISION III


Offensive Player of the Week

Maddie Wright – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Wright was named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week after she scored a game-high eight goals with two assists for 10 points in the Corsairs' 20-3 league victory over Rhode Island College. Of her 10 shots, nine were on goal. She also had four ground balls, a caused turnover, and a game-best 10 draw controls. This is her third LEC Offensive Player of the Week award, and fifth LEC Rookie of the Week honor this season.

Defensive Player of the Week

Kaitlyn Hunsinger – Salisbury University

Hunsinger turned in her third double-digit save performance of the season in the No. 6 Sea Gulls’ 11-5 win over No. 8 York College of Pennsylvania. Hunsinger tallied 11 saves and allowed just five goals to improve her goals-against average to 7.85 on the season. The goalkeeper also caused a turnover and picked up three ground balls in the contest. This is Hunsinger's third IWLCA Player of the Week honor this season.

the new rankings should be interesting. SBU will drop, how far ? Their best win is against Michigan who will be dropping also, with the possibility of no top 20 wins they may drop out of the top10 at this point. Maryland should be dropping also . How high do they move PSU and Hopkins and possibly Rutgers gets back in the mix.How much do the programs past reputations ie SBU matter vs results. Watch for UNC to drop in the near future.

SB does not have the horses. When the best player is faceguarded, they have no answer.

UNC won't drop at all, SB won't drop far, even though they probably should, and MD will drop the most in my opinion (wouldn't be surprised to see them at 15).

Past reputations are one of the biggest issues with the rankings as they factor in too much. At this point in the season it should be based on performance during the 23 season only.

UNC will lose to Cuse and probably in the semi of the ACC so come seeding time for the ncaa they may drop out of top 8 . SBU has not beaten any top teams and now has a bad loss they should drop to around 10

It’s a coin flip right now. Would love Syracuse to lose here
But I have a feeling they’ll pull it out.

Funny next time my daughter doesn’t change levels and throws a dunk right into the goalies stick, I’m gonna remember that three top UNC girls have done that on their last three possessions.

No chance of Cuse loosing to NC. Cuse a far superior team this year. How about Duke underachieving once again, not making tournament. I’m also interested to see what happens with SB. They really don’t have many good wins.

UNC was penalized for using metal cleat spikes at 10:00 minutes into game against Clemson, you have to wonder if that has been going on for some time considering the entire team had them on. That grass surface creates a different speed of play and limits lateral movement in comparison to turf. Could be attributable to the fact it was just raining, but historically away opponents do not move well on that grass and UNC does. I always drew it up to a sort of home field advantage as they are used to the surface but cant help but wonder how long this has been going on. Cleat checks will probably be requested at Dorrance for the foreseeable future now.

I wouldn't put much into the Cleat gate. Metal spikes might be slightly more effective than plastic studs-technology with footwear is fool good now. But not much especially on a field that is cut down as much as UNC. From TV it looks like turf it is so short. One thing I will note, this game was way closer than I thought it would be considering how I feel SU has recovered well from draw taker injury.I thought possibly SU had a chance this game to put running clock on UNC. When I looked at the stats on line I was surprised at the numbers as I didn't get to watch game live on Saturday. The one that jumped out at me was 15 saves by SU goalie and 5 by UNC. I still need to watch it but is that stat correct? I can't possibly believe that is correct.

BC v Cuse outside should be a great game. I am sure BC is glad not inside. SU unbeatable in Dome it seems.

I believe Clemson players were also wearing metal studs and had to change during that game.

Far superior is a bit of a stretch... Duke Head Coach is not very good.... this year is no different for SBU as they never really beat any top teams.

Difference is that the entire UNC team was wearing them which means it was orchestrated by the team and coaches who obviously knew it was against the rules. That was not the case with Clemson.

Above is not entirely accurate. Over the years Stony Brook has had some good wins against good teams but they absolutely struggle against the top teams.

Since 2012 (excluding 2020 COVID year) SBU is:

0 - 16 vs Top 5 opponents.

7 - 24 vs Top 10 opponents.

14 - 27 vs Top15 opponents.

25 - 28 vs Top 20 opponents.

They really do not lose to anyone outside the Top 10 - 15.

Far superior is not a stretch-records proves it. This year they are “healthy” on their offense. Next year they will lose key players & have to see how it pans out. Their draw player was injured & doesn’t seem to have hurt them at allznzch2

Yep. Think there was only three Clemson kids who had to switch.

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – April 17



Week 10 brought on some major shifts inside the top rankings, as North Carolina and Stony Brook both moved down after suffering losses.

No. 1 Syracuse topped the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill on Saturday, 14-12, while Northwestern, Denver, and James Madison rounded out the top four again, all earning wins this week. Boston College shifts up to No. 5 after a 2-0 week.

Stony Brook suffered a midweek upset by Rutgers to drop to No. 9. Penn State jumped four spots to No. 14 after upsetting Maryland on Thursday, while Johns Hopkins bumped up three with its win over Michigan.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Previous

1 Syracuse (15 - 0) 550 (22) 1
2 Northwestern (14 - 1) 528 2
3 Denver (15 - 0) 500 3
4 James Madison (14 - 1) 480 4
5 Boston College (12 - 3) 442 7
6 North Carolina (11 - 3) 435 5
7 Notre Dame (11 - 4) 404 8
8 Florida (11 - 3) 388 9
9 Stony Brook (10 - 3) 376 6
10 Loyola (12 - 2) 375 11
11 Virginia (10 - 5) 313 12
12 Maryland (12 - 3) 289 10
13 UMass (13 - 1) 268 14
14 Penn State (10 - 4) 257 18
15 Penn (8 - 4) 239 17
16 Army (12 - 2) 196 15
17 Clemson (11 - 5) 172 19
18 Michigan (10 - 5) 167 13
19 Yale (9 - 4) 149 16
20 USC (13 - 3) 133 20
21 Richmond (12 - 3) 118 21
22 Johns Hopkins (6 - 7) 102 25
23 Navy (12 - 3) 75 23
24 Princeton (6 - 6) 48 22
25 UConn (8 - 5) 39 24
RV Marquette, Rutgers, Jacksonville, Virginia Tech, Stanford

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll – April 17



West Chester and Pace stayed put in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, while No. 3 Tampa and No. 4 Regis traded spots to round out the top four.

Beyond that, the rankings stayed steady between No. 5 and No. 11 in Week 9’s ILWomen/IWLCA Division II Poll, while No. 12 Maryville, No. 15 Grand Valley, No. 17 Saint Anselm, No. 20 New Haven and No. 25 New Haven all made upward moves.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 West Chester (13 - 0) 594 (18) 1
2 Pace (11 - 1) 579 (6) 2
3 Tampa (13 - 2) 536 4
4 Regis (CO) (12 - 0) 512 3
5 Florida Southern (13 - 2) 507 5
6 UIndy (13 - 2) 475 6
7 Le Moyne (11 - 2) 465 7
8 Rollins (13 - 2) 410 8
9 Adelphi (9 - 4) 389 9
10 Wingate (14 - 2) 383 10
11 Flagler (14 - 1) 369 11
12 Maryville (15 - 1) 333 14
13 East Stroudsburg (11 - 2) 325 12
14 Embry-Riddle (12 - 3) 273 13
15 Grand Valley (11 - 4) 231 18
16 Lynn (10 - 5) 213 16
17 Saint Anselm (9 - 3) 210 19
18 Bentley (8 - 4) 195b17
19 Mercy (7 - 6) 173 15
20 New Haven (8 - 5) 139 22
21 Assumption (7 - 5) 131 20
22 Saint Leo (10 - 5) 109b21
23 Seton Hill (11 - 3) 70 23
24 Southern New Hampshire (8 - 5) 44 24
25 Limestone (12 - 2) 24 NR
RV Mount Olive, Florida Tech, Kutztown, Alabama Huntsville, Saint Rose

2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll – April 17



There was minimal movement in the ILWomen/IWLCA Division III Poll in Week 8, as No. 1 Middlebury led the pack followed by Washington and Lee, William Smith, and TCNJ in the Top 4.

No. 5 Salisbury and No. 6 Wesleyan each bumped up one spot, while Tufts dropped two slots to No. 7 after losing to Wesleyan on Saturday.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 Middlebury (13 - 0) 525 (21) 1
2 Washington and Lee (12 - 1) 501 2
3 William Smith (13 - 0) 486 3
4 TCNJ (11 - 2) 456 4
5 Salisbury (9 - 3) 431 6
6 Wesleyan (11 - 2) 422 7
7 Tufts (10 - 3) 407 5
8 Gettysburg (10 - 3) 384 8
9 York (10 - 3) 347 9
10 Franklin & Marshall (10 - 3) 341 10
11 Messiah (10 - 2) 305 11
12 Colby (9 - 4) 292 12
13 Trinity (CT) (10 - 3) 271 13
14 Amherst (9 - 3) 244 15
15 Williams (10 - 3) 243 14
16 Roanoke (11 - 2) 188 17
16 Chicago (11 - 2) 188 16
18 Pomona-Pitzer (13 - 1) 162 18
19 Cortland (10 - 3) 130 19
20 Ithaca (9 - 5) 101 20
21 Kenyon (12 - 0) 99 22
22 St. John Fisher (9 - 2) 93 23
23 Bowdoin (4 - 8) 74 21
24 Stevens (12 - 1) 66 24
25 MIT (12 - 2) 17 NR
RV Hamilton, Haverford, Catholic, Geneseo, St. Lawrence