TAMPA, Fla. – In the IWLCA Division II Coaches poll announced on Monday, April 8, the University of Tampa women’s lacrosse program was tabbed tied for the No. 5 best team in the nation. This is the highest IWLCA rank for the Spartans in program history. Tampa earns this rank after defeating the Florida Tech Panthers last week 11-6. The Spartans are tied at No. 5 with SSC foe, Rollins College. The Spartans  take on the Tars Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in Winter Park, Florida.  

Le Moyne College (11-0) remained atop the Division II Coaches Poll with all 25 first-place votes this week. Adelphi (10-1), Lindenwood (12-0), and LIU Post (10-2) all moved up one spot after Rollins (11-1) fell to Florida Southern (11-2) last week. Rollins now sits in a tie for #5 with Tampa (9-2), Florida Southern is seventh, and West Chester (9-2), Regis (11-0), and Limestone (13-1) round out the top ten. Indiana University of PA makes its 2019 poll debut at #25 after beating East Stroudsburg (9-3) and knocking the Warriors out of the top ten.

Top-25 games get underway on Tuesday, when #7 Florida Southern visits Saint Leo (#21). On Wednesday, Adelphi (#2) hosts #19 Bentley, and the two teams deadlocked in fifth, Tampa and Rollins, meet to settle the score with a top-five ranking on the line. Friday features #13 Queens at #10 Limestone, and the weekend’s games include #24 New York Tech at #4 LIU Post, top-ranked Le Moyne at #18 Merrimack, Bentley at #20 Pace, Rollins at Saint Leo, and #9 Regis at #3 Lindenwood.

 

Rank	Institution	Points	FPV	Record	Last Poll
1	Le Moyne	625	25	11-0	1
2	Adelphi	587	0	10-1	3
3	Lindenwood (MO)	553	0	12-0	4
4	LIU Post	530	0	10-2	5
T-5	Rollins	507	0	11-1	2
T-5	Tampa	507	0	9-2	6
7	Florida Southern	502	0	11-2	8
8	West Chester	452	0	9-2	7
9	Regis (Colorado)	438	0	11-0	10
10	Limestone	384	0	13-1	11
11	East Stroudsburg	361	0	9-3	9
12	UIndy	348	0	12-1	T-12
13	Queens (North Carolina)	317	0	11-2	14
T-14	Colorado Mesa	274	0	10-2	T-12
T-14	Mercy	274	0	8-4	15
16	New Haven	215	0	7-4	T-19
17	Assumption	212	0	8-3	17
18	Merrimack	196	0	6-5	18
19	Bentley	195	0	8-1	T-19
20	Pace	161	0	5-6	16
21	Saint Leo	157	0	13-0	21
22	Grand Valley State	104	0	9-3	22
23	Mount Olive	82	0	9-4	23
24	New York Tech	44	0	8-3	24
25	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	43	0	5-5	NR

 

The 2019 Coaches Poll will include 25 teams and be released weekly during the regular season. The final regular season poll for the 2019 season will be published on May 6.